what does oye lucky lucky oyes screening at moma translate for bollywood in general and you in particularthis is a repeat khosla ka ghosla too was screened at moma abhay who is in new york now will be presenting the film and talking about it on june 8 and 13 the film is being featured in their new india exhibit a slot that showcases contemporary indian advances in arts and popular culture a note on ollo from moma states director banerjee proves himself to be a sharp and acerbic chronicler of the new india creating a sprawling panorama of familiar types the nouveau riche with their restless hunger for social status and bling the sensationalist media the various hustlers and hucksters and hangerson and the everymen who struggle daily to find a foothold on the ladder to success it feels good that an engaging and entertaining commercial indian film is also reaching out to the universal audience cinephiles look forward to a certain depth in cinema at such screenings its great that both my films have been able to able to provide that despite having an entertaining formatunlike your films why is it that most other festival films in india never manage to get a proper release leave aside commercial successits not any individuals problems with films like dev d and ollo doing well its a lot about the reception of the changing society earlier on there were three kinds of producers available one would be the grant bodies of the government which wouldnt lay much importance on the commercial aspect of the films they produced another would be the absolutely commercial bollywood producers who would wait for the revenue generated from a release to make their next film the third kind of producers would be those like rd bansal shashi kapoor and manmohan shetty who were film lovers making movies out of the ordinary path for our kind of films we dont ignore the commercial aspect when producers are funding our projectshow do you want abhay to pitch ollo to the world audienceid want him to pitch it as a glimpse into the complex and chaotic society of contemporary india its about an india thats found outside the world of nri marriages romcom friendly campuses and discs superheroes and superbaddies jumping from a chopper into a moving train in leather tights its about presenting an india thats real and hard hitting an india that defies ready classifications and generalisations and yet is entertaining and thought provoking i want ollo to make a statement that indian films need not dip into dvds or inspirations and yet be fresh original and create their own cinematic idiom that need not borrow from the cinema of the westare you repeating abhay in your next film toomy next film will be featuring all freshers there isnt a single known face its digital film im not making a digital film because its cheap im making it in this format only because the film