Showing posts with label Shivaji Lotan Patil. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shivaji Lotan Patil. Show all posts
Believe it or not: This is Vir Das's look in 31st October
7:55 AM
Upala KBR (DNA; February 6, 2016)
Vir Das plays a Sardarji in two upcoming films — 31st October and Santa Banta. For the first film, directed by National
Award-winning filmmaker Shivaji Patil, Das underwent a complete
transformation. He plays Devender Singh, an elderly Sikh man trying to
get his wife Tejinder Kaur (played by Soha Ali Khan) and his family to
safety, in the aftermath of the 1984 riots following the assassination
of Indira Gandhi.
The older look is for the latter part of Devender’s life and his character ages between 30-60 in the film.
Of his role, Das says, “My role is of a good-hearted man from very small origins. It’s a fast-paced thriller that spans a total of 24 hours in his life.”
Calling it the toughest role he’s done so far, Vir adds, “Our director Shivaji wanted to deliberately cast against type because he wanted to see an actor transform both physically and to showcase range. I had to put on 11 kilos, grow a full beard and the older look was two-three hours of make up every day. This true story needed to be told and the response it’s gotten at the London Film Festival and in Toronto has just been amazing!”
Concludes the actor, “It’s the most real thing I’ve ever done. I took a decision last year that I was going to try different things. I signed an adult comedy (Mastizaade) and this will be my first dramatic role, after this is a family film and then a huge action film. It takes people a while to get used to the idea that you are thinking outside the box. This is the year of surprises.”
Check out Soha Ali Khan in 31st October, based on Indira Gandhi's assassination
7:43 AM
Sanyukta Iyer (MUMBAI MIRROR; July 16, 2015)
Soha Ali Khan has wrapped
31st October, a political thriller set against the 1984 riots triggered
off by the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her
two Sikh bodyguards. Soha plays a terrified Sikh woman, who along with
her husband, Vir Das, their twin boys and one-year-old daughter, dashes
from one end of Delhi to the other. The Tejindars are modelled on a
real-life couple and their journey. Shivaji Lotan Patil, who bagged the
National Award for Best Director for his Marathi film Dhag (2014),
decided to make the film in Hindi with a few lines of Punjabi dialogue
as no one would shell out Rs 10 crore for a Marathi film. They wrapped
it up in 65 nights, shooting in Delhi and Ludhiana. The film will have
its world premiere at the London Indian Film Festival (LIFF 2015) on
July 18. Patil promises to now make films only in Hindi.
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