Imtiaz Ali | FC Unfiltered | Love Aaj Kal | Anupama Chopra | Film Companion

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[@amritaoxymoron1944]

Rockstar!!!!!!!

[@poulomibhattacharya315]

Tamasha, Rockstar, Highway, Jab we met

[@CKA-ks5db]

Tamasha,tamasha,tamasha

[@abhiraajchaudhary8091]

TAMASHA JAB WE MET HIGHWAY ROCKSTAR SOCHA NA THA JAB HARRY MET SEJAL LOVE AAJ KAL

[@furty786]

1. Jab we met 2. Rockstar 3. Love Aaj Kal (original) 4. Tamasha

[@deepthin7480]

Imtiaz philosophical side in him and in his movies is what appeals to the audience like me, even though I know his movies are similar to each other . The explanation he gave on window seat is just❤

[@raahul728]

Imtiaz Ali, Ranbir Kapoor, Mohit Chauhan and A.R Rahman is the best combination ever!

[@rishabhsrivastava4799]

Irshad Kamil, Pritam

[@chiragmohan2797]

That made Rockstar

[@shrutishroti5998]

Tamasha! :'(

[@sarwarali1509]

Irshad Kamil is a major part of this team

[@watercolourart1609]

Ranbir , arijit, pritam , amitabh>>>>

[@parv112]

When Imtiaz said that "being in a relationship makes you discover yourself" i felt that.

[@golammostafaamit3946]

Imtiaz has an extraordinary clarity in his ideas. And Anupama, she really brings the best out of an interviewee. Loved the conversation❤

[@ayushsoni9631]

One of the best interview from FC Maybe his last couple of movies didn't work, but he is truly a gem.

[@FilmCompanionStudios]

Glad you liked it!

[@sreyashah887]

Tamasha is a gem, and it was honestly life altering. Tu koi aur hai hit me hard ❤️

[@ShebeerPrince]

I hate audience, Bollywood or whatever which didn't make Tamasha a hit. It's a criminally underrated gem 😔

[@parsa4542]

He is an extremely talented person who has some different level of imagination. I feel somehow he also wants to blend his very unique thoughts into commercial cinema which was Jab Harry Met Sejal. I really hope he doesn’t commercialize his films and let it be raw like him. I like it that way

[@AryanM3879]

True

[@jomathew1079]

Tamasha, highway and rockstar are iconic films... I don't know how much i cried watching highway...

[@anshitajain6219]

What about jab we met?

[@anuwarrier]

Loved Highway, Tamasha, Jab We Met. But what I want to know is Tara's story. She's such an interesting character, so complex. I want to know more about her. I want to know what makes her tick.

[@monikabhandari5908]

Yes, totally, we can have a sequel revealing tara's world, her past, her childhood.

[@sabhumble]

Rockstar, jab we met and Tamasha is your best work...

[@binod413]

Yea Tamasha is the best movie and Shindlers list is a comedy movie.😠 I just do not understand what do people like in Tamasha , apart from great acting. It is most boring n stupid movie ever made. Same with Harry met Sejal.

[@sagarbanik4707]

@@binod413 because ppl can relate to it.

[@hiteshkumar-dq3pp]

@@binod413 people like tamasha because it ponders on the expectations of millennials. it is a good movie but definitely overrated

[@thameemsthoughts4504]

Rockstar Highway Tamasha

[@aarushi._.]

Fun with reven I think Tamasha is not your cup of tea and that’s not your fault because that movie is meant to be that way. People loved the Corsica part because it was fun and exciting and the true side of Ved but when Ved’s dull everyday life is shown people start finding it boring because it is meant to be boring. How do you show a boring life exciting and fun, you can’t. Tamasha is one of the best films I have ever watched, it made me cry, laugh and empathise with the characters. The screenplay, cinematography, the acting and the direction was all A+. The reason it didn’t do commercially well is because when people had heard about Ranbir-Deepika pairing, they expected it to be another yeh jawaani hai deewani but Imtiaz is much deeper than that. I am glad that a movie like that exists, it’s probably not meant for the general public like you and me but someone who loves studying films because it is very symbolically driven film.

[@raajstr6357]

RK Imtiaz ARR.... We need that combo again

[@srijitaroy-pathfinderhazra8037]

+Mohit Chauhan

[@vishwaasbhatia5182]

+irshad kamil

[@nainamaggo353]

Uff I can listen to him non stop.

[@raksha7775]

What a guy what an interview ❤ Film companion is basically consoling all these broken hearts who couldn't do what they loved in it's own style without even knowing. ❤❤

[@abhiraajchaudhary8091]

One of my fav filmmaker ,his storytelling is very real yet mainstream ,i have huge respect for imtiaz sir and his cinema ,it comes from very honest place and it's seems and my Fav film of Imtiaz sir are follows TAMASHA JAB WE MET HIGHWAY ROCKSTAR SOCHA NA THA JAB HARRY MET SEJAL LOVE AAJ KAL

[@shravangubbi5670]

The most humble interview ever! Damn it was so beautiful.

[@kaustavchatterjee4158]

'i didn't want to name it Love Aaj Kal Reboot because it would seem like Fast and Furious'. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@NishantMishra]

The idea of discovering yourself when you're in love and the window seat concept holds so true and explained so well in Tamasha / Highway / Jab We Met.

[@ishan2853]

I just watched his old Love Aaj Kal again and felt the film was as engaging, entertaining as I felt on the first occasion. The film had an average story but was presented brilliantly. I also felt Deepika's acting a little amateur but her silences (on plenty occasions) could be heard at screeming length and this was amazing. Also, this interview was worth watching.

[@saifservaia5863]

Well said

[@wonderfulworld2239]

He speaks the minds of ordinary people through his characters and that’s what connects with me at least and he also keeps in mind the generation he’s speaking to like the target audience...his best work for me is Rockstar

[@henrypal3656]

I totally relate with his sentence that the closer you get the more distance there is. I have experienced this

[@107suvendu]

Can you explain, if I am allowed to ask

[@henrypal3656]

@@107suvendu I am in a relationship now from past two years..and he was my senior who used to approach me repeatedly and message me like three times a day initially when we started dating.. but now..that he has said that No one knows him like me, that I am his soul mate etc. There is so much silence after every small apparent miscommunication..it's like I have to reach out every single time or else we can't even talk ...this went on once for 45 days because I refused to give in...so the ego increases as much as the love does when it should be the opposite. And to cut thru that ego is the most frustrating thing in the world for me because I only crave for closeness with him

[@107suvendu]

@@henrypal3656 understood. Hope you guys lead a good life keeping the ego aside. God bless...

[@dubb3292]

I get why Deepika had a crush on him ❤😂

[@anamfarooqy3756]

😂😂

[@raajstr6357]

RanbirKapoor 😍 and Imtiaz one of classic combo in indian cinema.......

[@raahul728]

Imtiaz, Ranbir, Mohit Chauhan, AR Rahman.

[@N35001]

agreed.Hands down

[@harip549]

Is it odd that every time I get on a flight I watch 'Rockstar' both ways?? Also his window seat concept, it's so weirdly relatable.

[@ksr0409]

Very Sufisque in his expression! Loved the 'window seat' and When Harry Met Sejal answer. I wish he gets another chance with Shah Rukh Khan.

[@vibingwithjahanvi]

Does even Imtiaz Ali knows that he is a classic legend film maker?My god,this guy is genuinely genius.

[@ankitadas6729]

What an intelligent and insightful person. I can hear him talking for hours.

[@CKA-ks5db]

True ❤️

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Glad you liked it!

[@sewaligoswami781]

@@FilmCompanionStudios ??? Sh is talking about the person, not about your channel or anupama's interviewing skill. Though is it good.

[@mrmilindnair]

@@sewaligoswami781 Aapko pucha koi?

[@sewaligoswami781]

@@mrmilindnair aapko comment karne bola koi?

[@saivamsi8499]

Ranbir and imtiaz is love😍.. They define life in their movies..

[@tulisen6328]

in my opinion no one has the right to ask an honest storyteller that "why r u telling this story??"...

[@rakshawestlife]

Yes! Story-tellers shouldn't be told what type of stories they are allowed to tell. No one poops on Anurag Kashyap for making Noir-Avant Garde style films.

[@AditiSharma-tg9iw]

How lovely was this conversation! I wanted to enjoy it fully so waited till I had uninterrupted time, made myself coffee, sat by the window and then watched it. I kept resisting the urge to pause it constantly because I didn't want it to end but it went by so quickly, like you don't want a good book to end. Thank you!

[@rr2566]

This reminds me of the first FC interview that I saw..Imtiaz ali unfiltered.. about 2 3 years ago.. have been following FC since I saw that interview ❤

[@kshitija1411]

More than a director, what i loved about this video was that for the 1st time I got to know what kind of a person Imtiaz Ali is..so simple and humble and honest and real.

[@aagamshah1994]

I met IMTIAZ ALI my idol while he was shooting in Udaipur 💛 #17thApril2019 He was gracious enough to invite me to a cafe and there I showed him my debut novel which is going to be published soon. #Blessings

[@Sachin-pt1op]

Wishing you good luck for your novel 😊

[@siddheshadhatrao5866]

Good luck Aagam Shah..... he's my idol too....how was it meeting with him?? Pls reply.

[@SAGARCHUDESARA]

Hey aagam Shah, please share your Instagram. Will love to know about your novel

[@PSKx13]

Please let us know when it’s published

[@aagamshah1994]

@@Sachin-pt1op thank you so much for your kind wishes ✨

[@ashishdesai9437]

The people who have not watched love aaj kal (2009) will find love aaj kal 2 interesting

[@aestheticeditsss7967]

ashish Sakhalkar yes

[@Soumik.Naskar]

Sorry bro... I haven't seen the original and have no plans to watch this one either

[@adityasen2281]

@@Soumik.Naskar Then why are you here?

[@Soumik.Naskar]

^coz channel subscribed hai💁... And I like wasting data

[@prashantgyawali3155]

Literally,this movie touched me although it don't get good review 😍💚

[@tanishqpatel_28]

Anupama Chopra: Is this a remake of Love Aaj Kal Imitiaz Ali : Well Yes But Actually No.

[@chvishnu619]

Hi mkbhd

[@ddm1912]

L0L

[@abhinav2390]

This was a beautiful conversation. Thank you for this Anupama. :) His movies have been life altering for me. Tamasha and Highway are therapeutic for me. He get's it.

[@vibingwithjahanvi]

Only intelligent people can say i don't belong to that group.Anupama Great great job.You really bought that sufi side of him in front of audience.This is how film journalism should be.Looking for more such!

[@tarachars]

Imtiaz really hit it home with what a good director should be. Such an intelligent and creative writer/director

[@vivixvignesh6483]

I miss AR Rahman and Imitiaz Ali combo!! Thanks guys! this is much needed! and why so many ads in this video!!

[@mayankgaur8574]

After the trailer I was honestly unsure about going for love aaj kal but I'm definitely going to watch it in a theatre this interview just reminded me how beautiful the director of this film is.

[@tejug3431]

Love him!! His sufi and philosophical yet mad movies feel so real... 💜

[@rashikriz]

Imtiaz Ali, I am glad you made JHMS. People love films, if they can connection. It was very unusual story. However, i could connect to it. Liked the simplicity of the story and dialogue (though dialogues had deep meaning, at least i felt). When character kharab teaser dropped, she sent me teaser and asked me to see. Similar thing happened. It was subtle, on the surface, but if you can connect, you will know what's going on. Thank you, Imtiaz. Good luck!

[@aymanalij]

I can watch him talk for hours on end. Just hope that we haven't already seen his best. Excited for love aaj kal!

[@Thecinesthetic]

Rockstar is a masterpiece

[@divi41111]

I like how honest he is., makes sense why his movies are so fun and deep! His mind is beautiful.

[@ji487]

I am that Imtiaz Bhakt. .. And his films are not everyone's cup of tea... Tamasha is that film which I saw once and it had tremendous impact on me... And am sure each time I see Tamasha it evokes me to do something... Am going through one of the lower phases in life and have kept tamasha to watch the day when I feel lowest in the near future...so that I get up with the bang... Such impact his films have... On me and many others.

[@shrutiverma6372]

J I I know what you are saying here, I too used to watch Swades when I used to feel the lowest n Idk what is there in that film that used to transfer a kind of strong positive energy to me.

[@dibyajitbardhan12]

What a lovely conversation this! Thank you Team FC for bringing us this beautiful gift. It was a joy to hear pure words from a pure man.

[@rashmiashok3785]

I can listen him for hours .. about his philosophy of life and love. ♥️

[@maithilikabre]

This is a very honest interview. The life lived, the want of expression and the nature of that expression: all of it just fluidly blends in and out. Keeping your experience and identity intact is so important as any artist. And glad this one throughly believes in and understands that- in fact Rockstar initiated that very idea in my mind.

[@ramnikjain1225]

here imtiaz is laughing at the memes and now distributors and audience are crying, i guess he already knew where the film was heading to, into the dust

[@ShebeerPrince]

I hate audience, Bollywood or whatever which didn't make Tamasha a hit. It's a criminally underrated gem 😔

[@user-fk8md4jn3i]

Audience is the one to hate here cuz tamasha was heavily promoted yet it flopped

[@riteshrpillai5657]

1. Tamasha 2. Jab we met 3. Highway 4. Rockstar 5. Love aaj kal

[@CrickFreak_live]

Add love aaj Kal too.. it was gem.♥️

[@furty786]

I love that he mentioned Dilip Kumar, the greatest of all time !

[@snehadosieah2950]

That man follows his heart with a level of truth that reflects through humans, contexts, illusion & reality all at the freaking same time... and to me his work nails it when it comes to projecting & receiving appreciation of life. It makes one feel the need to “ appreciate with gratitude...” ❤️

[@kartiksingh7422]

JHMS may not be his best work but it still had the brilliant filmmaking of this man!! Just see the scene where SRK and Anushka are about to make out but just hug each other and sleep the night!!

[@AB.11-z5q]

I'm a simple girl, I see Imtiaz Ali, I hit like before watching ❤

[@architajain8227]

Thank you once again Film Companion for amazing, interesting and relevant conversations on films!

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[@TheSonchha]

Love what he said about love, the closer you are, there’s more to explore. His thoughts on film making

[@nishid943]

So much of anxiety for the mug!! Finally now I can concentrate since he finally kept it on the table and wasn’t balancing it on his leg! Pheww!! 😆

[@bodhthedrugabuseeradicatio8992]

Socha na Tha, Rockstar, Tamasha, Jab we met and highway are his best films having a shelf life of a century.

[@honestladkii]

Rockstar and tamasha are by far his best works 💕

[@kbytes92]

Really enjoyed this interview and Imtiaz is really an inspiration for young upcoming writers, directors, actors etc etc.

[@mkazmi]

I know most people hate JHMS but i loved it. I agree that the circumstances that the characters were in were a bit ridiculous, like "Sejal looking for her ring with a tour guide". That being said, Harry and Sejal were very real and pure in those circumstances and the way their characters developed feelings for each other was written very naturally. It's about two people finding what they didn't even know they wanted in the first place.

[@divyanshu2004]

I don't know why people and critics hated it.It was just amazing ❤️

[@anubhabchatterjee7946]

Yass. Very metaphorical. Even the lyrics were outstanding. It would have been strange if people would have got the film. The film grows with time. I absolutely loved it. Yes there was thin points but then it is not a cinema that can be written off just like that.

[@RajatSharma-cn6qy]

First love aaj kal - 1960-1970 and 2009 Now - 1990 and 2020 I think now people can get the concept is same but era's are different

[@abhiraajchaudhary8091]

i always enjoy to listening to some actors ,writers ,directors and imtiaz ali is one of them ,first he is very well spoken and he is amazingly sarcastic but in well manner and his way of storytelling even in interview is very intrigue and that's why he is very good storyteller on screnn too ,thank you film companion for this gem session ,

[@nakeeransumathi1079]

Jab We Met, Rockstar & Highway are my fav Imtiaz's best❤

[@BinayKumar-qc3le]

Socha Na Tha, Rockstar, Love Aaj Kal Highway and most notable Tamasha... You have given life changing films.... But Harry Met Sejal was over influenced by Stardom of Shahrukh Khan. Ranbir Kapoor and Imtiaz Ali best combination always.

[@mayurirathodrathod2368]

Also Laila Majnu which was written by him

[@mrmilindnair]

"Le de ke fakht apne paas ek nazar toh hai, kyu dekhe iss jahaan ko kisi aur ki nazar se hum". ❤️

[@abhisheksen8325]

I love the words "Synthesis" ..... Yeah Imitiaz Ali is a true hearted Artist who never misses the soul of India and that is why he have Love&Hate both....

[@saadmemon2552]

Highway, the best work of his... that movie was just ... I really cried in the end ❤️❤️

[@Dr.SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

I still feel Tamasha is his best work. I love that film. ❤️ Highway will be second.

[@nigamharia]

SuBhaYU BiSwaS totally agree.. I may put Highway just a notch above

[@navjotarora1417]

IMTIAZ ALI said he aspires to be better at communicating the most meaningful things in the simplest way as his weakness is that he can't simplify what he wants to communicate and ..Answering to Anu's question - when Imtiaz defined what love meant to him........I realized...he knows himself pretty well...the complexity of his answer was EXHAUSTING to another level.

[@hsinghal55]

Instead of Director, Actor etc. maybe cinematopraher, editors,writers to provide a different perspective. Would be a interesting interview. Great Job always. ;)

[@StoicPhilosophyyyy]

He is the writer

[@suchonahasnat9794]

yes watching tamasha is life altering :')

[@macroni26]

@Anupama ma'am: I read your book 'First Day First Show' in my final year of engineering college and have been a fan since then. Your observations are always bang on and it's interesting to see how you use silences so efficiently in your interviews. Loved this conversation to the hilt. Thanks

[@aryamaankhanduja21]

Ved, Jordan, Geet. He not only gave us one of the bestest films in Tamasha, Rockstar, JabWeMet but also lifelong characters. LoveyouSirr!!!!!!

[@cinema2748]

Can you take a 50 min interview of Anurag Kashyap as well ? Thanks.

[@sumitbanerjee1677]

You can just listen to him all day long. ❤️

[@ArjunSehgalDigital]

The description of being with a person has really changed in the last 10 years. I remember when i passed school, having a relationship and intamcy were almost similar. Today it has completely reversed and Imtiaz Ali beautifully explained.

[@mahmudasumi9565]

Jab we met & Rocstars are the both masterpiece of his direction & Story writing, i think. These are My favourite movies all time

[@noorahmedattar3495]

I see Imtiyaz Ali and click the video .. as simple as that !! Love his movies

[@MsKewlkat09]

Socha Na Tha is his best movie till date !

[@rakshawestlife]

Good film or not, I just love this man so much. I know I'll be watching Love Aaj Kal in theatres with great love and some trepidation, like other Imtiaz-heads. Also, I totally think he should release a book of poetry :D

[@mujtabainamdar1476]

So much to learn about in a single interview. Love, life and film making.

[@upama12]

I personally feel, he shouldn't have made LoveAajkal. It was one of my favorite movie. The confusions regarding love the hurdles across time. I The story seemed so organic but the recent one look sort forced and half baked. Maybe I am just too attached to Love Aajkal 2009

[@gauravreviews5983]

No,You are true. Making Love aajkal 2 isn't a bad idea but the way it is made as shown in the trailer is not at all imtiaz kinda craft of portraying his stories.

[@prateeksharma380]

Guyz just wait..... First watch the film than u can judge!!!

[@gauravreviews5983]

@@prateeksharma380 sure 👍

[@siyamalhotra6566]

You're SO SO right!!!

[@soniyas8847]

Calm down the flim is not out yet

[@mohammedkhadeer9887]

OMG I what an incredible interview wished it had never ended.

[@ashwinukey227]

Though the envelope looks the same letter inside them are always different and this definitely applies to his films. ❤ by the way, my personal favorite is #Rockstar 🎸

[@highonshayari]

Listening to him talk about love feels like reading Rumi.

[@suprobhatchattaraj]

Everytime I see this man .I discover more depth about him..he is such a profound man with great vision about relationship, happiness and even every subtle branches of life..

[@ruchiisthebest]

i love this interview..imtiaz is a blessed soul

[@ayeshashaikh2989]

Loved his interview. He's such a real person

[@advikasanchihar4442]

What an interview.. Very real .. beautiful thought on Love .. Love his Sufi vibes dat reflects in his films always..

[@vikasahuja3512]

Wait a minute. In Ashwini Tiwari Ayer's 'Panga,' the male character just helps or guides the female protagonist. Why is the male character just there to help the female? Answer: because the male character is a supporting character. The lead is Kangana's character. Similarly, in Tamasha, the story is Ved's. Not Tara's. Tara is a supporting character. Stop bringing politics in cinema. Cinema reflects life. Life doesn't reflect cinema. Stop generalizing please.

[@amandeepverma5332]

so so true! I don't hate film critics but most of the time their arguments are so one-sided and half baked.

[@divineflu34567]

How simple your world must be

[@minahilaminstar3602]

this guy is so grateful for everything

[@arushiseth3979]

Imtiaz bhagt here!🙋‍♀️

[@gajendrayadav6186]

Arushi Seth Right kind of ‘bhakt.’

[@PreetiPereira]

Fabulous interview.. best one so far..

[@vardh]

Can we all consider doing one thing please- let's just not ask Imtiaz anything about Rockstar or Tamasha or Highway, anymore. Let's just let him come out on his own one day and speak all his heart on every such thing. Like the pouring out of the heart kind of thing. Just like his cinema, I wish to listen to him in all his thoughts and not in just bits and pieces here and there.

[@DurvaShetye]

Thank You Film Companion for this amazing interview with Imtiaz Sir. I am a huge fan of his work. Anupama Ma'am you are just lovely and i love your style. Your interviews feels like a more of casual conversation so engaging and fruitful. Thank you for uploading good content. Looking forward for more such interviews ❤❤

[@aashiksikaria3425]

"I hate love stories." - Imtiaz Ali (2020)

[@snehadosieah2950]

Your words about love is incredible. Never knew it could be worded with such precision. Thank you 🙏