RANBIR-DEEPIKA MISSED BEING 'PAIRED OPPOSITE' EACH OTHER .

                                      

 

POST YEH JAWANI HAI DEEWANI, IT COULD HAVE BEEN JIGARIYAA THAT COULD HAVE GOT EX-FLAMES RANBIR KAPOOR AND DEEPIKA PADUKONE TOGETHER, ONCE AGAIN ON THE SILVER SCREEN. HOWEVER, DIRECTOR RAJ PUROHIT (WHO EARLIER DIRECTED SIXTEEN) SIGNED UP FRESH FACES – HARSHVARDHAN DEO AND CHERRY MARDIA   FOR THE RAJU CHADHA AND VINOD BACHCHAN PRODUCTION VENTURE.

 “I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE RANBIR AND DEEPIKA AS THE LEAD COUPLE FOR MY FILM. BUT AS I PROGRESSED WITH THE SCRIPT I REALISED THAT I NEEDED INNOCENCE BETWEEN BOTH THE ACTORS. AND SUCH CHEMISTRY COULD HAVE BROUGHT ABOUT BY A FRESH PAIR AND NOT ESTABLISHED ACTORS,” EXPLAINS RAJ PUROHIT, WHO HAS EARLIER WORKED AS AN ASSISTANT WITH FILMMAKER VIDHU VINOD CHOPRA.

 CITING SANJAY LEELA BANSALI’S RAM LEELA EXAMPLE, THE DIRECTOR ELABORATES, “LOVE STORIES NEED INNOCENCE TO BE IMPACTFUL. SEE SANJAY LEELA BHANSALI’S RAM LEELA, IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL FILM, BUT SINCE THE LEAD PAIR (RANVEER SINGH AND DEEPIKA PADUKONE) WERE ESTABLISHED ACTORS, THE CHEMISTRY LACKED INNOCENCE. OR ELSE, THE FILM WOULD HAVE DONE WONDERS.”

 JIGARIYAA RELEASES ON OCTOBER 10 AND SOON AFTER THAT, PUROHIT WILL BEGIN THE CASTING OF HIS NEXT VENTURE, WHICH HE PLANS TO ROLL IN DECEMBER THIS YEAR.