Exclusive: 'Cargo' Director Arati on her influences, say 'used to read lot of Chandamama'

Cargo Director Arati Kav is alrey being hailed as one of best directors of this generation. Cargo released on Netflix on September 09, 2020, and starred Vikrant Massey and Shweta Tripathi in le roles. movie told story of a demon named Prahastha who worked with a female astronaut to recycle souls for rebirth.

movie was a success and even featured at  2019 MAMI Film Festival. In an exclusive interview with Republicworld, Cargo Director Arati Kav revealed stories that inspired her to make film. Here are all movies that Arati Kav names when talking about influences for Cargo.

Cargo Director reveals all stories that influenced her during making of  movie

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Speaking to Republicworld about her influences, Arati Kav said, "When I was growing up I h a very middle-class upbringing in Nagpur. While I was growing I never h such an exposure as we didn’t even have a cable network or TV. My mor was a teacher and she was very keen with studies. But I used to re a lot of those Amar Chitrakathas, Chandamama and those kinds of books a lot so I h fantasies but I never h stuff."

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 Cargo director n revealed that she h always been a fan of -related fiction. However, she never really knew about ships until recently. She even stated that Cargo being a ship movie was completely coincidental. "In fact, I and my friends joke that my or films are t like this. It is just a coincidence that Cargo is a ship film. But once you commit to it you have to do it right," she ded.

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Arati Kav also named one filmmaker whom she really liked. She said, "I really like was Stanley Kubrick. His 2001: A Odyssey was also a huge influence so I used idea that’s why ship was coloured orwise every or ship has black and white colours." She ded that if she h a bigger budget, n she would have me her movie more colourful and vibrant. 

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