Bhushan Kumar revealed the master plan after ‘Srikanth’. Bhushan Kumar told the master plan after ‘Srikanth’: Said- We make every film with full dedication and confidence.

Rajkumar Rao starrer film ‘Srikanth’ is being appreciated a lot. The response from critics and audience regarding the film is positive. This film is based on the life of visually impaired Indian industrialist Shrikant Bola. Rajkumar Rao played the role of Srikant Bola in the film. Recently, the film’s producer Bhushan Kumar had a special conversation with Dainik Bhaskar about the film ‘Srikanth’ and upcoming projects.

Is it your foresight that you chose a subject like ‘Srikanth’, which is being discussed today?

I locked this film for the Diwali party 3-4 months before Covid. There director Tushar Hiranandani told me the story of the film. I liked the story of the film very much, at that very moment I gave the signing amount to Tushar. Then Covid came. No one knew what would happen next? The casting of the film took place during Covid and the shooting of the film started after Covid. After Covid, films were not running in theatres. The audience was connected to OTT. But I was very confident about the subject and director of the film.

I felt that this was a respectable film. This film was supposed to be released last year itself. But we thought that this is a very beautiful film, let’s wait for its release. When Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s film ’12th Fail’ was released, it inspired us too. I told Tushar that now we should release this film. When we saw the film for the first time, we were a little worried whether the film would run in theaters or not.

Rajkumar Rao was also a little worried. He wanted to release the film on OTT. But I told Rajkumar Rao that the film has to be taken on the front foot. This film will run 100 percent.

We make a lot of films and also earn money. But no other film has received the respect that this film has. My mother blessed me after watching this film and told me to make more such films. The blessings we are receiving mean more to us than blockbuster success.

What did you see in director Tushar Hiranandani, Nidhi Parmar and the script of the film that made you feel confident about this project?

I was confident with this film from the beginning. I never disturbed Tushar and Nidhi creatively. He used to come and tell me all the things personally. I did whatever they told me. When I recorded the music earlier, I didn’t like it, so I changed it immediately. Because they knew that I would give only the right suggestions.

Tusshar has made this film very happy, which people are liking. This is one such film of ours which has been made within the budget. Normally our films are over budget. It was a lot of fun working with Tusshar and Nidhi and we are working together in the future too.

Any such things during the shooting which are close to your heart?

Well, I rarely go for the shooting of my films. When I went to the sets of ‘Srikanth’, I was surprised to see Rajkummar Rao. For the first time in my life, I have seen an actor who has completely immersed himself in the character. During the shooting he looked completely Srikanth. Even when someone came to meet him from his house, he used to look like Shrikant.

On one hand you make blockbuster big budget films like ‘Animal’ and ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’ and on the other hand you make films like ‘Tumhari Sulu’, ‘Ludo’ and ‘Shrikant’. How do you strike this balance?

There are many studios that think of making the same kind of big commercial films. But our concept from the beginning has been that we want to make all kinds of films. We made ‘Hindi Medium’ and also films like ‘Tumhari Sulu’. We made a film like ‘Raid’ based on real events and also a massy film like ‘Animal’. After the horror comedy ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’, we are now making ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’. It has been the vision of our company that all kinds of films should be made in our studio. We make every film with full dedication and market it with full confidence.

,There is a lot of craze among the people regarding ‘Animal Park’. Tell us something about this film and ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’?

Shooting of ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’ is going on. This film will be released on November 1. ‘Raid 2’ with Ajay Devgan has been completed. This film will also be released this year. Now director Sandeep Reddy is going to start the film ‘Spirit’ with Vanga and Prabhas. After this film, we will start shooting for ‘Animal Park’. Work is going on on ‘Dhamal 4’ and ‘Border 2’. Anurag Basu and Kartik Aryan’s film is starting in July.