Chhorii, Director Vishal Furia’s horror film turning into a 'message movie' in its final moment

 

Directed by Vishal Furia ‘Chhorii’ is a Hindi remake of an award winning and critically acclaimed 2017 Marathi language film ‘Lapachhipi’. The film cast Nushrratt Bharuccha as a lead actor, alongside Mita Vashisht, Rajesh Jais and Saurabh Goyal. This horror film produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishna Kumar, Vikram Malhotra, Jack Davis, Shikhaa Sharma and Shiv Chanana. The film was premiered on Amazon Prime Video on 26^th November 2021.

After released on OTT platform, it had been successfully catching audience eyes as well as critical review. Mostly audiences talked about its strong storyline and wonderful narratives which bringing up the social issues of female feticide in a subtle way. Despite a horror film ‘Chhorii’ leaves a message towards the end for audiences that, “What if those Chhorii’s weren’t given a chance?” which will force them ponder.    

On Friday, actor AkshayKumar shout out of the whole team of ‘Chhorii’ and sharing a video on social media and wrote, “As father to a girl who is my lifeline, I was deeply moved, and equally concerned about this, Kudos for taking up this sensitive topic.”

In the video, the lead actor of the film Nushrratt Bharuccha talked about the women achievers of India in several field and broken out all challenges and How they converted every challenges as their right opportunity? They did a wonderful job and showcase their talent in several field such as sports, medicine, acting, politics and so on. Those daughter proved our society that they can fit in any box and be an inspiration of one and all.           

Rohan Naahar of The Indian Express wrote about the ‘Chhorii’ that, "the film is a surprisingly well-made horror picture that actually respects the genre, but loses its way so tragically in its final moments" and turn it "into a message movie". Concluding the review, Naahar asks a question from director, "Does Furia (director) think that potential baby-killers are watching his film? Does he expect ‘Chhorii’ to change their mind about killing babies?

 

Akshay Kumar, Sara Ali Khan and Dhanush starrer Atrangi Re to premiere on Disney+ and Hotstar

 

‘Atrangi re’ is the director Aanand L. Rai upcoming musical romantic film, starring with Akshay Kumar, Sara Ali Khan and south superstar Dhanush who previously worked with director Aanand L. Rai, his bollywood debut film ‘Raanjhanaa’.

As well as Dhanush is also rendering a song for the film. This is the first time he is singing for AR Rahman music composition. To confirming the news Dhanush posted a picture with AR Rahman on social media and wrote, “Had a blast singing and chatting with our very own Isai puyal AR Rahman sir.” 

‘Atrangi re’ is presented by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series, Colour Yellow Productions and Cape of Good Films. The film is also writing by Himanshu Sharma and the music has composed by Oscar winning maestro AR Rahman. This film is all set to premiere on Disney+ and Hotstar on 24 December 2021 in Hindi and Tamil languages. Its Tamil dubbed version of the film is titled as ‘Galatta Kalyanam’.

On 30 January 2020, the film was officially announced and started shooting in Varanasi earlier this year. But due to the coronavirus lockdown the shooting had postponed. After several months, ‘Atrangi Re’ team had begun work on the project and finally wrap up on 27 March 2021.   

In an interview with Mid-Day, director Aanand L Rai opened up on the age-gap between the cast. Since the time the film’s cast was announced, it has been criticised from all quarters due to the age difference between Sara (26), and the two male actors Akshay (54) and Dhanush (38).

Aanand Rai also added that the audience just needs to be patient. “Atrangi means funnily weird. If a filmmaker shows patience in making a film, it’s his small expectation that people wait and understand the reason behind such a cast. We have a habit of judging people. I want people to watch the film for two hours, and react to it thereafter,”

In a statement, Sara spoken about the film to indianexpress.com about working with Akshay and Dhanush in ‘Atrangi Re’, “Akshay sir is one of the biggest stars in our country today, even then he is such a humble and fun loving person who gets such joyful energy on set. I am so privileged to have had the opportunity to work with him. Dhanush is an institution, a National Award-winning actor. There was a running joke on set where I used to call Dhanush ‘thalaiva’ and I used to call Akshay sir ‘thalaiva of the north’. It was just between these two thalaivas that I have tried to do some work and I hope all of our combined effort is appreciated.”