J.P. Dutta
Rare & Exclusive: 27 Years Of Border, J P Dutta Reminisces
J P Dutta is to Indian cinema what David Lean was to British cinema. His epic vision swept across Rajasthan’s sandscape in colossal dramas which remain a testimony to “I don’t know why most of my films were located in Rajasthan. Maybe I was born in Rajasthan in my last life," a faint smile cracks JP’s grim visage at the mention of his Rajasthan fixation. After Yateem(1988), Hathyar(1989), Batwara(1989), Kshatriya(1992) and Border(1998) JP has now moved on, leaving both Rajasthan and the Deols behind. Border remains the single most important war epic of Indian cinema. R | Click Here...
Aishwarya As Gayatri Devi?
At this stage of her career Aishwarya Rai Bachchan need not face the camera for any other reason except for her own creative satisfaction. And that would mean a role which gives her a chance to play a character as beautiful and multi-faceted as the gorgeous Gayatri Devi, the Maharani of Jaipur. Plans were afoot for Aishwarya to play the dream role way back in the 1990s when director J P Dutta initiated the idea of a Gayatri Devi biopic.Aishwarya was game.. But the project never took off. It is time now to revive the project. Apparently J P Dutta is seriously thinking of revivi | Click Here...
J P Dutta Remembers His ‘Eye’ Ishwar Bidri
Cinematographer Ishwar Bidri who passed away on 28 December was a celluloid magician. The kind of stunning visuals he created for the films of the mighty J P Dutta were not only epic, they were sheer poetry. I consider Bidri one of Indian cinema’s best cinematographers. My dear friend J P Dutta is understandably broken by the loss. “Subhash, they are all going one by one.I feel a deep sense of loss each time a friend goes. Ishwar was that eye that saw the visuals in my mind. How we started working together is a story.You see, I had been signed to make a | Click Here...
J. P. Dutta to take a break from war epics
The Movie Moghul J. P. Dutta has been lying low since the debacle of his last war epic Paltan a year ago. However the maker of such war epics as Border and LOC Kargil is taking a break from the battle-front. Speaking to this writer, J. P. Dutta says, “I’ve many stories of untold war heroes to tell. But those are right now in the process of being researched and also several permissions have to be taken from authorities. Making an authentic war film is not an easy task. War films will always be my favourite genre. But right now I am looking at three subjects whic | Click Here...