Reema Kagti on ‘Mr Chaloo’ & ‘Gold’

Reema Kagti’s last film was ‘Talaash’ (2o12) starring Aamir Khan, and the director has now now initiated work on her next two films: ‘Mr Chaloo’ and ‘Gold’.  Since Saif Ali Khan decided not to do ‘Mr Chaloo’, the filmmaker was on the hunt for a replacement and simultaneously then started ‘Gold’

According to DNA India, she is not discouraged, and stated, “Casting changes are an inevitable part of the filmmaking process. One can’t be bogged down by such problems.”

Not allowing the delay of one film get her down, Kagti moved on to working on the Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Gold’, based on India’s hockey win in the 1948 Olympics, after which she will resume work on ‘Mr Chaloo’.

Kagti commented,  “I was sitting doing nothing when ‘Mr Chaloo’ got delayed. In fact, we have found a leading man for the project and I will be making the film after ‘Gold’. I am also writing Zoya Akhtar’s next film which she directs soon… Apart from ‘Luck By Chance’, which she wrote on her own, I’ve been a part of all her films so far, as she has been a part of mine. She has been a huge creative support in putting together ‘Gold’.”

Speaking about ‘Gold’ the director added,  “I’ve always been interested in great sports films. And I wanted to direct one. It wasn’t until my friend, lyricist-writer Ankur Tewari shared the idea of a film on a historic hockey match that India played at the 1948 Olympics and brought home India’s first gold medal, that I finally got down to doing my own film.”

The director is very pleased to have Kumar as the lead actor, “It is a dream casting. I couldn’t have hoped for a better lead actor. In fact, my earlier two films worked because of the brilliant actors I got.”

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