They believed in what they were doing and they thought what they were doing had a meaning or higher purpose than just robbing people or kidnapping them. It was very moving to think that they don’t think of themselves as criminals, nor do the people of that region look at them like that. Their lives and their beliefs were extremely fascinating. Sudeep Sharma (writer) and I were working together and we started looking at the lives of baaghis or rebels and even having seen Paan Singh Tomar and Bandit Queen, we realised we still don’t know enough about them. While working on the story, we came across this region. What compelled you to explore the world of bandits of Chambal? But sometimes ideas come which are not good and are not gelling well with the film, so I also have to say ki “Sir ye nahi chalega (Sir this won’t work).” They come from the crew or from the actors. Some of the best ideas that come on a film set actually don’t come from the director. No, I would not call myself a dictator at all because filmmaking is an intensely collaborative process and if anybody thinks he can do it all himself, then I think he is either fooling himself or others. I think he (Rana) was having fun at my expense and he said it with a lot of affection. Are you one or do you allow your actors to take that creative liberty? But all of this is useless if they are not good at what they are doing.Īshutosh Rana said about you that you are ‘a Democratic Dictator’. This film is set in rural India and in an era 40 years ago, so they have to go through intensive training to be that person, be it the dialect, the body language or getting a taste of what their character’s lives are like, all of that has to be done. In a film like this, where you have someone like a Bhumi or Sushant or Ranvir, they are very young and urban. Then, I work with them to create a certain kind of look and feel and prepare them enough for them to be able to do their job. So, I always rely on my casting director Honey Trehan and my own instincts while casting actors who are very good at what they do.
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I am a film director, I can help the actor to get where he/she wants to get but I can’t really teach them acting because I don’t know how to act. So, you have to be careful while casting for your film because the actors you have to have for your film should be of really high calibre to play a character convincingly. In terms of the casting, I have always believed that a lot of the engagement of the audience comes through the performance of the actors. What special care did you take to cast all the five protagonists of Sonchiriya? Your films have always had thoughtful casting. So that’s why I call it an action film with a difference. And, the object that they are after is the more abstract one. It’s more about what’s going on in their head and heart. This film is also a plot-heavy action film, but it is more about the soul of a man. I say that because primarily action films are plot-heavy and the plot is usually centred around an object which the characters of the film are trying to get at, for example, it can be about money, about robbing a bank, or you have spy movies, where they are searching for some tangible object. Why do you say Sonchiriya is an action film with a difference? It’s a lot of fun when you hear the name of the film as Sonchiriya, which is a soft, nice and a sweet word, but when you watch the visuals of the film, they are pretty opposite. They are looking for some sort of meaning to their lives and thus, we have played it in a way as if they are looking for their inner Sonchiriya. Also, all the primary characters in the film are looking for freedom and deliverance. Who it is, you will get to know when you will watch the film. We kept it as the title of the film as one of the characters of the film is called that. It’s a very rare species of bird and I think it’s endangered too. Sonchiriya is the name of a bird, the great Indian Bustard, that is found in Chambal. Before the release, Chaubey reveals why the film is titled Sonchiriya and what drove him to present the story of dacoits. The film stars Manoj Bajpayee, Ashutosh Rana, Sushant Singh Rajput, Bhumi Pednekar and Ranvir Shorey. Now, the 41-year-old filmmaker, who has assisted ace filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj in films like Omkara and Maqbool, is all set to present the story of the dacoits of Chambal in his upcoming release Sonchiriya.
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