Episode 75 - From Script to Screen: A deep dive with Rahul Ravindran on “The Girlfriend” cover art

Episode 75 - From Script to Screen: A deep dive with Rahul Ravindran on “The Girlfriend”

Episode 75 - From Script to Screen: A deep dive with Rahul Ravindran on “The Girlfriend”

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Hello Makkaley,


Meeting you all after a long time, I'm pleased to share an episode featuring a friend, Ram Murali, who Interviewed Actor/director Rahul Ravindran about his new film, The Girlfriend, which is his Third film as a Director.


Recently, Rahul Ravindran posted the screenplay draft of his brilliant film, “The Girlfriend.” This led to Ram structuring an interview with him around the choices he made to transform his vision from script to screen.

Chapters:


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Introduction: The director-actor collaborative process


13:30

Flee or Freeze: the choices around the kiss scene


19:42

Dolly zoom and heart pounding bgm: The staging of the “I love you” moment


23:06

Prison bars, walls and dhupattas: The placement of symbols


38:31

The perfect ally: Durga’s presence and absence in the film


49:25

The ‘heavy’ foam pit: the locations of key scenes


66:00

A happy accident: two crucial intercut scenes


75:32

Professor Sudheer: the role of exposition


86:55

Bhooma’s transformation: the grand finale (with a priceless anecdote around a water bottle)


You can follow Ram on his Twitter under @rmurali2012Meet you soon, Ciao :)

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