His upcoming Bollywood production "Naam Shabana"
has been promoted widely as a "spin-off" of his engaging and gripping
2015 directorial "Baby". But filmmaker Neeraj Pandey firmly believes
such "fancy words" don't translate to impressive footfalls if content
lacks quality.
"If it's a good film, with a good script and
performances, and it's executed well, everything works. It's not about whether
a spin-off will work or not, or a sequel will work or not. Most importantly, it
is whether a film will work or not," Pandey said.
"Nobody is going to go and see 'Naam Shabana' because
of fancy words... Audiences make up their minds with the trailer, the cast, and
how it looks, and the product has to fall in line as a good film," added
the taciturn writer-filmmaker.
"Baby", with an ensemble cast of such reputed
actors as Akshay Kumar, Danny Denzongpa, Rana Daggubati, Kay Kay Menon and
Sushant Singh, and a dash of girl power with Taapsee Pannu's presence,
told a compelling tale of a counter-intelligence unit out to disrupt a
terrorist mastermind ready to strike India.
Taking a leaf out of the movie, "Naam Shabana"
looks into the back story of Taapsee's Shabana. And if the trailer is anything
to go by, the actress who has come into her own with "Pink" has upped
the ante as far as heroines playing the hero on screen in Hindi films is
concerned.
"She is really good in the movie," told Pandey,
who rarely blows his own trumpet despite having a repertoire of films like
"A Wednesday", "Special 26", "Baby" and
"M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story".
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