He doesn't whisper

PHOTO: K. MURALI KUMAR CANDID Rahul Bose "Your argument is completely valid. The film is bad and I have overacted. It is a subjective medium and it's time we give space to more and different voices." When was the last time you heard something like this from an actor in response to an audience comment. This is Rahul Bose for you.at times finicky, at times belligerent but always sagacious. At the screening of his latest off beat film Whisperers at the ongoing Osian's Cinefan film festival, Rahul says, "When I act in a film I don't always go into what kind of audience it is catering to but when I write and direct a film, my benchmark is world cinema. I feel directors should make films with the IQ of their target audience in mind. And this is what gives the film an edge. David Lynch makes films for the IQ of 400 plus that is why... [read full story]