New Delhi:
More often than not star-powerplays a major role in driving Bollywood films to success butdirector Vivek Agnihotri says that working with stars ismainly out of compulsion and not by choice.
The filmmaker, who recently tasted success with hiserotic thriller Hate Story, said that convincing producersbecomes a daunting task if a star is not attached to a film.
"No director wants to make films with stars. It is acompulsion for them. It is very difficult to convinceproducers about a script without having the backing of a star.People now-a-days need figures," Vivek told PTI.
The director, who is married to actress Pallavi Joshi,said that the success of Hate Story was surprising.
"I knew Hate Story would work. I had expected a greatopening but the fact that it has completed 50 days at the boxoffice is an overwhelming feeling. There have been somegreat experinces regarding the film."
The director is also planning to make a sequel to HateStory but did not divulge much details about the film as itis at a very initial stage.
Vivek is currently making two films on socio-politicalissues - Buddha in a Traffic Jam on the Naxal issue,starring Anupam Kher, and the other film is a politicalthriller titled Freedom.
"Buddha is my third film but I chose to release HateStory first because I wanted commercial success. WhileBuddha is a hard hitting and controversial film and I wantedit to get its due and so decided to release it after HateStory," he said.
Buddha in a Traffic Jam stars Arunoday Singh, MahiGill, Pallavi Joshi and marks the debut of TV actress AnchalDwivedi, who became a household name after playing Kaveri inSaat Phere.
"The theme of the film is how the youth of today arebeing brainwashed. The film tackles naxalism in a verydifferent way. It has been shot primarily in a leadingbusiness school," Vivek said.
Actor R Madhavan was reportedly set to star in his otherfilm Freedom but the director said that nothing has beenfinalised yet.
"I have finalised the script of Freedom. The script hasundergone a massive change and it has now become bigger thanbefore. I am yet to finalise the star cast. No one has beensigned so far," he said.
Vivek is also planning to remake classic Hollywood film12 Angry Men in Hindi. Earlier Basu Chatterjee remade thefilm in 1986 titled Ek Ruka Hua Faisla. It starred DeepakQazir, Amitabh Srivastav, Pankaj Kapur, Hemant Mishra, AnnuKapoor among others.
"I planned to make the film three years ago in 2009. Itis a film on the prejudice of democracy. I want to have the 12best actors of Bollywood in the film. I did speak to AmitabhBachchan, Naseer ji (Naseeruddin Shah), Om Puri, KK Menon,Atul Kulkarni, Paresh Rawal at that time. Everyone wants to bepart of it. It will go on floors next year for sure," he said.
The filmmaker, who recently tasted success with hiserotic thriller Hate Story, said that convincing producersbecomes a daunting task if a star is not attached to a film.
"No director wants to make films with stars. It is acompulsion for them. It is very difficult to convinceproducers about a script without having the backing of a star.People now-a-days need figures," Vivek told PTI.
The director, who is married to actress Pallavi Joshi,said that the success of Hate Story was surprising.
"I knew Hate Story would work. I had expected a greatopening but the fact that it has completed 50 days at the boxoffice is an overwhelming feeling. There have been somegreat experinces regarding the film."
The director is also planning to make a sequel to HateStory but did not divulge much details about the film as itis at a very initial stage.
Vivek is currently making two films on socio-politicalissues - Buddha in a Traffic Jam on the Naxal issue,starring Anupam Kher, and the other film is a politicalthriller titled Freedom.
"Buddha is my third film but I chose to release HateStory first because I wanted commercial success. WhileBuddha is a hard hitting and controversial film and I wantedit to get its due and so decided to release it after HateStory," he said.
Buddha in a Traffic Jam stars Arunoday Singh, MahiGill, Pallavi Joshi and marks the debut of TV actress AnchalDwivedi, who became a household name after playing Kaveri inSaat Phere.
"The theme of the film is how the youth of today arebeing brainwashed. The film tackles naxalism in a verydifferent way. It has been shot primarily in a leadingbusiness school," Vivek said.
Actor R Madhavan was reportedly set to star in his otherfilm Freedom but the director said that nothing has beenfinalised yet.
"I have finalised the script of Freedom. The script hasundergone a massive change and it has now become bigger thanbefore. I am yet to finalise the star cast. No one has beensigned so far," he said.
Vivek is also planning to remake classic Hollywood film12 Angry Men in Hindi. Earlier Basu Chatterjee remade thefilm in 1986 titled Ek Ruka Hua Faisla. It starred DeepakQazir, Amitabh Srivastav, Pankaj Kapur, Hemant Mishra, AnnuKapoor among others.
"I planned to make the film three years ago in 2009. Itis a film on the prejudice of democracy. I want to have the 12best actors of Bollywood in the film. I did speak to AmitabhBachchan, Naseer ji (Naseeruddin Shah), Om Puri, KK Menon,Atul Kulkarni, Paresh Rawal at that time. Everyone wants to bepart of it. It will go on floors next year for sure," he said.
