Back to the Future

A unique feature of the tribute screenings will be inclusion of artists who were not directly connected to the industry,but have doubtless influenced the process of film-making in a big way. So sharing space in the same list as producer-director Nasir Hussain’s tribute to late director-writer Sachin Bhowmick,is James Beveridge’s homage to late Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. “It’s great that the contribution of artists like art director Samir Chanda (by director Vishal Bhardwaj),even though it was technical,is being recognised. It is important that people understand that film-making is a team process,it’s not just the producer,director and the actors who make a film,” says Patharbe. Film tributes to theatre doyen Satyadev Dubey,actor Dharam Dev Pishorimal Anand,Bengali actor Gita Dey,English conductor and music composer,John Barry,actor Shammi Kapoor,singer Bhupen Hazarika,director Mani Kaul,American actor Anne Francis,artist MF Hussain,and actor Elizabeth Taylor are in order this year.

Besides the films,a poster exhibition of the luminaries will open at the NFAI on January 13. The archives has pulled out 90 old film posters from its extensive repertoire of 40,000 in order to add to the nostalgia. “Tributes have been a regular feature of PIFF over the years. We believe in honouring an artist through his lifetime,as well as remembering his contribution when he is gone. The NFAI exhibition this year has extended this trend,” says director Jabbar Patel.

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