Intimacy is not easy Shakun Batra created safe environment for us to shoot Deepika Padukone
Mumbai Jan 20 PTI Bollywood star Deepika Padukone on Thursday said on screen intimacy is not an easy task and she credited filmmaker Shakun Batra for creating a safe environment on the sets of her latest movie GehraiyaanBilled as a drama about complex modern relationships Gehraiyaan also features Siddhant Chaturvedi Ananya Panday and Dhairya KarwaAt the films virtual trailer event Padukone was all in praise of Batra for creating a safe and secure environment especially for the films intimate scenesShakun gave me and all of us the comfort you feel safe and secure because intimacy is not easy It is not something that we ever experienced or explored in Indian cinema before in a way we have in this filmSo to go down that route of intimacy and vulnerability is possible when you know the director is not doing it for eyeballs Because that is where the characters are coming from their experience and journey It is possible when you feel safe and secure in the environment Padukone told reportersIn a first for a major Bollywood movie the films makers have roped in filmmaker Dar Gai to serve as the intimacy directorThe 36-year-old actor said Gehraiyaan is a raw film and she had to dig deep into her real-life experiences to play the role of AlishaI want to say bold but I also dont want to say bold because the way we understood bold in our films I would say raw This character is a lot more raw and real than some of the other characters just emotionally completely stripped naked vulnerable and to be able to do it on screen it had to come from a deep placeIt is not to say that I havent experienced that before but to this extent I had to really dig places and visit places that arent pleasant experiences from my own life as well as dealing with mental health issues So all of that put together it came from a deep place she addedAsked how he decided to rope in Dar Gai as the films intimacy director Batra said he believes intimacy is a very specialised field and needs a specialist to supervise just like in choreography and actionYou have to create an environment where actors feel confident where you have thought everything and done prep as much as you do for a song or action sequence The Kapoor and Sons filmmaker said he had read how intimacy directors form an important part in the making of the film in the WestThere is a procedureI thought we should adapt those things My attempt was to design a system where everyone is comfortable In this entire film whenever we had a crew like a cameraman we wanted to understand their outlook towards intimacy Batra saidWe were treating intimacy like a story and we want to see it like a character So the prep and the detailing was required It was important we have an intimacy director And Dar Gai has contributed a lot to the film It is important to give her the same respect as we give to all HODs he added Praising Padukone Batra said he was amazed to see the hunger and dedication the Bollywood star had towards the filmFor me it was amazing to see her at this stage of career trying to do characters that are so challenging I cant see this film without her cant see this film with anybody else I am thankful that we did itGehraiyaan also starring Nasseruddin Shah and Rajat Kapur Produced by Karan Johars Dharma Productions the film will release on streaming service Prime Video on February 11 PTI KKP RB RB
Mumbai Jan 20 PTI Bollywood star Deepika Padukone on Thursday said on screen intimacy is not an easy task and she credited filmmaker Shakun Batra for creating a safe environment on the sets of her latest movie GehraiyaanBilled as a drama about complex modern relationships Gehraiyaan also features Siddhant Chaturvedi Ananya Panday and Dhairya KarwaAt the films virtual trailer event Padukone was all in praise of Batra for creating a safe and secure environment especially for the films intimate scenesShakun gave me and all of us the comfort you feel safe and secure because intimacy is not easy It is not something that we ever experienced or explored in Indian cinema before in a way we have in this filmSo to go down that route of intimacy and vulnerability is possible when you know the director is not doing it for eyeballs Because that is where the characters are coming from their experience and journey It is possible when you feel safe and secure in the environment Padukone told reportersIn a first for a major Bollywood movie the films makers have roped in filmmaker Dar Gai to serve as the intimacy directorThe 36-year-old actor said Gehraiyaan is a raw film and she had to dig deep into her real-life experiences to play the role of AlishaI want to say bold but I also dont want to say bold because the way we understood bold in our films I would say raw This character is a lot more raw and real than some of the other characters just emotionally completely stripped naked vulnerable and to be able to do it on screen it had to come from a deep placeIt is not to say that I havent experienced that before but to this extent I had to really dig places and visit places that arent pleasant experiences from my own life as well as dealing with mental health issues So all of that put together it came from a deep place she addedAsked how he decided to rope in Dar Gai as the films intimacy director Batra said he believes intimacy is a very specialised field and needs a specialist to supervise just like in choreography and actionYou have to create an environment where actors feel confident where you have thought everything and done prep as much as you do for a song or action sequence The Kapoor and Sons filmmaker said he had read how intimacy directors form an important part in the making of the film in the WestThere is a procedureI thought we should adapt those things My attempt was to design a system where everyone is comfortable In this entire film whenever we had a crew like a cameraman we wanted to understand their outlook towards intimacy Batra saidWe were treating intimacy like a story and we want to see it like a character So the prep and the detailing was required It was important we have an intimacy director And Dar Gai has contributed a lot to the film It is important to give her the same respect as we give to all HODs he added Praising Padukone Batra said he was amazed to see the hunger and dedication the Bollywood star had towards the filmFor me it was amazing to see her at this stage of career trying to do characters that are so challenging I cant see this film without her cant see this film with anybody else I am thankful that we did itGehraiyaan also starring Nasseruddin Shah and Rajat Kapur Produced by Karan Johars Dharma Productions the film will release on streaming service Prime Video on February 11 PTI KKP RB RB
