MUMBAI: Anubhav Sinha to shoot his next in Lucknow

MUMBAI: Director Anubhav Sinha is all
geared up to shoot his fifth film in Lucknow by this year end. Dealing with
some hard-hitting subjects since he directed his award-winning film Mulk in
the state capital, Sinha has already shot Abhi to Party Shuru Hui Hai, Article-15
and Thappad here.

Not
revealing much about the subject, the UPite on his recent visit to the city
shares, “All I can tell as of now is that I’ll be shooting my next here in
November and December. Rest will be announced soon and as far as subject is
concerned, I want the film to do the talking.” He kept away from disclosing
other details like the title and the cast of the film.

Sinha
feels his subjects in 2.0 avatar will be based on common issues. “Caste divide,
secularism and patriarchy do exist in our society. And I am writing and making
films on the stories that are very much happening around us. The major
difference from my earlier films is that I am not shooting my favourite
slow-motion shots, love songs at foreign locations or action sequences. But
instead,I am enjoying the current pattern as its straight from the heart.”

The Ra.One
director has been keeping himself busy in the unlock phase. “After the song
Bambai Main Kya Ba (with Manoj Bajpai) I presented another Bhojpuri song
Ba Babuni but I then I realised that the audience’s want something
different…so I stopped. I wrote two scripts out of which I shot Anek (with
Ayushmann Khurrana) in the North-East and with the other one I am back in
Lucknow.”

Was
pandemic the reason to shift to North-East? “No, the film is set there and
couldn’t have been shot anywhere else. I have done four films in Lucknow yet
none was set here…one is story of Varanasi, another of Noida while other two
don’t have any named location. Even this one again is a universal story. My
biggest reason to come here is ease of shooting, the support I get,
compatibility with local team and of course the love of the people…it’s like
shooting on an auto-pilot mode.”

Abhi… was shot in 2018 but it’s still
unreleased. “I am a lover of big screen and I hope and pray by year-end we
start getting audience. I wanted to add some changes in the film which have
been incorporated so now one after another these films will release. Rest, in
pandemic no one knows what’s in store!”