After Vicky Donor, you and Shoojit Sircar are working together again. What is Shoojit like? He is the hero of the film. The man is so confident about his art that you feel, even if you jump off a cliff, he will hold you. He is both an actor's and a producer's director and is a one-man army. I am privileged to work with him. He only wants to run back to his children, play football and it's amazing how unaffected he is by success. I hope he stays that way. He is earthy and organic. He believes that content is more important than a proposal. Madras Cafe is being true to that and we are presenting a story that the audience must know. This is a chapter in Indian history set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan crisis that must be told and is the story about an Indian soldier sent to Jaffna. It's a hardcore commercial film made as an Indian film that will be also promoted in non-traditional markets like Germany, Poland, North America and China. We want it to earn us respect. Making money will only be a by-product.Is Madras Cafe based on the assassination of our late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi? We are clear that this is a work of fiction that is inspired by true incidents. The film is based on the assassination of a national leader. If you want to assume it is Rajiv Gandhi, you can, but for us, it is a national leader. During the Sri Lankan crisis, the assassination was one of the most important facets that took place during that time. I remember waking up on May 21 and finding my mother crying while opening the curtains. I asked her, 'What happened?' and she said, 'Rajiv Gandhi has been killed.' That really affected me and that is vivid in my head.
if narender modi become next PM it would be disastrous for Pakistan
ReplyDeletedisastrous for pakistan? how?
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