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He has now been a part of the entertainment industry for 15 years, but Shantanu Maheshwari still likes to call himself ‘new’, at least when it comes to films. A new film is coming to the actor, in which he plays the lead role in Vietnam. Before release, he speaks about the film with HT, Return of Romance to Bollywood, and more.
Romance in Bollywood emerges again
Prem in Vietnam is a deep love story with Avneet Kaur and Vietnamese actor Khas Nagan. Talking about the romantic style emerging in Hindi cinema, Shantinu says, “I always believe that love stories will travel and find the audience. It’s just that there was someone from Achu to Bana Bana.
K-drama and more
Post-pandemic, failure of several romantic films at the box office gave rise to the notion that romance was commercially dead. Even Shah Rukh Khan broke his gap with back-to-back mass actionrs. But Siara’s success removed that myth. Shantinu believes that the curriculum reform was unavoidable. “I always believe that people will always see what you want to show. I learned it from Sanjay Leela Bhansali sir. He said,” You just need firm faith to tell your story. ” It is not that we forgot love stories.
Mohit Suri film Siara starred two new people in Ahaan Pandey and Avneet Kaur. Despite the lack of star power, this earnings ended 570 crores became the highest grossing romantic film in Indian cinema. “People were hungry for such materials. They loved the pair, freshness, and accepted it. They gave it their love,” calls Shantanu.
On being ‘new’ for films
However, he agrees that it makes a lot of efforts for actors such as Vietnam’s co-star Avneet Kaur, who is known for his work on both TV and OTT. “This is difficult for us. We are here, installed, but still the big screen is very new to the league. We have to reach the people,” they say, “you need to bring good stories and then reach the audience. Often, a good film is made, but people do not know about it, and then it just dies.”
Directed by Rahat Shah Kazmi, Vietnam also includes Farida Jalal, Raj Babbar and Gulshan Grover in Prem. The film based on the Madonna novel in Ek Fur Kot is releasing in theaters on 12 September.
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