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Noted filmmaker Shyam Benegal has said even though his forthcoming film
Welcome to Sajjanpur is a funny film, it deals with very serious issues. “I always wanted to make a comedy. I discussed my story idea with scriptwriter Ashok Mishra who wrote a beautiful script and I decided to make a film on it,” Benegal said here. He said multiplexes had wiped out the divide between mainstream and new cinema which existed earlier. “Today, multiplexes have given audiences a tremendous choice. There is place to cater to different tastes and sensibilities of audiences which did not exist earlier. Due to the lack of theatres, there were no high risk ventures to meet the interests of all sections of the audience. The changing trend in cinema business is a very positive sign,” the legendary director, considered one of the pioneer of the New Cinema in the 1970s said. Speaking about
Welcome to Sajjanpur, Benegal said the story is set in a village of Madhya Pradesh and the entire village has been recreated at the Ramoji film city in Hyderabad. He expressed happiness at the way in which the film has turned out to be. “I chose my actors as per the demands of the script and for this film, Shreyas Talpade, Amrita Arora, Ravi Kisshen fitted the bill perfectly,” he added. He said he completed the film late last year. UTV Spotboy, the producers have decided to release it on September 19. Benegal, who is a nominated member of Rajya Sabha, said his experience so far had been interesting and fascinating. To a question on plans to re-release his 2005 film
Bose-the Forgotten Hero, Benegal said he was not aware of the producers (Sahara Motion pictures) plans to He said Welcome to Sajjanpur is a tale of Mahadev (played by Shreyas) who is one of the few educated young men from Sajjanpur. His ambition is to be a novelist but finds it easier to make a living by writing letters sitting next to the post office. His ability to write persuasive letters makes him popular with the largely non-literate population of the town. Aware of this power, he soon uses his talent to manipulate people with amusing and sometimes not such amusing results.
— PTI
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