Fri. Mar 29th, 2024
Image of hero changing in audience's mind, says Atul Kasbekar!

AnIndian photographer and a film producer, Atul Kasbekar says that the image of a hero is changing in audience’s mind. He is currently gearing up for his upcoming comedy-drama movie titled ‘Tumhari Sulu‘. The movie features Vidya Balan in the role of a late night Radio jockey in Mumbai, Manav Kaul as Vidya Balan’s husband and actress Neha Dhupia as Vidya’s Boss. The movie has been directed by Suresh Triveni and produced by Bhushan Kumar under the banners of T-Series and Ellipsis Entertainment.

The movie ‘Tumhari Sulu’ is based on the middle-aged housewife and on this Atul says that the image of a hero has been changed in the modern Indian cinema. Earlier, he produced the movie Neerja and that movie have achieved a great success. Now, his second movie ‘Tumhari Sulu’ will be focusing on the story of a woman, where the age representation of the protagonist is different.

When asked Atul that what made him take the creative leap? On this, Atul said that now in today’s time the image of a hero is changing in the audience’s mind. He says that whether it is a movie ‘Dangal’, where the actor Aamir Khan played the role of an overweighted, grey-haired old man or if you see Sonam Kapoor in the movie Neerja. Atul says that the definition of a hero is not just about beating up the people to prove heroism and he feels that such type of things happens in the earlier cinema.

Now, the definition of the heroism has been changed, winning a larger than life situations in the reality by someone in a realistic way is praised as a heroism now. In his upcoming movie ‘Tumhari Sulu’, Vidya Balan is portraying the role of an ordinary woman and she has an enthusiasm for seeking far more than the life. In the movie, the audience will see that how she will handle the situation with the honesty and that is what made her a hero in the movie.

The movie is all set to release on this Friday. The movie will be offering an old charm in the love story of a husband and wife. The main idea behind a making a movie like ‘Tumhari Sulu’ is that the makers want to tell the story to the audience which is so fresh and relatable and at the same time the movie will show the central character of the story in which the hearo is sitting next to them and they often fail to notice. He says as the production company even they want to experience and explore the genres that have not been explored soo well before.

He says that the movie is made upon the slice of life and has an old world charm that the audience usually gets to see in the Hrishikesh Mukerjee’s movie. He feels that it’s been a long time now that such movies did not happen in Bollywood. When the actress Vidya Balan gone to them along with Suresh Triveni and as they heard the script of the movie they immediately decided to took up the project.

Atul Kasbekar started his career in the year 1991. He is very well known for the glamorous photo shoot which he did for the Kingfisher calendar from its inception in 2003. Besides this, he even photographed some of the top models and even some of the Bollywood heroines.

When asked the producer that does he has given any suggestions for the better visuals in his film production since he is having a very strong visual sense. He says that as a producer he told his director that he should be open to everyone’s suggestion but he feels that at the end of the day, the movie is his vision and he is the best judge to imply on it.

Atul says that on the sets of the movie, a suggestion of a tea boy can be taken and the studio head’s suggestion is not forced on the director. They are having an aim that they should facilitate the creative idea and he feels that they are there to give the director a wing to fly. The main aim is to see the change in the cinema and for that, it is very important.

He says that with his 25 years of his career as a still photographer, people are having some respect for him. He feels that another important thing is that after earning a goodwill from the industry he does not want to interfere in somebody’s work. However, he can suggest things if and when needed and that is when you get the respect and the suggestions are valued.