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Vishal Bhardwaj is one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of Hindi cinema, who has given his fans some masterpiece movies like Omkara, Haider, 7 Khoon Maaf, and others. His latest work, Khufiya, starring Tabu in the lead, is streaming on Netflix. The prolific filmmaker recently sat down for an interview where he spoke about many things, including the films he was about to quit and others he couldn’t make with Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan.
Speaking about Irrfan Khan and Tabu starrer Maqbool, the filmmaker revealed that to shoot the film at a particular haveli – he had his eyes on – he gave up on his fees. He revealed that he was getting paid Rs 30 lakh for directing, writing, editing, and composing music. However, due to budget constraints, he gave it all up in order to not compromise on its location. Despite being the co-producer of the film, he wasn’t paid a single penny.
Speaking to Mid-day, Vishal Bhardwaj revealed that 15 days before the shoot of Maqbool, his co-producer Bobby Bedi told him that they didn’t have enough budget to fly the whole crew to Bhopal for the film’s shoot. Further, asking him to shoot in the Film’s Division’s haveli’. “Maine mana kar diya ki main shoot nahi karungi and he said that then ‘Main film nahi banaunga’ And this is just 15 days before the thing. Maine raat ko 4-6 drink maare and phone off kar dia.” Further added, “Meri fees thi Rs 30 lakh. Music, direction, writing sab kuch laga ke. Unhone kaha ki Bhopal mein shoot karne mein 60 extra lagte hai to 30 lakh tu daal de, 30 lakh main daal dunga. Maine bola ki ye aap bata dete Friday ko,” he said.
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