{"id":93973,"date":"2024-06-11T19:12:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=93973"},"modified":"2024-06-11T19:12:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T13:42:16","slug":"goas-film-industry-will-only-thrive-with-strong-homegrown-viewership-foundation-says-award-winning-goan-writer-filmmaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=93973","title":{"rendered":"Goa\u2019s Film Industry Will Only Thrive With Strong Homegrown Viewership Foundation, Says Award-Winning Goan Writer-Filmmaker"},"content":{"rendered":"
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~\u00a0According to writer-director Ronak Kamat, a radical shift away from the Indian film industry\u2019s \u2018star-driven\u2019 modus operandi should occur for Goan actors to gain platforms to showcase their talent.<\/i><\/div>\n
~ Upcoming Goan filmmakers need to stay true to their roots while telling stories, instead of replicating previous film formats.<\/i><\/div>\n
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Goa Kahabar<\/b>: To enable the local film industry to grow exponentially, the Goan audience needs to create a foundation for support in the state itself, said award-winning Goan writer and filmmaker Ronak Kamat. He was speaking at the recently held MOG Sundays talk titled \u2018Indie Cinema & Mainstream Cinema – Ronak Kamat\u2019s Journey\u2019 at the Museum of Goa, Pilerne.<\/div>\n
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\u201cMaking a film in Goa is very easy; however, the processes that follow after are difficult. I do not feel like we have a proper paying audience for Goan films in the state. We need to get to a point where Goan films can work theatrically, and not just host voluntary, free screenings, as this is not a long-term strategy financially,\u201d he stated.<\/div>\n
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Kamat has written and directed several short films and documentaries that have been screened and accrued awards in film festivals out of the state, such as \u2018Caazu\u2019 (2015) which won the best documentary film award at the Rajasthan International Film Festival in 2016 and was selected at the Grenoble Film Festival in France. The other films under his writing and directorial belt include \u2018Scars\u2019 (2017), \u2018Bare\u2019 (2020), and an upcoming documentary on iconic Goan artist Vamona Navelcar titled \u2018I am Nothing\u2019.<\/div>\n
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Kamat has also experienced a successful venture into the over-the-top (OTT) media services in India in the capacity of a writer, co-writing the script for the thriller series \u2018P.I. Meena\u2019 (2023), released on Amazon Prime Video.<\/div>\n
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According to Kamat, the audience base needs to \u201cstart at home, as booming film industries in other states have a massive homegrown audience that provides both motivation and monetary support to their local filmmakers.\u201d<\/div>\n
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These viewers comprise the primary audience, while other states comprise secondary audiences \u2014 the opposite holds true for the Goan film industry, as Kamat\u2019s award-winning short documentary \u2018Caazu\u2019 (2015) on Goa\u2019s cashew liquor practices only found fame at home after being lauded in foreign film circuits.<\/div>\n
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Kamat stated that the format of \u2018template filmmaking\u2019, wherein new entrants in the directorial role attempt to recreate films that achieved widespread popularity, is killing creativity and plateauing the growth of India\u2019s independent or indie film genre.<\/div>\n
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\u201cIn my opinion, we are going through a poor phase in the Indian indie film industry, as most indie filmmakers utilise the same style \u2013 a camera is left on, a character walks slowly \u2013 and nothing new is said. While this worked a few years ago, the indie film industry in the state is now oversaturated with similar outputs,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n
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Kamat stated that a fundamental shift in the Indian film industry as a whole needs to occur, which begins with moving away from the obsession with \u2018stars\u2019 in the industry and giving new faces opportunities to showcase their talent.<\/div>\n
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\u201cThis move will enable actors from Goa to achieve wider success, as film audiences will be more receptive to the craft of the film\u2019s storyline, cinematography and acting process, rather than appreciating a film only for its \u2018star\u2019 value,\u201d Kamat posited.<\/div>\n
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He also stated that Goan youth who want to step foot into the film industry need to remain true to their roots and tell an authentic story, rather than repeating film recipes that will not find as much success due to them being overdone.<\/div>\n
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\u201cCreating films in Goa is to authentically portray Goan stories and remain as grounded as possible. We need to remain deeply connected to our heritage, to ensure that our films instantly click with our audience,\u201d Kamat concluded.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

~\u00a0According to writer-director Ronak Kamat, a radical shift away from the Indian film industry\u2019s \u2018star-driven\u2019 modus operandi should occur for Goan actors to gain platforms to showcase their talent. ~ Upcoming Goan filmmakers need to stay true to their roots while telling stories, instead of replicating previous film formats. Goa Kahabar: To enable the local […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":93974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,6],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-93973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-155","category-6","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93973"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93975,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93973\/revisions\/93975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/93974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}