Pritish Nandy and Meghna Gulzar
After failing with his dream to produce his own version of Devdas along with Sudhir Mishra, producer Pritish Nandy is not at all ready to let down his dream. On the other hand he is going to complete his dream, where Meghna Gulzar will direct the film. Pritish Nandy was previously planning to do the remake of Devdas with Sudhir Mishra, having Shiney Ahuja in a lead role. However that wouldn’t happen, so he planned in other way.
Interestingly, it’s Meghna’s father Gulzar who started the own version thing of Devdas many decades ago with actors like Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore and Hema Malini.
Nandy has full belief in talented Meghna and trusts her that she will do right justice to the film. Talking about her, Nandy says, “I think Meghna can capture the subtle nuances that will make such a film for today’s audiences. Austerity would be the hallmark of our Devdas. The original story by Saratchandra Chatterjee is barely a couple of pages long.”
When asked to him that what would be different in his film? Nandy said, “My Devdas would be spunky tale of love and loss like Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet. I’d hate the slopy, sentimental, self-destructive ending. My Devdas would not be morbid, self-pitying, dreary or vulgarly ostentatious.
