The storyteller’s back with Paani

IFFI Director C Senthil Rajan, a very solemn gent otherwise, managed a grin and a halfpromise, nodding sagely. Addressing the press on Sunday morning, senior jury member and Oscarnominated filmmaker Michael Radford pointed out, in order to sex up things at Goa, the academy ought to invite more stars. “ I see cutouts of your biggest actors and actresses all around, but where are these stars?” To which, Jury chairman Shekhar Kapur remarked in jest: “ The trouble with our stars is that if you invite them they will demand that the films they do get participation in the international competition section!” SHEKHAR Kapur is amused at how the filmmaking culture has changed in India since the time he last directed Mr India in 1987.

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