B-10 | Friday, June 7, 2019 BOLLYWOOD www.WeeklyVoice.com Rebooting ‘Mr. India’ Is Big Responsibility: Boney MUMBAI: Over three decades and crew. on her look. after he produced “Mr. India”, “Shekhar Kapur, Veeru Dev- “Anil had to be content with Boney Kapoor has set his focus gan, Baba Azmi, Peter Perriera, just one outit which he had on rebooting it as a contemporary Bijon Das Gupta... and above all,bought himself from Chor Ba- franchise. He says remaking an we had the script which motivat- zaar,” quipped Boney, adding old ilm is one thing, but reboot- ed all of us. It was Salim-Javedthat for Mogambo’s outit he had ing an iconic ilm like “Mr. India” saab’s last script. There was Lax- given stylist Madhav “double the is a huge responsibility, and so he mikant-Pyarelal’s great music amount that was ixed”. wants to take his time to ensure with songs like ‘Kaante nahin Onekat person whose contribution he does not fall lat on his face. te’ and ‘Hawaa hawaai’... - Everythat Boney cannot forget is ac- “The ‘Mr. India’ reboot would body was so motivated. I gettion very director Veeru Devgan, who be coming. There is no timeline nostalgic sometimes.” passed away earlier this week. as such, but in my lifetime I will On that note, he shared: “I wish “Veeru was one of the main -pil make sure the reboot is done and that kind of motivation continues lars of the ilm, besides the direc- the franchise remains alive for forever. In those days, there was tor, writer and music director... generations to come,” Boney told no trend of a sequel, perhaps we He was so innovative and - en IANS. The reboot would be given could have worked with the same thusiastic. It was thanks to Veeru a contemporary touch. crew and done a sequel then and that we could achieve so much in “There are a couple of ideas there. That is one regret on how camera... Can you believe all the that are there in our minds. It’s we missed out on that. We should special effects were in camera?” in the development stage as of have continued. It was too late A lot of the ilm’s members are now,” Boney said, adding that he when it occurred to us that we not alive anymore, but Boney -as has not yet set a timeline for the make an old ilm is easier, but toof child actors, the sci-i enter- could do it again... or do a sequel. sured that some people from the project. reboot the iconic ‘Mr. India is fartainer which had a common man “Now in the last 8-10 years the original movie will be associated “Once let the script be in place, more dificult’. using an invisibility bracelet to sequel era has begun. It wasn’t with the reboot. otherwise what is the use of a “The responsibility is huge. ight evil in the society, was- dithere 32 years ago.” A recent meeting between Anil timeline? We saw that ‘Sholay’ The expectations for it will berected by Shekhar Kapur. It had Even today, Boney has interest- and Shekhar had raised curiosity was remade, it was done in 3D,high because it is a globallyall the elements of a Bollywooding anecdotes to share from the about a “Mr. India 2” collabora- and we got lessons to learn. known I iconic ilm,” said the pro- potboiler -- a hero, a heroine, ilm’s a shooting. tion, but Boney said: “Well, there don’t want to fall lat on my face.ducer. villian, humour, drama, action He said that while Amrish Puri have been talks on and off and I don’t want my crew to feel that With a stellar cast of Amrishand great music. had shared his own inputs for the now of late, he (Shekhar) has his they couldn’t achieve what the Puri, Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Ashok “I can’t say I created it,” saidcostume of Mogambo, Sridevi hands full. We will probably just earlier batch had made. To - reKumar, Satish Kaushik and a hostBoney, crediting the ilm’s cast had at least ive stylists working take his good wishes.” ‘Mirzapur 2’ Shooting Going Abhay’s ‘Chopsticks’ On At Crazy Level: Harshita Is A Big Letdown MUMBAI: Actress Harshita Film: “Chopsticks” on Netlix; foreign language to be part of a Gaur is all geared up for season Cast: Abhay Deol, Mithila Palkar script that is as inspired as What- two of crime thriller drama series and Vijay Raaz; Director: Sachin saapp group chats, and that’s a “Mirzapur”. She says its shooting Yardi; Rating: *1/2 compliment to the ilm. is going on at a “crazy level”. Abhay Deol returns to act- She has been lying in and out There is a vast difference be- ing after quite a while. He looks of Mumbai for work commit- tween smart cinema and smartass bored, unconvinced and hence, ments, so shooting for the web cinema. The latter is designed by unconvincing. Deol plays a part- series hasn’t been easy on her. people who think they are funny, time cook and full-time crook “Shooting of ‘Mirzapur 2’ is smart, sassy and hip when they named...don’t laugh...‘Artiste’, going on at a crazy level, at least are none of these. who helps a young lost girl ind for me. I had a knee injury on “Chopticks”, sadly, belongs to her brand new car after it is stolen sets, I have been travelling for the latter category of wannabe from a crowded temple by a thief work and then directly reaching cinema that doesn’t know where posing as a Good Samaritan. sets of ‘Mirzapur 2’ (in Mumbai) it wants to be, or why it is seeking Incidentally, the actor play- to shoot,” Harshita told IANS. to prove its credentials as cinema ing the brief role of the car thief “Mirzapur”, a hinterland story, in the irst place, when in fact it was funnier than the entire ilm was about a lawless land illed could have easily been a short put together. Now try this from with action where the only rules ilm, if anything at all. the laughter menu. A goon (Vi- were laid by Kaleen Bhaiya, But then it’s a free world. And jay Raaz who specializes playing played by actor Pankaj Tripathi. nowhere is the world freer than lipped-out goons) obsessed with Meanwhile, her feature ilm on the Internet where anyone can a goat, makes one of his debt de- “Falaknuma Das” in Telugu is do anything with no fear of reper- faulters sing his favourite song out now. cussions. “Zindagi ek safar hai suhana”- re “It was the irst ilm that was of- Hence, “Chopsticks”.... you peatedly in lieu of payment. fered to me. Also, I had watched may want to know why this ilm There are blander jokes here, ‘Angamaly Diaries’ (Malayalam is titled in such a Chinese way. waiting to explode on the unsus- ilm) which was the original one. For the answer, you have to sit pecting viewer. So yes, when ‘Falaknuma Das’ through the entire unfunny rom- The one bright spot is the viva- was offered, I wanted to take it com, or you may please refer cious and spontaneous Mithila. up,” said the “Puncch Beat” ac- “For me, to understand the lan- said, adding that she wanted to to the heroine who is a ‘pov- She brings an honesty and verve tress. guage is very important as the get them right on camera. erty tourism’ guide and speaks clearly missing from the ilm that The language was a barrier script we read has emotions and She will be soon seen in the Mandarin luently. Slow clap takes its attempts at levitation too though. sentiments... with dialogues,” she web series “Sacred Games 2”. for Mithila Palkar for learning a seriously.

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