The 61-year-old director, who simply directed Shah Rukh Khan-starrer “Dunki”, stated the present will likely be obtainable on Disney Hotstar.
“I’m doing an OTT show, which we actually start shooting this month. I’m a showrunner for that, I’m not directing it. It’s a show for Hotstar (Disney Hotstar) and Vikrant Massey is playing a role in it.
“It’s one thing I’m very completely satisfied about with the script and the best way it has panned out. On this present, I’m actually concerned and it’s in my very own area,” Hirani instructed PTI in a digital interview.
Hirani, identified for his slice-of-life motion pictures such because the “Munnabhai” collection, “3 Idiots”, “PK” and biopic “Sanju”, additionally has a few characteristic concepts that he desires to develop subsequent.
“Luckily, COVID-19 gave us the time to sit at home and work on more scripts. I’m working on more scripts now in a month or so and we’ll start deciding where we will go,” he said.
Before he made “3 Idiots”, Hirani was to direct the third part in the “Munnabhai” series, which even had a title and a teaser but he did not go ahead with it.
Asked whether the third installment is still a possibility, Hirani said it has been on his mind for a while now but he does not want to direct it without a great story and just to capitalise on the popularity of his first two movies, “Munnabhai MBBS” in 2003 and “Lage Raho Munnabhai” in 2006, starring Sanjay Dutt and Arshad Warsi as an affable goon and his sidekick.
“It’s not that I don’t wish to do it, 100% I wish to do it as a result of I had enjoyable making these movies. After each movie, I’ve tried to jot down one ‘Munnabhai’. So, I’ve 5 unfinished Munna Bhai scripts mendacity with me with numerous titles resembling ‘Munna Bhai Chale America’, ‘Munna Bhai BA LLB’, and ‘Munna Bhai Chal Basse’.
“There are many scripts written but none of them reached that level of greatness. I know that any ‘Munnabhai’ that I make will make a huge amount of money now. But I don’t want to make it for that reason,” Hirani stated.
The filmmaker stated he has a number of gratitude as a result of his first movie continues to be within the public consciousness 20 years after its launch.
“I just feel gratitude towards life because nobody thought that films that were made 20 years ago would still be talked about, the lingo, the dialogues will still be in the psyche of this generation and you will still see memes,” Hirani stated.
“I shot an ad with Sanju and Arshad recently where they are playing Munna and Circuit, and an ad film is made on a film that’s 20 years old with these characters. The reason I did that ad was to work with them. It’s genuinely fun to be working with Arshad and Sanju on the sets, and I hope I can do it someday (again),” stated the director.
Released on December 21, “Dunki” has earned over ₹409 crore globally since its launch. The film additionally stars Boman Irani, Taapsee Pannu, Vicky Kaushal, Vikram Kochhar, and Anil Grover, amongst others.
Source web site: www.hindustantimes.com
