Vidhu Vinod Chopra barged onto neighbouring set to complain about noise during 12th Fail shoot, had an argument: ‘Tera sar tod dunga’

Vidhu Vinod Chopra recalled how an emotional shot in 12th Fail kept getting disrupted as the set next to them was blasting music.

By: Entertainment Desk

Mumbai | Updated: February 4, 2024 12:57 PM IST

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Vidhu Vinod Chopra is currently celebrating the success of 12th Fail. (Photo: Vidhu Vinod Chopra Film/Instagram)

One doesn’t mess with an angry Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The filmmaker revealed how he was so irked with some functions going on at Film City–loud music kept interfering with the shoot of 12th Fail–that he barged onto a neighbouring set with his crew and ordered them to stop it.

During a special event to celebrate 100 days of 12th Fail in cinemas, where the filmmaker was in conversation with his lead actor Vikrant Massey, he recalled the argument he had with another producer because noise from their set was disrupting his shoot.

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“I would request the students of Whistling Woods (film school) to write to Film City that the area should be used for film shoots, not functions. We were filming an emotional scene, when a show started next to our set. Luckily, my reputation is quite bad. This poor boy (Vikrant) was saying… I mean, we were shooting in sync sound. Vikrant’s character was saying how he would go back to his village and suddenly there was loud dance music! Finally, I stopped the shoot, told my whole crew to come with me.

“Imagine, 40-50 people walked to the other set, the guards moved away. I said, ‘Jo bhi ye plug hai, nikalo isko.‘ The producer, whose identity you might learn later, told me, ‘Arey tum gunda gardi kar rahe ho’ and I shot back, ‘Main sar toduga tera!’ This is Film City, we make cinema here, ye tum log kya ghatiya kar rahe ho? I would request you guys to please draft a letter, I would sign it. Please stop this nonsense,” he said as the students cheered in agreement.

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Based on a book by Anurag Pathak, 12th Fail chronicled the life of Manoj Kumar Sharma, who overcame extreme poverty to become an IPS officer. The film also highlights how his wife, IRS officer Shraddha Joshi, was instrumental in his success.

The couple was also in attendance at the event, along with actor Medha Shankar, Anurag Pathak, music composer Shantanu Moitra, lyricist Swanand Kirkire, among others.

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