Vidya Balan in a still from Ishqiya
Mumbai:
Vidya Balan has been offered a specialtrailer viewing of Dedh Ishqiya by the makers of the sequelto the 2010 hit film which starred the actress.
The second installment, slated to release on January 10next year, is a romantic saga between individuals caught in aweb of crime, suspense, passion and deceit. While the maleleads have been retained, the new additions are Madhuri Dixitand Huma Qureshi.
Vidya had garnered a lot of appreciation for herperformance in Ishqiya as the gritty Krishna but due to thenature of the sequel, she could not continue with thecharacter.
Hence, producers Vishal Bhardwaj Pictures and ShemarooEntertainment have decided to show her the trailer of DedhIshqiya for her best wishes.
Overwhelmed with the gesture, Vidya said she would love tobe part of the trailer launch. But since the trailer launchis not an event but a huge online launch on Facebook, theproducers have decided to show her the trailer before goingofficial.
"Vidya has been most gracious and very keen to watch thetrailer and even offered to attend the trailer launch but aswe are first launching the trailer on the Facebook instead ofthe conventional launch in a theatre we have offered to hold aspecial trailer viewing for her at her place," Mansi Maroo ofShemaroo said.
Vidya's character had led the two leading men Khalujan(Naseeruddin Shah) and Babban (Arshad Warsi) to a merry dancein Ishqiya. While in Dedh Ishqiya the dangerous romancewill be played out with Begum Para (Madhuri) and Muniya(Huma).
The film has been directed by Abhishek Chaubey.
The second installment, slated to release on January 10next year, is a romantic saga between individuals caught in aweb of crime, suspense, passion and deceit. While the maleleads have been retained, the new additions are Madhuri Dixitand Huma Qureshi.
Vidya had garnered a lot of appreciation for herperformance in Ishqiya as the gritty Krishna but due to thenature of the sequel, she could not continue with thecharacter.
Hence, producers Vishal Bhardwaj Pictures and ShemarooEntertainment have decided to show her the trailer of DedhIshqiya for her best wishes.
Overwhelmed with the gesture, Vidya said she would love tobe part of the trailer launch. But since the trailer launchis not an event but a huge online launch on Facebook, theproducers have decided to show her the trailer before goingofficial.
"Vidya has been most gracious and very keen to watch thetrailer and even offered to attend the trailer launch but aswe are first launching the trailer on the Facebook instead ofthe conventional launch in a theatre we have offered to hold aspecial trailer viewing for her at her place," Mansi Maroo ofShemaroo said.
Vidya's character had led the two leading men Khalujan(Naseeruddin Shah) and Babban (Arshad Warsi) to a merry dancein Ishqiya. While in Dedh Ishqiya the dangerous romancewill be played out with Begum Para (Madhuri) and Muniya(Huma).
The film has been directed by Abhishek Chaubey.
