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Vishal Bhardwaj opens up on his comeback after a five-year gap!
Wed October 11th, 2023
One of Bollywood's finest filmmakers is Vishal Bhardwaj. He has over the years produced a number of ground-breaking movies, including Satya and Omkara. In fact, he frequently works with the great Tabu on movies like Khufiya, Haider, Maachis, and Maqbool, among others. In a recent interview, the director discussed their recent work together and acknowledged that having someone as 'prolific' as Tabu doesn't guarantee the movie will receive a large budget, unlike Rohit Shetty, another director.
In a recent interview with a newspaper, the renowned filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj was asked if it was challenging for him to raise money for Khufiya despite having a star performer like Tabu. In response, the director said that not everyone could handle large budgets like Rohit Shetty.
He was quoted saying, “It is the reality of the market. If I want a budget like a Rohit Shetty movie, then I must deliver a hit like him. This is something we artists should accept. We all have our limitations, even Rohit Shetty. He can't make a film like Christopher Nolan."
It is important to note that Vishal Bhardwaj is making his film debut again with Khufiya after a five-year absence. When asked about the lengthy hiatus, he stated that he began writing Khufiya in 2016 and finished the first draft in 2018. “At the time, it had a male protagonist. I wanted to work with Irrfan, who was unwell. After he passed away, I thought of changing the gender and making the film with Tabu as the protagonist. The budget I required for this wasn't available for any female star. But Netflix gave me the confidence to make the movie that I wanted to make,” told the director.
Vishal Bhardwaj also disclosed information about his ongoing projects. He revealed that he "worked intensely for over a year on that," when speaking about his most recent movie, Pataakha, which was released in 2018. However, it was stopped before he could begin shooting. Radhika Madan and Sanya Malhotra starred in the Midnight's Children (1981) adaption by Salman Rushdie.
He also revealed that he was developing a series for Prime Video based on IC 814, the December 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814. However, the OTT platform "developed cold feet" after the uproar surrounding Saif Ali Khan's Tandav series, which was accused of hurting religious sensitivities.
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