By Rinky Kumar
Published: Volume 15, Issue 12, December, 2007
Creating poetry on celluloid is a cinch for Omung Kumar
He lives in a fantasy world, the kind seen in Saawariya. Omung Kumar Bhandula’s love for the unique and the unknown inspired him to create larger than life sets in varied hues of blue and green. “We used floor paintings, Buddhas, boats, pillars and colonial buildings. The film is set in a city reminiscent of many places in India but not modelled on any specific place. It’s a place that cannot be found on any map in the world.” The exquisite lotus in the movie has a symbolic significance. “I had set up my own company Blue Lotus Communications while working on Saawariya. That’s how I got the idea of using blue lotus as a recurring theme.” The art director considers Monalisa his lucky charm and uses her in all his films. This time too he presented it as a motif on a curtain in the Jab Se Tere Naina song. Omung is now scripting his debut film, a musical, which goes on the floor next year. Get set to be floored.
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