How Remo D'Souza saved Akshay Kumar's 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha'

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Jul 212017
 

Remo D'SouzaRemo D’Souza

Remember how the makers of Baahubali: The Beginning (2015) kept the nation’s most-guarded secret – why Katappa killed Baahubali – under wraps till the second instalment of the film hit the screens? Maybe the edit team of Akshay Kumar’s next, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, needs to borrow this strategy to keep the film safe until its release. Recently, choreographer-filmmaker Remo D’Souza, who was at his gym, stumbled across a pen drive, containing Kumar’s entire film, which is set to hit the screens on August 11.

D’Souza told mid-day, “My gym trainer found a pen drive at the studio and asked me to have a look at it. I was shocked to find that it had the entire raw footage of the film. I made sure he didn’t pass on the copy to anyone. Neither did I let him watch it. Prerna [Arora of KriArj Entertainment; film’s production company] is a friend and I gave the pen drive to her. I am a filmmaker and as part of the fraternity, I understand a leak could have lasting monetary repercussions. The film’s business would have been massively affected. I just did whatever I could, in my capacity.”

Meanwhile, the producers are being extra careful and have also lodged a complaint with the crime branch to get hold of the culprit. “An internal enquiry has been set up. The matter cannot be taken lightly. So far, the investigation doesn’t suggest any malicious activity, but Neeraj Pandey [co-producer] doesn’t want to take any risks. He will keep the editing job between him and his most trusted men henceforth, to avoid such a situation in the future,” says a source.

Initially, no official complaint was filed, but on Wednesday, under the direction of a supervising cop, who was looking into the matter, an FIR was registered. “The pen drive containing the film is now with the police,” says the source.

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Kirti Kulhari: I am against Emergency

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Jul 152017
 

Kirti KulhariKirti Kulhari

Actress Kirti Kulhari, who is playing the title role in the forthcoming film ‘Indu Sarkar’, says she does not support the Emergency that was imposed for 21 months in 1975 in India.

Asked if her political opinion reflects in the film, Kirti told IANS here: “Whatever I read about Emergency as a part and process of my film, I can say as a citizen of a democratic country called India, I am certainly not ‘for’ Emergency, a decision that snatched away the normalcy of human life for 21 months. So yes, like my character in the film, I am against Emergency.”

Isn’t she worried that such a clear political opinion could earn her the tag of pro-BJP or anti-Congress?

“I am an actress so, my fans or the large audience should look at me as an actress on screen and love or hate me based on my performance…How could I choose a film on the basis of what works for them?” said Kirti adding, “I am sure our audience is mature enough to judge me based on my work and not on opinion.”

Her character Indu is an orphan who becomes a poet, and how during the time of Emergency, she becomes a rebel.

Kirti said: “I think emotions are universal so even though I do not come from the same background, I felt for her. I love the way she thinks, her actions, the way she stammers at times…her anger. I fell in love with the character immediately after the narration I heard from our director. It is a very well-written story.”

While the actress went through a process to internalising Indu along with reading books on the Emergency and speech training to get the stammering of the character right, Kirti found the shooting quite exhausting.

“I felt unwell at the end of the shooting. There were action sequences, intense scene and emotionally I was so involved that it took a toll on my health. But I have no complaint because I have seen the result…as an actress I took those extra miles for my performance and it’s totally worth taking,” said Kirti, who went on a month-long vacation after finishing the film’s shooting.

Directed by Madhur Bhandarkar, “Indu Sarkar” is set to release on July 28.

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