After the success of his second directorial venture,
Sarbjit, Omung Kumar was at Whistling Woods International (WWI), along with his
team, to enlighten the students about the art of filmmaking. The team briefed
the aspiring filmmakers on various aspects of the film. When asked about the
process of making a biopic, Omung said, “It’s like weaving a thread through the
incidents of a person’s life and tying them together, taking the liberty of
adding elements only to fill the gaps and never forgetting to stay true to
their story.”
Omung also spoke about the efforts the actors put in by
adding, “Randeep Hooda lost 18 kilos in 28 days. And for reliving the character
he actually wrote letters and stayed in a dark lonely place for hours to get
the feel and mood of the character.” Students were inspired with the dedication
of the actors.
Utkarshini Vashishtha, the writer of the film said that she
built major part of the script upon the conversations that she had with
Sarabjit’s youngest daughter, Poonam. She mentioned, “The 18 year old daughter
of Sarabjt, Poonam, came through and shared each and every experience of hers
on remembering her father only through a couple of pictures and the stories
told by everyone else. Little things that Poonam had shared helped in creating
emotional scenes of the movie.”
The discussion led to the technical aspects of making the
film. The students learned about the processes involved in the set designing,
sound, and cinematography. The common learning from all the three was being in
sync with the director’s vision of the film. In the words of the director of
photography of the film, Kiran Deohans, “His vision matched so perfectly with
mine that there was no way that I wouldn’t do this movie.” He also gave out his
secret on lighting used on the set, “I’d rather call it ‘realistic’ lighting
than natural, it all depends on the way you use it.”
The production designer, Vanita Omung Kumar, told the
students about the difficulties faced while choosing locations and creating the
set. She said, “The ageing process was apparently the most challenging task for
us, from the characters to the decay of the set.” The sound designers,
Parikshit Lalwani and Kunal Mehta explained how difficult it was to dub few
months after the shoot, when the actors were completely out of their character
and to get them back into it.
The students were grateful to the entire team of Sarbjit for
such an enlightening session and thanked them with a token of appreciation.
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