The director of Paatal Lok faced everything from depression
Famous cinematographer and film director, avinash Arun recently recalled his days of struggle. He revealed howhe went into depression during his career. avinash told how he is still learning to adjust in this industry. He saidthat the altitude here is very high and the low level is very low and years of experience are required to deal withboth.When the success of Qila made avinash sadHave you ever heard that a filmmaker became depressed because the film he directed did well? But this happenedwith avinash Arun. The filmmaker told that he had dreamed of becoming a director all his life. He always wantedto direct meaningful cinema and this happened when his Marathi directorial Qila was released. The film wasselected for the 64th Berlin Film festival where it won the Crystal Bear Award. avinash said that instead of beinghappy, he was finding it difficult to handle the success. He could not digest so much love and praise. He felt as ifhe had already achieved everything.Got upset with people’s tauntsFurther avinash told that five years passed and he had no one for another project. He was troubled by people’ssweet taunts. When people used to say to him, Oh, your first film was such a success, why aren’t you making morefilms, such words used to bother him. The filmmaker credits the success of Paatal Lok for finally taking him to agood place mentally. From there avinash told that he is in a much better place and now he has a betterunderstanding of handling defeat and success.