Senior film and theatre critic Deepa Gahlot, Deepa Gahlot, said Irani’s writing reflected his “honesty and knowledge of cinema that he came by from reading and watching copiously”. The Press Club Mumbai called Irani, whose reviews have appeared in several national dailies, “one of the pillars” of their “film society”. What he valued was the empathy and the art in the way a film director would engage in evoking rather than provoking,” she says. The cinematic exposition was important for him and verbose films put him off. “He disliked any kind of gimmicks and didn’t take time to move on to assured filmmaking that’s not in a rush to prove its style. ![]() Ray Shukla also mentioned his love for Iranian and South American filmmakers. Writer-director Barnali Ray Shukla, who was part of the MAMI selection committee during 2010-12 along with him, remembered Irani being “fond of the humanitarian filmmakers from Japan”. ![]() Kiran described Irani as a “quiet, consistent, unassuming tastemaker”. Also read | Film critic Rashid Irani dies at 74, Karan Johar and others pays tribute: ‘Your insight on cinema will always be treasured’
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