![]() She further notes: “I can say, that we missed the ‘theatrical’ experience of Ateet, but it’s a good thing it released digitally because one can watch it at the comfort of their own homes. There are multi-lingual works which can be enjoyed.” “The good thing about ZEE5, there’s a lot of original content, which are not bound by one language. Given that this is her second OTT venture, what does she like the most about the platform? She tells us: There’s not much gore.Īlso, Ateet was meant for a theatrical release but due to the pandemic it was a good idea for the makers and ZEE5 to release it on the digital platform. Kudos to the director because the moment he explained it to me, I kept asking him if the genre will be a typical ‘in-your-face’, but he said no. The way they dealt with the (supernatural aspects) in a very ‘English’ way because it slowly and gradually pulls you in. “It’s quite new for me to do this for the Hindi-speaking audience. Speaking about the film, Priyamani tells Filme Shilmy: Things soon take a drastic turn when Janhvi’s husband, Ateet (Rajeev Khandelwal), who was presumed dead in a war nine years ago, reappears. However, Vishwakarma has yet to come to terms with his wife’s past. ![]() The film is based on Colonel Vishwakarma (Sanjay Suri), his wife Janhvi (Priyamani) and their young daughter Sanah, who seem to be a normal, happy family. Once again, she finds herself on the dark side of cinema in ZEE5’s Ateet. Recently, she forayed onto the digital space with The Family Man which has been received well and her performance in that also commands a solid screen presence. She, as an artist has explored various roles and impressed us with her craft, be it a woman who suffers a brutal crime in Paruthiveeran or a spooky/dual role in Chaarulatha. ![]() That’s how, I put my best possible effort into getting into the skin of my screen-character Madhav in ‘India Lockdown’ and making it look so authentic,” enthuses Prateik.Priyamani is an award-winning multi-lingual actor whose presence in South-Indian cinema has been celebratory. When he mentored and explained to me and said that my performance would be a homage-tribute to my mother, that was my biggest motivating factor. So he insisted that I should watch my Mother’s movies like ‘Aakrosh’, ‘Chakra’ and even ‘Pet Pyaar aur Paap’ as a reference point. ![]() Madhur-Sir told me that he had seen my legendary actress-mother ( ‘late’ Smita Patil) in such de-glam realistic roles in various movies. Recalling how he was signed for this dehati character, Prateik recalled shared how when he visited director Madhur’s office everyone was bewuildered, “That’s because my hair was coloured with a blue-dye shade and I had worn fancy sun-glasses and I had several body-skin-tattoos. In fact, Sai who plays a total de-glam character in ‘India Lockdown’ impressed the invited media fraternity with her off-screen smart trendy dress-sense. Īt the movie trailer launch, both slim-and-trim style-icons Aahana Kumra and Sai Tamhankar were clad in dare-bare yet dignified outfits and stole the show. This movie which amalgamates four contrasting bitter-tragic-truth, yet overwhelming real-life woman-centric stories has an ensemble star cast of Prateik Babbar opposite Sai Tamhankar as ‘Phoolmati’ ( both migrant-workers married couple, Shweta Basu Prasad (as sultry sex-worker Mehrunissa ), Aahana Kumra ( as an upmarket girl commercial pilot Moon) and Prakash Belawadi ( South Indian character Nageshwara Rao). ![]() The recent ‘Babli Bouncer’ movie director ( Madhur) was speaking at the trailer launch of his much-awaited maverick movie ‘India Lockdown’ which starts streaming on ZEE 5 from Dec 2. Multiple National Awards winner Bhandarkar, who is known mostly for his hard-hitting realistic landmark movies like ‘Chandni Bar’ and ‘’ happens to be an ardent fan of late legendary versatile actress Smita Patil. “Talented actor Prateik Babbar’s de-glam intense role-performance as the poor migrant-worker Madhav in Original OTT movie India Lockdown will prove to be a tribute-homage to his legendary mother Smita Patil”, assures acclaimed director Madhur Bhandarkar. ![]()
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