This discussion can go on for a month or more. Initially, we three sit together and discuss this one line with each other. It’s not the sort of relationship where we (Bobby and Sanjay) write a script in our home, give it to Rosshan and then he shoots it. The fact that we did so many movies with him is self-explanatory. You’ve enjoyed a long and fruitful collaboration with Rosshan Andrrews. A film happens when someone trusts our vision. We can’t do something that requires us to weaken or remove a script’s honesty. Some actors are reluctant to do what’s in the script. We never like to see our vision compromised. They just have to feel that they have something challenging to do. For them, it’s not about whether they have something major to do or not. All the important actors of this generation are like that.
You guys were fortunate to have an actor who doesn’t always want to be in the limelight. He was surprised, but not at all uncomfortable. Only after we finished the script that we told Prithviraj about the climax and the twist. Initially, it was just a one-line idea: A man loses his memory he is a police officer he discovers that he did it himself. Was any other actor considered? Was the portrayal of that character already written when you pitched the idea to Prithviraj?
It’s all about separating the star from the actor. But then, slowly, it picked up in the following days. We were a bit concerned about the overall collection. People didn’t know how to approach this film. That said, there was a problem in the first few days, with regard to the film’s performance. There are a lot of people who behave normally. The portrayal doesn’t necessarily have to be effeminate. It’s the conventional way of thinking that makes some folks think that a certain group behaves in a certain way. The same thing applies to every film we do.īefore Mumbai Police, there was a tendency to portray gay characters in an effeminate manner. But that didn’t hold us back or discourage us. Given the kind of macho hero Prithviraj is, we didn’t know how everyone would react to this film. Were you guys initially doubtful about people accepting such a character? Mumbai Police and the unconventional character played by Prithviraj remain fresh even after all these years. What if someone tries it now? Would Bobby and Sanjay be interested in going back to it? “Once we have done something, we have no interest in pursuing it again,” says Sanjay. Sanjay starts off with the surprising fact that no one has attempted a remake of Mumbai Police even though the remake rights were sold long ago.
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