Filmmaker Karan Johar says the coronavirus pandemic propelled him to make a “quintessential Bollywood” film in “Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani” as his subsequent directorial enterprise.
Written by Ishita Moitra, Shashank Khaitan and Sumit Roy, the love story marks the filmmaker’s return to movie route after the 2016 romantic drama “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”.
The film stars Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt, alongside cinema veterans Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan and Shabana Azmi.
Requested if he have been to make his directorial debut in 2022 what sort of mission he would select, Johar mentioned it might be one thing just like his first movie “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai”, the 1998 romantic-comedy drama starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukerji.
The director mentioned he tried experimenting in his filmography — with drama in “My Title Is Khan”, discover advanced relationships in “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil” however selected to return to a love story like “Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani”.
“I did undergo phases of evolution as a filmmaker. However proper through the pandemic, I felt I simply wanted to make a film that made me really feel like I used to be 25 once more.
“And after I was 25, the one film I might consider or make was ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’, as a result of it was like an accumulation of all the flicks that I had grown up watching. It is a homage to Raj Kapoor, Yash Chopra, Sooraj Barjatya,” the 49-year-old filmmaker mentioned at ABP Networks Concepts of India Summit on Saturday night.
With “Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani”, Johar mentioned he’s tapping into the quintessential Bollywood film style.
“We’re all attempting very exhausting to interrupt the mould, to tear the envelope, and cross cinematic boundaries as filmmakers. However then we even have forgotten that there was an innocence and purity to what we’re often known as… the quintessential Bollywood, which has its coronary heart on its sleeve, songs, it has dance for no purpose, theatrics and drama that don’t appear actual. I used to be like, let’s do it once more,” he mentioned.
Although the world of “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” and “Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani” is probably not utterly the identical, the director mentioned he isn’t making something totally different both.
“It’s a love story, it has a household. It has Ranveer, Alia, senior members of the fraternity, Jaya ji, Shabana ji and Dharmendra ji within the film. I am going again to the identical world.”
The crew commenced filming for the film in August final 12 months.
“Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani” is anticipated to be launched someday this 12 months.
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Supply: Live Mint