‘Every scene in the film Sholay is copied, you have copied Charlie Chaplin’, when Naseeruddin Shah told these things to Javed Akhtar

Famous Bollywood actor and filmmaker Naseeruddin Shah said that he/she once discussed the issue of originality in films with Javed Akhtar regarding his/her film ‘Sholay’. Then he/she told the script writer that his/her 1975 film ‘Sholay’ was a copy of the films of Charlie Chaplin and Hollywood filmmaker Clint Eastwood. Akhtar had written the story of ‘Sholay’ along with Salim Khan. The film is considered one of the finest and most influential Indian films. Naseeruddin Shah said on the first day of ‘IFP Season 14’ on Saturday, ‘I remember Javed Akhtar once told me – something can be called original only when you cannot find its source.’

Naseeruddin Shah said- You have copied every scene

he/she said, ‘I was talking to him/her about the film Sholay and I said – You have copied every scene, you have not left out any of Charlie Chaplin’s films, apart from this, Clint Eastwood’s presence is felt in every frame. Was.’

Javed Akhtar had given the answer

Shah said, ‘But he/she said that the question is not from where you have taken the reference, the question is how far you have taken it. It is difficult to define originality. William Shakespeare is considered a great play writer and he/she also obviously copied from old plays, but there was originality in the way he/she presented it.

A glimpse of Clint Eastwood and samurai cinema in ‘Sholay’

‘Sholay’, directed by Ramesh Sippy, had a glimpse of Clint Eastwood and samurai cinema. The biggest names of the 1970s like Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri and Amjad Khan worked in ‘Sholay’.

Naseeruddin Shah seen in films like ‘Vishwatma’ and ‘Mohra’

Shah (74), who made his/her mark with films like parallel cinema ‘Nishant’, ‘Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro’, and ‘Mirch Masala’, has also acted in films like ‘Hero Hiralal’, ‘Vishwatma’ and ‘Mohra’. Have shown a lot.

Fan of directors like Satyajit Ray, Anurag Kashyap

he/she said that he/she is a fan of directors Mrinal Sen, Basu Chatterjee, Satyajit Ray, Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane. The actor said that the films of Mrinal Sen, Basu Chatterjee, Shri Ray were new. Films like ‘Bhuvan Shome’, ‘Sara Aakash’ or ‘Ankur’ got a lot of coverage, but there were not many people making such films.

‘Today, the situation in the film industry is serious’

Shah said, ‘Today, there are people like Anubhav Sinha, Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane and Basu Chatterjee’s successor Rajkumar Hirani. So, there’s a group of passionate people making the movies they love, but they’re unlikely to be the next generation. Today, the situation in the film industry is serious.

Naseeruddin Shah has directed the short film ‘Man Woman Man Woman’

Shah said that the short film ‘Man Woman Man Woman’ made under his/her direction is a small drop in the ocean. In this film, his/her wife Ratna Pathak Shah, son Vivaan Shah, Saba Azad and Tarun Dhanrajgir are in lead roles. This 26-minute film depicting love and companionship between two generations was shown at IFP.