EXCLUSIVE VIDEO!
In this interview with Rajeev Masand, the directors behind five of the most significant films of 2012 – Anurag Kashyap (Gangs of Wasseypur), Anurag Basu (Barfi), Sujoy Ghosh (Kahaani), Shoojit Sircar (Vicky Donor), and Gauri Shinde (English Vinglish) – talk hopes and dreams, insecurities and fears, also the difference between inspiration and plagiarism.
(This interview first aired on CNN-IBN)
What they said regarding ‘inspiration’ is very true. Plato had once said that there is nothing as such called ‘creativity’, arguing that only God can ‘create’ and we can only recreate or imitate (mimesis). No work of art is original. Every piece draws inspiration from one source or the other and it is not a crime to get inspired unless you clearly know what it truly means apart from plagiarism. Literature, cinema, music, visual arts and all other forms of art forms can draw inspiration from one another without forgetting to add a signature touch of itself to it.
Comment by Shruty Sikhamani — January 2, 2013 @ 12:22 am