00:00Do you want to know that you are getting a visual flicker, what are the reasons about it?
00:08Actually, the one very big reason was Siddharth Anand.
00:12He is a producer of the film.
00:14And because of that, when they called me that there is a picture that they want me to do,
00:22I immediately jumped.
00:24My old friends are also.
00:26And he is a good rapper.
00:28Also, I look up to him as a big filmmaker.
00:30He is a very big movie maker.
00:32He is his world.
00:34And I really like this genre.
00:37My first picture was Prince in this world.
00:40So, I feel that I am very comfortable with this world.
00:45So, when Siddharth Anand Mamta got the phone, I immediately said yes.
00:51Sir, just after Prince's story, looking back, do you feel Prince was misunderstood genius or just ahead of its timing the way the audience didn't took it back?
01:03Those are very amazing, lovely words.
01:06But I think that every picture will work if it is good.
01:13Maybe the timing was a bit too early.
01:15But at the same time, I would say every picture comes a time.
01:21In fact, people, it has almost become a cult.
01:24The kind of feedback I am getting today about Prince.
01:28And the amount of messages I keep getting.
01:33And I think my music is still tracking and trending.
01:40So, somewhere I feel that maybe I also should have made something that was for the times actually.
01:48But maybe we thought ahead.
01:51Which is not a bad thing.
01:53There is a little late appreciation but it has come.
01:56So, I am very happy.
01:57I think that the box office is definitely a correct teller.
02:01If the picture works, it is a good thing.
02:06Sometimes, in the case of Prince, it picks up much later maybe.
02:12But yeah, it is good.
02:14Joel Thief also talked about.
02:15So, Money Heist has made a lot of films on Money Heist.
02:18So, how does this film give a lot of life?
02:21What is going on?
02:23This is actually on a diamond heist.
02:26His name is Red Sun.
02:28It is an African diamond.
02:29It is on his heist.
02:31I think a lot of time, a lot of time has come in India.
02:35And the best part is that the actors, Saif Ali Khan,
02:41Jaidi Palawat, Kunal Kapoor, Nikita Dutta.
02:45This actor's mission is just amazing.
02:48Saif, of course, being this cool character,
02:51he is the OG Saif.
02:54I think in this film, you will see him.
02:57You will have a big surprise with Jaidi Palawat.
03:01I don't think that in this look or in this feel,
03:04one has seen Jaidi.
03:06Which is amazing.
03:07Similarly, even for Nikita and Kunal.
03:10Kunal is in a very amazing avatar.
03:13As a cop.
03:14Which is amazing.
03:15And Nikita also away from her comfort zone.
03:19Sir, usually we see that if a maker makes a stylish film,
03:24or if a filmmaker makes a stylish film,
03:27then there will be a story line.
03:29So, what do you think?
03:30No.
03:31Because the audience is fast-paced,
03:35but in fast-paced,
03:37there will be a story line.
03:40How do you think?
03:41No.
03:42No.
03:43It can happen.
03:44But thankfully,
03:45our film is not.
03:46Our story is a big bedrock in this picture.
03:50If you see it, you will understand.
03:52I think,
03:53at the end of the day,
03:55people love entertainment.
03:57So,
03:58our
03:59try is to
04:01with a great story line,
04:03and if we can put in a bigger,
04:05big scale film,
04:07a heist film,
04:08a heist film.
04:09So,
04:10I think,
04:11it is a spectacle for the audience.
04:13And,
04:14if you miss the storyline in a heist film,
04:17then,
04:18you will not see the man's judgment.
04:20So,
04:21I think,
04:22that is the story.
04:23The story is fantastic.
04:25Jules Thief's story is very good.
04:27It's very fast.
04:29Youth,
04:30and in fact,
04:31everybody will connect to it very well.
04:33Sir,
04:34the industry called you a dark horse,
04:36because they don't know how to categorize your style.
04:39Because they still understand it.
04:41What do you think?
04:45Yeah,
04:46I mean,
04:47what is it?
04:48Sometimes,
04:49because I have not,
04:50I have not picked a particular genre as a director,
04:55and I have explored different genres.
04:57I have also done Prince,
04:59Big Bull,
05:00Dhoka,
05:01Visfort,
05:02Abdul Thief.
05:03So,
05:04every film,
05:05has its own story,
05:06and its own style.
05:08So,
05:09maybe for that reason,
05:10because,
05:11in our industry,
05:12categorize,
05:13that,
05:14if it is a thriller,
05:15then,
05:16it will only be a thriller.
05:17So,
05:18I think,
05:19I have tried to break that part.
05:20I go for the script.
05:22I like the script.
05:23The story,
05:24I choose that kind of script.
05:28So,
05:29Dark Horse,
05:30I don't know about that.
05:32But,
05:33yeah,
05:34I think,
05:35I think,
05:36my time has come.
05:38Do you think the story or creative baby,
05:42or are you executing someone else's vision with that?
05:45No.
05:46I am definitely,
05:48for me,
05:49the northern star,
05:51guiding light,
05:52is Siddharth Anand.
05:54His story is Siddharth Anand.
05:56This is his story.
05:57He has visualized it,
05:59or he has written it.
06:01But,
06:02of course,
06:03after a point,
06:04when a writer,
06:05director,
06:06producer,
06:07one other director,
06:08one other director,
06:09then,
06:10obviously,
06:11he wants him,
06:12to make it his own.
06:14Which I have tried to do.
06:15I have tried to do.
06:16When I came to this picture,
06:19I had a shoot.
06:21There was another director.
06:23And,
06:24when I came on board,
06:25I spoke with Siddharth Siddharth,
06:27a long story about the film.
06:29We have re-write,
06:30we have re-shoot.
06:31And,
06:32I tried to make it my own.
06:35So,
06:36I gave it a flavor.
06:38And,
06:39I tried to make it my own.
06:41Despite being praised for your bold ideas,
06:44why have we seen your directorial output
06:47been so infrequent over the years?
06:50Actually,
06:51the question is a little different.
06:55I have actually done 4 films in 5 years.
06:57So,
06:58I have done 4 films in 5 years.
06:59I have done 4 films in 5 years.
07:01So,
07:02I have done 4 films in 5 years.
07:06I have done 4 films in 5 years.
07:08So,
07:09in 2020,
07:10my big bull was released.
07:11Then,
07:12in 2022,
07:14my Dhoka was released.
07:16In 2024,
07:18I have released Wisfort
07:19and in 2025,
07:20I have released Jewel Thief.
07:22So it's been 4 films in 5 years. I think I've been pretty blessed.
07:26A big gap came after Prince.
07:29So Prince and Big Bull was a big gap.
07:3510 years, almost 9 years.
07:37But before that, I also worked as creative director in Total Dhamal.
07:41So somewhere I took a break from direction after Prince for about 4-5 years.
07:47And then I started writing stories.
07:50And I thought that this time is good for me to come back.
07:54I came back a little more grown up and a little more aware.
07:59Sir, do you think your brand of storytelling is to edgy or cynical for the average of Bollywood audience?
08:06I mean, I think edgy is a very good word.
08:13If a film is edgy, it's good.
08:16I think every picture, there is an audience for that film.
08:22So I try to stay true to the script.
08:25I try to hold that as close to the script.
08:30Of course, I want to make it big and grand and successful.
08:43But not just to make it big and grand and successful, I don't think I'll compromise with the script.
08:50So I try to be honest with the script as I can.
09:03Sir, do you think that big stars' creative freedom or working with them is necessary even in body mode?
09:09Big stars is definitely positive.
09:15If we reach there, it's very good.
09:17If a big star wants to work with me, of course, I'll be extremely happy.
09:22Because they do bring a certain visibility to the project.
09:28They do bring a certain viability to the project.
09:32And I think it is amazing.
09:35But at the same time, you have movies like Lapata Ladies, which didn't have any big star.
09:42In fact, nobody known.
09:44And just turned out to be absolutely amazing.
09:46So I think there's a good combination of both.
09:49Thankfully, our audience has become very smart.
09:53They like good content.
09:55Content is very important.
09:56So if there's a very good content with a very big star,
10:00that kind of a mix, then there's nothing stopping you.
10:04Sir, you have jumped from sci-fi readers to dramas.
10:08Is this versatility or a sign of searching for your signatures?
10:16No, it's versatility.
10:18I think, as I said before, I want to explore a different genre.
10:25I don't think, I think, if you can see all my pictures,
10:30there is a certain signature of mine.
10:32People who know me know that, yeah, this is shot by a cookie.
10:37You know, so I have my certain signature in it.
10:40But as I said, I don't want to take over the script.
10:43I want to go and add into it.
10:46So I want to get into it.
10:48I think versatility is, not many people have it.
10:51And I think I do.
10:53So I would definitely, I love to tell different stories.
10:56I think, a combination of both.
11:08Having big names attached to it, as I said, adds so much to it.
11:16Having, my faith when, actually was when Siddharth Anand called me.
11:23So him having faith in me in the first place was a big one.
11:27The story then came next.
11:29And then when I heard the story.
11:31And I know that there is Jaidi Palawat.
11:34There is Saif Ali Khan.
11:35There is Nikita Datta.
11:36And Kunal in it.
11:38You know, and Kulbushan Ji.
11:39And such amazing actors.
11:41Toh, this is the song.
11:43So I think it all fell in place.
11:45And I must give credit to all of it together.
11:48You know, with a great score story.
11:50With big, big names as well.
11:52You know, it's a very original story.
12:13And this is not dark at all, actually.
12:16It's a, it's a heist film.
12:18It's very bright, you will see.
12:21It's a pure popcorn commercial film.
12:24So it's not dark at all.
12:26It is not, doesn't give you, it has a tinge of darkness.
12:29Because there is a villain in the film.
12:31Toh, obviously there is a dark hint towards, with his character in it.
12:35But as a film, it's fun.
12:37It's very pacey.
12:38And it's very big.
12:40Sir, about locations.
12:42Toh, where did you shoot?
12:43Because it's Siddharth Anand's film.
12:45And you are directing.
12:46So the location is also very good.
12:48They are looking for different different locations.
12:50Yes.
12:51There are some locations in Budapest, Istanbul, India.
12:56There are also some locations in India.
12:58So a big, big mix of everything.
13:00What about the music?
13:02What about the music?
13:03Because you remember the music scene.
13:05What about the music scene?
13:06So what about the music scene?
13:08What about the music scene?
13:09We have four songs in this picture.
13:11One song has already released, Jadu.
13:14Which is a promotional track.
13:16Which is done by Of and Savera.
13:19They have made a song.
13:21Raghav Chaitani has sung.
13:23I think Sid and me.
13:26First Sid, I mean his music, Siddharth Anand.
13:29His music is always unbelievable.
13:33I also got to learn a lot from him.
13:37Thankfully, I also have a decent year in music.
13:40So I think our combination is a good one.
13:42When I joined the film, in fact, the songs were low.
13:46So because I come from a background of music and I love music,
13:51I have actually made it four songs.
13:53Today, there is a four songs album.
13:55There is a romantic track.
13:57There is a track that is on Jewel Thief.
14:01And there is a title track.
14:04Sir, when you talk about Saif Ali Khan,
14:08did you shoot him after that?
14:12No.
14:13After that, our shooting by that time was done.
14:16But he came for dubbing and everything.
14:18So dub and all that he did.
14:20And of course, now he is doing promotions.
14:23Last year, sir.
14:24What about you?
14:26My upcoming projects, hopefully,
14:29I am in talks with Marflix themselves,
14:33with Mamta Anand.
14:35And a couple of things are going on.
14:37But I would like that
14:38that Jewel Thief will release.
14:39And after that,
14:41I try and mount something big this time.
14:44So I also want to do something large and big in big scale.
14:47So hopefully, after Jewel Thief,
14:49I will get that opportunity.
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