Jaaved Jaaferi, the man who changed the face of dancing in India with the TV show "Boogie Woogie" is back with another agenda,
"Documentary films". Just as dancing was in the 90s treated as a mere past time and a hobby, documentary films also do not
reach out to mainstream audiences.
Jaffrey produced a national award winning documentary "Inshallah Kashmir", which was banned by the Censor Board because of its
sensitive content. When this happened, Jaaferi took a decision that can only be taken by a producer with amazing panache, he
decided to release the film online.
Jaaferi says, "The purpose of any documentary is to change the way we perceive life and ask the questions that everyone seems to
be afraid to ask.
With "Inshallah Kashmir", we did just that. We presented the truth as it was. And when the film got
banned by the censors, as a producer I had to take the step of releasing the film on YouTube because that was the purpose of the
film after all, to tell the truth to the masses".
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 11:01 IST