Writer Niren Bhatt fields the most controversial questions about the anthology, Ray
âHow to adapt and how much of the original to retain and in which way.
itâs all prerogative of the writer,â he says
Niren Bhatt, the writer of films like Bala and Made in China and the hugely popular show, Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, and also the Amar Kaushik-directed upcoming horror comedy Bhediya, starring Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon, is presently in news for his two shorts in the Netflix anthology, Ray â Abhishek Chaubeyâs Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa and Vasan Balaâs Spotlight â both adaptations of short stories written by Satyajit Ray. While Hungama. is based on Barin Bhowmickâs Ailment, Spotlight retains its original title. Chaubeyâs segment stars Manoj Bajpayee as Musafir Ali, a ghazal singer modelled on the legendary Ghulam Ali and Gajraj Rao as Aslam, a former wrestler. In Balaâs portion, Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor essays the role of a film star
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Hungama Hai Kyon Barpa, based on Ray’s short story
Barin Bhowmick’s Ailment, has escaped the mostly withering response accorded to the other three episodes.
Chaubey’s film, written by Niren Bhatt, revolves around a ghazal singer in the habit of swiping objects from other people. Musafir Ali isn’t a thief but a kleptomaniac, a condition he has been cured of but is forced to confront when he meets one of his old marks during a train journey.
Although former wrestler Aslam Baig can’t place Musafir, he remembers the disappearance of his watch all too well. Musafir spends the train ride in agony until he decides to return the timepiece.
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Highlights
The movie will be available for streaming from June 25 on Netflix.
New Delhi: Netflix released the official trailer of its upcoming series ‘Ray’ on Tuesday. It is an amalgamation of the modern retelling of four classics.
From having a combination of satire to a psychological thriller, these short stories have everything and are from the most celebrated writer of all times Satyajit Ray.
The series has some of the most prominent faces which include Manoj Bajpayee, Harshvarrdhan Kapoor, Gajraj Rao, Ali Fazal, Shweta Basu Prasad, Anindita Bose, and Kay Kay Menon to name a few.
It also has Bidita Bag, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Radhika Madan, Chandan Roy Sanyal, and Akansha Ranjan Kapoor, among others.