Lot of our story ideas die prematurely as practical and creative restrictions make us lose faith in our ideas. That way India is the place where story infanticide happens remarked renowned author and lyricist Prasoon Joshi while speaking in the masterclass The Journey from Script to Screen: Writing for Film and Beyond in the sidelines of IFFI 2024 today in Goa.
Joshi added that practicing one’s craft continuously has no substitute as one cannot start the practice when opportunity knocks at our doors.
“The true content is not restricted by language and that way we can say that best poetry happens in silence and Silence is the eternal sound that connects us. Silence is the ultimate language.” Shri Joshi went on to add that we have to demystify the film making process. Films can have intrigue but not the film making process.
While delving upon the journey of thought to film Shri Joshi narrated his childhood incidents which were the inspiration for his songs in Taare Zameen par movie. “When you narrate something deeply personal it becomes universal” Prasoon Joshi added.
“My mother used to comment upon my usage of difficult words in poetry which shaped my writing process enabling me to write the content which would resonate with the readers and will not gratify just me.
While speaking about impact of AI on creative field, the lyricist added that “I don’t take Artificial Intelligence lightly. It was supposed to hit creative fields the last, however it has affected the creative fields the first. We have to remember that whatever centers on mathematics can be mastered by Artificial Intelligence, however, if one’s poem or story has emerged from some ultimate truth, then AI cannot produce that. With AI getting dominant it is the creator who is getting affected and not the creation, added the CBFC chairman.
We have to see that storytelling does not remain centralized to A few cities alone and the Creative Minds of Tomorrow (CMOT) initiative tries to decentralize this process by enabling storytellers from mofussil areas to emerge, added Shri Joshi. We cannot effectively tell the stories from small cities and towns unless filmmakers emerge from those places. If you want true stories from India to come out you have to make film-making accessible to people in the farthest corners of the country, he concluded.
Shri Anant Vijay moderated the Masterclass.
