00:00If I want to compete at the professional level, it is important for me to go to a film institute.
00:06I had two years of training at Pune Institute.
00:09That was the only thing that made my career of 30 years.
00:12And one day, when NNCP, who was a very big producer, called me to listen to a story,
00:18I told him the story of Kali Charan.
00:20As soon as he heard the story of Kali Charan, he said, who should be the director?
00:24So I said with a smile, I knew Sanjay Dutt, Tina Mooney.
00:29Because Tina Mooney had worked in Karzmi.
00:31So her name was Tina Mooney, who is now Tina Amani.
00:34So he introduced me to Sanjay, that you should take her as a hero.
00:39After completing my education in B.Com,
00:43when I first thought of stepping into the film industry,
00:47my father advised me that I should take it seriously as an education system.
00:55And if I want to compete at the professional level,
00:57it is important for me to go to a film institute.
01:01So he sent me to Pune Film Institute.
01:04I took two years of training at Pune Film Institute.
01:07I was in the acting course.
01:09But I was very fond of both direction and acting.
01:13Because of being fond of direction, I got to know all the departments in the film institute.
01:19I got to know how a play is told through cinema.
01:24I saw world cinema there, international cinema.
01:27I understood professionalism.
01:29So my two years of training at Pune Film Institute,
01:33helped me make my 30-year career.
01:36It was a very important moment for me.
01:38Everyone takes risks in a moment.
01:41But until someone's basic education is strong,
01:44he cannot make a 20-year or 30-year career.
01:47He can stay for a short period of time.
01:51If you look at Dilip Saab, Avitaab and Shah Rukh Khan today,
01:56the biggest reason for them is their intelligence.
02:01And their intelligence is supported by their education.
02:05They are all educated actors.
02:07And there is no better actor than them who is not educated.
02:10He is not such a big star.
02:12Education was of great importance.
02:14That's why I joined the film industry.
02:16And all the ups and downs in my life,
02:19I took care of them because of education.
02:22I got my diploma in acting.
02:24I joined the film industry.
02:26I worked in some films.
02:28In Umang film, Natak film, Ghumrah.
02:31But I saw and discovered that
02:34the film industry is only for a few people.
02:38And the big people in it,
02:41the Raj Kapoor family, the Chopra family,
02:44and I am an outsider.
02:46So I discovered that acting is not my cup of tea.
02:50Because there is a big hand of chance and luck in it.
02:53The talent will come when I become a star.
02:56So it was very difficult to become a star.
02:58So first of all, I decided that
03:00why not discover my talent.
03:02I saw that I am a writer.
03:04I can tell a story. I can write a story.
03:06I can write a film story.
03:08I was interested in films since childhood.
03:10So when I started telling my co-artists about films,
03:14one of my co-artists told a producer.
03:17His name was Prakash Mehra.
03:19I liked Prakash Mehra's story very much.
03:21He told me to call Subhash.
03:23I went and told him the story.
03:25I told him that I wanted to do a role.
03:27But he said that he wanted a star cast.
03:30But I will give you the money you want.
03:32At that time, I was in dire need of money.
03:34So I said, it's just a story.
03:36We will write another story.
03:38Then I learned to write a script from L.V. Prasad.
03:43At that time, Prasad's production was very big.
03:46He continuously won 11-12 hits.
03:49And with Prasad, I learned what screenplay writing is.
03:52In a mainstream cinema,
03:54what is an audience-friendly relationship?
03:58When you are telling something,
04:00you also see if the audience is watching it or listening to it.
04:04So his training for a year,
04:06I was associated with him in the screenplay department.
04:09Because of that, I wrote 5-6 more scripts.
04:12And luckily, within a year and a half,
04:145-6 of my scripts were sold.
04:17And big directors took them.
04:19There was a film called Khandos,
04:21in which Raj Kapoor worked.
04:23When Raj Kapoor read Khandos for the first time,
04:25it was about 20 pages or 15 pages.
04:29And as soon as he read it, he said, I will do this film.
04:32But who wrote this film?
04:35I met him and he said, you have written a very good story.
04:38But how does it become a screenplay?
04:40How does it become a film?
04:42This will be in the hands of the director.
04:44And when I saw the film,
04:46and whatever script we wrote,
04:48when we saw the film,
04:50the form of the film was something different.
04:52The story of the film, that soul, that thing was not there.
04:54So with this frustration, I thought,
04:56if I write a script,
04:58and whatever I think,
05:00if a director completes it in the film,
05:02then why should I not become a director?
05:04So this is what forced me to become a director.
05:07And one day, when NNCP,
05:09who was a very big producer,
05:11called me to listen to a story,
05:13so I told him the story of Kali Charan.
05:15As soon as he heard the story of Kali Charan,
05:17he said, who should be the director?
05:19So I said with a smile,
05:21so he started laughing,
05:23that you are not an assistant director,
05:25and you have been an actor, a writer,
05:27so how can you become a director?
05:29I said, no, it is your wish.
05:31On the third day, he called me and said,
05:33Subhash, you are directing my film.
05:35So I asked him, why should I be a director?
05:37He said, the way you have narrated the story,
05:39it means that you are a good storyteller.
05:41If you make 70% of the films you have narrated,
05:43then this film will be a hit.
05:45And this is how Kali Charan was born.
05:47The film was made.
05:49My friend Shatrughan Sinha,
05:51who was studying in the film institute,
05:53I went to him,
05:55he happily accepted it,
05:57and we formed a team,
05:59and two films were made,
06:01Kali Charan and Vishwanath,
06:03and both the films were a big hit.
06:05From there, a new journey started.
06:07In both the films, there was a crime thriller,
06:09and after that, I made two more films,
06:11Gautam Govinda and Krodhi,
06:13which were made in 3-3.5 years.
06:15So at that time, I felt that
06:17it is very important for a producer
06:19to be a good producer.
06:21Because a producer who cannot make a film
06:23in a year,
06:25is not a producer.
06:27As a writer,
06:29I was frustrated with the director.
06:31When I became a director,
06:33I was frustrated with the production.
06:35The production should be professional,
06:37so that the director's vision
06:39can come in the film.
06:41Because of that,
06:43I started my film production, Mukta Arts,
06:45and the first film I made
06:47from Mukta was Kars.
06:49The birth of Kars was that
06:51I became a producer for the first time,
06:53and I became a producer because
06:55I was fed up with the production.
06:57And I could not
06:59change my thinking.
07:01So I wrote the film Kars
07:03and produced it myself.
07:05But when I made the film Kars,
07:07people said that
07:09I made a very time-ahead film.
07:11This film was not of the 70s and 80s
07:13at that time,
07:15when it was made for the masses
07:17and for the common man,
07:19where there was a need for growth,
07:21anti-establishment,
07:23we used to abuse the politicians,
07:25we used to abuse corruption.
07:27Today we do not abuse,
07:29today we are their colleagues.
07:31So how can we abuse ourselves?
07:33At that time we used to abuse corruption.
07:35Today we cannot abuse because
07:37we have become their colleagues.
07:39So Kars did not do a very big business
07:41at that time,
07:43and the media criticized Kars
07:45when it was released.
07:47And Rishi Kapoor and I were
07:49very frustrated at that time.
07:51We were just as frustrated
07:53when it was released.
07:55Because today, based on Kars,
07:57films are being made,
07:59inspired by Kars.
08:01Today, the remake of Kars
08:03is being made by T-Series
08:05and Himesh Rashmiya.
08:07So today, after 20-25 years,
08:09its importance is coming out.
08:11So it is a matter of joy
08:13that whenever we have created,
08:15there was a scientific method
08:17in it, there was a grammar in it.
08:19And the two-year training
08:21gave me what is right.
08:23And if you put a soul in it,
08:25and if you put a soul in it,
08:27then it will be alive forever.
08:29Then it will always be a classic film.
08:31At that time, if the film did not work,
08:33then what?
08:35Today, our last film, Krishna,
08:37did not work, but I know that
08:39after the next 10 years,
08:41when we will see Krishna film again,
08:43then we will consider Krishna
08:45to be as classic as we will consider Kars.
08:47Because it does not match
08:49the modern values.
08:51Because today, the modern generation
08:53wants fun, entertainment,
08:55they do not want a statement from us.
08:57So its values also,
08:59because Krishna's story was
09:01his grandfather's story.
09:03When his grandfather was 17 years old,
09:05the people who lived at that time,
09:07it was their story.
09:09So the viewer felt that
09:11I should never do that,
09:13like my grandfather used to do.
09:15After that, I made Vidhata,
09:17for Gulshan Roy.
09:19In that, I took Dilip sir
09:21and a new star, Sanjay Dutt.
09:23I knew Sanjay Dutt,
09:25Tina Munim, because Tina Munim
09:27had worked in Kars.
09:29So Tina Munim was his name,
09:31who is now Tina Amani.
09:33So he introduced me to Sanjay,
09:35that you take him as a hero.
09:37And I told Gulshan Roy,
09:39that I want an 18-year-old boy,
09:41and an old man,
09:43so I took Sanjay Dutt.
09:45It became a super hit film.
09:47His first film was Rocky,
09:49and his second film was Vidhata.
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