I'm an aspiring filmmaker and I came across 'Praying with Anger' while doing some research on different director's first features. The budget for the film was $750,000, a huge amount for a first feature for a filmmaker with no formal experience. I was wondering who funded the project and why, if anyone can actually answer that.
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His parents funded it (they are both doctors) and I'm sure they wanted to support his film making career...
shareThat's amazing. Both my parents talked me out of being a filmmaker. I mean not directly, but their attitudes discouraged me. Usually Indian parents would be too conservative to support a filmmaking career. That's why most Indian people go for medicine, law or business.
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Are we sure the $750,000 figure is right?
That sounds awfully high, and I really can't imagine two doctor parents, however successful they are, lending that much to a child.
And I've seen clips of this movie and it doesn't even look close to a movie costing that much. It was a lot of hand-held documentary-style stuff.
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