Mr. Arun khopkar in his own right has decoded Guru dutt’s cinema and his craftsmanship. It would not be an exaggeration if I say that Mr Arun khopkar took the cinema lovers into the tunnels of Cinemascope that Guru Dutt used for the first time. A visionary, Guru Dutt with his extra ordinary cinematographer V K Murthy has played relentlessly the game of light and Shadow- the game of dark and white; with their intensity. Whether it is Pyaasa , Saheb Biwi aur Ghulam or Kagaz Ke Phool Guru Dutt gave us the vision about colours. And later two movies have also given us two iconic songs ‘sakiya’ and ‘waqt ne kiya’, creating illusions of emotions with the game of just two colours: Dark and White. And Off cource I could point this out because of the book “Guru Dutt: Trilogy”, an award winning book written by Mr Khopkar.
For Arun khopkar, cinema seems to be a rai`son de etre. The very cause of living. That’s why he sees cinema every where from city hights to slums, from dance to folk art. Thus when he talks about colours in cinema he talks about religious importance of light because absence of light gives only dark and white gives us the Rainbow. His mind travels through the scorching desert of middle east looking for the oasis where he finds the colour of Islam:Green. While talking of Japanese film director and screenwriter Yasujirō Ozu, Mr khopkar just didn’t forget to mention Ozu’s contribution in colour themes.