Madhur Bhandarkar Clears Air About Collaborating with Kangana Ranaut: ‘Nothing as Such Is Happening’

After 5 years of political thriller, Indu Sarkar flopped in Bollywood Madhur Bhandarkar is now back with the slice-of-life film Babli Bouncer. The movie stars Tamannaah Bhatia in a leading role.

It was released on a popular OTT platform. The movie is praised by critics and audiences alike. On the other hand, Bhandarkar disclosed what kept him away from making new movies for such a long time.

In an interview with Hindustan Times, the Fashion director revealed, “After 2017 I was working on a total of 3 subjects, including Babli Bouncer. It took 3 years to write- a women-centric hard-hitting film, a larger-than-life cop action drama, and Babli Bouncer. Usually, people jump from one film to another, but I wanted to invest my time in writing. When things were finalized for Babli Bouncers, we were thinking about the cast. In between, corona came to India. Two years have gone into it. We were just sitting idle. I also did India Lockdown which will be released soon.”

Audiences however are making possible collaboration with Kangana Ranaut for a film. The director cleared them off. The duo once worked together for Fashion which was a commercial and critical success at the Box Office. He stated, “Right now nothing as such is happening. Kangana is a very talented actress. We meet and talk. My concentration is only on Babli Bouncer. Followed by India lockdown.”

He also spoke about existing Box Office circumstances and why there has been such an incremental shift in the truths of the audience. He explained, “If the film industry suffers, we will suffer. This year only films like RRR, Pushpa, Gangubai Kathiawadi, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, and The Kashmir Files have done wonders at the box office. They were superhit. So this is wrong that films are not working. The magic of cinema will never go. The audience is now watching so many types of content on OTT platforms. The standard has become higher. But my gut feeling is that they will go parallel together.”

Furthermore, Madhur Bhandarkar is also set to release another film titled India Lockdown. It would bring out the tragic and unfortunate scenarios that emanated after the first Covid-19 lockdown was announced across the country in April 2020.