Hindi films suffering from dearth of talent: Bedabrata Pain

He pointed out that filmmaking required dedication and honesty and it should come from the heart.

One of the inventors of CMOS digital image censor technology which brought about the digital camera revolution,Pain said the public relation people in the Hindi film industry were responsible for not correctly selling films based on simple and good ideas to the audience.

Recollecting the experience about his debut film ‘Chittagong’,which is based on the Chittagong uprising of 1930,Pain admitted that it was a difficult journey for him in overcoming the odds including the 2008 severe recession.

“When several producers decided to stop work amidst recession in 2008,I had continued with making ‘Chittagong’ which I completed in 2010 with the money I had earned as royalty for my work on CMOS digital imaging technology,” Pain said.

The director was interacting with the audience at the Jamshedpur Film Festival organized by the city-based film society ‘Celluloid Chapter’.

Pain,who was born here,said he was happy at being able to screen his movie in his birth place and added he had put in a lot of thoughts to make the film for which he even hired a script consultant.

Pain,an IIT,Kharagpur alumnus,said it took him only 42 days between January and March in 2010 to complete the film.

He said he wanted the film to release in 2010,but he could not due to death of his elder son Ishan. The film was finally released in 2012.

Asked what prompted him to take up filmmaking after being a scientist for so many years,Pain said films had been a passion for him and he used to watch Hindi film entertainers.

Pain said his next movie would be based on family drama. He refused to disclose further details.

“I am working on it. It will be a simple story and I hope it will be of international standard.”