India Lockdown: Director Madhur Bhandarkar s new film brings to life tales from COVID-19 lockdown
Here, the filmmaker opens up about the film, and more.
With critically-acclaimed films like Page 3, Fashion, Traffic Signal, Heroine, Indu Sarkar, and more, multiple National Awards-winning filmmaker, Madhur Bhandarkarâs movies have always been steeped in reality. Be it capturing the heady world of modelling and film industry in Fashion and Heroine respectively, or using the 1975 Emergency as the backdrop to churn out a political thriller like Indu Sarkar, Madhur has always managed to bring to celluloid real-life happenings.
And, now, he has started shooting for his another slice-of-life film titled India Lockdown. As the name suggests, the movie is premised around the coronavirus-induced lockdown, and how it affected people from different walks of life.
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National Award-winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar has put together a talented cast including names like Prateik Babbar, Sai Tamhankar, Shweta Basu Prasad, Prakash Belawadi, Aahana Kumra, Zarin Shihab, and Ayeesha Aimen for his new film
India Lockdown, which he announced towards the end of 2020.
Bhandarkar is looking forward to working with this melange of actors who have made their own space in the world of entertainment, with their unique choice of content and their acting acumen. If the buzz is to be believed, the filmmaker is also set to try out a storytelling format that is different from his usual style.