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The Prakash Jha Chat

Madhuri: I just want to learn to respect their dignity. That's not really true because Hip Hip Hooray and Bandish are both city-based. But I must admit that I am more comfortable with the rural ambience.

S R Balasubramaniam : Do you have any alternative suggestion? But don't worry this satisfaction of having made Mrityudand is rewarding enough and......I shall continue . Indian>>>> Its a lot of incidents woven together.

But do you think that by rebelling women really solve their problems? you must know that physical hurt is hard to bear than the mental or emotional one....

What is this? One of those serious chats? Hey, when are you going to star oomphy Urmi? Or ravishing Raveena. Madhuri, face it bub, is getting passe. Ray in the MTV age? Shiver me timbers!

Mr Jha, Why are your films based on social problems. Is it related in some way to your life

PJ:In Mrityudand you have depicted the "pandits" as the "bad guys". Why is it that in our Indian films its always the pandits who are the bad guys. I bet no one could show Muslims or Christians clergy in such bad light in India because their communities wouldn't tolerate it. Why do movie makers like you take advantage of the Hindu community which is more tolerant.

Is the ending of Mrityudand populist? You know, the suppressed women rising up to overthrow their tormentors. Or is it realistic, as real as the rape of those women who inspired the film?

Mr Jha, Which is your next release.

All this feministic stuff. So serious, so worrisome, so high brow. Excuse me when I eructate and thereafter indulge in some reverse peristalsis...

Juhi: Yeah the society intrigues me all the time and especially I'm interested in the growth of the rural society, maybe its because I belong to a village from Champaran in Bihar. Madhuri*>>> Its not really rebelling. The most important thing is to learn and respect your self-dignity. Only then can we respect others; it's important that we bring up our children as equals.

Why Ms Dixit. Even in Dharavi, the earlier parallel film she endeavoured, she played a fantasy. Do you think she can play shades as well? Or is she the 'Heroine', mushy and firm alternately?

Slice the cowdung! Madhuri, Shabana. Oh, wearisome life. Why does Jha reminds me of a pony-tailed Ibsen? Does he too swig a dram too much and burn the ears of those women who don't believe they oughta be emancipated?

NGO: The ending of Mrityudand maybe a fantasy but that's the way I would like to see it. Anurag: That definitely is not the intention, Mrityudand is the story of a Hindu village. And so obviously the characters have to be relevant.

NGO: Watch her in Mrityudand, that's it!

Could you tell me, Mr Jha.

In Mrityudand, is empowerment of women the issue or is highlighting the problem itself.

Mr Jha.. how do you classify your films? art or commercial..

Mr Jha, Which is your next release.

NGO: Mrityudand is a whole lot of things; it's just that the women are the main protagonists.

Ah, how I love fantasy. But then, Mr Jha, why not a Hedda Gabler? Why not shock 'em all.

Mr Jha.. how do you classify your films? Art or commercial.

Indian: I haven't started working on it... I mean the film.

PJ: Do you believe killing (as Mrityudand advocates) is the answer? I would think education, better accountability and community awareness would be better solutions?