Raam Reddy's second feature film, The Fable, won the Special Jury Prize at the Mumbai Film Festival . The director sat down with Hindustan Times right after the Asia premiere of the film, where it received an enthusiastic response from the audience. The director's last film Tithi, arrived in 2015, and had also triumphed at MAMI .
In this exclusive chat, Reddy opened up about integrating magical realism in the narrative of The Fable, shooting it on film and the importance of having unwavering belief in one's vision. (Also read: Exclusive | In Retreat director Maisam Ali says we only see ‘one kind of cinema in our theatres’ ) It was a full house for the Asia Premiere of The Fable at MAMI. How has the response been? I am extremely happy with the response, I feel overjoyed and quite relieved too.
I did work on the film a little bit after the Berlin Film Festival premiere so this was the first time that the final film was being watched by the audience. I felt like my intentions landed even more in tune with what I wanted than I could have hoped. I wanted to evoke a certain emotion.
.. I have worked on this film for a long time, and the goal was to evoke that emotion by the end of this film.
For the Q&A, 80% of the audience stayed back, and there were wonderful interactions. More than anything else, the audience was talking to me after the screening, and I could see in their eyes that I had succeeded in creating that emotion, and that was the most satisfying part of me. A post s.
