In a recent interview, director Vasan Bala and actor Alia Bhatt shared insights into their upcoming film, Jigra, an action-packed narrative centered around a prison break. The two also revealed how even though Karan Johar sent Alia a rough version of the first half of the script, Alia was intrigued by the storyline and wanted to read the second half too.
During a conversation with Anmol Jamwal of Tried and Refused Productions, Alia Bhatt revealed her initial response to the project, and said, “Wow. I wasn’t expecting it, I guess because he didn’t reveal much in the meeting. But even I was very intrigued, and I really liked his work. I was like, ‘It will be cool for us to collaborate, but I need to read the script’. So my first response to him after he sent me the first half was, ‘Where’s the second half?’ Because I said, ‘I’m not feeling complete. I need the second half’. I chased him for one month for the second half, and then it came together.”
Bala recalled the initial email that sparked the collaboration. He said, “I had sent one very kaccha pakka (rough) email, very stream of consciousness thought, sent it to Karan. I think six or seven hours later, he called saying, ‘I’ve already set it to Alia’. I was really not happy with it.”
Bala expressed his dissatisfaction, stating, “I would have at least done some spellcheck, grammar check, hygiene, written some very nice hero entry.” However, Karan reassured him, saying, “This is how it works.”
Jigra also stars Vedang Raina as Alia’s on-screen brother, Ankur. The film follows Satya (Alia), a fiercely devoted sister determined to rescue her brother. Jigra will release in theatres on October 11.
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