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While Shoojit Singh gears up for the release
of his film "October" featuring Varun
Dhawan in the lead, the filmmaker has
started shooting a "few clips" of his
forthcoming biopic on revolutionary Udham
Singh and will soon reveal the cast locked
for the movie. The film is based on Singh,
who assassinated Michael O'Dwyer, the
former Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab in
British India in 1940, to avenge the 1919
massacre of Jallianwala Bagh."I am making
the Udham Singh biopic, I'm already in the
process of it, I've started shooting few clips
also. The cast has been more or less locked,
I'll be letting it out soon," Shoojit told PTI.
Earlier, there were reports that Ranbir
Kapoor would be playing the title
role. Shoojit says he has had cinema-related
discussions Ranbir, but not specifically
about this film."... But Ranbir isn't there. We
are friends, we played football together so
we have meetings together. We talk about
cinema and other things, but no. If
something happens with Ranbir in the
future, I'll let you know," he adds.
Starring Varun Dhawan, "October" will be
Sircar's sixth directorial venture since his
2005 debut "Yahaan". Over the years, while
he has established himself as one of the top
filmmakers, Sircar says his writing process
remains unchanged. "I never write for the
audience, I write for myself. If they want to
watch my film, I'll be happy to show them. If
they don't want to see then also no
problem. I never work like 'I have to cater to
this audience', I go with a story I believe in,"
he says.
The director attended a panel discussion at
the FICCI Frames here about 'Chinese Dragon
Market for Elephantine Indian Films'. With
"Dangal", "Secret Superstar" and now
"Bajrangi Bhaijaan" doing mammoth
business in China, Shoojit says the business
a Hindi film does there is "shocking". "When
you compare the kind of cost of recovery
here from there, it really shocks you. It's like
buying a lottery ticket in the morning and
hitting a jackpot in the night. The biggest
revelation was the number of theatres they
have," he says.
Closer home, though, while the country lacks
in the number of screens as compared to
China, the looming threat is of hooligans
ready to vandalise a movie screen if they
disagree agree with the content."In the last
few years, whatever has happened with
censorship and people taking law in their
own hands, obviously that's not right.
Nobody is backing that at all. There is a
Constitution, the Supreme Court, the
government has already set up a body,
which is the CBFC, and we should abide by
the rules," Shoojit says.
Asked if it worries him, the director says,
"The kind of situation like this did scare me
when people didn't let 'Madras Cafe' release
in Tamil Nadu.It does disturb you. I always
wanted to tell them - debate. If you don't
like the film don't watch, but don't stop film
lovers from watching my film," he says.
http://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-is-ranbir-kapoor-playing-the-lead-role-in-shoojit-sircar-s-udham-singh-biopic-director-clarifies-2591919.
of his film "October" featuring Varun
Dhawan in the lead, the filmmaker has
started shooting a "few clips" of his
forthcoming biopic on revolutionary Udham
Singh and will soon reveal the cast locked
for the movie. The film is based on Singh,
who assassinated Michael O'Dwyer, the
former Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab in
British India in 1940, to avenge the 1919
massacre of Jallianwala Bagh."I am making
the Udham Singh biopic, I'm already in the
process of it, I've started shooting few clips
also. The cast has been more or less locked,
I'll be letting it out soon," Shoojit told PTI.
Earlier, there were reports that Ranbir
Kapoor would be playing the title
role. Shoojit says he has had cinema-related
discussions Ranbir, but not specifically
about this film."... But Ranbir isn't there. We
are friends, we played football together so
we have meetings together. We talk about
cinema and other things, but no. If
something happens with Ranbir in the
future, I'll let you know," he adds.
Starring Varun Dhawan, "October" will be
Sircar's sixth directorial venture since his
2005 debut "Yahaan". Over the years, while
he has established himself as one of the top
filmmakers, Sircar says his writing process
remains unchanged. "I never write for the
audience, I write for myself. If they want to
watch my film, I'll be happy to show them. If
they don't want to see then also no
problem. I never work like 'I have to cater to
this audience', I go with a story I believe in,"
he says.
The director attended a panel discussion at
the FICCI Frames here about 'Chinese Dragon
Market for Elephantine Indian Films'. With
"Dangal", "Secret Superstar" and now
"Bajrangi Bhaijaan" doing mammoth
business in China, Shoojit says the business
a Hindi film does there is "shocking". "When
you compare the kind of cost of recovery
here from there, it really shocks you. It's like
buying a lottery ticket in the morning and
hitting a jackpot in the night. The biggest
revelation was the number of theatres they
have," he says.
Closer home, though, while the country lacks
in the number of screens as compared to
China, the looming threat is of hooligans
ready to vandalise a movie screen if they
disagree agree with the content."In the last
few years, whatever has happened with
censorship and people taking law in their
own hands, obviously that's not right.
Nobody is backing that at all. There is a
Constitution, the Supreme Court, the
government has already set up a body,
which is the CBFC, and we should abide by
the rules," Shoojit says.
Asked if it worries him, the director says,
"The kind of situation like this did scare me
when people didn't let 'Madras Cafe' release
in Tamil Nadu.It does disturb you. I always
wanted to tell them - debate. If you don't
like the film don't watch, but don't stop film
lovers from watching my film," he says.
http://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-is-ranbir-kapoor-playing-the-lead-role-in-shoojit-sircar-s-udham-singh-biopic-director-clarifies-2591919.
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