Apurva Asrani Who Edited Satya,On The Iconic Film Completing 25 Years

Editor-filmmaker Apurva Asrani  who edited Ram  Gopal Varma’s Satya recalls an incident during the shooting. “I was sent out to shoot some B Roll(secondary shooting)  Mumbai footage with steadicam operator Nitin Rao: to use for montages, etc. That day one building of Poonam Chambers had collapsed in Worli. Since we wanted to show the impact of the underworld, I thought that the building might resemble a bomb-blasted structure.”

But there was  a hitch. “The cops didn’t let us shoot, in fact we weren’t allowed even near the sight. Luckily, me being a Worli boy, I knew a back route to Poonam Chambers through some slums. Nitin and I sneaked up from there and quietly took two important shots that made it to the title montage showing destruction by the underworld.”

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Speaking on the enduring impact of Satya, Apurva says, “The film was a clutter breaker when it came out in 1998. It told a realistic story with sizzling front-bencher dialogues and used a cinematic language–a narrative and a pace–like no one was doing before. Plus it was made by a bunch of hungry new comers who came with no baggage or ego. Maybe that’s why Satya become part of public consciousness. I am overwhelmed that 25 years later it is being discussed with as much passion as when it came out.”

 

Subhash K . Jha

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