Knots And Crosses

Sahi has her protagonists,a newly married couple,fighting all the way,and that too in the picturesque locales of Himachal Pradesh. “We have landed on the moon,and made brilliant technological advances but we still can’t seem to find the answer to the fights between a husband and wife,” she says. So,Tere Mere Phere,a road movie that releases later this month,highlights the little wars that start as soon as the wedding is over.

“If only men and women understood their basic and biological differences,they might manage to live in peace,” she says. Among the more happily married couples in the Mumbai film industry,Sahi and Mehta swear by the power of “giving each other space”. “We also respect the fact that the other person is different in many ways,” she adds.

Tere Mere Phere stars Riya Sen,Vinay Pathak,Jagrat Desai and Sasha Goradia and keeping stars at bay was a conscious decision. “With stars,a film fails to remain your own,” she says. The film has produced a love child,Open Door Films,a production house that will market,promote and distribute indie films across India. “After making Tere Mere Phere on a tight budget,we realised that first time directors like me,with small-to-medium sized budgets,desperately need an organisation like this in India,” says Sahi. This venture,too,is in association with her husband and Jalota. This time,Mehta is ready with the statistics — 50 per cent of Hindi films hardly reach the audience,he says.

Mehta,whose own film Rang Rasiya will release in November,says that the couple is also excited about another project. “The blockbuster Sholay is being converted into the 3D format at our Maya Digital Studios,” he informs. It’s a tedious technical process and the couple is looking for ways to make the project economically viable.