Flmmaker Anurag Kashyap remembers the time when he had heard Vikramaditya Motwane's (inset) film script.
"I laughed at him and told him that no one except me would produce his film," says Kashyap. The prolific filmmaker, Kashyap -- whose films are often branded 'unconventional' -- worked with Motwane on Deepa Mehta's film Water.
Kashyap was the dialogue writer while Motwane was the choreographer. Later, when Kashyap was shooting for his film Paanch, he opted for Motwane.
Says Kashyap, "I'd loved the way Vikramaditya had shot the Aankhon ki gustakhiyan song in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, and opted for him in my film."
While Kashyap saw potential in Motwane's script, film production company UTV Motion Pictures backed it too. A film about a teenager who returns from his boarding school to Jamshedpur, his hometown, after a hiatus of eight years, Udaan looks at the relationship of this boy with his father. In Motwane's own words, it's about teenage angst and the anguish of a boy who is growing up in an emotional vacuum.
And while Motwane admits that "my biggest challenge has been raising money for this film", Udaan has been grabbing headlines because of its official selection for the ongoing Cannes Film Festival.
"I'm excited and nervous," says Motwane. Udaan, for the record, has been featured in the 'Un Certain Regard' category after 16 years and is the first Hindi film to be officially selected in this category. The first film screened in the same category was Swaham (1994), a Malayalam film.
"The film is for an Indian audience and while we're awaiting its release in India, getting global recognition through film fests is an icing on the cake," adds Motwane.
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