MUMBAI: The critically acclaimed director Anubhav Sinha has a bunch of filmmaking ideas up his sleeve, including his upcoming project with Ayushmann Khurrana which is a “bigger film in its scope and what it can change.” The filmmaker, is however, in no hurry to begin shooting for the project amid coronavirus pandemic as reported by Hindustantimes.
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Disclosing about shooting in the present conditions, Anubhav spoke to Mumbai Mirror saying, “I’m not bullish about shooting soon. For the next year-and-a-half, shoots will become slower and at least 20 per cent more expensive since a lot of money will be spent on protecting the people who work with you. Social distancing on a film set Is an oxymoron. It can’t happen, it won’t happen. We can keep lying to ourselves though.”
His next with Ayushmann Khurrana is claimed to be a political thriller and expected to be very different from his previous work. Anubhav Sinha made his directorial debut with the emotional drama Tum Bin in 2001 but has now developed a very distinct style of filmmaking. He has in a span of two years, delivered three back-to-back critically acclaimed films: Mulk, Article 15 and Thappad. However his 2011 film Ra.One, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Kareena Kapoor, got criticised unfavourably upon release.
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Further revealing how the response for the film affected him, the Thappad director said, “I have been relentless these pass three decades. I’ve fallen, stood up and fallen again. When you make the biggest film in the history of Bollywood, Ra.One, and get so much flak, it drains you... haunts you for years. I was exhausted physically and emotionally. So I am actually happy doing nothing.” He however added that he will definitely make one superhero film before he retires.
He had also previously spoken to Hindustan Times about how his focus has reformed in filmmaking. When he was asked about what led to such a change, he confessed, “I have no clue, I am still trying to figure out. Till Mulk and Article 15, I used to deny that there is a change. Now I feel there is certainly a change, what kind of change, I don’t know. Now I get attracted to different things - story or a performance. Earlier I used to get attracted to grand visuals, size of the film and how big the star cast was. Now I am not attracted to these things.”
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credits: Hindustantimes
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