Filmmaker to make docu-film on Husain
National Award-winning filmmaker Shaji N. Karun is planning to make a docu-film on renowned painter M.F. Husain, who recently gave up Indian citizenship to become a Qatari citizen. According to Shaji, he had a telephonic discussion with Husain a week back and the artist accepted the proposal wholeheartedly. The film is titled as In Quest Of Mother and the work is to start in October. “Husain’s response to the idea was, ‘I am honoured by you doing a work on me’,” Shaji said.
“For me, this is an attempt from the side of an artist to bring back an acclaimed master like Husain to his motherland. My understanding is that Husain is interested to come to India, but there is no sincere efforts from the side of the government to make it possible,” he added. Through the title, Shaji seeks to convey a wide range of meanings. Husain lost his mother when he was just a one-and-a-half-year old. Later in his life, after achieving fame and glory, he had to flee his motherland. The film would focus the universal theme of the relationship between a mother and a child.
“My perception is that Hu-sain has sought to explore the concept of mother even in his works like Sara-swathy, which sparked controversy in the country for portrayal of the goddess in nude,” Shaji said.
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