Showing posts with label Sunil Subramani. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sunil Subramani. Show all posts
Dream Girl director Raaj Shaandilyaa to make his OTT debut with the comedy, The Great Weddings Of Munnes
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Mohar Basu (MID-DAY; November 23, 2021)
While there’s no denying that digital entertainment has upped the content game in India, filmmaker Raaj Shaandilyaa notes there aren’t enough comedy shows. This has led the writer-director, who displayed his expertise in the genre with Dream Girl (2019), to be web-bound. He has begun filming his maiden OTT venture, The Great Weddings Of Munnes, with Abhishek Banerjee and Barkha Singh in Rohtak. The series, which depicts a middle-class man’s desperate attempts to marry the woman of his dreams, will see Shaandilyaa serve as creator-producer and Sunil Subramani as the director.
“With so many crime and thriller shows being made, I felt there should be a comedy show mounted on a big scale of a Bollywood movie. The team at Jio Studios backed my vision. Our aim is to change the trend,” says Shaandilyaa, who intends to shoot the series across Mathura, Agra, Hyderabad and Jaipur.
For Banerjee, the laugh riot comes as a change of pace after his serious turns in Rashmi Rocket and Ankahi Kahaniya. “I look for roles that challenge me as an actor. I was [itching] to do a good comedy. When the makers approached me to play Munnes and narrated the story to me, I was blown away by the material,” says the actor.
Singh adds, “I’m looking forward to sharing screen space with Abhishek for the first time.”
Fuddu producer alleges that Katrina Kaif skipped voice-over for their song?
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Kaif’s team claims she didn’t back out
Mohar Basu (MID-DAY; September 17, 2016)
The much-speculated reunion of ex-flames Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif for upcoming rom-com, Fuddu, has come to a naught. The two were supposed to recite shayaris for a romantic track in the film, but the actress has apparently pulled out of it. The film in question is the directorial debut of Sunil Subramani, who has assisted Anurag Basu. It was the filmmaker who convinced Ranbir to be part of his protégé’s project. Sunil and Ranbir, too, go back a long way.
A unit hand says, “The makers had approached them to recite a few couplets. Ranbir obliged, but Kat backed out. The producers tried their best to get her on board, but she wasn’t comfortable doing it. Their next film, Anurag’s Jagga Jasoos, is a commitment they are both deeply invested in, so they can’t back out from that. But, Fuddu was a favour for a friend and she decided not to keep her side of the promise.”
Katrina’s spokesperson, however, maintains, “She was supposed to do a voice-over for Fuddu, which she recorded long ago. She hasn’t backed out of it.”
The film’s producer, Pradeep Gupta, on the other hand, confirms that the actress ditched the offer: “It is sad that Katrina couldn’t be part of the project. But, in any case, I am sure her best wishes are with us. We are glad Ranbir could make time for our film.”
Interestingly, the film’s poster also credits Ranbir alone for the shayari; there is no mention of Katrina anymore.
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