If things go according to his plan, maverick filmmaker Vimukthi Jayasundara may become the first Sri Lankan to direct a Bollywood movie.
"I am exploring a mainstream Indian film that will have saleable stars and other commercial elements but will be made completely in my own style," says the Camera d'Or winner in Cannes for his debut film "A Forsaken Land" in 2005.
"The screenplay is currently being developed and talks are on with a production company," says the 32-year-old Pune film institute-trained Jayasundara.
His directorial style is marked by verbal sparseness and deep cinematic layering, two attributes that are alien to the standard Bollywood brand of storytelling.
"But the two poles can definitely come together to create something interesting," he says.
He understands Hindi and language would not pose a problem for him. "Sinhalese is rather close to Hindi. I am surprised that no Lankan filmmaker has ever attempted to make a Hindi film before," he says.
Jayasundara, who shuttles between Paris and Colombo, is attending the 34th Toronto International Film Festival with his second feature "Between Two Worlds", a visually stunning and characteristically multi-layered parable about the doomed connection between youth and violence.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
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