Badhaai Do humour not at the expense of LGBTQI community its a sensitive film Bhumi Pednekar
Mumbai Jan 27 PTI Actor Bhumi Pednekar says her upcoming comedy drama Badhaai Do talks about love and acceptance through a sensitive lens never using its humour against the LGBTQI community to mine cheap laughsThe film features Pednekar as a lesbian physical education teacher Sumi who gets into a marriage of convenience with actor Rajkummar Raos Shardul Thakur who the makers teased will be a gay policemanThe film is billed as a spiritual sequel to the National Award-winning 2018 hit Badhaai HoIn an interview with PTI Pednekar said she agreed to do the film half way through its narration as she saw the potential of the project to speak to a large audienceWhat really jumped out for me was that it is a big franchise which stands for speaking about things that usually make people uncomfortable but something that we need to accept and normaliseThere is a lot of humour in the film even in the narration I could not stop laughing But the humour is not degrading not there to titillate It is not at the expense of the communityThe actor whose credits include socially relevant films like Shubh Mangal Saavdhan Bala and Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare said Badhaai Do came to her without any dos and dontsPednekar said the team of the film– director Harshvardhan Kulkarni writers Suman Adhikary and Akshat Ghildia– were aware of telling an important story with maturityThere was a lot of sensitivity about the LGBTQI community which is something I really respected That came from the writing and the direction There was not a lot for me to be alert about which tells you about the maturity and the thinking that has gone behind the writingWhen I heard the narration it was done so well there was no reason for me to say We should not create a joke about the community You have to show the society the way it is because thats the only way we would be able to achieve the change we hope we do but there is no digging It is a very sensitive film she saidWith Sumi the 32-year-old actor said he found an opportunity to play a vulnerable character a departure from some of her strong willed roles in films like Saand Ki Aankh and DurgamatiHer character is of someone looking for love she is flawed brave and eventually finds the courage to be herself she addedSumi is genuinely inspirational What truly excited me as an actor was that I saw her vulnerabilities I have played a lot of strong willed women women who are out there to get it but thats not the case for everyone Everybody has their coming of age through experiences you find courage I saw her do that Pednekar said the film is ultimately a celebration of love accepting oneself and overcoming fearsIt is not easy One can easily say come out let people know who you are but it is a journey It is a film about your family accepting you for who you are about understanding that love at the end of the day is about two individuals irrespective of any kind of social conditioning we have gone through over the years she addedBacked by Junglee Pictures Badhaai Do is gearing to release on February 11 PTI JUR BK BK
Mumbai Jan 27 PTI Actor Bhumi Pednekar says her upcoming comedy drama Badhaai Do talks about love and acceptance through a sensitive lens never using its humour against the LGBTQI community to mine cheap laughsThe film features Pednekar as a lesbian physical education teacher Sumi who gets into a marriage of convenience with actor Rajkummar Raos Shardul Thakur who the makers teased will be a gay policemanThe film is billed as a spiritual sequel to the National Award-winning 2018 hit Badhaai HoIn an interview with PTI Pednekar said she agreed to do the film half way through its narration as she saw the potential of the project to speak to a large audienceWhat really jumped out for me was that it is a big franchise which stands for speaking about things that usually make people uncomfortable but something that we need to accept and normaliseThere is a lot of humour in the film even in the narration I could not stop laughing But the humour is not degrading not there to titillate It is not at the expense of the communityThe actor whose credits include socially relevant films like Shubh Mangal Saavdhan Bala and Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare said Badhaai Do came to her without any dos and dontsPednekar said the team of the film– director Harshvardhan Kulkarni writers Suman Adhikary and Akshat Ghildia– were aware of telling an important story with maturityThere was a lot of sensitivity about the LGBTQI community which is something I really respected That came from the writing and the direction There was not a lot for me to be alert about which tells you about the maturity and the thinking that has gone behind the writingWhen I heard the narration it was done so well there was no reason for me to say We should not create a joke about the community You have to show the society the way it is because thats the only way we would be able to achieve the change we hope we do but there is no digging It is a very sensitive film she saidWith Sumi the 32-year-old actor said he found an opportunity to play a vulnerable character a departure from some of her strong willed roles in films like Saand Ki Aankh and DurgamatiHer character is of someone looking for love she is flawed brave and eventually finds the courage to be herself she addedSumi is genuinely inspirational What truly excited me as an actor was that I saw her vulnerabilities I have played a lot of strong willed women women who are out there to get it but thats not the case for everyone Everybody has their coming of age through experiences you find courage I saw her do that Pednekar said the film is ultimately a celebration of love accepting oneself and overcoming fearsIt is not easy One can easily say come out let people know who you are but it is a journey It is a film about your family accepting you for who you are about understanding that love at the end of the day is about two individuals irrespective of any kind of social conditioning we have gone through over the years she addedBacked by Junglee Pictures Badhaai Do is gearing to release on February 11 PTI JUR BK BK
