My film mainly talks about how Rajasthani cinema flourished as an industry, especially during the 90s. But scenarios have changed now: Priyadarshini Choudhary
A documentary on the issue of deterioration of Rajasthani Cinema titled Lost Cinema: Rajasthani Cinema, wins the Best Script title at the Educational Video Competition organised by Consortium for Educational Communication, a centre under University Grants Commission of India, in Himachal Pradesh.
The documentary was created by Priyadarshini Choudhary, a journalism student who hails from Tonk district and is a former student of a Jaipur-based private university. Choudhary was given Rs 25,000 along with a trophy as an award by Acharya Devvrat, Governor, Himachal Pradesh at the state university.
"My film mainly talks about how Rajasthani cinema flourished as an industry at a point of time, especially during the 90s. The artists who worked during the era are now setting a benchmark in Bollywood as well. But scenarios have changed now. I have described the reasons for its decline," Choudhary said.
One of the major reason for the slump shown in the film is the lack of budget and inability of the state government to provide appropriate support for the industry to flourish. This is also shown in comparison to the support given by other states of the country to the regional cinema.
"The other reasons include lack of ideas and proper scripting, mainly because artists are not working as seriously as they should in this field. Similar issues have been showcased in the film," Choudhary added.
Choudhary is aiming to pursue a doctorate in Journalism and Mass Communication and wants to pursue her career in documentary and film making.
The competition had 43 entries from across the country, which was judged by a jury panel and entries were filtered at various levels. Lost Cinema was the only entry from Rajasthan which was selected for review.
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