Kussh S Sinha says he is giving one thing distinctive with Nikita Roy; reveals being unfazed by movie’s conflict with Kajol’s Maa

The trailer has already generated buzz for its ‘distinctive and contemporary’ content material, and the movie is scheduled to launch in theatres on June 27, clashing with Kajol’s Maa. In an unique interview with Hindustan Times, Kussh S Sinha spoke about his expertise as a debutant director, working with Paresh and Arjun, and revealed that he’s unfazed by the conflict with Maa.

Kussh on being a director and giving one thing new to the viewers

Kussh spoke about his expertise as a first-time director and revealed placing in a number of laborious work for his debut movie. Further speaking about his journey, he stated, “Being a director comes with its own set of challenges, suddenly you become in charge of a lot of things together, which when you are an AD, you don’t have to look at. There are also other professionals who contribute to making a good film. It was fairly good and maybe we got lucky as we were prepared for unforeseen problems, and so it was smooth.”

Kussh revealed he wished to provide the viewers one thing new with Nikita Roy and stated, “When we enter any industry and want to make a name for ourselves, I believe that unless we do something new, how will people recognise us? There are two ways: either you make such a great romantic film which is better than others, but I think you need to give something new to the audience so that they get to know about your work and they feel it’s worth their time. So we made a mixed-genre film. The other thing I liked about the script was that every character in the film is grounded, and they have a reason to do what they do. It’s not a mindless film. That’s why I chose Nikita Roy as my first film, which has a female protagonist going against a larger-than-life grey character like Paresh Rawal’s.”

On criticism of Bollywood’s formulic content material development

Talking about making his directorial debut at a time when Bollywood is being criticised for formulaic content material, Kussh stated, “With all humility, people today are saying that Hindi film industry is now making stale content or complaining that there’s nothing new, but we didn’t follow a formula. We are offering people a mixed genre film because we knew that’s how we can offer them something new. The trailer itself gives a hint of supernatural, horror and thriller, so we worked very hard to give people something new and unique.”

On field workplace numbers and business realities

Kussh admitted that field workplace numbers do have an effect on him and added, “My father has been in the industry for many years, so we viewed his career outside as viewers and for Sonakshi’s also for that matter. So, box office numbers do matter. One must always keep in mind that somebody else has also invested their capital and mind into the film. So, one must be respectful, but all of us in the film industry know that the box office is not in our hands, it’s in the people’s hands. Obviously, keeping in mind that cinema-goers have a multitude of choices, if we make the film on a reasonable budget, it should do reasonably well. It’s a saying in Hollywood: films don’t fail, budgets do, so we keep that in mind. But I can’t stress over something not under my control.”

On Nikita Roy clashing with Maa

Talking about Nikita Roy clashing with Maa on the field workplace, Kussh stated he is not bothered by it and added, “I am sure Maa is coming and that’s also a big film backed by Ajay Sir and starring Kajol ma’am. It’s got Vishal Furia, who is a great director in the horror genre. But no, we are very clear that our film will work on its own merit. We are not competing with Maa because that film is again in a different space. It shows a more horror aspect right from the start. Ours is a different genre. It’s a supernatural mystery, but I wouldn’t call it horror.”

On bringing Paresh Rawal and Arjun Rampal on board

Kussh revealed how he forged Paresh and Arjun, and stated, “I feel I’m very lucky to get Paresh sir on board. We had two conferences with him. We went to satisfy him as soon as to inform him the premise of the movie, and the second time we met him to relate his character of a non secular chief who calls himself Amar Dev. When he heard the character, it was fairly clear that he appreciated it. Because he’s such a proficient actor, I do not suppose he needs to maintain doing the identical factor many times. I feel he needs to do issues that do justice to his expertise and additional show his craft. So I feel I received fortunate, and for me it was an enormous confidence increase.

He added, “With Arjun sir, we were in talks, but we didn’t have him on board even after we reached London for the shoot. So we were about to reach that shoot day where we needed him to play his character, but thankfully couple of days before that he came on board and it all fell into place.”