Fri. Mar 29th, 2024
vidyut Jamwal

Actor Vidyut Jammwal on ‘Junglee’, his first gangster drama, directed by Chuck Russel. the film is based on the family drama which revolves around a special bond between man and beast. Vidyut plays the role of a Vet in the film who stumbles upon an international poaching racket at his family elephant reserve. The film is produced by Junglee pictures. 2019 proves to be a busy year for Vidyut Jammwal with three films releasing within a span of eight months, the first being Junglee releasing on April 5.

“Poaching is one of the biggest social evils threatening the existence of animals across the world so it’s a fight for a cause,” said the leading actor for whom working with animals was an enriching experience.

“It is difficult as one has no idea how they will react to a particular situation. And you need to be real with your emotions because they feel you and hear you, is what I understood during the shoot. You need to have a clean heart to bond with them.”

Famous Hollywood director Chuck Russel marks his Bollywood debut with ‘Junglee’, Vidyut finds himself lucky to have got the opportunity to work with the director who is known for his Hollywood blockbusters like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s action-packed Eraser and the slasher fantasy A Nightmare on Elm ‘Street 3: Dream Warriors’.

Everyone is going West for films, but here an acclaimed director from Hollywood has placed his bets on me. Chuck launched Dwayne Johnson with The Scorpion King and he is currently the biggest movie star in the world. He also gave Jim Carrey his biggest break in The Mask. I’m hopeful that ‘Junglee’ will be the film for me. It is his dream project and in me, he saw the potential to break into this zone,” Vidyut added.

To get in sync with the animals he had to connect with the animals emotionally, hence the actor spent a lot of time elephant whisperers. “This particular relationship is built on understanding, you can’t command it. We have not made any films around animals in the last 25–30 years and thanks to ‘Junglee’ the audience will experience a different world. The thrill is similar to The Jungle Book but the treatment is different. It’s the kind of film that I wanted to see when growing up,” he smiles. The film will represent the Indian martial arts, Kalaripayattu, on an international platform for the first time. “The trailer will be out by mid-February.”

The shooting of the film is over and the film is in its post-production. “It’s a romantic gangster film and also features Shruti HaasanSonal Chauhan, and 50 theatre artists. I’d describe it as a mixture of The Godfather and Devdas,” Vidyut informs.

“A major chunk of the film has been shot in London and the team is now busy with the shoot in India,” he concluded.

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