Filmmaking is literature, not calculation: Sujoy Ghosh

Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh says Indian entertainment industry will face many changes in the post-lockdown world, but one will have to learn to narrate their story while adhering to the rules and regulations.

The director, who often sets his films in Kolkata, said given the state of the coronavirus pandemic, people will have to exercise caution from now on.

"As it's a health crisis, we all need to be careful and follow the safety regulations that will be incorporated while making movies. I will tell stories that appeal to me whether they are set in Kolkata or Glasgow. It is the story that matters.

"Filmmaking is literature and not calculations. We have to be careful given the condition. I am sure all this will get sorted," Ghosh told PTI in an interview.

In the wake of the pandemic, movie theatres have downed shutters from mid-March and films such as "Gulabo Sitabo" and "Shakuntala Devi" are heading straight for a digital release.

Ghosh said the three mediums of entertainment -- OTT, films and TV -- are all shop windows where a creative person can display and sell their products.

"When as a creator, I make something, it helps me if I know for which window I am making the content for. There's no point in making non-veg food for a vegetarian.

"If I know where I am going as a filmmaker, I can control my writing, budget, cast, etc and accordingly serve the audience."
"But I feel in the future all will coexist and accordingly we will make our products. I see all three happily existing and surviving."