Shahana Goswami and Sandhya Suri Exclusive Interview with Anupama Chopra | Santosh | FC at Cannes'24

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Published 2024-05-20
Sandhya Suri and Shahana Goswami speak to Anupama Chopra about their film Santosh, which was shown at the 77th Cannes film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. Suri shares that the inspiration for Santosh stemmed from a photograph taken during the Nirbhaya protests. Goswami explains that trusting the director fully helps her overcome her insecurities as an actor. Suri emphasises the significance of details in filmmaking and why she avoids didactic cinema. Goswami delves into the creation of her character, developed through a scene-by-scene exploration of intention, and expresses her enjoyment of playing with emotional layers. Additionally, the actor talks about the economics of filmmaking and how she feels ready for the big stuff to come her way.

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00:00 - At Cannes'24 with Shahana Goswami and Sandhya Suri
00:50 - Narrative of Santosh, and where it came from
02:50 - Shahana having a breakdown moment before shoot started
04:45 - The layers involved in Santosh
08:23 - Constructing Shahana’s performance
12:23 - Hindi Cinema figuring out what to do with Shahana
16:00 - Santosh’s plan for an Indian release

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All Comments (11)
  • @amodhsaxena6103
    Finally some useful interview by FC, otherwise influencer non-sense chal raha the kaafi time se.
  • @krishnarituraj
    congratulations to team Santosh Looking forward to movie’s release in India
  • @PokhrajRoy.
    Congratulations to Team ‘Santosh’! 🎉
  • @athulgeorge696
    Shahani Goswamy is spot on. Mainstream Hindi cinema - one may add Telugu cinema as well - cannot be called art in any meaningful way. It is something else.
  • @citrocar1028
    Somebody should study Aristotle's 'The Poetics' again. Art & literature are not just about entertainment, they're here also to teach, to present a critical picture of society. Bollywood or Hindi cinema took a lazy route and propagated that it was about only entertainment. That's not true! When you can have best of both worlds (enjoyable entertainment and thoughtful criticism of society), why stick to just one of the objectives of art and literature 😮?
  • @salilshankar
    Isn't Cinema generally an entertainment form? And does it mean it's not an art form? I think she's wrong. Best movies do both.