Anand L. Rai: ‘I Will Cast Only Those Actors Whom I Want’

After a huge success of his recent release Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Anand L. Rai, has stated that that for him, the story of the film is the real hero, and not the actor. He said, “My story takes me to the actors and I feel there is no bigger struggler than me…. If I make up my mind, I will take time but I will cast only those actors whom I want”.

The Raanjhanaa director continued, “I don’t make stories because of actors. I don’t cast actors and then write the story. My story has to be the hero all the time”. He added, “As a director, I don’t take too much of pressure. I feel your job is to tell the story to the audience with honesty. My audience should have fun, that’s my concern”.

Praising the Queen star, the director said, “Kangana is very hard working. She works a lot and took her time to get the dialect right for her Haryanvi character. After ‘Queen’, there is some kind of a hunger inside her to prove herself and she gave her 100 per cent for this film (‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’)”.