In The Directors' Locker Room | Anupama Chopra | Rajeev Masand | Jio MAMI Movie Mela with Star

Here's an excerpt of #AnupamaChopra and #RajeevMasand in conversation with six of the Hindi film industry's leading filmmakers - #MeghnaGulzar, #AmarKaushik, #AmitSharma, #SriramRaghavan, #KonkanaSenSharma and #SiddharthAnand. What are their rules on set? What's the most practical piece of filmmaking advice they've got? Here are their responses to this segment at #JioMAMIMovieMelawithStar.
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[@sushrutadash9726]

Make a panel like Mani Ratnam- Sanjay Bhansali - SS Rajamouli - Sriram Raghavan - Thyagrajan Kumarraja - Anurag Kashyap - Dibakar Banerjee - Zoya Akhtar

[@anwarnaieem4608]

And imtiaz ali

[@silentkillerz4926]

Does that SS mean S Shankar

[@reejaajay8073]

Please remove ss rajamouli

[@HaBeeV]

Without Sujit Sarcir?

[@akashsinku4084]

Bro you missed some directors

[@Dk-rt3rz]

Konkana sen is the real artist. Amazes me every time she does something

[@aniknarayan1692]

Bro, keyborad AutoCorrection caused typo😁... Please correct it...🙏

[@kushp7923]

Its bengal sen not kolkata sen 😜

[@archiem9926]

I love this woman!

[@ShivamSingh-qz3kh]

Are you Nepali?

[@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

konkona nailed Death in the Gunj. Absolutely my favorite film.

[@divesh613]

Yep 100% agree

[@firefly3479]

I agree. It was just such a genius delicate little gem!

[@ninadchavan6824]

Where can I watch it??

[@SyedSaifAbbasNaqvi]

Needed to cleans my eyes and ears after Kareena, Alia and Karan. This panel surely did.

[@supernovalass]

I watched only the first 2 minutes of that one and stopped. Reading comments on that video was much better lol

[@keiravijay9225]

Seriously...what was that....

[@amodh100]

Hilarious comment

[@fulurani3364]

Vela admi😂

[@sowmyab506]

Sriram Raghavan- Brilliant. Amar Kaushik- superb. Really surprised me with Stree. Wonderful concept and direction and seems like a humble man. Amit Sharma- Great director. Well deserved. Meghna Gulzar- Simply wonderful. Great to listen to. Konkona- Directed just one film. Could have been swapped with Anubhav Sinha or Shoojit Sircar maybe. But, it’s important to encourage new talent. Siddharth Anand- Why the hell is he even here ? Radiates arrogance like anything. Directed Salam namaste, bang bang, war. Need I say more 🙄

[@sarthakparashar3695]

Konkana's film was brilliant for a debutant director.

[@ayushbubna8161]

Brilliant for any director

[@mayankmadhav2370]

Siddharth is the most commercially successful director out of all of them. See his filmography on boxofficeindia and you'll see he has not made a single flop film. Yes he makes masala movies which you don't like but that doesn't mean masala film directors shouldn't be invited. I loved the way he talked here. Zero diplomacy and very frank answers.

[@ramkapoor4609]

First of all, most, if not all, YRF directors are not "film maker"..... Aditya Chopra is behind all the creative decisions....the director is just to manage day to day tasks. So if u see a director who hasn't moved out of yrf, well his capabilities are doubtful. For instance, Kabir Khan. He is good, made Bajrangi Bhaijaan, one of Salman Khan's good film, outside YRF. Now look at this Siddharth Anand, all movies under YRF and all shit movies. I recently watched War & was surprised since its fairly good movie. I wasn't expecting this. But then I saw this : Screenplay : SHRIDHAR RAGHAVAN.

[@nafiszami]

@@mayankmadhav2370 because its yrf

[@meetmehta7647]

Siddharth Anand's contribution to direction is as much as Uday Chopra's to acting.

[@amanissar7125]

Go n watch Tararumpum

[@aniketpahan3574]

But why

[@variant7228]

You think it's easy to make good action films?

[@deepthin7480]

15:03 that's what manners is!! When you cut someone while they are talking, you should apologise! I don't usually see that in many people!

[@ayushsingh3553]

Amar Kaushik seems like a really easy going dude.

[@veenareddy5275]

Please tell me there's a part 2. That ended a bit abruptly, thus giving me hope. It ain't over unless Anupama ma'am says it's over, ya?

[@sree.8556]

What a mighty relief from Alia ,kareena panel. This is the kind of content ur subscribers expect from you,Film companion 🔥

[@tanayshrotriy484]

Nothing insightful about filmaking here. Just a bunch of lame questions like how many cups of tea they drink on set. Seriously! That's all they could come up with?

[@RAJESHWARIASHAR]

I thought the same thing. But then I read the title. "in their locker room" 🙄

[@TarunJadon17]

Read the Title again 😒

[@sowmyab506]

This is one of the things a film festival should be about. Nobody wants another version of Koffee with karan here.

[@Tiafulable1]

Sowmya B don’t speak for others

[@tandoor2081]

Agreed

[@mayankkaloliya8249]

But even here they are asking stupid questions like how many cup of coffee or tea do you drink.... and then everyone has to answer that stupid question....

[@blahblahblah5924]

The funny part was Siddharth Anand talking about his temper. Breaking mics and monitors... Dude, what's the point? You're making awful movies anyway.

[@contemplatestudios5950]

wdym, he's not making the best films but he is making entertaining films!

[@bhveshmehta]

Well.. where we are now with Pathan

[@mohammedarif178]

​@@bhveshmehtaeven Pathan is Shit Expect SRK

[@varunshrivastava8807]

Sriram raghavan is absolutely brilliant!!!!

[@rubikscube647]

Such a diverse panel ✌️ Lots of love to the debutante Konkana .. Absolutely loved Death in Gunj. ❤️

[@herbo105]

Most questions are not meant for one film director!!

[@TheStardust2011]

Siddharth Anand his attitude and personality is so in line with the kind of movies he has made. All glitz and showoff, no solid content or great filmmaking.

[@raginijaswal6940]

He spoke so passionately about writing and its process :/ What is his reference point i wonder. WAR?

[@annelieselemos543]

This is redemption after the aalia kareena and Karan disaster.

[@ksr0409]

I wish it had gone on for some more time. Interesting bits. Just listening to Shriram is a pleasure.

[@soniapuri5444]

Love this! I would easily watch an hour of interview with them individually. More of this please.

[@jagdishbangar4747]

& all the sins which FC committed by bringing in Kareena, Alia & Karan together get washed off with this gathering! Would love to hear more of them...💐 Love your redemption FC! Keep rocking!! N someone please adjust the height... We can hardly see Anu ma'am's face!😊

[@sowmyab506]

JAGDISH BANGAR hahaha spot on

[@madhuridilipkumar1017]

I see Shriram Raghavan. I watch it

[@mra2903]

sidharth anand is sitting on his phone lol

[@theyashsantoshi]

It's his wallet.. Its basic sense that when there are such live interviews all the phones are kept backstage

[@HaBeeV]

@@theyashsantoshi Where can I find that kind of wallet having camera, flashlight and a shining metal body?

[@shashankethane]

Impressed by the improved video and audio quality

[@baganboy5596]

Please stop saying X should have been there and Y should have been there. These decisions are made on not just who you think are the 6 best directors - but also on their availability, whether they would gel with each other, and what is the specific vibe MAMI is looking for.

[@ganeshsalian4786]

Siddharth Anand....Seriously?.🤔

[@namratakamble5465]

most common phrases used on sets are "silence" and "light ja rahi hai or we are losing the light"

[@kaavyasurianarayanan8247]

This should have been longer.. it was amazing!! Seriously wow

[@puravswain3029]

Siddharth Anand is here too 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@rishiagarwal3726]

Yes so? Why look down upon the potboiler entertainer genre

[@fulurani3364]

Because anything that needs an entertainer tag is not entertaining😃

[@sakshiparikh4502]

This was such an amazing conversation thank you film companion ❤️

[@Adityaaa_]

I see konkona, I click.

[@adityaramachandran2852]

Loved the idea but it could have been more interactive regarding the technical aspects of filmmaking

[@vivixvignesh6483]

Wher do the events like this occur

[@soniabhambhani5313]

Siddharth Anand literally?!?! That too in a film festival :(

[@vaibhav4634]

he has the only and the biggest blockbusters among these intellectuals

[@NL007ify]

@@vaibhav4634 is that the criteria to be counted among good directors ??

[@NL007ify]

Your use of word "literally" is giving me headache.

[@vaibhav4634]

@@NL007ify YES UNLESS YOU ARE A PSEUDO

[@NL007ify]

@@vaibhav4634 or may be you r a dumbo..

[@maidahameed606]

Most handsome so smart director #SiddharthAnand . Love you sir and big Congratulations for big success of #War

[@PetrolSniffingDoofus]

Just to be sure, you guys will still be doing the the FC Adda and Roundtable, right? I am looking forward to year end just for those.

[@AnshuKumar-lg7uw]

Wonderful directors.

[@lhamotseringkhotsenang2763]

Enjoyed listening to them 👍

[@koushiknemani5135]

Siddarth Anand is considering himself a filmmaker. LOL.

[@pious_liquid_for_immortality]

Konkana is oozing so much radiance

[@C02754]

Siddharth anand is brutally honest

[@AmnolGupta]

This was lovely♥️

[@dsowmya1809]

It's done I felt they speak more and more I was really enjoying their talk

[@mohitvirkar]

How come Zoya Akhtar is not a part of this session ?? Strange ...

[@dysplasiaanaplasia4128]

Exactly!

[@priyangshugogoi1527]

She might not have been available. She might be out of town. Not everyone is available all the time. And inviting/not inviting anyone is no sort of proper validation

[@sripalsama]

Sriram Raghavan is such a delight to watch!

[@rishiraaj.580]

Where is Part 2 . This One Ended Suddenly Why ? 😐

[@tandoor2081]

FC has redeemed itself with this one. But why such a short video!! :(

[@mau_the_cat]

Amar Kaushik set must be alot of fun !!! Dil se desi hai banda

[@sasmininamyathara8579]

Finally.

[@TheKomentor]

Why has Sriram Raghavan never worked with Javed Akhtar? Because when he talked to Javed Akhtar for the first time, the latter thought he was making fun of him. ;p

[@nikhilnair9617]

I don't get it! Explain, please?

[@anilachar323]

@@nikhilnair9617 I think, it's because both Sriram and Javed Akhtar have a similiar sounding voice?

[@nikhilnair9617]

@@anilachar323 I gotcha. Thanks!

[@TheKomentor]

@@nikhilnair9617 Both have lisps :)

[@anjukaushik2609]

@28:00 thats the reason why there are no good effects films in India like game of thrones effects because our directors do not see the cgi or vfx part as a story telling they use it just to decorate movies

[@Akkucha]

Magic Happening that monitor , silence , Happiness . ( beautiful )

[@slokhandwala4018]

Superb.Part 2 ???

[@PrashantSingh11-01]

Get the full one in one part only .....of 50 min around...why break it down yr

[@shawondas1689]

Sid anand directs movies like WAR! I can understand his acumen in direction. what a joke he is!

[@silentkillerz4926]

Nitesh Tiwari should have been there man

[@rishiraaj.580]

Nice Discussion 👍

[@shivamdas9836]

One of them hates 'writing' in the film making process...lol ..

[@sumitasrani9156]

Siddharth anand doesnt belong here..should have called someone better

[@shubhamthoke3517]

Any idea how to contact Siddhant Aanad to pitch a story to him

[@benoitblanc420]

Impossible... Ur idea may be good

[@SabeenShalapy]

Follow him on twitter or instagram and message him. Anything is possible. Also he is looking for good scripts. So if you have a good story, do all that you can to pitch it to him. Persistence always pays off.

[@koushiknemani5135]

Dude if u really into storytelling and films, wait for a bit more. Look at those movies he made.

[@kanikastillthinking2411]

19:54 - he's sitting on his phone

[@rajpallavi4631]

above all why is SLB not here

[@piyush0410]

Had to skip Siddharth Anand's answers!!!

[@44.pranjalitiwari10]

Meghana Gulzar ❤❤

[@lakshnemani7960]

What about super talented directors from south?

[@manojsrivastava3626]

Need Imtiaz Ali, Anurag kashyap here..

[@Andy-hl9ey]

Konkana is great actor and great director

[@winares]

dislike the most way rajeev speaks. "you you you sort of sort of sort of did that did that"

[@baganboy5596]

That's Rajeev. Happy with him the way he is...

[@mruduladeshpande1972]

Yeah yeah thats totally rajeev who says its anu😂😂😂

[@baganboy5596]

@@mruduladeshpande1972 Oh no. Anu is extremely articulate. Even Rajeev is very articulate, really, but he umms and ahhs a bit. But they are critics first, and TV performers second. And as critics they are excellent.

[@winares]

@@baganboy5596 they are the best interviewers, but the worst critics, thejy just review society norms in every movie with hollywood as their base

[@yashwantgosai9870]

I wish there was an equal ratio of Female and Male instead of 1/2. Intuition : There would be for sure.

[@harijariwala7472]

This was good but i think the interviewers also should interect with them! Not just QnA thing!

[@benoitblanc420]

Siddharth Anand is showing attitude

[@shruthiramachandra1]

Sidharth anand and sriram on the same stage!!!! I never thought this day would come!!! I am cringing along with everyone who has to listen when he talks! Seriously, is this like yrf ka becha hua hamper to MAMI for praising war?!!!!

[@mayankmadhav2370]

WAR the highest grossing movie of 2019. He deserves to sit in the panel more than anyone else.

[@shruthiramachandra1]

Highest grossing movies are indirectly proportional to the intelligence that this stage commands! If you release a movie in 4000 theaters or more on a long weekend with that ticket price, it is bound to make money, but that in no way means he is deserving to be in this esteemed panel or that his movies are anywhere close to a good cinema! It’s an insult to the esteemed names over there and it is ridiculous!

[@mayankmadhav2370]

@@shruthiramachandra1 wow... A movie released in 4000 screens will make money? Thugs released on 5000 screens made less than 150cr. Zero released on 4500 screens made less than 100cr. Jab Harry met sejal made 70cr. Now talking about highest grossing movies have less intellectual directors, Dangal by Nitesh Tiwari, PK by Rajkumar hirani, Bahubali by Rajamauli. Acc to you these are undeserving directors? Madam you need to check your brains before commenting nonsense comments.

[@shruthiramachandra1]

Mayank Madhav: listen Mr. good job on a fab PR job first of all!! Hoisting someone else’s flag! And replying without any decency to a woman! Wow, what a gentleman!! Secondly, my comment meant that highest grossing movies has got nothing to with intelligence. and that 4000 screen comment I said that to make a point that if it makes money, that by any means it is not a good cinema. Period! This panel and this discussion could have done without him. They are some esteemed names there and he is no where even in comparison to anybody on the stage! In future, since you have a supreme brain than us, get it into it, money making movie is not a good cinema and that is true!! There may be exceptions but a siddharth anand movie, irrespective of its moolah is not a good cinema, nor he fits in this panel nor in any discussion for that matter!!

[@mayankmadhav2370]

@@shruthiramachandra1 A non sensical comment is a non sensical comment irrespective of your sex. So stop playing gender games. Now coming to your comment that Siddharth Anand film is not good cinema is your opinion. And India is not only you. It's millions of people who watches a movie. So a not good cinema for you might well be a very good cinema for others. So how to maintain such diversity in a panel? That's why we have directors from different types of cinema here. Art & niche director like konkona, critically acclaimed directors like Meghna & Sriram and then commercial directors like Siddharth & Amar.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Why is Siddharth Anand here? 🙄

[@bhaaratagrawal1494]

He's an Incredible Director bud, watch War, why hate on him?

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Bhaarat Agrawal Ok. If you insist.

[@shrisub881]

@@PokhrajRoy. he makes commercial movies but he is a skilled.one he can shoot Hollywood like.action movies . Remember those Arnold Schwarzenegger and Stallone movies even with Dolph Lundgren This guy can make those

[@PokhrajRoy.]

shri sub Ok.

[@indiannotproudofbeingpunja217]

I like professionalism of anupma Chopra

[@salil508]

This one shouldn't have ended!

[@dysplasiaanaplasia4128]

Zoya akhtar is missing here. Instead of Siddharth Anand could have bought her.

[@golammostafaamit3946]

Where is Anurag Kashyap?

[@zainazhar8887]

How lovely this conversation was!! 👌👌

[@zainazhar8887]

But sidharth was such a misfit...

[@xophiyah7101]

The SOUND is SO poor you guys :(

[@ourunstablemind]

School wala feeling. Line Mai homework kiya kya. LoL Regards Joy

[@aradhanabhattacharjee944]

Not a hate comment. 🙏 Dear MAMI, and the chairperson and the interviewers... U have a plethora of talented directors here. Just one suggestion.. You do your homework properly. You could have looked into Oscar conversations of directors and actors or even French Film Festival. They are so good. Questions don't matter... Flow of conversation with so much insight. Thank you

[@haroonmushtaq1287]

I Love KoKo

[@GoodSoulPossible]

Why Anurag Kashyap is missing here?

[@cliffbooth6543]

Probably coz he's already been on this panel twice or thrice. And the questions are the same. So, would have been pretty redundant. But being a fan, I would have loved his being here.

[@riyana9960]

Why isn’t Zoya Akhtar there?

[@shrutisingh5850]

Y not Imtiaz Ali sir 😏

[@NL007ify]

What is Siddharth Anand doing here ??? Just coz he has given a hit film ??? Really

[@manidiptade9520]

what is siddharth anand doing in the panel???

[@adityasen2281]

Why not? You need diversity in every panel. He is one of the best when it comes to mainstream masala movies. A film festival is about all kinds of films and filmmakers not only about niche films and filmmakers. If it comes to technical ability of a director, Anand is up there with the best.

[@Raider4967]

@@adityasen2281 so true

[@arunks6986]

@@adityasen2281 true..or they should have called KRK.

[@joinobbintejahan1674]

most directors are one movie old ....invite some experience directors too

[@dreamerachiever2718]

I never realized that Siddharth Anand is so handsome until I watched this video 😍😍😍

[@apurvaoza4048]

I'm really sorry for doing this here but nothing related to the video content. Just would like to say, if Siddharth Sir or Shriram Sir or Meghna Ma'am ever need a writer or an intern/assistant writer. I'd really love to work for them.

[@yosharma5210]

Amar kaushik realy great 👍

[@akd480]

Amar kaushik is interesting

[@rajpallavi4631]

why is Zoya Akhtar not here, why is Nitesh Tiwari not here, what is Siddharth Anand and Konkana Sen kind of directors doing here...

[@ArpitPokharna]

Meghna Gulzar ❤️

[@PrithaChatterjee-di6wi]

Siddharth Anand part I am skipping with no choice 😂

[@inderbedi8319]

You can cut this interview in half if you take out all -ahhh and ums - well - I mean -You know

[@sohamrao3316]

Instead of Siddharth Anand they should have brought Anubhav Sinha ( he was busy shooting) it would have been more engaging and about the leaks, there were much better leaks in past than seeing Hrithik and tiger dance getting leaked. PS this is kinda detox from last video

[@manaligupta7321]

9:21 he screams a lot I have seen him but he is wonderful

[@pradeepsukumaran1]

OK konkona is new but knows film making better.. And sriram raghavan, meghna gulzar are really good.. And had something interesting things to share.. But who r the other 3...weird that they were chosen to sit and give expert opinions.

[@arpitamudi7219]

Within 10 mins into the video on eloses interest with the frivolous questions asked to the directors and continuing with them nothing exciting to know the mind space of these directors. Siddharth anand is Anannya pandey of the directors, all fluff and zero insights to share.

[@sanjeevyadav-fx3wq]

Sriram raghvan a bloody genius . And Meghna Gulzar are the only reason I am here