Bhatt serves Poison on the Platter

"Issue based sensitive cinema may fetch a national award or critical acclaim but it will not bring in money. Still,I make such films as give me a chance to sleep peacefully at night...

“Issue based sensitive cinema may fetch a national award or critical acclaim but it will not bring in money. Still,I make such films as give me a chance to sleep peacefully at night,says film maker Mahesh Bhatt who surely knows how to strike balance between mainstream cinema and the issue-based films.

So when filmmaker-activist Bhatt made a film on the ill effects of Genetically Modified (GM) foods,he ensured that people thought about the issue,at least once. He was in the state capital on Saturday to launch his film Poison on the Platter.

“This is not my first film based on an issue,we have made many small documentaries on issues like HIV AIDS,domestic violence and other such problems. I even tried to make a commercial movie Tamanna,which was based on the problem of female foeticide or Saaransh focusing on old age related troubles. My recent movie,Dhokha too was based on Islamic militancy. These films do get critical acclaim and National Award at times,which carries cash and medal that may loose shine in two months. It’s only commercial films like Raaz or Murder that become hits,” said Bhatt. On making ‘Poison on the platter’,which has been directed by Ajay Kanchan,Bhatt said,”When we make such films,we can sleep peacefully at night.”

The film,supported by Coalition for GM Free India,was screened at Amity University and Bhatt was accompanied by director Ajay Kanchan and Agriculture Activist Devinder Sharma.

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