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Anubhav Sinha’s Mulk featuring the late veteran actor Rishi Kapoor, Taapsee Pannu and Rajat Kapoor completes two years on 3rd August, 2020. The movie is still fondly remembered as one of the most talked about and important stories that needed to be told, more so today. Needless to say, the movie did start relevant conversations among the people.
On the 2nd anniversary of the film, the critically-acclaimed filmmaker recalls his experience working with Rishi Kapoor. “He (Rishi Kapoor) agreed to do film after a 15-minute narration. Chintuji would simply insist to explain the scene to him before the shot and observe me carefully while I spoke. From that, he would deduce what I wanted,” informs Anubhav.
Interestingly, Mulk was shot in 27 days, much to the late actor’s surprise. “Chintuji wasn’t convinced the film was over and insisted I keep 10 days as a back-up. Then, one day, my CFO came to me asking if I had some shooting left, saying Chintuji had allotted dates between January 5 and 15, 2018. During the screening, Chintuji was on tenterhooks, calling every 30 seconds for an update, afraid Mulk would be banned. After a 90-minute discussion, when I stepped out with a U/A certificate and told him so, he repeated in disbelief, ‘You mean picture release hogi!’
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