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 He made his directorial debut with the John Abraham-Bipasha
Basu starrer Madhoshi. It's failure however didn't
detriment him to make another film. Deadline- Sirf 24
Ghante is all set to release and having a talent
starcast with the likes of Konkona Sen Sharma and
Irrfan Khan, Tanveer Khan seemed quite ecstatic over
his forthcoming film. Here's an IndiaFM exclusive with
the director.
What is Deadline all about? As the name suggests it is
a thriller. However, it is not your usual thriller
that you see all the time. This one is an intense film
and has a message at the end of the day. Along with
that it has a very interesting star cast as well
Like you said it is a very interesting star cast. How
did you zero in on the likes of Konkona Sen Sharma,
Irrfan Khan, Rajit Kapoor, Sandhya Mridul and Zakir
Hussain? When a writer writes a script, gradually he
begins seeing the face of his characters. That is what
happened to me. I saw these people in my head while
doing the script and only after the script was
finished that we decided to approach them. They read
the script and all immediately agreed to sign it
because they loved it so much.
When a writer writes a script, gradually he begins
seeing the face of his characters. Is there music in
this film? No this is a song less thriller. The script
didn't require any songs and we didn't feel the need
to inculcate them unnecessarily.
Relatively this seems to be a smaller film than your
debut Madhoshi. It is a smaller film but only in terms
of budget. But this film is definitely not short of
quality and content.
Did you get proper co-operation from the producers?
Yes, he (Ravi Agarwal) is a very innovative and
serious man. He wants to be associated with meaningful
cinema and so there was proper co-operation from him.
Percept Picture Company has taken over the film. Yes,
we are very fortunate. This movie got completed on
schedule and on budget and without any buzz. We just
had one trial show where we called in a lot of
corporate houses. 3 corporates wanted the film but we
chose Percept because they have a very good network.
Tell us in one line why people should go out and watch
Deadline? Because it deals with a problem which
everyone can relate to in the country.
What next post Deadline? I am writing a script for the
same banner. We always will want to make good cinema.
You have moved from writing screenplays and dialogues
to directing. What do you prefer? I enjoyed my innings
as a dialogue writer but somewhere I always wanted to
direct. I wrote a lot for Indra Kumar and when I
showed him the script of Madhoshi, he told me to go
ahead with it. Direction is a commanding medium and I
am loving it.
Direction is a commanding medium and I am loving it.
What do you think went wrong with Madhoshi? When a
film doesn't work then it can have a lot of reasons. Madhoshi revolved around Schizophrenia. There was no
awareness on this topic whatsoever in India and that
is why I think people could not relate to it.
Do you think you have grown as a film-maker since your
last film? Definitely, I have learnt a lot and have
grown even more responsible.
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