Summary:
Though all three films are of different milieu yet the protagonists in them are yearning for a different world. When my father, who was friends with Gora Ganguly told him about my desire to make films, Ganguly told him that I should be allowed to pursue my interest.”Forty -four year-old Pande made his first short film ‘Cabin Man’ in 2007. Nagpur: Young filmmaker Ashish Pandey was present at the screening of three of his award winning short films, ‘Cabin Man’, ‘Open Doors’ and ‘Noorey’, at AV Hall of Dinanath High School, on Wednesday. “I showed the film to Goraji and he was extremely happy with my effort,” Pande said and added that unfortunately that was the first and the last of his work that Ganguly — who passed away in 2008 — saw. Pandey, who hails from the city, was attending the Gora Ganguly memorial programme organized by Cine Montage.Delivering a talk titled ‘Still/Unstill’, after the screening, Pandey said, “Capturing different moments of time and piecing them together is tough.”Attributing his film career to the encouragement he received from Gora Ganguly, the director said, “I was doing a course in mining engineering and was not enjoying it at all..