Tamhane explains that he understood this world as the one “where you have to have unquestioning faith in a higher authority and only then, will you able to achieve mastery.” But he saw the good and the bad side of this complete submission. However, unlike how it is presented in mythological stories, Tamhane explores this idea for its pros and cons in the film. The film’s title and much of its subject matter is related to the ‘Guru-Shishya parampara’ that has been a part of the Indian teaching value system for ages. We believed in what the film was trying to say,” recalled Chaitanya. We believed in the theme we were exploring. “The film faced a lot of rejections on a script level with reactions like ‘it’s too specific,’ ‘it’s not universal,’ ‘Indian classical music, what will people understand?’ and ‘It’s got no drama.’ So everything that you are saying now, that it has connected with people, we really did not know. When we asked Tamhane about the universality of the subject, he shared that the film initially faced a lot of rejections because it was seen as a niche subject. In a conversation with, Tamhane shared that even though the film is getting so much acclaim, it was only “Vivek (Gomber) and, to an extent, Alfonso Cuarón who actually believed in the script.” The Disciple is set in a very specific sub-culture in Mumbai, yet the film’s story has found resonance throughout the world.
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