Vishal Bhardwaj opens up on facing issues in raising money for films!

Vishal Bhardwaj is a talented filmmaker from Bollywood. Over the years, he has worked on a number of groundbreaking films, such as Satya and Omkara. He actually collaborates with the talented Tabu on a number of films, including Khufiya, Haider, Maachis, and Maqbool. In a recent interview, the director talked about their recent collaboration and recognized that, unlike Rohit Shetty, another director, having someone as 'prolific' as Tabu doesn't ensure the movie will have a high budget.

The acclaimed director Vishal Bhardwaj was recently questioned in an interview with a newspaper about if it was difficult for him to raise money for Khufiya despite having a star performer like Tabu. The director retorted that not everyone could manage big budgets like Rohit Shetty could.

He was quoted saying, “It is the reality of the market. If I want a budget like a Rohit Shetty movie, then I must deliver a hit like him. This is something we artists should accept. We all have our limitations, even Rohit Shetty. He can't make a film like Christopher Nolan."

The fact that Vishal Bhardwaj is making his feature debut once more with Khufiya after a five-year break is noteworthy. Upon being questioned about the protracted break, he revealed that he started writing Khufiya in 2016 and finished the first draft in 2018. “At the time, it had a male protagonist. I wanted to work with Irrfan, who was unwell. After he passed away, I thought of changing the gender and making the film with Tabu as the protagonist. The budget I required for this wasn't available for any female star. But Netflix gave me the confidence to make the movie that I wanted to make,” told the director.

Vishal Bhardwaj also disclosed information about his ongoing projects. He revealed that he "worked intensely for over a year on that," when speaking about his most recent movie, Pataakha, which was released in 2018. However, it was stopped before he could begin shooting. Radhika Madan and Sanya Malhotra starred in the Midnight's Children (1981) adaption by Salman Rushdie.

He also revealed that he was developing a series for Prime Video based on IC 814, the December 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814. However, the OTT platform "developed cold feet" after the uproar surrounding Saif Ali Khan's Tandav series, which was accused of hurting religious sensitivities.