Trust cinema Ali Malaqlipour, the writer and director of cinema, explained in an interview about his 2 works, which are related to Imam Hussein (AS) and the month of Muharram: I had made the short film “Empty Space” and the music video “Sun Passengers” a few years ago. These works were seen again at the Kausar Film Festival. The music video “Passengers of the Sun”, which was made with the support of Mava cultural organization, received the best video award from the 5th Kausar International Film Festival.
According to Mehr, the director of “Mosafran Khurshid” said about the story of this video: This work is about a caravan that is traveling to Karbala at the end of the Qajar period. On this route, the bandits attack the caravan and realize that they have nothing but a flag, a banner and some provisions for the pilgrimage of Imam Hussain (AS). The leader of the bandits is very ashamed when he sees the scene of the caravan robbery and finds himself at the moment of the robbery in the afternoon of Ashura, when he never thought he would be in such a position. Seeing this scene, he undergoes an inner transformation, as a result, he sends this caravan on its way and repents like Harr in Karbala.
He continued: The story of this video still works today. A person who is on the wrong path will repent from that path if he thinks about it. As has happened to many throughout history. In general, the story of returning from the path of evil is very interesting, and in my opinion, the story of repentance in Karbala is one of the most dramatic stories.
Attention to human nature
The director of “Dowry” Qandun, in response to the question of what points should be considered for creating ritual and religious works for the young generation, said: Any work that is related to human nature will not disappear with the passage of time and will be effective. was For example, in the 60s and 70s, the series “Rozi Rozgari” and “Hazar Dostan” were broadcast, which were historical but very attractive to us. The story of the Ashura uprising is not an exception to this. If someone narrates Ashura in a way that is separate from human nature, it will definitely not have an impact on the audience.
Malaqlipour pointed out that unfortunately today we are faced with a large amount of superficial works in the ritual and religious field, and stated: One of the reasons why many of these ritual and religious works do not have any function, they do not last and are not effective even in the moment is this. is that these works do not have a deep view and simply want to do something. There was no research or survey to make these works, and their target community is not known. In fact, sometimes they just want to make something for a certain occasion. Most of our directors have such a view that they want to make several films in a period of time and are not concerned about the subject and effect.
He added: We have many music videos that have poor lyrics, images, scripts and designs, and are just a series of intersecting images with music. Whereas if there is a concern and a story, it can create a lasting effect over time. Sometimes a word cannot be said in a specific format or now is not the time to say this word, as a result we do not create an effect. We should not just waste money.
My selection
The director of “Ketoni Zarangi” said: “One of the reasons why I make less works in the ritual and religious field is that I work selectively and I am very obsessed in this field.” For example, “Jai Khali” was originally supposed to be a cultural teaser, but it was turned into a short film at Sore Film Club. Hossein Haghighi wrote the initial script, but we rewrote it several times to make it into a short story film that has a beginning, a climax, and an end.
Malaqlipour stated: Unfortunately, today we are faced with a lot of superficial, sloganeering and advertising work. I believe that it takes time and money to make a 5-minute short film. If I can create a spark in the mind of the audience with the same effect, I am a winner. Sometimes you can’t make such an impact even with a series, and it’s valuable to me that whatever we do, quality is important to us, whether it’s a music video, a movie or a series.
“How to play” is made
In the end, this director said about his new movie: We have received the license to make the script of “Chegwara Bazi” produced by Abuzar Pourmohammadi. I wrote this script jointly with Mohsen Maleki. We have entered into negotiations with the private sector and the public sector to make this film, but the investor of this film is not yet known. Also, I can’t talk about the subject and story of this movie yet.