Anubhav Sinha’s Gulaab Gang features Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla.
New Delhi:
Anubhav Sinha has dismissed reportsthat his upcoming Madhuri Dixit-Juhi Chawla starrer GulaabGang is based on the life of Sampat Pal.
"It is not based on anybody's life, it's a fiction. Yes,there are some similarities like it has a women's gang and thepink colour but the film is not a documentation of SampatPal's life. A lot of people took it for granted that it'sabout the gang but it's not," Sinha told PTI in an interview.
The Ra.One director is turning producer with the filmand admits that it was not an easy project to put together.
"Soumik Sen (director) told me the story while we were inBenaras and I was really impressed with it. Logistically, itwas very challenging to put the movie together as it has nomale protagonist, and then you have action and dancesequences.
"Also I knew it would not attract money easily as it isnot a usual film. I went through many tough times butultimately I enjoyed making this movie," he added.
With Gulaab Gang, 47-year-old Sinha brings for the firsttime the two divas and former rivals -- Madhuri and Juhi -- onthe big screen.
"We approached Juhi and she was surprised with what wasbeing offered. She has never been approached with somethinglike this before but it took her just three meetings to sayyes.
"Soumik had already met Madhuri once, before narratingthe script to me. So he kind of had her in mind. Again this issomething very different for her but she was hands on readyfor it."
Sinha says it was his long-standing dream to start aproduction house and he is more than happy to have GulaabGang as his first project under his banner, Benaras MediaWorks.
"I wanted to become a producer for the past 5-6 years.There are many reasons to it... One I feel there is a dearthof producers in our industry. We have people with good scriptsbut they find it hard to get it financed. It is a challenge toput a good project together and we don't have enough backing.
"Also after Ra.One I was drained as a director... Themovie took five years of my life and I wanted to give myself abreak," he said.
Sinha is currently working on three scripts which he willbe directing under his production house.He has also wrapped up the production of his horrorproject Warning, which he aims to release this year. He isalso producing Zid.
"It is not based on anybody's life, it's a fiction. Yes,there are some similarities like it has a women's gang and thepink colour but the film is not a documentation of SampatPal's life. A lot of people took it for granted that it'sabout the gang but it's not," Sinha told PTI in an interview.
The Ra.One director is turning producer with the filmand admits that it was not an easy project to put together.
"Soumik Sen (director) told me the story while we were inBenaras and I was really impressed with it. Logistically, itwas very challenging to put the movie together as it has nomale protagonist, and then you have action and dancesequences.
"Also I knew it would not attract money easily as it isnot a usual film. I went through many tough times butultimately I enjoyed making this movie," he added.
With Gulaab Gang, 47-year-old Sinha brings for the firsttime the two divas and former rivals -- Madhuri and Juhi -- onthe big screen.
"We approached Juhi and she was surprised with what wasbeing offered. She has never been approached with somethinglike this before but it took her just three meetings to sayyes.
"Soumik had already met Madhuri once, before narratingthe script to me. So he kind of had her in mind. Again this issomething very different for her but she was hands on readyfor it."
Sinha says it was his long-standing dream to start aproduction house and he is more than happy to have GulaabGang as his first project under his banner, Benaras MediaWorks.
"I wanted to become a producer for the past 5-6 years.There are many reasons to it... One I feel there is a dearthof producers in our industry. We have people with good scriptsbut they find it hard to get it financed. It is a challenge toput a good project together and we don't have enough backing.
"Also after Ra.One I was drained as a director... Themovie took five years of my life and I wanted to give myself abreak," he said.
Sinha is currently working on three scripts which he willbe directing under his production house.He has also wrapped up the production of his horrorproject Warning, which he aims to release this year. He isalso producing Zid.
