Krish Joshi got a taste of Kannada film industry with Parapancha, which means 'world'. And according to the debutante director, what was planned for four months took two long years to reach theatres. "This film gave me the biggest experience in my career. Till yesterday, I always thought that filmmaking requires 40 percent of our effort with 60 per cent of management. Today, making and management becomes 20 per cent while the release consumes 80 per cent of our time. Releasing films has become a tough job today and a headache. It showed me the real world."
Nevertheless, the director is confident about the film. "It is a big movie and a satisfactory one," says Krish, who defines Parapancha, as an unconventional film. So what kind of audiences is the director trying to attract? "This is for all sections of people namely from an auto driver to a software engineer to a businessman. This is for people who have failed in life and love too. The best part is, it is not spoon fed," he says.
The tag line is 'Veg and Non Veg', but the director clarifies that it is beyond food. Parapancha is a dictionary of emotions," he says.
The film made under Yogaraj Bhat banner has an interesting star cast with Diganth as a waiter and Ragini Dwivedi as a bar dancer and the lead along with Rangayana Raghu Anant Nag, V Manohar and Yogaraj Bhat among others.
"Through, Parapancha, I am trying to show the two sides of a coin. Nobody is defined by a single characteristic, there will be two sides to every person," he explains.
Interestingly the director has picked up the character from the book he is currently writing. "The name of the book is 'The Other Angle' and it is still being worked on. I have picked a few of its characters and made it into a film."
Krish compares Diganth's role to Rajesh Khanna's role in Bawarchi or Sanjay Dutt's in Munna Bhai. "He tries to help every one. Though I compare his character to characters in these films, for me, he is Rajiva's character or what Rajkumar played in Bangarada Manushya and I dedicate the film to that character," he says.