Heroine did not do well at the box office
Mumbai:
Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar feelsthat his last release Heroine could not garner muchattention due to the high expectations of people.
The 2012 film revolved around the life of a oncesuccessful film actress, whose career is on the decline. Thefilm had Kareena Kapoor as the protagonist along with actorsArjun Rampal, Randeep Hooda, Rakesh Bapat among others.
"I don't know what went wrong with the film. It has donecommercially better business. The film was made at moderatebudget of Rs 21 crore and collected Rs 48 crore so everybodyearned the money. I have no regret about making Heroinerather I am happy I made it. I never shun my films I stick toit," Madhur said.
"There were lots of expectations from people. It became sobig that may be it worked against it. But at the end of theday I am happy with whatever response we have got. I thinkHeroine was Kareena Kapoor's best ever role of her career,"he added.
Bhandarkar has made films like Chandni Bar, Page 3,Fashion, Corporate and Traffic Signal. The director saidhe has two-three realistic topics that he wants to explore.However, the director is not willing to share any detailsabout the same.
"I have few ideas in my mind, but right now nothing isconcrete. I have registered few titles like Bharat Bandh,Calendar Girl, Money Politics. The titles just intriguedme, so I registered. I had a title Jai Ho, which I gave toSohail Khan for his next film with Salman Khan. These aretypical Madhur Bhandarkar kind of films. I may make a film ornot on such titles... not sure yet," he said.
Madhur reveals a lot of people from the industry wereupset with him for making Heroine.
"People were surprised when I was making Heroine...they were like eyebrows will be raised! But I did not want todigress from real cinema and did not develop cold feet when Iwas making such films. I made a film that I believed in," headded.
Madhur has been travelling a lot in the last one yearwhich was a deliberate break that he took from the busyschedule.
"I have been only making movies since ten years or so.I wanted to take a break and explore things, interact withpeople from across the world; see lot of films abroad,including feature and documentary films; read a lot of books.But now, time has come to fasten the seat-belt as I am readyto start work," he added.
Madhur is known for making topical films and now he ismaking a deliberate shift by making a romantic film. His nextfilm is titled Mar Jawaa, a romantic musical film with Tseries, which is likely to go on floors early next year.
"I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds offilms. It is not that one should make only one kind of film. Ilove to see romantic films I loved watching Dilwale DulhaniyaLe Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. If I make such films I willmake it with my yardstick, according to my parameters," hesaid.
"I have been a fan of Basu Chatterjee, HrishkeshMukherjee and like their movies Baaton Baaton Mein,Rajniganda, Chit Chor, Choti Si Baat. These were goodfilms with nice milieu, which I feel is missing today. I amtrying to bring back this thing, but I don't know if I willsucceed in that," the filmmaker said.
The 2012 film revolved around the life of a oncesuccessful film actress, whose career is on the decline. Thefilm had Kareena Kapoor as the protagonist along with actorsArjun Rampal, Randeep Hooda, Rakesh Bapat among others.
"I don't know what went wrong with the film. It has donecommercially better business. The film was made at moderatebudget of Rs 21 crore and collected Rs 48 crore so everybodyearned the money. I have no regret about making Heroinerather I am happy I made it. I never shun my films I stick toit," Madhur said.
"There were lots of expectations from people. It became sobig that may be it worked against it. But at the end of theday I am happy with whatever response we have got. I thinkHeroine was Kareena Kapoor's best ever role of her career,"he added.
Bhandarkar has made films like Chandni Bar, Page 3,Fashion, Corporate and Traffic Signal. The director saidhe has two-three realistic topics that he wants to explore.However, the director is not willing to share any detailsabout the same.
"I have few ideas in my mind, but right now nothing isconcrete. I have registered few titles like Bharat Bandh,Calendar Girl, Money Politics. The titles just intriguedme, so I registered. I had a title Jai Ho, which I gave toSohail Khan for his next film with Salman Khan. These aretypical Madhur Bhandarkar kind of films. I may make a film ornot on such titles... not sure yet," he said.
Madhur reveals a lot of people from the industry wereupset with him for making Heroine.
"People were surprised when I was making Heroine...they were like eyebrows will be raised! But I did not want todigress from real cinema and did not develop cold feet when Iwas making such films. I made a film that I believed in," headded.
Madhur has been travelling a lot in the last one yearwhich was a deliberate break that he took from the busyschedule.
"I have been only making movies since ten years or so.I wanted to take a break and explore things, interact withpeople from across the world; see lot of films abroad,including feature and documentary films; read a lot of books.But now, time has come to fasten the seat-belt as I am readyto start work," he added.
Madhur is known for making topical films and now he ismaking a deliberate shift by making a romantic film. His nextfilm is titled Mar Jawaa, a romantic musical film with Tseries, which is likely to go on floors early next year.
"I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds offilms. It is not that one should make only one kind of film. Ilove to see romantic films I loved watching Dilwale DulhaniyaLe Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. If I make such films I willmake it with my yardstick, according to my parameters," hesaid.
"I have been a fan of Basu Chatterjee, HrishkeshMukherjee and like their movies Baaton Baaton Mein,Rajniganda, Chit Chor, Choti Si Baat. These were goodfilms with nice milieu, which I feel is missing today. I amtrying to bring back this thing, but I don't know if I willsucceed in that," the filmmaker said.
