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Stepping down into the cinemas in 199,9, David Fincher’s “Fight club” wasn’t well revered. Today however, stands at a different ground as it’s dark satire behind graphic beatings, vandalism, and bombings got acknowledged. 
Set between the narrator’s depression and Tyler’s freedom from the modern world, the latter’s character appealed to the audience (the male audience to be precise).

Such a charming, ripped and totally off-the-grid virile character can only cease to exist in imagination (which he did). 

Awning consumerism, modernity, rebellion, sacrifice, repression, and a plethora of subjects Fight Club today stands as a Cult Classic.

Just around its 20th anniversary some members of our society revisited Fight Club and broke its First rule!

Samarth Mahajan is a non-fiction filmmaker, passionate about telling human stories that remain invisible to the mainstream.

'The Unreserved', his national award-winning feature about passengers in the third class of Indian Railways, premiered at Film Southasia 2017, has been presented at more than 50 forums.

He is directing and producing 'Borderlands' - about how everyday lives intertwine with borders in the Indian sub-continent. Supported by one of the largest ever crowdfunding campaigns for an Indian film, it featured as a work-in-progress at the 2020 Marché du Film - the business counterpart of the Cannes Film Festival.

In the episode, he talks about challenges student filmmaker face, crowdfunding a film, and how he began his journey as a filmmaker.

CREDITS: Segment 1 Hosts: Nishtha, Arpan; Segment 2 Hosts: Harsh, Bramhansh; Mixed by Mukkubhai; Produced by Shivank with FilmTantra.

This is the last episode of season 1, We'll be back with season 2 soon.

Gaurav is a student filmmaker and an enthusiast of the history of cinema. He is currently a student of SRFTI and in this episode, he talks about his experiences of learning filmmaking as well as his interest in film studies. A candid discussion on the debate of film school vs experience occurs.
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CREDITS: Hosts: Harsh, Bhrumansh, Nishtha; Mixed by Mukkubhai; Produced by Shivank in association with FilmTantra

Iram Ghufran is a filmmaker. Her work has been shown in various art and cinematic contexts including the Berlin Film Festival, Experimenta India, New York Indian Film Festival, and Open Frame among others. She was shortlisted for the Tim Hetherington Visionary Award (2016). She has won two National Awards (2012) and the Mary Kay First Prize at the International Women's Film Festival, Seoul (2012).

In this episode, she talks about the rule of thumbs for the documentary, the crucial aspects involved in editing a documentary. The discussion moves on to the experimentative sub-genre of a documentary in recent times and its scope.

CREDITS: Hosts: Harsh;Vanshaj; Mixed by Mukkubhai; Edited by Shivank; CineTalkies is produced by Shivank in association with FilmTantra.

In this episode, the film writer/director talks about what it means to finance and make your own films, how he started his journey into filmmaking, and what separates theatre from cinema.
Sunit advises aspiring filmmakers to prepare for all that filming a feature demands its maker.

Nishtha and Himanshi discuss JK Rowling and dog movies.

Rohin talks about the film school vs No film school learning. He shares his experience of working on Sacred Games and how the experience was different from working in a feature film. We also discuss how student filmmakers while shooting on a low budget could aim for a quality film by paying attention to certain aspects.
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CREDITS: Hosts: Harsh, Mukkubhai; Mixed by Mukkubhai; Edited by Shivank; Produced by Shivank in association with FilmTantra
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