1982----A guy who was doing his college and at the same time
working with a garment company on salary of Rs.300 per month, incidentally got
chance to get associated with the films “Far Pavallion” and “Queene” (which
were shot in Jaipur that time) as a stuntman and assistant director.
Initially money might be the motivational factor as he was
getting the amount per day which he was getting per month from his job in
garment factory but soon he realized that this is want he wanted to do in his
life.his passion for films took him to Mumbai in no time and immediately he
became part of various films as an production manager and assistant director,
some of the films were Perfect Murder,
Joshiley, Ajooba, Deceivers etc. his inclination and willingness for film
making made him prominent figure among well known directors of that time as he
could be seen asking questions with the cameraman and director just after every
shot of the movie but destiny played different role as when he was about to
establish in film making , due to unforeseen personal reason had to come back to
Jaipur.
After coming to Jaipur he started his own garment business
but his inclination towards art and films remains intact as he kept reading
books of various issues , almost after 20 years he read a Hindi Novel and
immediately decided to make a film on it and that person is AJIT MANN and the novel titled “USSEY
KYA HO JAYEGA”.
When asked what is special with the novel, Ajit replied-“I
could relate myself with the novel and not only me,everyone of any age could
relate him or herself with atleast some part of that.each of us in our life
come across with a situation when we think that every thing is finished,in that
situation how the center character of the novel “tanmay”gives himself as well
as to others a positive frame of mind that is not only interesting but logical
and highly motivational,in addition Ajit says that it also highlights that how
today’s so called show off life unnecessary bringing undue stress to the person
or society.
According to Ajit,I felt that this message should be spread
all over and for this I thought film is the best medium.
Ajit inquired about the the author and incidently the author
“Ashesh Sharma” also belongs to Jaipur.Ajit met the author and disclosed his
willingness to make a film.not only that, he asked author to find out the
director who can do the justice to his novel.incidently the director
finalized“Amit Ojha” was also from the Jaipur and the music director of the
film “Ravi Pawar” also belongs to Rajasthan. Ajit says-“though it was not
planned initially but it happens to be that everyone has a belonging to Rajasthan
and the novel also had a jaipur based story” Ajit recalls and tells that “I casually said that since
everyone is from jaipur lets take initiative to make ‘’JOLLYWOOD”
Casually given statement took serious shape and Ajit decided
not to go to Mumbai instead he brought Mumbai to Jaipur. He decided to do all
the shooting in Jaipur and near by.He conducted first audition at Jaipur and
selected 35 artists but still could not get artists for lead roles and for this
further auditions were conducted in Mumbai and Delhi.
Ajit had firm belief that film is made on table,well planned
tight script before the start of film shooting and analytical editing after the
film shooting are the foremost important things.Ajit decided to complete the
film shooting in one month time which was not an easy task as the novel based
story reflecting the story of one complete generation plus consisting almost 50
artists.
As decided Ajit finished the shooting in one month time and
even for post production he relied on Jaipur right from editing,back ground
music,colour correction to dubbing,everything has been done at Jaipur and
according to Ajit “quality wise and
technically my film is at par with any Mumbai made film”,when asked that
there is no big star in his film,Ajit smiles and says “Story and the Music of
the film is Real Star”.
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