Making a film based on book was an added responsibility, says Mohit Suri
Mumbai
May 16, 2017
Director Mohit Suri says that he was
heavily dependent on his screenplay and dialogue writer for "Half
Girlfriend" as making a film based on book was an added responsibility.
"I have taken double effort to set the story of this film because when
you adapt a story from the book you only get story and not the
screenplay for the film. It gets difficult because if you go by the
book then film will have duration of four hours.
"In this film, I was heavily dependent on my screenplay and dialogue
writer," Suri said on Monday during media interaction.
"We had added responsibility with this film because this book is read
by almost two crore people, so to justify each scene and maintain that
balance in the film was difficult," he added.
Writer Chetan Bhagat who is also donning the hat of a co-producer for
the first time with this film said that he was very much confident
about Suri.
"I felt Mohit (Suri) was the best person to handle it. He is young, his
films have good music and he has directed enough amount of films and
above all he understood the book completely. For me, a film has to be
well made and it is a team effort which I think has happened with this
film," he said.
"Apart from scripting, I was there to support on production side as
well. We have made this film on huge scale and shot it on six different
locations so it becomes necessary to make it in a certain cost to make
a viable hit.
"We have made this film on a proper budget but it looks grand onscreen
and I also had full faith on Mohit (Suri). I didn't want to interfere
too much in that otherwise film can lose director's vision," added
Bhagat.
Arjun Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor starrer "Half Girlfriend" will hit the
screens on Friday.
Mumbai
May 16, 2017
Director Mohit Suri says that he was
heavily dependent on his screenplay and dialogue writer for "Half
Girlfriend" as making a film based on book was an added responsibility.
"I have taken double effort to set the story of this film because when
you adapt a story from the book you only get story and not the
screenplay for the film. It gets difficult because if you go by the
book then film will have duration of four hours.
"In this film, I was heavily dependent on my screenplay and dialogue
writer," Suri said on Monday during media interaction.
"We had added responsibility with this film because this book is read
by almost two crore people, so to justify each scene and maintain that
balance in the film was difficult," he added.
Writer Chetan Bhagat who is also donning the hat of a co-producer for
the first time with this film said that he was very much confident
about Suri.
"I felt Mohit (Suri) was the best person to handle it. He is young, his
films have good music and he has directed enough amount of films and
above all he understood the book completely. For me, a film has to be
well made and it is a team effort which I think has happened with this
film," he said.
"Apart from scripting, I was there to support on production side as
well. We have made this film on huge scale and shot it on six different
locations so it becomes necessary to make it in a certain cost to make
a viable hit.
"We have made this film on a proper budget but it looks grand onscreen
and I also had full faith on Mohit (Suri). I didn't want to interfere
too much in that otherwise film can lose director's vision," added
Bhagat.
Arjun Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor starrer "Half Girlfriend" will hit the
screens on Friday.
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