Dhurva Harsh makes AU proud by making 'Harshit'
Dhruva Harsh PRAYAGRAJ: A former student of Allahabad University, Dhruva Harsh has made the city and his alma mater proud by making a film Harshit, which is streaming on digital streaming service Disney Hotstar and would soon be coming on Amazon prime and Netflix too.
Dhruva has done is master's in English literature and hogged the limelight last year when he had renounced accepting the degree at the convocation because the then chief guest i.e. Kailash Satyarthi was awarding degrees selectively due to lack of time. The renowned documentary and short film maker has also questioned the decision of AU of awarding honorary degree to the then UP DGP OP Singh, who according to him was an officer who never supported students of AU.
“Harshit is inspired by the tragedy of hamlet, prince of Denmark and the story is of a Hindu boy and Rahila (Diksha Juneja), a young muslim girl, who have fallen in love with each other. Even though their families and friends are highly critical of their relationship, especially Harshit would like nothing more than to make their love official. However, as their affection becomes more obvious to Rahila’s family, tragic events occur which will have disastrous consequences for the couple and their friends and relatives”, explains Dhurva while talking to TOI over phone from Mumbai.
Harsh’s film manages to be an entertaining blend of Shakespeare’s play, along with the layers of symbolism it contains, as well as a story heavily influenced by Indian culture. The setting of Mumbai is the perfect “stage” for a story defined by heavy emotions, drama and the kind of universal conflict which is at the core of a narrative foundation such as this.
When asked as to what inspired him to make this film, young director and writer said, “I did masters and D.Phil in English from AU and since then Shakespeare was a great fascination and that keep inspiring me”.
Talking of the present crisis, owing to Covid-19 and how digital streaming platforms comes as rescue, Dhurva said, “As the whole human race is suffering so is the film industry and films were tend to go into theatres are directly streaming on other platforms. Before this pandemic, we had everything in abundance but now all of a sudden shooting and making films have stopped and we have shortage of content. Web or Ott platforms are good and more democratic as one can see my film “Harshit” is streaming on Disney plus Hotstar along with “Dil Bechara” and other big banner films”.
About his future projects, the young director said, “I have done a feature documentary entitled “The Last Sketch” based on hand-pulled rickshaws in Kolkata. The film is in post and I hope it will come out soon. On the other hand, I am working on a film based on Plato’s allegory and writings of Albert Camus’s entitled “Parable” and the second one is a biopic on a famous Urdu poet and professor, Firaq Gorakhpuri, a renowned name who was also associated with the same department at AU”.
Dhruva has done is master's in English literature and hogged the limelight last year when he had renounced accepting the degree at the convocation because the then chief guest i.e. Kailash Satyarthi was awarding degrees selectively due to lack of time. The renowned documentary and short film maker has also questioned the decision of AU of awarding honorary degree to the then UP DGP OP Singh, who according to him was an officer who never supported students of AU.
“Harshit is inspired by the tragedy of hamlet, prince of Denmark and the story is of a Hindu boy and Rahila (Diksha Juneja), a young muslim girl, who have fallen in love with each other. Even though their families and friends are highly critical of their relationship, especially Harshit would like nothing more than to make their love official. However, as their affection becomes more obvious to Rahila’s family, tragic events occur which will have disastrous consequences for the couple and their friends and relatives”, explains Dhurva while talking to TOI over phone from Mumbai.
Harsh’s film manages to be an entertaining blend of Shakespeare’s play, along with the layers of symbolism it contains, as well as a story heavily influenced by Indian culture. The setting of Mumbai is the perfect “stage” for a story defined by heavy emotions, drama and the kind of universal conflict which is at the core of a narrative foundation such as this.
When asked as to what inspired him to make this film, young director and writer said, “I did masters and D.Phil in English from AU and since then Shakespeare was a great fascination and that keep inspiring me”.
Talking of the present crisis, owing to Covid-19 and how digital streaming platforms comes as rescue, Dhurva said, “As the whole human race is suffering so is the film industry and films were tend to go into theatres are directly streaming on other platforms. Before this pandemic, we had everything in abundance but now all of a sudden shooting and making films have stopped and we have shortage of content. Web or Ott platforms are good and more democratic as one can see my film “Harshit” is streaming on Disney plus Hotstar along with “Dil Bechara” and other big banner films”.
About his future projects, the young director said, “I have done a feature documentary entitled “The Last Sketch” based on hand-pulled rickshaws in Kolkata. The film is in post and I hope it will come out soon. On the other hand, I am working on a film based on Plato’s allegory and writings of Albert Camus’s entitled “Parable” and the second one is a biopic on a famous Urdu poet and professor, Firaq Gorakhpuri, a renowned name who was also associated with the same department at AU”.
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