When Ashok Mehta kicked the bucket suddenly on August 15, he left behind a ravishing legacy. Film critic Khalid Mohamed was been busy piecing together the complicated pieces of Mehta's accomplishment in a documentary when the cinematographer passed away.
And now, when Mehta is gone and the documentary remains unfinished, Farah Khan who's closely related to the project, is more determined than ever to verify the documentary is released.
Speaking about her involvement with this ambitious documentary, Farah says, "It started out just enough when Khalid Mohamed told me he was creating a documentary on Ashok Mehta. Since I knew Ashok very closely, he suggested I interview him for the documentary. I happily trudged to Ashok's home to spend one evening with him. Little did I DO KNOW that was only the start".
That one enlightening session with Ashok turned for Farah right into a preamble for plenty of such sessions spent with the person who re-defined cinematography.
Says Farah, "After that one meeting I DISCOVERED myself going back to Ashok time and again again for the documentary. The more I met him the more I NOTICED how much Ashok had achieved as a certified . I USED TO BE hooked. I FEEL meeting Ashok for Khalid's documentary was a turning-point in my relationship with cinema."
Farah feels the documentary need to be released. "Future generations should know what Ashok Mehta was all about. I FEEL Khalid has collected a fantastic volume of facts and visuals on Ashok. Although Ashok is gone, the documentary have to be completed and shown to the arena".
Farah is willing to pitch in with regardless of the saga of Ashok Mehta takes to get released. "I'M greatly there to peer that the film gets completed. But Khalid has to take the overall decision on how and when to release it."
