‘Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video’ not impressed by Hollywood film ‘Intercourse Tape’: director Raaj Shaandilyaa

Director Raaj Shaandilyaa says his upcoming movie “Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video”, starring Rajkummar Rao and Triptii Dimri, has nothing to do with the Hollywood movie “Intercourse Tape”.

The filmmaker, greatest recognized for the “Dream Woman” franchise headlined by Ayushmann Khurrana, stated he hasn’t even seen the 2014 movie that includes Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz.

“Vicky Vidya…” follows the titular married couple on a frantic search of a CD with a video of their wedding ceremony night time, whereas “Intercourse Tape” revolves round a married couple who make a intercourse tape to boost their relationship solely to get up the subsequent morning to search out that it has gone lacking.

Shaandilyaa stated he came upon that there was a movie known as “Intercourse Tape” after the trailer launch of “Vicky Vidya…”, which is about within the Nineties.

“Somebody requested me on Twitter, ‘Is that this movie like ‘Intercourse Tape’? I’m like, ‘There’s no intercourse in our movie’. I used to be instructed by considered one of our writers that in that movie their video goes viral on the Web. The video in our movie is made by the couple and so they lose the CD due to their negligence.

“The characters and story are totally different. Our movie has nothing to do with ‘Intercourse Tape’. I’ve not even seen ‘Intercourse Tape’. I didn’t get impressed by it, quite I obtained impressed by life and the individuals round me,” the director instructed PTI in an interview right here.

He’s already engaged on the sequel of “Vicky Vidya…”, which shall be set across the early days of the Web.

“The place this movie ends, we’ve obtained a sequel, which shall be set 10-15 years later, when the arrival of the Web has occurred. We’ve written the story. We are going to shoot this movie after I make one other movie,” he added.

The inspiration for “Vicky Vidya…” got here from co-writer Yusuf Ali Khan and the work on the screenplay started again in 2018, stated Shaandilyaa.

Prior commitments and the pandemic delayed the movie’s growth.

The filmmaker stated he had initially deliberate to make “Vicky Vidya…” earlier than “Dream Woman 2”, which launched final 12 months.

Shaandilyaa stated he wished to work with “Stree 2” star Rao for “the longest time”.

“Nonetheless, issues occur, every time they’re destined to occur. The explanation why I wished to forged Rajkummar was as a result of I wanted a middle-class boy from a small-town metropolis. I felt he completely match the invoice by way of his physique language and elegance.”

Selecting Dimri to play Vidya stemmed from the necessity of a recent pairing.

“For the position of Vidya, we would have liked somebody who had not labored with Rajkummar. He had labored with Shraddha Kapoor in ‘Stree’, with Janhvi Kapoor in ‘Roohi’ and ‘Mr. & Mrs. Mahi’. We would have liked a recent pair and that’s once we considered Triptii. She is an effective actor. We had signed her earlier than the discharge of ‘Animal’,” he stated.

The director, who began out as a author on the TV present “Comedy Circus”, stated he workouts warning whereas penning dialogues.

“After I write, I guarantee we don’t discuss faith. You don’t know what issues might harm individuals. As an example, if somebody in our nation loves China, he could be like how will you write the dialogue in your movie, ‘That China has attacked us 50 occasions’. It’s essential to take comedy frivolously, not severely,” stated Shaandilyaa, whose dialogue writing credit embody movies resembling “Welcome Again” and “Jabariya Jodi”.

However why set “Vicky Vidya…” within the ’90s? The filmmaker stated he was pushed by a need to seize the essence of the CD period and its affect on society on the time.

“In these days, males would sport lengthy hair and that’s why the look of our actors within the movie is that. It’s not as a result of we have been impressed by Sanjay Dutt or Amitabh Bachchan. The explanation why we wished to indicate the period of the ’90s is that at the moment, CDs have been the in-thing.” Shaandilyaa additionally revealed his plans for future tasks, teasing collaborations with Khurrana, Rao, Kartik Aaryan, and Varun Dhawan.

“We are going to make ‘Dream Woman 3’ however that’s not going to be my subsequent directorial enterprise. I’ve written about 10 scripts already. I’ll direct my subsequent movie someday in March or April, its script is prepared.

“I’ve written extra tales and any of those might match Ayushmann, Rajkummar, Kartik and Varun. All 4 of them have proven curiosity in these concepts. These are totally different sorts of tales from hardcore comedy, satire, black comedy, to political drama,” he stated.

“Vicky Vidya…” is scheduled to be launched on October 11.