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Too many movies feel like they were written by guidance counselors. “Believe in yourself, and you can do anything,” they insist, cheerleading for aspiring artists, athletes, and astronauts. But what if what you want to do with your life is notoriously difficult? And what if you’re just not that great at it?
The Disciple, a wry and perceptive new drama from the Indian filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane, shows what following your dreams looks like when those dreams are lofty on an almost historical scale. It could just as easily be called
The Discipline, for how rigorously it privileges the Sisyphean
Watch | Alfonso Cuarón and Chaitanya Tamhane on The Disciple
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April 23, 2021 19:07 IST
The duo talk to us about why the film has struck a chord with global audiences, how such international collaborations can drive Indian cinema forward, and how the pandemic has influenced their filmmaking
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The duo talk to us about why the film has struck a chord with global audiences, how such international collaborations can drive Indian cinema forward, and how the pandemic has influenced their filmmaking
Chaitanya Tamhane s sophomore film
The Disciple has been making waves around the world. The movie, which focuses on a classical musician in Mumbai, has Oscar-winner Alfonso Cuaron onboard as an executive producer.
Alfonso Cuarón and Chaitanya Tamhane discuss ‘The Disciple’
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It may have missed the Oscars, but The Disciple is grabbing eyeballs for its universal theme that explores artistic ambition, legacy and acceptance
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It may have missed the Oscars, but The Disciple is grabbing eyeballs for its universal theme that explores artistic ambition, legacy and acceptance
When
Gravity released in 2013, the space-thriller made more than $700 million worldwide, and won seven Academy Awards, including one for Alfonso Cuarón as best director.
The Mexican filmmaker could have literally made anything he wanted at that point big-budget Hollywood studios and stars were lining up to work with him. Instead, he went back to his neighbourhood in Mexico city where he’d grown up, and made a personal period piece called
New on Netflix: ‘The Disciple’
Chaitanya Tamhane’s acclaimed Marathi drama and a docu-film on Ma Anand Sheela are among the highlights of the week
Here is a full list of titles releasing this week:
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