Hail Goddess.
Finally seeing them after ages!
Gokul.
Take this.
Bye.
Today is the first day of the shoot.
It's been 30 years since I called "start sound" on the floor.
I hope everything goes well.
I believe in God.
He will make everything right.
Anil.
Is the lightman here?
Ask him to fix the crane.
Fix the crane. The first shot will be of the tribals.
-Get the boys prepared. -I have told them.
Get them ready.
I am excited
and a bit concerned as well.
I just hope I manage to capture the exact feel of the shot.
I'll be confident once we start rolling the scene.
Make sure you keep the makeup a bit loud.
Yes, that's what I told and I also asked
to give a tan look.
Basically, I should look like a tribal.
The very first day of shoot is always filled with a lot of tension.
Everyone is nervous and there can be a change in the schedule as well.
We will be working on actual film rolls after a very long time.
We are excited about it
but even then, we fear that what if--
Then you'll be…
-Let's take the name of the Lord. -Hail Ganesha.
-May you bless us all. -Hail Ganesha.
-Let's take the name of the Lord. -Hail Ganesha.
-Hail Lord Shiva. -Hail Lord Shiva.
You will be giving the clap.
Roll.
Silence!
Jungle Girl. First shot.
Best of luck. Hail Goddess.
I had hired new actors for my film Jungle Beauty…
and also, I was low on budget.
If I ever see you both together
then this I'll stab you with this dagger.
My name is Bela.
I have fallen in love with you.
If you ever try to betray me--
I tried to prove that
if your thought, concept and presentation
is good…
then even with new actors…
your film can be a super hit.
Genuine!
Action! Come.
Come on, run!
Run! Run!
Damn good.
-Did you get the shot? -Damn good.
Damn good, right?
We will make all the safety arrangements.
Don't be in a hurry to deliver your dialogues.
Take a pause, act like you're thinking a bit
and then say your dialogue.
Look…
we will make all the arrangements for your protection.
And these people are our friends.
I am the one…
in this industry who started making
low budget films.
You are looking so glamorous.
Where is my--
I have tried to do every possible thing that I could.
God has blessed me with a good brain.
I always try to include some kind of message, entertainment
and glamour in the film.
I always try to make a package in mind.
One-two-three-four!
Jugni! Jugni! Jugni!
Get in the mood!
I am the--
Okay!
He is a great technician.
He is not a fake technician or a dance master on YouTube.
He isn't someone who just does it for TikTok.
He won't just randomly dance when the song plays.
He will plan it in no time and execute it as well.
-I make it happen and-- -And you won't feel any compromise…
in his quality.
Is that what you want?
Yes, I want a close shot.
I want you to capture close shots for both of them.
-Yes, that's what I am doing. -That's it.
The leaves call out to us
We love this jungle
-Jugni! Jugni! Jugni! -Cut it. Okay.
Actually, I am a creative director.
Let's see if I can give my best as an actor.
-Are you nervous? -Yes.
Why are you nervous?
It's because a great actress is standing in front of me.
I wouldn't mind if she was an idiot.
Let's roll.
Let's go. We are using a round trolley.
-Let's start. -Let's do it.
Leave this. So, tell me. Did you like my gift?
It is really pretty.
Now you have something that you can look at whenever you miss me.
-I love you. -Love you too.
What are you going to do with the second hand?
-Cut. -Let's redo the shot.
You cunt! Why are you scared to hold her?
You are behaving as if she is portraying the role of your wife.
There's a difference between the love you show for wife and a girlfriend.
Ready?
-Sound! -Rolling!
Camera rolling.
Action.
I love you.
Hold her, you cunt!
Cut.
Bhuvna.
Neither did I want to become a director nor enter this field.
But when I entered this field,
I started understanding its importance.
Hey, you girl!
What are you doing here?
MAIDEN WITCH
I am the gardener, Ram Dayal's niece.
Oh!
Are you Ram Dayal's niece?
-Yes, sir. -Wow!
You don't deserve to stay in a gardener's house.
You deserve to be a queen.
Really?
Why don't you make me yours?
You are quite smart. Well, that's what I meant.
I kept directing movies and they became a hit as well.
I became famous.
So, I kept directing more movies.
We are shooting on negative after 14 to 15 years.
It feels as if we have traveled back in time.
Pan the camera up.
Okay.
As soon as you enter…
You come here and then the crane is up here.
-Look over here and then over there. -Yeah.
And then look straight. Then we cut the shot.
Okay.
Action.
You are holding her like this.
-Look at this. -Okay.
Okay?
Action.
Hello!
Mr. Vinod is a master in making horror films.
Even today he is good at his work.
Ramsay Brothers are known for their work.
He is just like them.
Cut it.
Delay the smile a bit.
-Okay, sir. -You get it?
Look at this.
Okay. Got it.
I made many movies during…
1988 and 1989.
Even Ramsay Brothers started
making random horror movies.
THE HORRIBLE NIGHT
Then I thought of getting some modern touch to the films.
Now that you know my truth…
I won't let you go.
I liked a movie called Fright Night.
I thought that it was a different kind of film.
Vampire.
THE HORRIBLE NIGHT
I tried to Indianize that style of film.
Go back slightly, you see him and then that reaction.
You will keep reacting to it.
Scared… Look scared. You should be scared.
Anger… anger… anger!
Show more of your teeth.
Bite…
You are drinking, more and more.
Pressing harder and harder and harder.
It takes a lot of effort to think of a script.
Step back.
People think it is quite easy to make horror films.
I wonder why don't people make one.
Many good technicians have failed.
Good morning!
THE MISTRESS BECOMES A WITCH
We will shoot till noon, eat our food and go to sleep.
-We don't have much work to do. -Will we eat food?
Good morning, ma'am.
Look at what the time is. What is this?
Sapna is the main lead.
And we have cast a new actress.
-She has a great booty. -It's all about money.
She is awesome.
Akanksha.
-Her name is Akanksha. -It's Vanya.
Vanya?
I have met her only once.
Do I have a kissing scene with either of them?
-It's with him. -I want a kissing scene with him as well.
-Lucky to be here. Finally! -Do it now. Should we shoot it?
What are they saying?
We will start shooting as soon as the makeup is done.
We will do the ceremonial shot first.
All our artists will be ready by then. We will then start shooting.
Dilip.
-That's where you will-- -Come on, focus.
Focus. Open it.
Kishan tells me about his idea and I give him my suggestions on the same.
My suggestions are generally about using trolley or zoom cranes for the shots.
We should have wrapped up four to five scenes by now.
We won't be able to do it if these guys are glued to their phones.
Hail Lord Ganesha!
-Praise the Lord. -Praise the Lord.
Dilip.
You set the frame and I will shoot it.
You can take a call on it.
I have a lot of time.
There's a great understanding between us.
He's not an egoistic man.
He's not someone who wants things his way.
Keep rolling and then we will take a close shot.
He uses words like "shot taking"
but he doesn't know the difference between "shot" and "taking".
Come here. What's her name?
Akanksha!
-Ready? -Yes.
Rolling?
Come!
I have been gifted by the almighty.
I wrap up any and every scene in a day
but everyone else won't even be able to complete it in ten days.
-You are the one who killed him. -Hey!
Stay in your limits, otherwise…
What will you do? Will you slap me?
Go ahead.
Go ahead and slap me. Slap me. Go ahead!
Don't stare! Slap me!
I don't plan anything.
The entire film is imbibed in my head.
I know what needs to be done.
Whatever is available on set, I will make use of it.
We won't idle around on the set.
Earlier, he used to shoot only…
long shot…
mid shot…
close shot…
and used to wrap the scene.
Be quick.
Footage! Take.
Look!
They are raping her.
Look over here. Now, look over here.
Here she goes down.
Very good!
Keep looking over there.
He was fun on set.
He is an amazing guy.
He has a very different style. He keeps doing this.
We would get done with the film amidst the fun.
-Cutting. -Stand there--
Kishan Shah--
Most probably became a director because both brothers…
used to work together.
Kishan Shah became a producer and director first.
And Kishan was always with him.
But somewhere down the line both brothers started having ego tussle.
Kishan had his own style of working but…
was not as successful as Kanti.
Kanti Shah was more successful than all the others.
In terms of business, he was…
almost two to three times bigger.
Some of you might have never heard of his name.
Some of you would know him as the director of the cult classic Gunda.
ALFRED TALKIES
And some of you might know him as the creator of
so-called sleazy films like Angoor
which the kids in the movie Udaan go to watch in the theater.
Big enough to be the headliner on his own movie posters.
What you might not realize is that
Kanti Shah is much more than what you have heard.
Kanti Shah was superfast.
Mainly of speedy filmmaking.
He was the master.
He was very sharp and intelligent.
He used to work with a small unit
yet his films were a hit.
Mr. Kanti Shah has directed more films than Karan Johar,
Farah Khan, Aditya Chopra, and Madhur Bhandarkar combined.
He was one of the hot-selling directors.
For me, Kanti Shah is the Guru Dutt
of B-grade cinema.
He was the only king of such films.
Kanti Shah.
A huge round of applause for Mr. Kanti Shah.
He is different.
If I am the sun, then he's the moon.
Our nature is quite different from each other.
I have a style of shooting.
In the same way as our heroes open their shirt…
What will the girls do? I have to make the film work.
So she also opened her shirt…
and exposed her bra.
She has acted in her bra,
performed action sequence…
and has the weightage also.
Kanti Shah.
He is the king of C-grade films.
The best part that he initiated…
was to cast known character artists.
Kanti Shah used to make a particular type of film.
It was rather more of a…
second or third class film.
That's the label his films got.
I…
make films around the…
topic of sex.
You require sex in the film.
Otherwise who would come to watch me.
A few adult dialogues…
because my films were not very big.
They were films for the masses.
Why? What happened?
-Why don't you do it? -What do you want me to do?
I can see my death calling out to me.
I can't do anything right now.
I never knew what kind of films Kanti Shah would make.
I was just told one thing.
All our senior actors during our time would tell us
that Kanti Shah would always pay in cash and that too every day.
Munnibai.
Can you please teach me how to aim properly?
Sure! Sure!
I have taught many people like you, how to take aim.
What?
I mean I have taught them to aim properly.
Will teach you as well.
I swear on my mother that
Kanti Shah used to pay the actors first and then shoot the film.
And that's the only reason why actors like Dharmendra would be a part of their films.
It's good that Kanti Shah is not running this industry
or else he would even make Shah Rukh Khan works on per day basis.
Be it Mr. Dharmendra, Mithoon, Govinda…
I used to optimally utilize
all the popular actors.
I have been commercial minded throughout.
I don't get stuck in the sentiment…
I… I am a businessman.
I concentrated on making films…
and releasing them was my ultimate goal.
Veer, you're finally here.
Your connection with the world ends here.
Your bullet cannot go through…
a man of steel like me.
He had also chosen Dharmendra for such roles.
He also has done…
minor roles during his time…
in films.
And because of these actors,
the distributors would
get more money than usual.
What happened?
Why is your face looking like a pregnant cat's stomach?
Mr. Lukka, that guy is making Shankar Batla run a marathon.
If Shankar Batla gets tired, then--
You don't worry.
Mr. Batla won't get tired.
Kill me!
I am a ding without a dong, a ping without a pong.
I am a worn-out thong…
which even a beggar wouldn't wear.
All my films, which have been hit, have been…
because of Basheer Babbar.
I used to always take him to the set.
This was my condition with him.
In my career, I challenge anyone to
get a better dialogue writer than him.
Neither I have heard of any nor seen any.
There is so much rhythm there. It's poetry.
He used to rhyme all the words.
It's marvelous.
My name is Ibu Hatela.
My mother is a witch's daughter and my father is a slave to the demon.
Want some banana?
During that period, such films used to work.
The dialogues that you have liked, and loved by the audience.
His dialogues were working so well…
that people till date watch them.
Hey, soldier!
Have you gone berserk?
Don't meddle in our matters.
Go away and have fun with your armymen.
When they started making C-grade and B-grade films,
they gave chances to many new actors.
And during this process, we got to know a lot about acting.
These films used to be low-budgeted
and didn't involve many risks.
My name is Hemant Birje.
My first film was Tarzan.
Everybody knows that it was a big hit. It hit the platinum jubilee.
And later I signed many films.
I signed more than 100 films.
But also, I was very new to this industry.
I didn't know that you shouldn't be a part of Ramsay Brothers' films.
And that I shouldn't act in horror films.
Such films can apparently reduce your grade.
But I had already acted in such films.
I was asked why I was acting in such films.
I told them that I didn't have an option
but to act in such films to meet my expenses.
Lot of actors were new actors,
who didn't know much about the industry.
And they mostly came from smaller towns…
And they are signed up saying that they will be doing big film.
But ended up doing smaller films.
And once the film was about to be released, and the publicity would begin.
They would realize
that it was a smaller film.
We need an action sequence between the fighters and Hemant Birje.
When he hits him,
Hemant should be able to defend them.
He will hold all five of them.
He will hold them and--
-Smack them both! -Oh, no!
Did Hemant fall?
Look at how he ran.
Oh! Monkey!
I hope it doesn't fall.
-Jimmy, shall I give you your dialogues? -Yes, please, Uncle.
Uncle? You are dead.
He will be the goon in this film.
-Look. Take a scarf. -He's looking like a goon.
Take a scarf. It's just for a scene.
This girl will come to the boy.
After they're done talking,
we will see her walking back.
Paro, when will you fulfil my desire?
Until when will you keep stoking my fire?
Come and play with me, baby. I will make you go crazy.
-Okay. -Look at what the girl replies.
Go ahead and find your mom to nail.
If you fool around with me, then I will put you in jail.
And then you will say,
Be it to jail or exile, don't you worry, just smile.
Hold it for a while and make me go wild.
-Wow! -This is…
What kind of a film are you shooting?
Why are your dialogues so sleazy? What are you trying to portray?
This is not done.
That's what his world looks like.
We will have to follow his commands.
That's the girl.
-She's engrossed in her own world. -Okay.
She is walking.
-Call her out. -Paro!
That's where you speak the dialogue.
Shoot this scene and then take their closeup shot.
Go ahead and find your mom to nail.
If you fool around with me, then I will put you in jail.
I would have made this scene fucking amazing if I was a part of it.
Hold it for a while and make me go wild.
-Be it to jail or exile, -Be it to jail or exile,
-don't you worry, just smile. -don't you worry, just smile.
-Hold it for a while -Hold it for a while
-and make me go wild. -and make me go wild.
Cut!
Take a closeup shot. Come.
Akanksha! Move. Let's go.
He fucked the hell out of this scene.
He should have done this.
Paro, when will you--
I can't bear this!
GRAPES
This is berry.
Filled with youthfulness.
Her name is Sapna.
And true to her name, she has a dream.
That any man who enters her life
should be handsome and young.
Someone who could love her all her life
and savor the juice of this ripe berry.
I am done with my makeup.
Now my getup…
Change!
-What do I wear? -Yes!
What do I wear now?
What do I wear?
-Tell me. -He won't say anything.
Say something.
Why aren't you saying anything?
Hello!
Look change!
Hey, please tell me.
Can you hear me?
I am talking to you.
I will wear a better costume.
I have never met an actress like Sapna.
Not a single one!
Be it a small or a big film, she has always been great.
Her first film was with Kanti.
She was a part of the film Gunda.
Sapna must have acted in about 300 Bollywood films.
It's not like people were not fans of small films.
People liked them, that's why they were made.
And I saw a guy who was crazy for Sapna.
He was calling out Sapna's name and fainted as well.
I am a huge fan.
For me, she is…
she is the Aishwarya Rai of that kind of cinema.
I am sure the newbies aren't going to do shit.
Once you see the original on screen, I am sure
you won't pay heed to the other three projects.
Oh, my goodness.
I am going to get intoxicated by you.
Be it Sapna, Durgesh Nandini, Satnam Kaur
Sainora,
or even Shabhnam,
they were all well aware of the kind of roles they were supposed to play.
We had to explain everything to the newbies to this business.
They would have to be briefed.
Keep the piece of cake in your mouth.
She will lean and take the bite from your mouth.
-Take a big piece. -Alright.
As soon as Shanti says, you will take the piece of cake in your mouth--
Come.
Don't bite it when before I cut the shot.
You can keep eating and then I will cut the shot.
That's Manju.
You need not get afraid of her.
She is with us.
You can live your life the way you want to.
That's it.
We are celebrating our anniversary, like every year.
I am playing the role of a boyfriend.
She is playing the role of a girlfriend.
Wow! That's awesome.
I believe that not only in the films
but be it the real lives or in your bedroom
you should never portray a girl nude.
Her dress is what enhances her beauty the most.
You should just reveal as much as is required.
A girl's beauty is defined by her clothes.
FLAMES OF THE WAR
Munni!
I am tired of you!
You just keep removing your clothes everywhere.
What the hell were you doing in the pond?
I was having a bath.
In earlier times, people used to just follow the herd.
All would make action or comedy movies one after the other.
Be it Hrishikesh Mukherjee or anyone else.
Everyone would then make social movies.
But movies with glamour quotient was something that was loved by all.
I am here to loot your treasure trove.
Or else I will put bullet holes in your body.
I had read something told by Mr. Raj.
He used to say that every scene of the movie
should either hit your mind,
your heart or below the belt.
Very good.
Remove this as well.
So, we conceived some of the scenes which were past by decency.
Remove it.
It's because the censor board during that time believed
that there should be a logical reason behind everything that you show onscreen.
If you add up a scene for no reason,
then the censor board will definitely ban the scene.
They will fine you around four lakh rupees for it.
They won't want to see your face either.
When I was a part of the censor board,
I rejected almost 25 to 30 films.
Why did you reject them?
It's because those movies didn't have passable content.
It didn't have good actors.
Those movies didn't even have proper storyline.
It was a movie shot at a resort with a boy and a girl.
They just wanted to make a film out of it.
If I show a girl without her undergarments--
The censor board is the worst thing.
They don't care about the films but only point out the flaws.
That's all they are bothered by. They never see the good part in the film.
Mistakes--
All they do is, find flaws.
And we understood their pattern.
We would directly ask them for the number of cuts in the movie.
We would know how to treat movies with those cuts.
Look at the girl.
Come closer to her.
Caress her hair. Come on, do it.
Cut! Good job! You were good.
I like such actors.
Everyone's a loser here.
Did you take the background shot?
Look at me. Here he comes.
-There he comes. -Will he look over here?
Were you here?
-Were you here? -I am doing this for 40 years.
But I am new, right? You have become old.
I am still very young.
Check this out.
-Gulab, come here. -Yes!
Come in. Keep your hand.
You fucker! Come closer.
Get your face closer. Don't laugh.
That's what you should do.
Show it to me.
This is the hand. Look here, Dilip.
Take a look at it. But don't change the mood.
The hand is coming closer.
Keep your head low.
-Here it goes. -Yes.
Smack him. There he goes.
Listen!
Why are you guys in the frame?
He is in the frame.
You are also in the field.
Come here! The director is supposed to be here!
Sorry!
My films were running well and I was making good movies.
So basically, I would try my best
to select some good actors.
I selected great actors.
People like Amit Pachauri acted in my films.
They will come from there. You can roll the shot.
Sir, it is getting dark!
-Let's go for a take. -We'll shoot for the night scene soon.
-Ready, sir? -Yes, sir.
Silence! Taking!
Everybody, keep quiet!
So, I would hire good actors in my films.
So now, we were making different kind of films.
Rishikesh would work on comedy films.
The other director would work on a different genre.
We used to work in that set of patterns.
And all of a sudden there was a halt in this pattern.
And it was all because of one man.
And they let go a portion in the movie without censoring it.
And that movie was a hit.
He earned a lot with that movie.
In the era of small films, Kanti Shah's golden period of sex, came about…
with the film Death.
It had four boys and that was us.
Kanti Shah had added few bed scenes…
keeping censor board in mind…
within the boundaries of Censor.
The movie Maut had become such a super hit.
That it made everyone happy.
The public enjoyed the extra content, called "bits."
The makers would give you extra portions to run during the show.
Which the public would watch.
Public used to enjoy it, as a result films used to be superhit.
If people came to know that it was a Kanti Shah film…
"Let's go and watch the film, it would be entertaining."
People knew it was Kanti Shah and Kanti Shah entertains.
Mu audience was thirsty for such content.
Why would I experiment with different genres?
I don't like to gamble on anyone else's money.
Money was also mine.
I am the owner and the servant.
That was my means to earn money.
So I worked accordingly.
GRAPES
Movies with raunchy content sell like hot cakes.
Everyone is just bothered about the raunchy content.
No one really focuses on the films.
The audience is just bothered about the fun.
Even five minutes of raunchy content is enough to please the audience.
They are getting everything from…
action to dialogue and front benchers required it.
And they used to get everything from me.
Mr. Dharmendra worked in one of Kanti Shah's film.
He was done with his shot.
It was a shot on the horse.
And then he was doing exercise.
He got done with his shot.
And just then, somewhere in Punjab
somebody put up a video showcasing Dharmendra performing
a love-making scene in the edit when he was actually working out during the shoot.
The scenes depicted him in a love-making scene humping a nude actress.
It was Dharmendra's face but the body was morphed.
Dharmendra is a tall and strong man.
It looked so wrong.
And why do you need to include such shots in good films?
One of Dharmendra's relatives called him…
and told him about the entire incident.
When Dharmendra saw this,
he called the producer of the film, home
and he was badly beaten up.
After all, it's the same pose.
Do they call themselves as makers?
It's all a false hearsay.
Someone tried to make me infamous.
They spread rumor to make me infamous.
I said at the start, that I am infamous, bad person.
The thing is, even if someone says something bad or spreads rumors.
What harm can he do to me.
What I have to do, I keep at it.
Girls used to undress but not their lingerie…
to make the scene hotter.
But I did it as it was trending at that time.
That was a period where--
I was wondering why I am into this field.
I started regretting being a part of this industry.
The producers and the directors
made the actors understand that this
was needed in such kinds of films.
You won't be a part of that scene.
Such films were a trend during that time.
We had two options.
Either you make that film,
or you don't make the film.
I said that such scenes won't be a part of my film.
I was told that my film would not sell.
So I asked them to get me the girls who will do such scenes.
They got not one but several girls.
I asked all of them individually, in a room…
that are you comfortable doing such scenes?
They said that they do it often…
and that's the reason why the films work.
If one film becomes a hit, hundred's line up.
They were made to wear skimpy clothes and stand.
They didn't have the know how of…
what they were doing.
They started doing things…
which Censor would never pass.
I saw may English films, and tried to emulate them.
Sapna, reveal a bit more. A bit more.
We had come to work and were working. Making good films.
They didn't come to sell porn films.
That was wrong.
That was totally wrong.
If you can stoop so low to make money…
then you should be ashamed.