Subhash Ghai, that great Showman of Bollywood, has got a new release this week in Right yaa Wrong — the Sunny Deol, Konkana Sen Sharma, Irrfan Khan and Eesha Koppikar starrer that he is most excited about.
The ghost of Yuvraaj, his disaster of 2008 starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, has been exorcised and his production house, Mukta Arts Ltd., has not only funded and will distribute Right Yaaa Wrong across India, but also control its world rights. The film, directed by debutant Neerraj Pathak, is a thriller... yes, in this day and age of comedies. Subhash Ghai valiantly defended the decision to make a thriller in this Q&A session with TOI...
When comedy is the flavour of the season, why a thriller?
Wasn’t Ghajini a thriller, too? I am sure audiences will like Right Yaaa Wrong because it’s made with passion and a pace for the big screen. The plot, the performances, the climax... let me stop here... will surprise people.
After a thriller like Khalnayak and love stories like Pardes and Taal... what impressed you to produce and fund Right Yaaa Wrong?
I enjoy thrillers. I see most from Hollywood. The drama, riddles, passion, speed, the excitement, the rhythm-dominated background score and intriguing cinematography... just waiting for the end to know what’s going to happen, isn’t that great fun?
How important is it to market a film well these days?
It plays an important part in reaching the film to the audience but nothing more than that... nothing matters till the audience from the first day first show SMS their friends saying the film is ‘good’, ‘bad’ or ‘great’. That is the final fate of the film. This message goes faster than any media can voice it.
Is it right ya wrong that you had your hands full with tension on the sets between Sunny and Irfaan?
Nonsense! They’ve put in great performances, especially their scenes of friendship and confrontation, both are so real.
And that the now-married Eesha regretted her bedroom scene in the film, but you wouldn’t delete it?
Bedroom scenes are part of the story. Eesha accepted this when hearing the script. She comes out as a performer rather than a sexy girl in a bedroom scene...
What makes a film a superhit?
God knows! But, in my experience, any film like 3 Idiots which brings the audience back to the theatre again and again, is a superhit.
The ghost of Yuvraaj, his disaster of 2008 starring Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif, has been exorcised and his production house, Mukta Arts Ltd., has not only funded and will distribute Right Yaaa Wrong across India, but also control its world rights. The film, directed by debutant Neerraj Pathak, is a thriller... yes, in this day and age of comedies. Subhash Ghai valiantly defended the decision to make a thriller in this Q&A session with TOI...
When comedy is the flavour of the season, why a thriller?
Wasn’t Ghajini a thriller, too? I am sure audiences will like Right Yaaa Wrong because it’s made with passion and a pace for the big screen. The plot, the performances, the climax... let me stop here... will surprise people.
After a thriller like Khalnayak and love stories like Pardes and Taal... what impressed you to produce and fund Right Yaaa Wrong?
I enjoy thrillers. I see most from Hollywood. The drama, riddles, passion, speed, the excitement, the rhythm-dominated background score and intriguing cinematography... just waiting for the end to know what’s going to happen, isn’t that great fun?
How important is it to market a film well these days?
It plays an important part in reaching the film to the audience but nothing more than that... nothing matters till the audience from the first day first show SMS their friends saying the film is ‘good’, ‘bad’ or ‘great’. That is the final fate of the film. This message goes faster than any media can voice it.
Is it right ya wrong that you had your hands full with tension on the sets between Sunny and Irfaan?
Nonsense! They’ve put in great performances, especially their scenes of friendship and confrontation, both are so real.
And that the now-married Eesha regretted her bedroom scene in the film, but you wouldn’t delete it?
Bedroom scenes are part of the story. Eesha accepted this when hearing the script. She comes out as a performer rather than a sexy girl in a bedroom scene...
What makes a film a superhit?
God knows! But, in my experience, any film like 3 Idiots which brings the audience back to the theatre again and again, is a superhit.
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