Santosh Sivan to make sequel to Halo

Santosh Sivan to make  sequel to Halo
Friday, October 24, 2008 11:44 IST
By Subhash K Jha, Santa Banta News Network
/> After working with wunder-kid Purav Bhandare in the much-applauded Tahaan Santosh Sivan is more than convinced he wants to direct children and animals again.

He's all set to do a sequel to his little masterpiece Halo.

"I met all the kids from Halo recently and I suddenly thought what it would be like to follow up what happened to their lives 12 years after they came together. So yes, why not a sequel to Halo?"

Speaking as the glowing reviews for Tahaan pour in, Santosh says, "Believe me, it wasn't hard directing Purav or the donkey. I don't think we've had a film where a donkey plays a pivotal part. We've had donkeys snakes and elephants.

Donkeys have always been the underdogs. People use 'gadhaa' as a derogatory term when they're intelligent creatures. I've directed animals before, a poodle in Halo for example." Sivan says getting the donkey was the hard part, and not directing it.

"There're no donkeys in Kashmir except in one village called Sirhome. Once we got this observant donkey I handed it over to Purav. Children love to shoulder responsibilities and they take them very seriously. Have you seen little girls how they mother their dolls?"

To Purav Birbal was his personal project. "The donkey would react only to Purav's commands. Since that's what the film required it worked to our advantage."

The donkey according to Santosh, is a metaphor for the reality of Kashmir. "Donkeys have eyesight that sees in a circumference of 360 degrees. I wanted to make Birbal the mute spectator of all that is happening in the Valley."

Santosh says he didn't want to make a grim film about militancy. " I wanted to keep the tone light. That's why even when we hear guns and bomb blasts the narrative doesn't lose its innocence.

The militants are not your typical extremists. The ones you are see are ambivalent in personality and motives. I didn't want the story to get heavy-hearted."

Miraculously, Tahaan looks big-budgeted when it is relatively a smaller film. "That's because being behind the camera I can see the frames in the most advantageous light possible.

Maybe that's why people say my films look opulent when the budget is not that high. Even Asoka with Shah Rukh Khan was made to look epic in scale from behind the camera."
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