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Art that heals
1. T he Zee Gaurav Awards
on Saturday night
was a star-studded
affair.
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Pune, Tuesday, February 23, 2010
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world. Sonali’ and wants to did all th
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quer the writing pilation of og rapher , I
So Kul, a com ace cinemat it. As soon as publicity .”
ARHAN Akhtar, who had successfully toured first book cently an about
by her, was re
F many cities in India for his Rock On For Hu-
manity charity concerts, is looking to have a sec-
ond edition. However, the filmmaker-turned-actor I feel young film-mak-
blogs penned
launched in
“I have com
the city
piled
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by me, when
some of my
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very curious ript, I wanted
I heard the sc
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Vilas Avachat.
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it
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ments. But meanwhile if he is approached for a social ly Loksatta. ashan
tapped. There is noth- Rajhans Prak
articles, and book
cause, Farhan will take time out to help as many people blish it in a
as possible. ing called routine is going to pu e pretty actor.
th
“The Rock On tour was special and we would al- commercial cine- format,” says ores various
sub-
ways like to do the second edition or start a new The book expl litics, environ-
ma any more jects like yo uth, po book
tour for a whole new cause anytime. In fact, we
and there is no ily et al. “The
have had discussions about it but I cannot say ment and fam e expression of
th
anything right now because I don’t have the safe formula is all about g at the limited
in
plans in place. But we will only do some- youth. Look of fer, I
for making a spaper has to
thing post 2011 because right now really space a new e articles an
d
movie. So we d th
there is too much on my plate. We will have update ts in the
though
obviously look to have our friends in every will dish out added fresh riting is
explains. W
concert,” Farhan says. good book,” she new for Sona e
li,
ng
Interestingly, this time not somethi writing since sh
content and who has been all
around Farhan will head .talking promote fresh have explored
was small. “I ng like plays, po-
out of India to hold
shows to raise funds and
create awareness for
point. talent. That
ti
forms of wri ories. I have even
t st
ems and shor for Diwali ank. I
will make the written stor
ies
charity. Sources say cities in the Middle ory-teller.”
East and Europe are on his radar. “When industry a am basically a st g from a filmy
in
we do the concert we will have bigger plans more lively However, com tor has instead
backgrou nd, the ac r than
for sure. The idea always is to make things place subjects othe
bigger than what we did in the past,” says talked about mentioned so s
me
ve
Farhan. cinema. “I ha able experience
or
of my mem ise, I li Kulkarni
He also reveals that his production com- films. Otherw FACE OFF: Sona book
while shooting myself from writ-
pany which he runs jointly with Ritesh ed pose s with her
have restrict is be-
Sidhwani is keen to support more young industry This ion
.
talent. ing about the tra attent
want ex
“That is the call of the hour in Bol- cause I don’t
lywood now. I feel young filmmak-
ers have a lot of great ideas that
need to be tapped. There is noth-
ing called routine commercial
A trip with Indian
nature fashion week
.INSIDE.
cinema any more and there
is no safe formula for mak-
ing a movie. So we will
dish out good content and
Environmentalist in London
keep promoting fresh tal- Anuj Khare works There is an
ent. That will make the for the addition to the
industry a more lively conservation of list of fashion
and exuberant place,” nature, and also
Amol Kamble
Farhan ends. weeks
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SONAM doubles Helping hand
Film-maker ASHUTOSH GOWARIKER lent his
up with AKSHAY
Swades production unit to director DEV
BENEGAL to complete his film
PRITHWISH GANGULY
LOOKS like film-maker
The pretty actor moves away from her usual serious roles and replaces Dev Benegal has found a
KATRINA KAIF to star with AKSHAY KUMAR for a mindless comedy helping hand from none
other than the production
PRITHWISH GANGULY “Anees is known for his pen- movie goes on the floors as team of Ashutosh
chant for comedy and this soon as Sonam wraps up with she is really looking forward Gowariker’s acclaimed
fter her chal- movie will be no different. Aisha. Sonam has been very to doing a comic caper. Anees movie Swades for his
A lenging project
Aisha, Sonam
Kapoor will be seen
Anees’ favourite hero Akshay
Kumar has also been roped in
but what’s most interesting
excited about the project and has had a Midas touch as far
as striking gold at the box of-
fice is concerned and this will
forthcoming film. He says
without their help, his
movie would not have been
letting her hair about the project is that Sonam The movie goes be a huge budget movie.” made.
down as she has Kapoor, who has not done com- A very close friend of A highly placed source
signed Anees edy in her career so far, has opt-
on the floors as soon Anees further says that Katri- close to the development of
Bazmee’s Thank You ed to be a part of this mad film. as Sonam wraps up na was also contacted to be a the film revealed to After
opposite Akshay Kumar. Sonam’s dad has a natural com- part of this project but she Hrs: “While Dev was
Sources close to the develop- ic hormone in his body and with Aisha.Sonam has couldn’t do the movie as she searching for a moving cin-
ment say this project will be a Anees feels his daughter will been very excited was busy with Farah Khan’s ema owner for his next, he
trademark Anees film with rib- definitely have effortless comic Tees Mar Khan that inciden- decided to take help from
tickling comedy moments and timing” says a source on condi- about the project tally also stars Akshay the production team of
senseless plots will evoke tion of anonymity . Kumar. Swades since they had a
laughter among the audiences. The informer adds: “The A source g_prithwish@dnaindia.net scene where the villagers
organize a movie show in
ART THAT HEALS
an open space. Dev initial-
ly tried to get in touch with
Ashutosh Gowariker but
could not reach him.”
The informer adds: “He
then reached out to the
production team of the
A therapy that can help one doesn’t require to be an artist. film and asked them to
There are different types of art help him find out the guy
fight stress and develop therapies — dance, drama, music who has the business of
coping skills... and visual art. Anubha Doshi, psy- moving cinema. The pro-
chologist and art-based therapist duction team extended a
VISHAKHA AVACHAT and dancer, has been practicing it helping hand to Dev and
for three years. “I have been work- provided him with the con-
f you are feeling depressed or ing with autistic children who love
A painting done by a patient (left) tact details of a person
I stressed out, chances are that
art therapy can relieve your
pain. The therapy gives a person
drums and music. I have also done
a stress management programme
with some corporate firms where
a favourite
song, a poem, It can be
named Mahendra Patil
who stays in Satara and
has been showing films in
I felt as if I just
saw a dream and
an outlet to vent out all the emo- dance therapy was successful in or a good used with open spaces on big screen
tions and feel relived. Art therapy reducing stress,” she says. laugh can do the same. Art acti-
everyone, for the past 20 years.” that it had never
dates back to the Vedic age and has
been mentioned in the Rigveda
“People from the field of health-
care can use this therapy if their
In art therapy, patients
are encouraged to visualise and
vates the creative part of our
brain — the part that works with- starting from
Dev confirms: “I had not
seen a film in open space
really happened in
and the Ayurveda. patients don’t open up. Art thera- then create, the thoughts and emo- out words and can only express it- children to till I had written the script reality
“It is a type of psychotherapy py can be used with everyone, tions that they cannot talk about. self non-verbally. of the film.He adds: “I felt
and gives a person different modes starting from children bullied by “The connection between mental Doshi feels that at present art
those who have faced as if I just saw a dream and
of expressing himself/herself,” classmates to those who have faced and physical health is well docu- therapy in India is at a very nas- abuse and trauma that it had never really
Dev Benegal
says Dr Vikas Chothe, an abuse and trauma, and even intro- mented, and art therapy can pro- cent stage and there are no centres happened in reality Patil
.
Ayurvedic doctor and managing verts who cannot open up,” says mote healing by relieving stress where people can come for such told me he shows films sets for a few days to teach
director of the Centre for Creative Dr Chothe, who has worked in the and allowing the patient to develop therapy sessions. “Therefore prac- Dr Vikas Chothe made on the life of people Satish Kaushik and Abhay
Healing Art Therapy (CHAT) at field of deaddiction. The work of coping skills,” says Doshi. Art has titioners like us work with NGOs in that region because they Deol to load those films in
Sangam Research Centre near the patients is then assessed and been shown to trigger the release and with physically and mentally words’, so is art therapy, a medium can relate to it. I wanted trucks and actually make
Kelkar Museum. analysed to find out what is both- of endorphins, our body’s natural challenged people,” she says. to express what you feel! my film to be real and it work.”
To undertake art therapy, one ering them. pain killers. A beautiful painting, ‘A picture is worth a thousand a_vishakha@dnaindianet hence, I got him to come on g_prithwish@dnaindia.net