Winning a western India cinematographers Associations (WICA’s) award after 52 years is not a child’s play and that too from a living legend like Dev Anand makes it really humbling and nostalgic recollects Mike Pandey, legendary film maker and environmentalist. Mike Pandey is a three time green Oscars winner and he has been hailed as one of the most dynamic film makers of the century. This dynamic film maker feels, “Films are to be authentic,  I am not against entertainment but then. India needs value based information. For this, 10 percent of feature films as a social responsibility should be for a cause whether it be for water, land management or dowry and that is not too much. Films and Filmstars have following and that is why they should make the best of this opportunity and use best of this opportunity and use it for the benefit of the country.”

    He has made films on whale shark, elephants and a lot of other animals. His movie ‘Shores of Silence’ has earned world acclaim.

have for them and then one can easily bring in achange.’

Commenting on the contemporary Indian cinema, ‘The Indian way of making films should change. Indian cinema should grow. We need to come out of sexual perpetuity. There is an age when a person is juvenile and has sexual thoughts every 7 seconds but we cannot afford to carry on like that. If an infant wants sugar all the time, he is stopped by his mother because she knows that, it is not good for him.