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‘I STICK TO A HUMAN STORY IN MY FILMS’
Guess who’s this adorable kid sporting two ponytails? It’s actor Kartik Aryan who recently posted this picture from his childhood. “Happy Birthday to my Fav Hairstylist Love you Mummy,” he captioned the picture.
It’s known how much Arjun Kapoor was close to his mother, the late Mona Kapoor. The actor recently instagrammed this black-and-white collage with his mommy dearest to prove how much he looks like her. “Same 2 Same,” he captioned it.
Actor Raveena Tandon will be writing and producing a web series on multiple personality disorder. “I’m really excited for the world to see a story that I have worked very hard for. This web series is a gripping story that I have written and it will surely keep viewers on the edges of their seat. The concept is something very different, so
I hope people love it,” Raveena said.
Other details of the show have been kept under wrap. An official announcement will be made soon.
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Monika Rawal Kukreja
Zoya Akhtar is a no nonsense director who understands her craft and knows what she wants from her actors. She has never put her films into any box of genres. Perhaps that’s why, when after films such as Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), Dil Dhadakne Do (2015) and Gully Boy (2019), she directed an anthology, Ghost Stories, it came as no surprise. Zoya reveals what was on her mind while making a horror film and how it felt to team up with fellow filmmakers.
After Bombay Talkies (2013), Lust Stories (2018), this is your third anthology. How easy or tough is it to collaborate with people with different cinematic sensibilities?
The one thing common with all of us (Anurag Kashyap, Karan Johar and Dibakar Bannerjee) is that we really believe cinema should be whatever the individual artiste wants it to be. So, when everyone is liberal, it’s easy to collaborate because there’s a healthy respect for each other and there’s genuine camaraderie. Our anthologies have something for everyone because we’re so different. I’m happy to be part of this gang.
How relatable was it for you to make something in the horror genre that’s not something everyone consumes or creates?
You don’t think so much about who’s consuming it when you’re making a film because it’s a popular genre. Also there’s enough of an audience, so you don’t have to worry about that. Any story that you work on, at the end of the day, operates out of some kind of human emotions, only then it moves you, at least that’s what I want to do. So, if this is even the genre, I stick with a human story and pay attention to it in every film. But yes, here you design a move, a look, a vibe, a mood through lighting, design and sound — these are the tools you can play with.
Making a horror film can be risky where one wrong move can make someone laugh instead of scaring them. Did you have that thought while making Ghost Stories?
See, you take the treatment of the film from the story you’re telling. My story is such that it doesn’t need jump scares. It’s a slow mood story, so I treated it in a particular way and played with the camera accordingly. Just because I need to be scary, I’ll try to put that kind of effect on this, it’s not going to work. So, you’ve to decide the pitch, tone and pace of your film and be aware of it, consistent and stick to it throughout.
What made you cast one-film-old Janhvi Kapoor for your anthology?
When casting for a film, besides age and physicality, I look for that core quality in an actor that fits the character. When I saw Janhvi in Dhadak (2018), I felt there’s an innocence and a pathos she has in her. At the same time, she’s got a bit of sexiness. So, she has got a nice blend of that precocious young girl who’s also sensitive. Later, when I met her to narrate Ghost Stories and the reactions she had to the material, I knew she is on. Also, when you collaborate with an actor who has just walked in and says ‘Do what you want do, I’m here’, it makes it worth.