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Script is the new hero
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Script is the new hero
Insiya Amir30 August 2009, 01:17am IST

Oscar-winning director Frank Capra was often praised for the ‘Capra touch’. Once, when a writer gave him a movie script, Capra opened it to find
only blank sheets. “Try adding the Capra touch to that,” quipped the writer.

It will be a long time before any Bollywood scriptwriter will dare do the same. But a spate of script-driven movies are in the theatres. Is it a sign that the Indian film-writer is finally gaining recognition for his art after decades of being the most neglected and underpaid member of the crew? Is a good story finally running the show?

Gone are the days when a film only needed ‘stars’ to get the box-office ringing. By that rationale, this year’s Kambakht Ishq, with its Bollywood A-listers and Sylvester Stallone, should have done well. But the big-budget film’s takings nosedived after the opening weekend. Word had spread that it had little of substance to offer.

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  1. Caulfield 31 August 2009
    05:37:39 am

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    Thanks Rks. It was nice read. :)

    I love films by Frank Capra. Another person who laid great importance on the script was Alfred Hitchcock(the best filmmaker IMO). He said once that a good film only requires three things – A good script, a good script and a good script.

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