Director Sujoy Ghosh, who is known for edgy thrillers like Kahaani (2012) and Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh (2016), is all set for his next outing, Badla. The film is a Hindi adaptation of the 2016 Spanish crime thriller, The Invisible Guest. It will bring Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu back together in lead roles, after their last successful outing in Pink (2016). While Big B plays a high-profile lawyer, Taapsee will be seen as a powerful business woman.
Talking about the film, the actress says, “Badla is whodunit murder mystery and I think that genre hasn’t been explored much in Bollywood. Most whodunits progress in a linear fashion but here, you have two people (Taapsee and Amitabh Bachchan) sitting across a table and discussing the same incident multiple times from different perspectives. There are various versions to the same incident and it’s about discovering which one is right, especially when no one is telling complete lies. What’s true and what isn’t… how do you find that? The audience will become the judge. The story is interestingly crafted and layered. You won’t even go for a loo break for the fear of missing out on a crucial scene.”
On his part, Sujoy is happy to work with Amitabh Bachchan once again. The filmmaker says, “I love working with sir. Every time I work with him, I learn something new. Making a film is such a long and arduous task that you need to be with people who you enjoy working with. They need to make you look forward to your work. In a way, he is the youngest member on the set.”
Badla, presented by Red Chillies Entertainment, in association with Azure Entertainment, co- produced by Gaurav Verma, and produced by Gauri Khan, Sunir Kheterpal and Akshai Puri, releases on March 8.
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