Just A Minute With: Vishal Bhardwaj on ‘Kaminey’
By Shilpa Jamkhandikar
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Director Vishal Bhardwaj, known for his radically different approach to film making in Bollywood, is wooing audiences with the caper film “Kaminey”.
The film, starring Shahid Kapur and Priyanka Chopra, is about twin brothers who are sucked into a world of drugs, guns and money.
Bhardwaj, 49, spoke to Reuters about “Kaminey”, why he hates doing interviews and how Hollywood doesn’t hold any lure for him.
Q: You are really hard to catch hold of. Are you a recluse or just media shy?
A: (Laughs) “Actually, this time I wasn’t well. I was on sedatives and had to have an endoscopy done. But even otherwise, I feel that doing these interviews and being in the press is a waste of time. I don’t need the publicity and most of the tabloids write such rotten stuff that it irritates me a lot. That is why I stay away from all this.”
Q: You have said about ‘Kaminey’ that it was the most humiliating shoot of your life. Why? Continued...
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