Kokata's politically turbulent justifies 'Gunday' characters, says Zafar
Mar 5, 2013 IANS"It's quite a politically turbulent city and once you see the film you will understand why these characters take birth in Kolkata and go on their journey, " Zafar said at a media conference here Tuesday.
The director is in the city to shoot "Gunday", an action-drama cum romance starring Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra in lead roles, set in in the eastern metropolis.
"The film is set between 1971 to 1988, in Kolkata. I believe that every story needs a soil and that every story has a certain political, social requirement.
And the story we are making required certain kind of set up and Kolkata is the place I decided to set the film in," said Zafar.
"Gunday" produced by Aditya Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner, is a story of two thieves Bickram (Ranveer Singh) and Bala (Arjun Kapoor) who later enter the mafia.
"It is a fictional story but it is based on lot of real events that happened between 1971 and 1988. It is a story of Bikram and Bala who start from being small-time wagon breakers and how with time they become black marketing mafias. While writing the script I very consciously took a decision to base it in Kolkata," said Zafar about the film slated for a release later this year.
According to Zafar, although "Gunday" is set in Kolkata and the characters are Bengali, sticking to Hindi was a conscious decision.
"It is set in Kolkata but its soul raises a question for the whole of the country.
"If you try to push the language too much and if you are not too comfortable, it sounds a bit of mockery and sounds a little superficial and I don't want to do that. And very consciously we took a decision to stick to one language and that is Hindi," said Zafar, who termed the city fascinating.
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