Tabu wanted to work with Neeraj Pandey: On working with Ajay Devgan, she said- the actor has not changed at all in all these years
Ajay Devgan and Tabu are going to be seen together once again in the film ‘Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha’. Directed by Neeraj Pandey, this film will feature Ajay Devgan and Tabu as well as Jimmy Shergill, Shantanu Maheshwari, Sai Manjrekar. The film will be released in theatres on July 5. Recently, Tabu and Neeraj Pandey had a special conversation with Dainik Bhaskar about this film. Tabu ji, how does she leave a different mark in every film? How well any character is affecting the audience, it does not happen only by our efforts. Sometimes the character itself is so different that it becomes your signature. Apart from this, it is important for me who is making the film? I wanted to work with Neeraj Pandey since a long time. Many people used to tell me to work with Neeraj Pandey. I used to say that one day I will definitely work with him. What was the most exciting thing about doing ‘Auron Mein Kahan Dum Tha’? First of all, I liked the script of this film very much. Because Neeraj Pandey’s films have a very different kind of love angle. This film stars Neeraj, Ajay and I, so what could be more exciting than this? All this was enough to do this film. Because I knew that whatever happens will be good. Neeraj ji, what did you find special in Tabu as an actor? She has a lot of potential, which has not yet been fully revealed to the audience. The best part about her is that when she joins a project, she completely embraces it. Tabu does not only understand her character, she understands the entire film and embraces it. Tabu ji, does being friends with Ajay Devgan make the work better on screen? I cannot say this with certainty. Now since we are friends, I cannot tell how our chemistry would have appeared on screen if there was no friendship. It feels good to work with him. But he has not changed at all in all these years. He plays a lot of pranks with everyone on the set. But he never did it with me, because I catch it immediately. Tabu ji, you are playing the character of Basu in this film, what did you like the most? I like Basu’s silence the most in her character. Basu is somehow similar to my real character. I am very less expressive, I am not able to mingle with people easily. Neeraj ji, you are associated with both OTT and cinema, how much change has come in cinema with the advent of OTT and how much are the audience connected to it? With the advent of OTT, the audience has more options. This has also become a bit challenging for the filmmakers. The makers will have to expand their scope of thinking. When will the shooting of ‘Drishyam 3’ start with Ajay? At present, there is no talk about ‘Drishyam 3’. When something happens, everyone will know.