Vasan Bala Says Directors ‘Ki Band Baj Jaati Hai’ After Working With Alia Bhatt: ‘She Has No Entourage…’
Filmmaker Vasan Bala worked with Alia Bhatt in Jigra. While critics praised the film, it didn’t work at the box office. A controversy also cropped up around the time of Jigra’s release, when a statement by Bala about producer Karan Johar sending his half-baked script to Bhatt was misconstrued. Now, Bala has spoken about his experience working with Bhatt, emphasising that she spoils her directors.
In a recent interaction with Mashable India, Bala said, “I think every director who I love should get an opportunity to work with Alia Bhatt. They will be spoiled and then unki agli film mein band bajegi,” adding, “She has no entourage, nothing, she is always ready. Sometimes, I didn’t even have to communicate how I wanted a scene; a gesture from my end would be enough for her to understand what I needed in that shot.”
The filmmaker also recalled a day on set when both he and Bhatt let loose and welcomed a more fun environment on the otherwise grim film set. “Usually, sets are funny, but this film lacked humour, so the environment on the set used to remain quite serious. This one day, we had a lighter day, and we were just chit-chatting and laughing,” he added.
Meanwhile, Vasan Bala’s Jigra starred Alia and Vedang Raina in the lead roles, alongside Manoj Pahwa, Rahul Ravindran, and Vivek Gomber in supporting roles. The film followed the journey of a woman whose brother is on death row in a fictitious Asian country for a crime he didn’t commit. It shows how she finds local help and helps her brother escape from prison and certain death. Made on a budget of ₹80 crore, Jigra underperformed at the box office and collected only ₹55 crore worldwide.
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