Showing posts with label Ishq Gunaah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ishq Gunaah. Show all posts
Yesterday's bold is today's important-Vikram Bhatt
7:49 AM
Vikram Bhatt on his new innings as a showrunner with an adaptation of a Turkish drama, with Sanjay Kapoor in the lead
Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; September 5, 2017)
After directing the 2011 horror series Anhoniyon Ka Andhera and hosting the crime-thriller Ishq Kills in 2014, Vikram Bhatt returns to television as a showrunner with Ishq Gunaah, an Indian adaptation of the Turkish romantic-drama Ask-i Memnu. Incidentally, it also marks Sanjay Kapoor’s comeback to the small screen 13 years after Karishma: A Miracle of Destiny. Smriti Kalra plays his love interest. Niki Aneja, whose last prominent TV outing was Astitva... Ek Prem Kahani, and Tum Bin 2 actor Aashim Gulati also feature in pivotal roles.
“I really liked the story of a girl who marries someone twice her age and is trying hard to keep it going. The show is unique as it dwells on the significance of intimacy in a marriage. Sanjay and Smriti’s characters face this conflict,” says Vikram. About the Star Plus show’s late night slot, he quips, “I have always said that yesterday’s bold conversation is today’s important conversation.” On the choice of the leading man, he insists that the team wanted a suave actor, Sanjay fits the bill. “He has the debonair attitude of a 40-plus man,” Vikram adds.
The filmmaker admits that he doesn’t quite have a finger on what exactly mainstream TV is as he doesn’t watch many shows but he’s heard that viewers are ready for new narratives, which are scarce at the moment. “I get the feeling that they are being involuntarily pushed into regressive entertainment,” he says. Will his own experiences be replicated in the show? “It’s not possible to do something emotional without finding your own reference points in it. Actors find theirs, the same goes for the director and me,” he says.
What’s his take on marriage? “At the end of the day no society, no law and no force can keep a marriage together. Only the will of two people in a marriage can. There will be a thousand reasons to quit, it’s about finding that one reason to stay,” says Vikram.
Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; September 5, 2017)
After directing the 2011 horror series Anhoniyon Ka Andhera and hosting the crime-thriller Ishq Kills in 2014, Vikram Bhatt returns to television as a showrunner with Ishq Gunaah, an Indian adaptation of the Turkish romantic-drama Ask-i Memnu. Incidentally, it also marks Sanjay Kapoor’s comeback to the small screen 13 years after Karishma: A Miracle of Destiny. Smriti Kalra plays his love interest. Niki Aneja, whose last prominent TV outing was Astitva... Ek Prem Kahani, and Tum Bin 2 actor Aashim Gulati also feature in pivotal roles.
“I really liked the story of a girl who marries someone twice her age and is trying hard to keep it going. The show is unique as it dwells on the significance of intimacy in a marriage. Sanjay and Smriti’s characters face this conflict,” says Vikram. About the Star Plus show’s late night slot, he quips, “I have always said that yesterday’s bold conversation is today’s important conversation.” On the choice of the leading man, he insists that the team wanted a suave actor, Sanjay fits the bill. “He has the debonair attitude of a 40-plus man,” Vikram adds.
The filmmaker admits that he doesn’t quite have a finger on what exactly mainstream TV is as he doesn’t watch many shows but he’s heard that viewers are ready for new narratives, which are scarce at the moment. “I get the feeling that they are being involuntarily pushed into regressive entertainment,” he says. Will his own experiences be replicated in the show? “It’s not possible to do something emotional without finding your own reference points in it. Actors find theirs, the same goes for the director and me,” he says.
What’s his take on marriage? “At the end of the day no society, no law and no force can keep a marriage together. Only the will of two people in a marriage can. There will be a thousand reasons to quit, it’s about finding that one reason to stay,” says Vikram.
Sanjay Kapoor returns to TV after 13 years with Ishq Gunaah?
7:43 AM
Natasha Coutinho (MUMBAI MIRROR; July 13, 2017)
Sanjay Kapoor, whose TV debut had coincided with Karisma Kapoor’s on the show, Karishma: A Miracle of Destiny, is set for a comeback 13 years later. Titled Ishq Gunaah, the show is an Indian adaptation of the Turkish romantic-drama Aski-Memnu.
Sanjay will be seen in the role of a widower who falls for a younger woman, played by Smriti Kalra (Suvreen Guggal — Topper of The Year fame). A source associated with the show told Mirror, “It will feature some other notable names like Vikram Bhatt, who is on-board as the creative director, and it will be directed by the Bengali filmmaker Abhijit Das.” After a Goa schedule, the show is currently being filmed in Mumbai. The source adds that plans are afoot at Star Plus to promote the show in a big way ahead of its premiere in August.
The Turkish original aired from 2008-2010 and revolved around Adnan, a widower and father of two who falls in love with a woman named Bihter.
Meanwhile, Sanjay will also be seen on the big screen in Bombay Talkies 2 as part of Dibakar Banerjee’s short.
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