Director Shoojit Sircar, a huge Kishore Kumar fan, was all set to make a biopic on the multi-talented genius. He still will.
Shoojit Sircar on Kishore Kumar biopic, “I still have the script draft ready”
So, what happened to the biopic on Kishore Kumar, whose birth anniversary was celebrated on August 4, that Shoojit Sircar was once all set to make? He said, “I did work on his biopic. But there were others who were also making a film on him, so I thought to back out. I still have the script draft ready. And also, my treatment was quite different. Everyone thought my films are slow, less drama and gripping. Now, that’s how I am. I love the slow and easy life and that reflects in my films. I am not in a hurry.”
It must be recalled here that Anurag Basu had taken over the reins of Kishore Kumar’s biopic with Ranbir Kapoor in the lead. Apparently, Kishore Kumar’s family told him they would rather make that biopic themselves.
Said Shoojit, “Kishore Kumar was a maverick but yet always fresh and unpredictable. Of course, I was tuned into his songs and voice. But I found his acting and his integrity towards art more enigmatic. When I decided to tell his story, I interacted with his family and friends and that’s where I got to know his eccentric side.”
Shoojit told his classic Kishore anecdote saying, “Once he stopped all his Bollywood work because Satyajit Ray asked him to sing few lines from a Tagore poem. He rehearsed almost for a month. I just fell in love with his free spirit.”
Kishore Kumar was actually inspired by Ray to make films. “That’s what he tried with his film Door Gagan Ki Chaon Mein,” said Shoojit. “He was inspired by Ray’s Apu trilogy. This shows his free thinking spirit too. What I understood from his life is that he actually was looking forward to going back to his hometown Khandwa and settle there. He always belonged there… and to return to Khandwa was his ultimate goal.”
Do any of Kishore Kumar’s fans know he had partly financed Satyajit Ray’s career-making Pather Panchali? A fact Kishore Kumar was never tired of reminding Ray about whenever they bumped into each other in Kolkata.
Said Sircar, “Kishore Kumar never stopped preening about this fact to close friends, ‘Do you know India’s greatest film Pather Panchali could’ve never been made if it wasn’t for me?’ He loved to see himself as a patron of the fine arts.”
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