'Killa' depicts my childhood experiences: Avinash

Marathi debutant director Avinash Arun said some scenes depicted in his award-winning Marathi film 'Killa' (The Fort) are inspired from his childhood experiences when he lived close to nature.
The cinematographer-turned-director, who was born and brought up in Maharashtra's Konkan belt, said while shooting the film, he felt that over the years children have become mature.
"Now children are mature. I don't know how mature I was at their age. The bombardment of knowledge on them is so much due to social media and television. What I have noticed is that in a way they have drifted somewhat from nature which I was not in my childhood. Most of us spent the childhood close to nature," Avinash told PTI.

The film, which won an award at the recent Berlin Film Festival, was screened in the Indian Panorama section of the ongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI) here.
The Marathi film stars 'Bhootnath Return' child actor Parth Bhalerao, Savita Prabhune, Amruta Subhash and Shrikant Yadav in prominent roles.
The film portrays a difficult period in the life of young Chinu, who has a hard time settling into his new home in the countryside after his mother decides to relocate from the big city following his father's death.

The director feels 'Killa' is not primarily a children's film, as it deals with issues concerning adults.

"It is not basically a children's film. When I narrated the script to lead actor (Parth), he said this is not a children's film. I really loved the response from him. Parth said this is for adult people," he said.
After receiving much attention for his first film, Avinash feels the pressure while taking up next project.
"For the next film, the pressure is always going to be there. It is not about producing good film or bad film. Film is an expression for a maker. It is how true you are to that expression or that experience, that is the basic part of filmmaking.

"My main pressure is to find out that my next project should be an expression which is truly inspiring for me to tell that story or experience it forward...," he added.