It was during the trailer launch of Sujoy Ghosh’s last release Jaane Jaan that Kareena Kapoor Khan exclusively revealed to News18 Showsha that the film was earlier supposed to happen with Saif Ali Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. “Saif has a history with the film and then like a true husband, shoved down his responsibilities on Kareena. We were supposed to do the film but we couldn’t make it,” Sujoy had said.
Saif and Sujoy might have never collaborated as an actor-director duo but now the Kahaani director tells us that he has been long been trying to work with Saif and is currently in search of a script that can make his dream come true. Talking to us, he says, “If there is ever a script, yes. I’ve been pursuing him since my first film, Jhankaar Beats.”
As per reports, Sujoy will next be directing an untitled action thriller starring Shah Rukh Khan and his daughter, Suhana Khan. If all goes well, its shoot will begin this month. While Sujoy remains tight-lipped about the project, he reveals that he’s also keen on directing a short film again after Anukul, Sex With The Ex (Lust Stories 2) and Ahalya, which particularly, won raving reviews.
In 2015, reports started doing the rounds that following the great reception to the Radhika Apte and Soumitra Chatterjee starrer, Sujoy plans on making a sequel to Ahalya. However, nothing materialised in all these years. Quiz him about the same and the filmmaker remarks, “I really want to. There was a time when I had thought of that and then the unfortunate demise of Soumitra da happened. So, I don’t know. Since Soumitra da was a very integral part of Ahalya, and without him, I’m not very sure if I want to make it.”
Happy that more and more platforms and makers are now investing in short films, Sujoy lauds Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films for opening doors in the same direction. Talking about the platform, he shares, “They’re unique because of the content they advocate. I remember when I did my first film with Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films. There were no restrictions, requests, guidelines, parameters or any fence. It was just that they wanted to do a short film to promote short films. I think it’s the intention which makes the difference. Their intention is to create that industry and promote and invest in that industry. And if they give me the money to make a film again, I will!”
However, Sujoy is quick to add that making a short film is no cakewalk. Shedding light on the same, he continues, “It’s a very difficult thing to do. It’s like when you make a short film, it’s out of passion. There is no return from a short film. You aren’t getting any money back from a short film. It’s just that somebody has to say, ‘Okay, here is some money, go and make a short film’. Good, bad or ugly – it doesn’t matter. It’s the encouragement and the intent, I think.”
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