New Delhi:
It was a casting coup of sorts for Dibakar Banerjee to put together Abhay Deol and Emraan Hashmi in his upcoming political thriller Shanghai but the director says he likes to take "calculated risks" with each of his films.
Abhay is known for his intense characters while Emraan has just graduated to mature roles after playing the perpetualbad boy and serial-kisser in a number of films.
"I am cautious when I approach a star. There has to be a right script, star and role to come together for my film. Imanaged to have two talented stars with me for Shanghai. I enjoy taking calculated risks with every film. If I don't dosomething new, I don't find the process of filmmaking interesting," Dibakar said.
The stock of both the actors have gone up since they were signed for Shanghai which has kept the film in news despitedelays in the release much to the delight of Dibakar.
"Perhaps no one ever imagined Emraan and Abhay to be in such avatar but now that it has happened, there is goodexcitement build up. For them to come together in the same film and that too in the kind of roles they are playing isnothing less than a casting coup."
Emraan had a hit with Murder 2 and The Dirty Picture last year while Abhay enjoyed his biggest commercial successwith Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara.
The director, who is known for casting actors rather than stars in his films, says he is not against the star system of Bollywood.
"Stars have that palpable pressure of stardom on their shoulder. Sometimes it is unfair on our part to ask them tothrow off that weight so casually and expect them to do something differently for our sake."
Shanghai is first adaptation for Dibakar, who is known for picking up stories from newspaper headlines and thelife around in films like Khosla Ka Ghosla, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye and Love, Sex Aur Dhoka.
It is is based on Greek author Vassilis Vassilikos' famous novel Z and has already been made into a successfulFrench movie. It was earlier scheduled to release in January but will now hit theatres in June.
Shanghai stars Kali Koechelin as the female protagonist and also features Prosenjit Chatterjee and Farooq Sheikh inkey roles. With music by Vishal-Shekhar, the film releases all over on June 8.
Abhay is known for his intense characters while Emraan has just graduated to mature roles after playing the perpetualbad boy and serial-kisser in a number of films.
"I am cautious when I approach a star. There has to be a right script, star and role to come together for my film. Imanaged to have two talented stars with me for Shanghai. I enjoy taking calculated risks with every film. If I don't dosomething new, I don't find the process of filmmaking interesting," Dibakar said.
The stock of both the actors have gone up since they were signed for Shanghai which has kept the film in news despitedelays in the release much to the delight of Dibakar.
"Perhaps no one ever imagined Emraan and Abhay to be in such avatar but now that it has happened, there is goodexcitement build up. For them to come together in the same film and that too in the kind of roles they are playing isnothing less than a casting coup."
Emraan had a hit with Murder 2 and The Dirty Picture last year while Abhay enjoyed his biggest commercial successwith Zindagi Naa Milegi Dobara.
The director, who is known for casting actors rather than stars in his films, says he is not against the star system of Bollywood.
"Stars have that palpable pressure of stardom on their shoulder. Sometimes it is unfair on our part to ask them tothrow off that weight so casually and expect them to do something differently for our sake."
Shanghai is first adaptation for Dibakar, who is known for picking up stories from newspaper headlines and thelife around in films like Khosla Ka Ghosla, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye and Love, Sex Aur Dhoka.
It is is based on Greek author Vassilis Vassilikos' famous novel Z and has already been made into a successfulFrench movie. It was earlier scheduled to release in January but will now hit theatres in June.
Shanghai stars Kali Koechelin as the female protagonist and also features Prosenjit Chatterjee and Farooq Sheikh inkey roles. With music by Vishal-Shekhar, the film releases all over on June 8.
