'Hindi Medium 2' narrative amusing yet emotional: Adajania
Mumbai
February 19, 2017
Homi Adajania will be directing the sequel to "Hindi Medium"
with actor Irrfan Khan playing the lead. The filmmaker says the film's story is
very "amusing yet emotional".
The news of Adajania getting on board to
direct the quirky franchise comedy for Dinesh Vijan's Maddock films banner was
announced on Monday.
"I ambled into Dinoo's (Vijan) room and he was
sitting down to a narration. I had enjoyed the first one ('Hindi Medium') and
the way these writers have taken the narrative forward is very clever," Adajania
said in a statement.
"So yeah, I pretty much gate-crashed the narration
and it was so engaging and hilarious that I told him I'd be happy to direct it
if he had no director attached to the project. It's been a while since I've
found any material so amusing yet emotional," he added.
Vijan and
Adajania have worked on films "Being Cyrus" and "Cocktail".
Directed by
Saket Chaudhary, "Hindi Medium" revolves around a couple who wants to give their
daughter the best education, so that she becomes accepted by the elite in
society. It also features Pakistani actress Saba Qamar.
While Irrfan has
come on board for the sequel, there is no word on Qamar getting back for the
second part.
About roping in Adajania for the sequel, Vijan said: "Homi
doesn't make films very often as he refuses to do stuff that doesn't bowl him
over. But when I narrated this one to him, he loved it. And when I saw his
reaction, it was a no-brainer. I guess from Maddock's stable of directors, Homi
was the most unlikely choice for 'Hindi Medium 2' and that's exactly I have
signed him on."
"Hindi Medium 2" story will be flash-forward by a decade
and will narrate the story of Irrfan's character Raj.
Mumbai
February 19, 2017
Homi Adajania will be directing the sequel to "Hindi Medium"
with actor Irrfan Khan playing the lead. The filmmaker says the film's story is
very "amusing yet emotional".
The news of Adajania getting on board to
direct the quirky franchise comedy for Dinesh Vijan's Maddock films banner was
announced on Monday.
"I ambled into Dinoo's (Vijan) room and he was
sitting down to a narration. I had enjoyed the first one ('Hindi Medium') and
the way these writers have taken the narrative forward is very clever," Adajania
said in a statement.
"So yeah, I pretty much gate-crashed the narration
and it was so engaging and hilarious that I told him I'd be happy to direct it
if he had no director attached to the project. It's been a while since I've
found any material so amusing yet emotional," he added.
Vijan and
Adajania have worked on films "Being Cyrus" and "Cocktail".
Directed by
Saket Chaudhary, "Hindi Medium" revolves around a couple who wants to give their
daughter the best education, so that she becomes accepted by the elite in
society. It also features Pakistani actress Saba Qamar.
While Irrfan has
come on board for the sequel, there is no word on Qamar getting back for the
second part.
About roping in Adajania for the sequel, Vijan said: "Homi
doesn't make films very often as he refuses to do stuff that doesn't bowl him
over. But when I narrated this one to him, he loved it. And when I saw his
reaction, it was a no-brainer. I guess from Maddock's stable of directors, Homi
was the most unlikely choice for 'Hindi Medium 2' and that's exactly I have
signed him on."
"Hindi Medium 2" story will be flash-forward by a decade
and will narrate the story of Irrfan's character Raj.
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