Anand Pandit’s ‘Chehre’ has been making waves ever because the makers shared the trailer of the movie. The trailer of the thriller thriller has acquired a great response from the viewers. While a number of film buffs are fairly excited to see Amitabh Bachchan and Emraan Hashmi for the primary time on the silver display, many are curious to see Rhea Chakraborty within the movie. Chakraborty’s absence from the promotional posters set a number of tongues wagging. Many followers puzzled if the makers had determined to drop her from ‘Chehre’.
All speculations have been put to relaxation when Anand Pandit launched the trailer of ‘Chehre’. Rhea Chakraborty, who hogged all of the limelight within the second half of 2020 after Sushant Singh Rajput’s demise, featured within the trailer of the much-awaited movie.
While ‘Chehre’ has grabbed eyeballs even earlier than launch, the trailer of Anand’s different movie ‘The Big Bull’ has additionally acquired an incredible response. The much-awaited movie will premiere straight on April 8, 2021 on Disney+ Hotstar.
We at ABP News spoke to the veteran producer his upcoming initiatives, Rhea Chakraborty’s absence from Chehre’s promotions and much more.
Excerpts from the interview
From The Big Bull to Chehre, you may have produced movies belonging to completely different genres. What drives you to discover all kinds of topics?
I prefer to make movies that I want to watch as a ticket-buying member of the viewers. I’ve grown up admiring and loving the variety and large emotional attraction of Indian cinema and in my journey as a producer, I attempt to mirror all that entertains, strikes or engages me, makes me snigger or makes me assume. Be it a up to date research of man with monumental ambition in a movie like The Big Bull or a suspenseful story like Chehre, if a theme has the potential to seize my consideration, I will probably be drawn to the thought of constructing it into a movie.
The trailer of The Big Bull has generated a mind-boggling response from the viewers. How did you provide you with the thought?
The thought was a collaborative train and what emerged was a really intricate portrayal of an advanced man created by our director Kookie Gulati, author Arjun and lead star Abhishek Bachchan. A narrative about an underdog at all times strikes a chord so I count on an amazing response to the movie as properly.
Do you assume the brand new restrictions will have an effect on the field workplace of your upcoming movies?
If you’re speaking about pandemic associated restrictions then after all, at this level, the well-being and well being of content material creators and the viewers is extra essential than box-office numbers.
The audiences have witnessed the story of Harshad Mehta in an internet sequence. What do you must say concerning the comparability between the 2 initiatives? What’s new within the Big Bull?
People have gotten the mistaken understanding. The Harshad Mehta sequence is a very completely different set of leisure whereas The Big Bull is a narrative of rags to riches. It is a couple of Gujarati gentleman how makes use of the loopholes within the system to change into a enterprise tycoon. We are impressed, after all, by a number of happenings however we have now nothing to do with Scam 1992.
While Chehre will launch in theatres, The Big Bull will premiere on an OTT platform. Do you assume the Abhishek Bachchan starrer will be capable to attain a wider viewers with its launch on Hotstar?
In the occasions that we live in, it’s extra essential to be grateful that we’re in a position to attain the audiences in any respect. As a filmmaker and producer my inherent try is to make my movie attain the utmost variety of folks.
Let’s speak concerning the elephant within the room. Rhea Chakraborty did not function within the posters of Chehre, which led to a number of speculations. We lastly acquired to see her within the movie’s trailer. Was it a aware determination, contemplating the hue and cry on social media?
All the hypothesis about Rhea got here from exterior sources that had nothing to do with us. She was and is an integral a part of the movie. Leaving her out of the movie or the trailer was by no means an choice.
Have the OTT platforms pressured the filmmakers to dish out higher content material of their movies which launch in theatres?
To be higher and to develop is essential no matter how another person is doing. All of us needs to be higher people and content material creators than we have been yesterday.
