Who is Anjanabha Roy?

Anjanabha Roy is the student of world cinema loves to do experiment with cinema and believe to portray the psychology of human civilisation rather than chronological story telling.

Do you remember the exact moment you fell in love with cinema?

I was just 10 years old. My father bought me a DVD of GOOPY GAYEN BAGHA BYEN directed by one of the greatest Indian Film directors Satyajit Ray. I still remember I said “I want to be a film director” after watching the film. This film opened the window of world cinema for me.

Tell us about your project “A Fable Before Apocalypse”.

AFABLE BEFORE APOCALYPSE is a psychoanalytic Science Fiction film where a lady (SREETAMA done by SWARALIPI GOSH) constantly talking with her fictional coequal (done by POULAMI SENGUPTA) contradicting herself in about becoming an artist and gaining fame. Actually, her fictional coequal is nothing but her alternative personality who counters her ego to make her realize the duty of a poet. When the entire world is under the threat of power conflict and combat it is a duty of a poet to pick his or her pen up to counter the doctrine of power otherwise be ready for the apocalypse. In this film I have created some apocalyptic war scenes with the help of AI. But I believe the main USP of this film is the acting skill of Swaralipi Ghosh won critique choice award for best acting in Twilight Tokyo Film Festival, Ankita Das won best supporting actress in Paramount Cine Carnival. Even Poulumi Sengupta, Basudha Nandy and Sayan Sarkar all were brilliant in their performance. In my 10 years of film directing career, I have never seen such brilliant performance in film acting. Proud of them.

Which Director inspires you the most?

Because I am an Indian and Bangali too, Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak & Mrinal Sen are my first inspirations. Great Indian film directors Goutam Ghosh & Buddhadeb Dasgupta inspired me a lot in the case of their unique cinematic language and stylization of cinematography. But Ingmar Bergman and Jean Luc Godard always remain my inspirations because of their philosophical, political and psychological narratives. Now I am watching Pier Paolo Pasolini very carefully to understand today’s world politics.      

What do you dislike about the world and what would you change?

I dislike rather good to say I hate war. I often dislike media politics in case of portraying war. I dislike those nations and super powers who believe atomic achievement is the greatest achievement of mankind. No, it’s even the worst achievement. I dislike the recent ideology of Indian film making where filmmakers believe film is a money-making machine by selling entertainments and hyper nationalism and it’s a medium of producing puppets called stars and make people believe that they are the Messiah. We those who believe that film is an art we are fighting like hell, not directly with the governments or institutions but with the people of our country. Because India is suffering from severe mass autocracy and communal hatred. They are romanticizing war even though they don’t know the history of the rise of terrorism.  If possible, I would like to bring back the lives of those children Killed in Gaza.

How do you imagine cinema in 100 years?

I’m confused. Because I don’t know what will be the socio-political condition of world in 100 years. But I imagine, rather dream that many film directors would make anti war films and bring arguments in their film narratives against atomic empowerments. For them AI would become Alternative Intelligence, not artificial. But in my country film would become an audio-visual junk. It’s better to say it would not be a film but a costume party in front of a camera where some puppets cherishing their nescience. 

What is your impression of WILD FILMMAKER?

I would like to convey my gratitude to WILD FILMMAKER because they are true get way to world cinema where those independent film directors who make films for the sake of film and believe film making is their socio-political duty. WILD FILMMAKER is the friend and a true guide for them in case of showcasing their film in international platforms and reputed international film festivals.