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40-401: Meghna Gulzar is an Indian writer, director and producer . She is best known for directing critically acclaimed films; Talvar (2015) and Raazi (2018). Born to Gulzar and actress Raakhee , Gulzar joined her father as an assistant to his films and became a screenwriter for her father's 1999 directorial Hu Tu . Meghna later became an independent director and directed her first film,

80-473: A film school to get a bachelor's degree studying film or cinema. Film students generally study the basic skills used in making a film. This includes, for example, preparation, shot lists and storyboards, blocking, communicating with professional actors, communicating with the crew, and reading scripts. Some film schools are equipped with sound stages and post-production facilities. Besides basic technical and logistical skills, students also receive education on

120-485: A flat fee for the project, as a weekly salary, or as a daily rate. A handful of top Hollywood directors made from $ 133.3 million to $ 257.95 million in 2011, such as James Cameron and Steven Spielberg , but the average United States film directors and producers made $ 89,840 in 2018. A new Hollywood director typically gets paid around $ 400,000 for directing their first studio film. The average annual salary in England

160-481: A new law, or amendment to the existing criminal laws like Indian Penal Code , Indian Evidence Act and Code of Criminal Procedure , for dealing with the offence of acid attack, besides asking for compensation. She also pleaded for a total ban on the sale of acid, citing an increasing number of incidents of such attacks on women across the country. During the hearing, the Centre assured the court that it would work with

200-551: A recent trend of more attention to women directors in India, brought on partly by Amazon and Netflix moving into the industry. Of the movies produced in Nollywood , women direct only 2%. There are many different awards for film directing, run by various academies , critics associations , film festivals , and guilds . The Academy Award for Best Director and Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director are considered among

240-520: A yearly salary from ¥4 million to ¥10 million, and the Directors Guild of Japan requires a minimum payment of ¥3.5 million. Korean directors make 300 million to 500 million won for a film, and beginning directors start out making around 50 million won. A Korean director who breaks into the Chinese market might make 1 billion won for a single film. According to a 2018 report from UNESCO ,

280-740: Is a film criticism concept that holds that a film director's film reflects the director's personal creative vision, as if they were the primary "auteur" (the French word for "author"). In spite of—and sometimes even because of—the production of the film as part of an industrial process, the auteur's creative voice is distinct enough to shine through studio interference and the collective process. Some film directors started as screenwriters , film editors , producers , actors , or film critics , as well as directing for similar media like television and commercials. Several American cinematographers have become directors, including Barry Sonnenfeld , originally

320-637: Is a former director of Chhanv Foundation . She was attacked at the age of 15. In 2019, she was honoured with the International Women Empowerment Award from the Ministry of Women and Child Development , the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation and UNICEF for her campaign of Stop Acid Sale . In 2014, she received the International Women of Courage Award from Michelle Obama . The movie Chhapaak

360-483: Is based on her life and stars Deepika Padukone in her role. Laxmi was born in New Delhi . In 2005, Laxmi was 15 years old and an 11th-grade student. She was approached by a man working in her neighbourhood, Naeem Khan, who was 32 years old. He proposed to Laxmi but she rejected him. She did not inform anyone about this because her family would have blamed her and stopped her studies. Ten months later, Laxmi Agrawal

400-418: Is to envisage a way to translate a screenplay into a fully formed film, and then to realize this vision. To do this, they oversee the artistic and technical elements of film production. This entails organizing the film crew in such a way to achieve their vision of the film and communicating with the actors. This requires skills of group leadership, as well as the ability to maintain a singular focus even in

440-738: Is £50,440, in Canada is $ 62,408, and in Western Australia it can range from $ 75,230 to $ 97,119. In France, the average salary is €4000 per month, paid per project. Luc Besson was the highest paid French director in 2017, making €4.44 million for Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets . That same year, the top ten French directors' salaries in total represented 42% of the total directors' salaries in France. Film directors in Japan average

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480-472: The Filmfare Award for Best Director for her work. For her next directorial concept, Meghna chose to make a biopic on the life of acid attack survivor Laxmi Agarwal , which she named Chhapaak , (2020) that is about Malti, an acid attack survivor inspired by Agarwal. The film featured Deepika Padukone as Malti and was critically acclaimed upon its release on 10 January 2020. She will next helm

520-438: The Filmfare Award for Best Director . In 2018, she directed the spy thriller Raazi . Produced by Junglee Pictures and Dharma Productions , it starred Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal . The film is based on Harinder Sikka's novel Calling Sehmat . With worldwide earnings of ₹ 193 crore (US$ 23 million), it proved one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films . Raazi won the Filmfare Award for Best Film and earned Gulzar

560-551: The Tisch School of Arts , New York University , New York. Upon her return, she joined her father, writer-director Gulzar , as an assistant on his films Maachis and Hu Tu Tu . Meghna simultaneously began scripting her own film along with directing documentaries for Doordarshan and music videos for several music albums. Meghna directed her first film, Filhaal , in 2002, starring former Miss Universe-turned-actress Sushmita Sen and Tabu . Her second directorial venture

600-660: The budget . There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters , cinematographers , producers , film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended film school. Directors use different approaches. Some outline a general plotline and let the actors improvise dialogue, while others control every aspect and demand that the actors and crew follow instructions precisely. Some directors also write their own screenplays or collaborate on screenplays with long-standing writing partners. Other directors edit or appear in their films or compose music score for their films. A film director's task

640-554: The highest-grossing Indian films . She won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for Raazi. She next helmed the biographical drama Chhapaak (2020) met with mixed reviews from critics. She next directed the biopic Sam Bahadur (2023). The daughter of lyricist and poet Gulzar and former actress Raakhee , Meghna Gulzar was born on 13 December 1973 in Maharashtra , Mumbai . She was named Meghna by her mother, after

680-1123: The Berlin/Brandenburg TV station RBB (Berlin-Brandenburg Broadcasting) and ARTE . In recent decades American directors have primarily been coming out of USC , UCLA , AFI , Columbia University , and NYU , each of which is known for cultivating a certain style of filmmaking. Notable film schools outside of the United States include Beijing Film Academy , Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City, Dongseo University in South Korea, FAMU in Prague, Film and Television Institute of India , HFF Munich , La Fémis in Paris, Tel Aviv University , and Vancouver Film School . Film directors usually are self-employed and hired per project based on recommendations and industry reputation. Compensation might be arranged as

720-528: The Coen brothers' Director of Photography; Wally Pfister , cinematographer on Christopher Nolan 's three Batman films made his directorial debut with Transcendence (2014). Despite the misnomer, assistant director has become a completely separate career path and is not typically a position for aspiring directors, but there are exceptions in some countries such as India where assistant directors are indeed directors-in-training. Many film directors have attended

760-503: The Supreme Court ruled in favour of Agarwal's plea, thereby creating a fresh set of restrictions on the sale of acid in India. Under the new regulations, acid cannot be sold to any individual below the age of 18 years and the buyer is required to furnish a photo identity card. The court also issued directions to be followed regarding medical treatment, aftercare, rehabilitation and compensation for acid attack victims. Laxmi Agarwal

800-422: The director ensures that all individuals involved in the film production are working towards an identical vision for the completed film. The set of varying challenges they have to tackle has been described as "a multi-dimensional jigsaw puzzle with egos and weather thrown in for good measure". It adds to the pressure that the success of a film can influence when and how they will work again, if at all. Generally,

840-435: The director works with the editor to edit the material into the director's cut . Well-established directors have the " final cut privilege ", meaning that they have the final say on which edit of the film is released. For other directors, the studio can order further edits without the director's permission. The director is one of the few positions that requires intimate involvement during every stage of film production . Thus,

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880-436: The drama Filhaal... (2002), though she did not achieve directorial success that decade. Following an eight-year sabbatical, she directed the critically acclaimed Talvar (2015), which earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Director , which was moderate success at the box office. Her first profitable directorial venture came in 2018, when she directed the spy thriller Raazi , which emerged as one of

920-478: The film industry throughout the world has a disproportionately higher number of male directors compared to female directors, and they provide as an example the fact that only 20% of films in Europe are directed by women. 44% of graduates from a sample of European films schools are women, and yet women are only 24% of working film directors in Europe. However only a fraction of film school graduates aspire to direct with

960-480: The hospital directly. Arun then asked Laxmi about her family and where she lived. He reached her house, informed her family, and took them from their house to the hospital. She underwent multiple operations including eye surgery. Naeem Khan was arrested and later sentenced to imprisonment for ten years. In 2006, Agarwal filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court of India seeking framing of

1000-435: The launch of Harinder's book by two months “so that Meghna received all the attention”, and also pressured Jaipur Literature Festival to remove him from speaking about the work. Film director The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within

1040-514: The life of military officer Sam Manekshaw in a biographical film that will star Kaushal as Manekshaw and is produced by Ronnie Screwvala . The film titled Sam Bahadur (2023), featuring Vicky Kaushal in the title role was released in December 2023. Meghna has been accused of cheating and ghosting by author Harinder Sikka, who wrote Calling Sehmat which was later adapted to a film directed by her named, Raazi . According to him, after securing

1080-472: The majority entering the industry in other roles. In Hollywood, women make up only 12.6 percent of film directors, as reported by a UCLA study of the 200 top theatrical films of 2017, but that number is a significant increase from 6.9% in 2016. As of 2014, there were only 20 women in the Directors Guild of Japan out of the 550 total members. Indian film directors are also greatly underrepresented by women, even compared to other countries, but there has been

1120-489: The most prestigious awards for directing, and there is even an award for worst directing given out during the Golden Raspberry Awards . Laxmi Agarwal Laxmi Agarwal (born 1 June 1990) is an Indian acid attack survivor, a campaigner for rights of acid attack victims, and a TV host. Laxmi is founder and President of The Laxmi Foundation, an NGO dedicated to acid attack victims. She

1160-548: The nature of professional relationships that occur during film production. A full degree course can be designed for up to five years of studying. Future directors usually complete short films during their enrollment. The National Film School of Denmark has the student's final projects presented on national TV. Some film schools retain the rights for their students' works. Many directors successfully prepared for making feature films by working in television. The German Film and Television Academy Berlin consequently cooperates with

1200-404: The police, but he saw her skin melting from the acid, and he realised it might be too late to wait for assistance. Someone else splashed water on her face hoping to reduce the burns; this caused the acid to move down and burn her neck. Arun then got her in the back seat of his car. This later caused burn holes in the seat covers. He admitted her to Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital . The police reached

1240-415: The position of film director is widely considered to be a highly stressful and demanding one. It has been said that "20-hour days are not unusual". Some directors also take on additional roles, such as producing, writing or editing. Under European Union law, the film director is considered the "author" or one of the authors of a film, largely as a result of the influence of auteur theory . Auteur theory

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1280-407: The restrictions of the film's budget and the demands of the producer and studio (such as the need to get a particular age rating ). Directors also play an important role in post-production . While the film is still in production, the director sends " dailies " to the film editor and explains their overall vision for the film, allowing the editor to assemble an editor's cut . In post-production,

1320-438: The rights to his book, Meghna made significant changes in the story, especially at the end, and take a pro-pakistan stance in the film without his approval. Harinder said, Meghna didn't allow him to see the director's cut of the film, ended speaking to him after shooting, removed him from all promotions and titles related to film on media. He also accused that her father, Gulzar, of calling Penguin publishers and pushed them to delay

1360-600: The river Meghna in present day Bangladesh. Meghna began her writing career as a freelance writer for The Times of India and the NFDC publication Cinema in India . Her poetry was published in anthologies of the Poetry Society of India . After completing her graduation in Sociology , she worked with noted filmmaker Saeed Akhtar Mirza as an assistant director . In 1995, she completed a short course in filmmaking from

1400-403: The sole superiors of the director are the producers and the studio that is financing the film, although sometimes the director can also be a producer of the same film. The role of a director differs from producers in that producers typically manage the logistics and business operations of the production, whereas the director is tasked with making creative decisions. The director must work within

1440-442: The state governments to enact a law to regulate the sale of acids and formulate a policy for treatment, compensation and care and rehabilitation of such victims. However, when the Centre failed to produce a plan, the court criticised the government for lack of seriousness and warned that it would intervene and pass orders if the government failed to frame a policy to curb the sale of acid in order to prevent chemical attacks. In 2013,

1480-477: The stressful, fast-paced environment of a film set. Moreover, it is necessary to have an artistic eye to frame shots and to give precise feedback to cast and crew, thus, excellent communication skills are a must. Because the film director depends on the successful cooperation of many different creative individuals with possibly strongly contradicting artistic ideals and visions, they also need to possess conflict-resolution skills to mediate whenever necessary. Thus

1520-465: Was Just Married in 2007. She also directed a short film Pooranmasi for Sanjay Gupta 's anthology Dus Kahaniyaan , starring Amrita Singh . In 2015, Meghna directed the drama thriller Talvar , written by Vishal Bharadwaj and based on the 2008 Noida double murder case . The film starred Irrfan Khan , Konkona Sen Sharma and Neeraj Kabi in lead roles. It received high critical acclaim upon release, and earned Gulzar her first nomination for

1560-480: Was in a live-in relationship with social activist Alok Dixit , and the couple has separated in 2015. They have a daughter. The acid attack survivors started a hunger strike demanding immediate justice and rehabilitation for acid attack survivors. She wrote a poem describing her situation during the incident. While she was in the United States to receive the International Women of Courage award, she

1600-513: Was returning from Khan market at 10:45 in the morning when she received Naeem's wedding proposal again. She did not respond. Within no time, she was attacked with acid by Naeem and his elder brother, Kamran. Kamran called Laxmi's name from behind while riding his motorcycle. When Laxmi turned to look, Naeem threw acid directly at her face from the backseat. Laxmi fainted and after gaining consciousness, she tried to walk up and ask for help but met with multiple road accidents. A man named Arun Singh called

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