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Director Anurag Kashyap faced significant barriers in making That Girl In Yellow Boots , not minimal of which originated in their peers. "Everyone said it could be career suicide," he told the audience at the premiere. Yet he was determined to tell a story that grappled genuinely and honestly with the matter of incest in Asia, a shockingly typical event, but one that's rarely ever discussed in the united states. Influenced by a horrific true story of a man, his two daughters and their so-called spiritual advisor - aswell as his own experiences as a child - Kashyap enlisted Koechlin to write a script that would "test our very own boundaries within our country and see how far we can get, can we really tell the story?"
Anurag Kashyap
Once we follow Ruth on her desperate journey, you will find grateful moments of light and humor that offer audiences a short respite from the seeming hopelessness of her life. Famed veteran star Naseeruddin Shah plays Diwakar, a sort but ageing man who visits Ruth for their leg pain and is protective of her. Their interactions are truly sweet and he's the only guy in her life whom resembles a father figure. In their debut role, Gulshan Devaiah plays Chittiappa, a fumbling, wannabe gangster who demands money from Ruth when he realizes that her boyfriend Prashant, expertly played by Prashant Prakash, can't appear with the drug money he's owed. But it is Puja Sarup who garners the biggest laughs from the viewers as Maya, the loquacious receptionist at the massage parlor Ruth works at. Constantly talking incessant nonsense on the phone, client or no customer, Sarup's demeanor is pitch-perfect and laugh-out-loud funny.
Prashant Prakash, Anurag Kashyap, Kalki Koechlin, Guneet Monga (Associate Producer)
Koechlin and Prakash offer powerful performances in part simply because they are clearly fine actors but also because Kashyap allowed for a great deal improvisation during filming. In wanting "a performance that is as natural as you can... to let the actors have their breathing room, their room to do," Kashyap was able to capture a chemistry between your actors that could maybe not have been scripted. Prakash shines in a scene where he is fighting the vicious shocks of drug withdrawal and Koechlin is expert at silently conveying her despondency through gestures. The pressure of a controversial subject matter and achieving to shoot in a mere thirteen times didn't seem to hinder the actors in any way. In reality, the urgency with which they had to movie That Girl In Yellow Boots reflects the urgency with which Ruth really wants to find her father, the urgency with which Kashyap wanted to tackle the tough, taboo dilemma of incest.
TIFF Co-Director Cameron Bailey, Guneet Monga, Rajeev Ravi (Cinematographer), Prashant Prakash, Kalki Koechlin, Anurag Kashyap
That woman in Yellow Boots is another exemplory case of a film breaking ground in Indian cinema (see my overview of Dhobi Ghat,) one that does not rely on an attractive star and a popular soundtrack, but alternatively instead seeks to share with you stories with audiences being genuine, difficult and at sometimes uncomfortable. "we think there's an entire brand new generation that's coming who wants to make movies which are coming from within them, a story originating from their life," said Kashyap at the premiere. Koechlin echoed Kashyap's optimism for the success of a more independent style of Indian cinema into the future, saying, "there's an increasing middle class and a very educated class of people who are looking to find out real stories." With such a talented and respected number of Indian actors, directors, producers and script authors courageously experimenting outside the confines of traditional Bollywood, Asia - as well as the world - we will certainly want to watch what they are so desperate to show us.
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