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If you can place Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena and say what Fardeen Khan and Koena Mitra were thinking (if they were thinking at all),we would happily recommend you for the Limca Book of Records. Suparn Vermas debut film had all the ingredients of a sleek con thriller stylized frames,sleek editing,and a satisfactorily complicated con story. However,it went horribly wrong with the lead cast. Even a supremely talented Kay Kay Menon couldnt salvage the combined devastation wrecked by Madam Mitra and Khan as the lead pair. The only reason the film was in news at all,was thanks to a steamy song shot in a shower chamber. That was four years back. Verma,however,seems to have pushed his debut debacle back in his mind and is all gung-ho about his forthcoming multi-starrer Acid Factory. If you are expecting a raw action film,where heroes romp around the screen making pulp out of villains,Verma warns you from Acid Factory. It has as much action as it has mindgames. Its about strangers suffering from memory loss trapped together, says Verma.
The failure of Ek Khiladi had a lot to do with its complicated,stylized narrative that failed to strike a chord with the masses. But Verma has not consciously tried to depart from what he thinks is his idea of film-making. You cant take a cigarette break,come back and still not miss anything when you are watching my film, says Verma.
Teaming up with Sanjay Gupta virtually gave Verma the license to go crazy. He encourages you to let you imagination run wild. So even as Acid Factorys concept is crazy,Sanjay had no second thoughts about going ahead with it, he adds.
A bunch of actors who have had no box office success of late,an edgy narrative and the only female in the film for a villain,was Verma looking at a niche multiplex audience when he made the film. You cant help worrying about the commercial success of a film even if its a SRK-starrer. But yes,I can also not make a film which I cant realte to honestly to make money, says Verma. So to ensure that audiences were glued to their seats,Verma played around with technique like ever before. The film has a very interesting look. We have shot the scenes inside the factory mostly with hand-held cameras and made it look intense,edgy. The shots of the outdoors are those taken from helicopters and are breathtaking, says Verma.
While most of the actors did their stunts themselves,Verma made sure that he was an integral part of filming the stunts. In a certain shot,I was inside the police car chasing a truck from which Aftab was hanging, says Verma. We hope the hard work pays off!
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