Jamshedpur, March 16: It helps him grow, but after a point comparisons with his father Satyajit Ray feels like an attempt to curb his individuality, said filmmaker Sandip Ray.

Sandip came here today for the screening of his latest Feluda film Kailashey Kelenkari at the 13th international film festival.

Comparing his version of Feluda with those immortalised by Satyajit Ray, Sandip said that the current movies have in them a lot more scope to play out the action sequences, which are an essential part of Feluda movies.

“Thanks to the advanced technology, action sequences have become much easier to shoot. However, it is difficult to compare my visualisation of Feluda with my father’s, as they belong to two individual filmmakers. My personal favourites remain the ones made by my father,” said Sandip, who would be heading to Hong Kong to shoot the action sequences for his next Feluda film, Tintorettor Jishu.

Not perturbed by the huge success of his father, the son prefers to concentrate on one movie at a time.

“Not only has the choice of subject got to be exact, the marketing would also have to be done in a certain way to ensure that the movie does well at the box office and, more importantly, reaches the audience in all sectors,” said Sandip, revealing that even hall owners in Bengal look at the commercial aspects before bringing a cinema to their theatres.

“It is rather unfortunate that no one comes forward to help first-timers with their ventures. The convention is that commercial films have to be made to ensure that one gets producers in the first place,” said Sandip, while talking about his experience at a news conference at Centre for Excellence.

Not just the hall owners, but also the audience is to blame for the poor condition of Bengali films, admitted the filmmaker today.

“A major chunk of youngsters are no more interested in coming to the theatre to watch quality cinema, especially Bengali films, because of the dying interest in Bengali language,” rued the filmmaker.

Though he is yet to start work on any project involving Jharkhand, Sandip said he is open to any projects from this state.

Sandip, who also made a few series for the small screen, said: “I definitely prefer the celluloid and have no plans to return to television at the moment.”