Is Film School Important? Vikramaditya Motwane on Filmmaking, His Favourite Films, And Jubilee

In the new episode of the podcast, we had the pleasure to interact with director Vikramaditya Motwane (Udaan, Lootera, Sacred Games, Bhavesh Joshi Superhero) about his favourite films, his opinion on the importance of film school, his idea of happiness, and his beautiful new series, Jubilee.
The Humans of Cinema Podcast is a show where I hope to engage in meaningful conversations about films and the impact of cinema with the people who make the movies.
Host : Harshit Bansal
Camera team : Rishabh, Anupurna, Shubham
Production team : Taralika, Abhishek , Ahona
Editor : Prince
Creatives : Samraj
Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
1:54 Films that have influenced him
5:10 Experiencing Pyaasa in the theatre
7:00 On Satyajit Ray
7:40 Indian films that have influenced him
8:53 Western filmmakers that have influenced him
10:37 On his filmmaking journey
15:35 Working with Bhansali
20:23 On timelessness of classics
23:46 On navigating when a film does not find appreciation
27:23 On Making Jubilee
30:40 Exploring Stardom
32:38 Theatre v/s Cinema
37:50 On Happiness
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[@TheMohak7]

Jubilee is to be felt, experienced. What a series! Phenomenal casting, phenomenal music, cinematography beyond charts, and the world building! Jubilee teleports you into the Old Classic Bollywood and the foreshadowing chef’s kiss. But The BTAS poster on Motwane’s wall.👌🏾

[@anju04aa]

Yes so true…

[@amoghjawa]

that intro is on behalf of all of us Thankyou Mr. Motwane for UDAAN! Changed more lives than you can imagine.

[@HumansofCinema]

Yes ❤

[@rahulkhare24]

​@@HumansofCinemaHarshit, can we talk sometime

[@shireensingh2834]

Jubilee is a masterpiece ! Be it Storytelling, writing , dialogues, cinematography or editing . Wholesome experience

[@rotikapdaurcinema]

Thoroughly enjoyed every bit of this interview, love that his favourite film is Pyaasa :)

[@vickedone1392]

Great Interview!!

[@madhavdhawan7950]

Nice to see on a big platform Harshit God bless you

[@shobhitshyamnarang8263]

Love this! This is so so good🌟

[@soniabansal539]

Great podcast 👏👏👏

[@milindjha4533]

thank you for this podcast.

[@shahvatshal4409]

You guyz deserve an applause for beautiful talks like this ❤

[@HumansofCinema]

Thank you so much ❤

[@sauempty]

Quite insightful

[@deepthin7480]

Always loved motwane's work!! So glad to listen to him ..great work HoC

[@HumansofCinema]

❤❤❤

[@nagsage3102]

udaan is a classic, loved that film.

[@somlama2883]

Koun.....kehta hain.....telent chupta hain.....you are outstanding in jublee respect Sir.......

[@akritisharma1319]

This podcast is totally amazing! You guys are killing it!! 😍

[@HumansofCinema]

❤❤❤❤

[@brijeshkaushik007]

gr8 harshit.keep it up dear🎉🎉

[@hiteshdhawan1]

Jubilee is his best work so far. Strange how directors learn from varied sources / inspirations in life. Everyone is different.

[@abhiraajsingh5878]

Nothing is new under the Sun

[@shamshersinghsagwal2363]

Proud of you Harshit.

[@anju04aa]

Such a learning session it was 🎥🙌

[@yogitagoel2438]

Great 👍

[@SoumenMishra123]

Vikramaditya Motwane! 😍

[@LastShotCompany]

This is great guys! Please bring in more filmmakers, so much to learn from them ❤️

[@HumansofCinema]

Yes ❤

[@ananths8828]

Why? The best place to learn is on q set or on instructional videos. This is just faf

[@LastShotCompany]

@@ananths8828 don't know what 'faf' means. Of course the best place to learn is on sets, but not everyone has the opportunity to work with great directors and actors so it's always good to listen to their experiences. Being a filmmaker, you might want to be open to learning from everything and everyone. :)

[@ananths8828]

@@LastShotCompany I respect your drive, but don't waste time on guys like him. Also direction is a skill that you can learn with minimum training. It's writing, lighting and camera that you learn on a set. And you can land on a set and start working with a little hustle in Mumbai. Also, with phone, cameras, editing tools etc available, even you can be a better director than this ass. You just need to do it this I am sure even this over rated idiot will agree with. Faf means empty gyan. These guys pretend to have done something great. Lol, they are delusional. An engineer or a doctor can learn and do this. Also if you are interested, develop your style, take a small film direction course in Mumbai for q few thousand rupees, you will be in the right place. Then its up to you. This is what I mean.

[@ananths8828]

Also if I was qn investor, I wouldn't waste my time and money financing this guy lol.

[@udisham.8104]

This man is a genius ❤

[@munishbansal844]

❤Keep it up beta🎉

[@shashankkapoor3316]

I very much disagree with Vikramaditya , as it is not because of the difference in the numbers of screens between the USA & India that good movies works there and not here but it is solely due to people having been lost the patience to appreciate art in general , and it really is sad that he and even us had & have to rely on ncpa to screen older movie’s or even good movies in general because people do not appreciate it in the way they used to but I hope that changes with the new generation

[@abhiraajsingh5878]

Disagree

[@sid.469]

Cmon I mean indian audiences are kind of backward audience raj kapoor and ray said this er

[@saran5263]

Please name a great movie that was released in the last few months! The truth is India just doesn't release great stuff regularly.

[@sid.469]

@@saran5263 audiences arent that great too

[@saran5263]

@@sid.469 that's the case everywhere ... India more so!!

[@HarshKalra06]

Podcast was really good! but the creative choices on the edit didn't suit me at all!

[@parveenjain5586]

Great beta❤

[@naamnei]

Those who're into it, any idea what MBTI and Ennnegram Vikramaditya M might be? Fascinated by his creative skills

[@pranavbansal1657]

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[@aasthagupta1661]

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[@vishalratdiya1234]

Nice

[@abeerkhan3590]

whats that cut at 27:20 ?

[@upamanyuganguly6663]

I am surprised he did not mention directors like scorsese, fellini etc.

[@YKYProductions]

Vikramaditya Motwane List of Films that influenced him (*is for filmmaker's filmography) Fight Club Back to the Future Pyaasa(Biggest Influence) Black Friday(Biggest Influence) Dr. Strangelove Sholay Amar Akbar Anthony Die Hard Memento Terminator 2 Reservoir Dogs Pulp Fiction Seven Trainspotting Charulata JalsaGhar MahaNagar Nayak Apu Trilogy Kapurush O Mahapurush Seven Samurai(Everything that Akira Kurosawa* does) Notorious(Everything that Alfred Hichcock* does) 400 Blows David Fincher* Christopher Nolan*(for turning head scratching ideas to event films) Ruben Ostlund* Michael Haneke* Force Majeure The Square

[@nafismustafa1206]

You missed out on itvaar, anyways do let me know about the acommodation of the actors.

[@diwanmal2335]

Timestamps laga gaaaaaanduuuuuuuuiuiii

[@sameerkashyap1750]

Can't believe this is real

[@jyotiradityaanbhorkar6196]

From which college or university he completed his film-making course..?

[@DeepakKumar-sd2nb]

Bhavesh Joshi, Udaan and Lootera ❤❤❤

[@DeepakKumar-sd2nb]

@@useratecuador movie bakwaas nahi thi aapka taste kharab hai

[@DeepakKumar-sd2nb]

@@useratecuador bilkul nahi .these are awesome movies

[@useratecuador]

@@DeepakKumar-sd2nb sorry Bhai ager aapko bhavesh Joshi achi lagi m apne words wapic leta hu

[@DeepakKumar-sd2nb]

@@useratecuador it's okay bro..not a big deal.

[@MaheshPippalla]

Hi

[@ankitbaruah8641]

WHERE DO I WATCH SUCCESSION?

[@Rahulkumarmore11]

I think it is HBO's show

[@pratikmemane955]

6:50 why

[@aamirkhan943]

Yeh raaz bhi usi k saath chala gaya

[@girishkadam6607]

host ki awaaz zakir khan jaise nahi lagg rahi?

[@sarthak10014]

Thank you for this !! But stop saying ya ya ya Let them talk and make them comfortable Add slowing moving close up shots Please

[@sid.469]

Bmm?

[@latam.lincoln7769]

Several loop holes in web series describe cinema period before 1950. By & large , good work but not sufficient. Story line mislead at many level.

[@realyatharthh]

Wow, guys I have been following y'all on Instagram for the longest time and as soon as I saw your post I hopped here and loved every second of the podcast, I'd love to see more of this. Thank You 🫂✨

[@HumansofCinema]

Thank you so much for supporting us. More stuff coming soon!

[@pratibhagarg5951]

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