6 years of Piku: How Irrfan, Amitabh Bachchan, and Deepika Padukone improvised the interval ‘knife’ drop scene
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Shubham Dwivedi 165939 reads Mumbai Published: May 8, 2021 01:37 am 6 years of Piku: How Irrfan, Amitabh Bachchan, and Deepika Padukone improvised the interval ‘knife’ drop scene
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The slow-burning classic Piku, which opened a horizon of nuanced storytelling in Hindi cinema has completed 6 years of release. The wonderful due of director Shoojit Sircar and writer Juhi Chaturvedi came together for the second time after Vicky Donor and got this ensemble cast of huge movie stars to be a part of the little sweet film with a heart. Deepika, Irrfan, and Amitabh Bachchan were all working together for the first time. Irrfan has mentione
The film was directed by Shoojit Sircar and had Ayushmann playing a sperm donor
New Delhi: Celebrating nine years of the hit Bollywood film ‘Vicky Donor’, actor Ayushmann Khurrana on Tuesday (April 20) revealed how he felt about playing an unconventional hero in his debut movie.
Revealing that he was very jittery about the reaction audiences would have towards him as the film’s lead, Ayushmann said, It s been 9 years but it definitely seems like it happened yesterday. I can still feel the rush I felt on release day, nine years back. I was confident of the script but very jittery about the response that I would get from audiences as a lead actor.
Vicky Donor turns 9
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Vicky Donor opened on this day nine years ago, and the actor still feels the rush he did on the day of release.
“It’s been nine years but it definitely seems like it happened yesterday. I can still feel the rush I felt on release day nine years back. I was confident of the script but very jittery about the response I would get from the audience as a lead actor,” Ayushmann said.
He added, “I remember all the phone calls with my family and friends, how they kept telling me that audiences would welcome me because I had put in my best. I was an outsider just starting to write my own destiny and I was thrilled with the prospect of what life had in store for me. I owe so much to Vicky Donor.”
9 years of Vicky Donor: Shoojit Sircar and Juhi Chaturvedi established the Ayushmann era and new age Bollywood
Ayushmann Khurana and Yami Gautam starrer Vicky Donor celebrate 9 years of theatrical release. Here’s how director Shoojit Sircar and writer Juhi Chaturvedi began an era of Ayushmann and unsanitized Hindi films. Written By
Shubham Dwivedi 6401 reads Mumbai Published: April 20, 2021 03:59 am 9 years of Vicky Donor: Shoojit Sircar and Juhi Chaturvedi established the Ayushmann era and new age Bollywood
Vicky Donor was released in 2012 and it marked Ayushmann Khurana’s and Yami Gautam’s debut in Hindi films. A film about a young Punjabi sperm donor Vicky (Ayushmann) whose abilities are encashed by Dr. Baldev Chaddha (Annu Kapoor) till he falls in love with a Bengali bank worker Ashima (Yami) and bears the consequences of his actions. It was one of the most groundbreaking narratives thematically to have come out of a
April 20, 2021
Ayushmann Khurrana On Vicky Donor Turning 9: “It Definitely Seems Like It Happened Yesterday” (Photo Credit: Instagram/Ayushmann & IMDb)
Ayushmann Khurrana’s debut film “Vicky Donor” opened on this day nine years ago, and the actor still feels the rush he did on the day of release.
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“It’s been nine years but it definitely seems like it happened yesterday. I can still feel the rush I felt on release day nine years back. I was confident of the script but very jittery about the response I would get from the audience as a lead actor,” Ayushmann said.
Ayushmann Khurrana added: “I remember all the phone calls with my family and friends, how they kept telling me that audiences would welcome me because I had put in my best. I was an outsider just starting to write my own destiny and I was thrilled with the prospect of what life had in store for me. I owe so much to Vicky Donor.”