“The Government of Pakistan needs to promote the film industry by setting up a Film Authority and Finance Corporation, so that we may be able to compete in the international market,” he suggests.
He is soon to visit the United States (US), a visit that is meant to fulfil his wish of learning and mastering new film-making tricks from the Hollywood industry, including digital effects.
He promises that his new venture will revolutionise the Pakistan film industry. Without disclosing the name of the film, he shared, “The new film project will be based on fiction, suspense and horror.”
The last time he went to the US, he learnt about Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI). Now, he plans on taking his learning process ahead by acquainting himself with other techniques to generate technical effects.
He is of the view that “Today, we have better cineplexes across town. However, we need to improve our films, so that we can develop better foreign exchange in this market.”
About his forthcoming trip, he says he plans on learning from Hollywood by participating in workshops. “My venture this time [comprises] delving into innovative plans, for which I will be visiting Los Angeles and New York.”
He praised Zulfikar Ali Bhutto for establishing the National Film Development Corporation (NAFDEC) in 1972, but said [the organisation] “breathed its last due to bureaucratic mismanagement and after that, the government failed to play its role in supporting the film industry. It didn’t even accept the fact that we were the ones who paid huge amounts of money in taxes… Sadly, the government has never realised the actual potential of the film industry in our country.”
Published in The Express Tribune, March 12th, 2014.
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Vaqas you have to be kidding me!!! Mr. Rizvi actually was the Pioneer in the movie industry of visual effects with whatever little technology we had available in Pakistan. I actually saw Shani many times and obviously it wasn't something you would see in a Hollywood movie due to their elaborate and versatile computer graphs and special effects trainings and gizmos available, but it was a very good movie of that time. But I think when pointing fingers at someone who is trying to help the county and its economy, people such as yourself are pointing fingers at ones age and that basically they should give up cuz they are too old...amazing!!!!
Oh god please no horror! I still have PTSD from the so called horror movies coming from across the border. Im sure at your age, whoever you are, you just possibly cant grasp the nuances of cgi effects to make anything even remotely believable. So just let that boat sail mr. Horror. Let hollywood deal with that subject matter.