Actor Imran Khan who will next be seen in the upcoming romantic thriller 'Katti Batti' was all praise for co-star Kangana Ranaut and director Nikhil Advani.
in an exclusive interview with 'Asian Voice,' Imran said, “though Nikhil is considered as a tough taskmaster, he is actually the most collaborative director I have ever worked with. I think I will attribute that to his lack of fear. Many filmmakers and directors have a fear of other people's opinion. They will not show the film till they are completely ready. Nikhil, is the first person to throw the edit room open, call people in, show them the film and ask, what did you like? What did you not like? Did you get bored? Did you not understand something? And while other people have answers like yeah, it will be okay, don't worry, Nikhil is the one who looks for solutions. If you tell him you have a problem, rather than saying your problem is invalid, he will set about finding a solution. I have been amazed at how open he is to listening to everybody's point of view.”
Speaking about his respect for 'Queen' Kangana, Khan said, “I really really enjoyed working with her. Kangana is someone who feels so deeply about the craft, about how she can improve her character, and her performance. This is the kind of people I enjoy working with. This is the kind of people that I respect.”
Nikhil's high regard for Aamir Khan's points of view are no secret, answering how Uncle Khan contributed to the movie, Imran asserted, “Aamir actually watched the film. It is an emotional film. The second half particularly. Aamir had a feedback. I think Nikhil and I tend to think in an urban tone, a lot of the dialogues are in English, and Aamir said it was a broad based story. It is one which will appeal to everyone, but by keeping all of the dialogues in English you are cutting out a large section of your audience, because they will not understand. If they understood the dialogues, they would love the film. But you are closing the door for them. So, this actually resonated a lot with us and we went about dubbing a lot of English lines into Hindi.”
The cast was in Ahmedabad to shoot several scenes of the movie. As someone who has memories of eating Gujarati food, Imran said, “I had quite a blast. When I travel to any place, my first and foremost agenda is food. I have always been a fan of Gujarati food. My best friend is a Gujarati, so I have fond memories of eating at his house. I have grown up on Gujarati food, so I have a taste for it.”
