'We Did Exactly What We Did With Akshay In Airlift', Says Director Nikkhil Advani On Roping In Saif Ali Khan For 'Baazaar'

It’s a known fact that filmmaker Nikkhil Advani’s upcoming movie ‘Baazaar’ will star Saif Ali Khan in the lead role. Said to be a suspense thriller, the film is expected to release by December. Recently, the Airlift maker touched upon his entertainment company Emmay Entertainment, which is producing the flick along with KYTA Productions. Nikkhil shared his views on the importance of digital platform in the making of our country.

“Mainstream filmmakers are taking the next step. As a production company we are agnostic to genres, we have made films like Katti Batti, Lucknow Central, and we are making Bazaar. We don’t belong to a camp or we are not a camp per say. We don’t work with one set of actors, we are working with all sorts of actors”, Nikkhil stated.

“We also want to be agnostic in terms of format, we are making feature films, we did POW for Star, we want to work on the internet, like most filmmakers we are also in talks with Amazon and Netflix, but in this case, it is not a show on Netflix or Amazon, it is a show Vir and I are developing. We are making the show first and then decide on which platform we want to show it”, the D-Day director added.

Nikkhil also revealed how he managed to bring Saif on board for ‘Baazaar’. “I gave him the script, he read the script, Bazaar has a lot to do with Saif and how he has worked with Gaurav and the other two writers. We did exactly what we did with Akshay in Airlift. I asked Saif to take time out and sit with the writer, the director, this was also because me and Saif haven’t worked together, nor have Gaurav and Saif, so it was important to create the level of comfort”, he said.

On a related note, the action-drama is being directed by Gaurav K Chawla, who has acted in Akshay Kumar’s ‘Chandni Chowk to China’ (2009).

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Source: media2.intoday.in