Rajkumar Santoshi says, he struggled to get a producer to back his script of Batwara 1947 for almost two decades. He is a successful and an accomplished filmmaker. Then, how did it take him so many years to get someone to back Batwara 1947?
– It is not as if he did not get a producer to back him. What he says is that he didn’t get a producer to back his script of BATWARA 1947. All those approached by him had some reservation or the other about the film. Some found the subject not commercial enough, some found the budget too high, some others had reservations about an India-Pakistan subject, still others did not fancy the hero playing a Muslim character who goes away to Pakistan.
Will Preity Zinta continue to act in films or is her comeback film, Batwara 1947, a one-off case?
– BATWARA 1947 may not be a one-off case for Preity Zinta because after BATWARA 1947, she has another film — Kunal Kemmu’s VIBE — releasing this year itself. Although she would be open to more acting assignments, you can’t, of course, expect that she will sign films left right and centre.
Like Prahaar – The Ujjwal Nikam Story, is Maddock Films’ Eetha also being postponed?
– Rumours are rife in trade circles that EETHA might also be postponed to avoid a clash with TOXIC: A FAIRY TALE FOR GROWN-UPS.