The digital house is populated by tasks within the thriller and thriller genres, mentioned the director, including he goals to ship one thing completely different to audiences.
“There are individuals making unbelievable thrillers and thriller collection, however I’d like to do one thing completely different. I wish to attain out to the viewers with one thing new on OTT (over-the-top platforms). I wish to give them a world which they haven’t seen on OTT earlier than. So, I am going to do issues on my phrases and situations.
“As a superb pupil, I am going to be taught first after which ship. This yr you may count on (the present) however I will not reveal a lot about it. All I can say is, I will be coping with romance and drama,” Rai advised PTI in an interview on the sidelines of FICCI Frames 2024 right here.
The 52-year-old filmmaker, identified for movies resembling “Zero”, “Raanjhanaa”, and the “Tanu Weds Manu” franchise, mentioned he wanted to know the streaming medium earlier than taking the plunge.
“All of the OTT platforms have been asking me to make content material however I wasn’t satisfied because it’s new (format of storytelling). It is a completely different form of writing. It’s character pushed, it has an even bigger plot and arc, which we do not have in movies.
“Movies are like a whole soul, and for a collection you want an enormous physique. So, I now know the distinction (between the 2 mediums), however understanding just isn’t sufficient. I’ve to be taught,” he added.
On the movie entrance, Rai will start capturing for his subsequent directorial enterprise “Tere Ishk Mein” in mid-2024. The film marks the third collaboration between Rai and actor Dhanush after “Raanjhanaa” (2013) and “Atrangi Re” (2021).
Whereas “Raanjhanaa” was about “two completely different individuals from two completely different worlds”, “Tere Ishq Mein” explores “love and rage”, he mentioned.
As a producer, he’s elated with the response to his newest launch “Jhimma 2”.
Backed by Rai’s Coloration Yellow Productions and directed by Hemant Dhome, the film was touted as one of many highest grossing Marathi movies of 2023. Jio Studios and Kshitee Jog, who additionally starred within the film, served as co-producers.
Requested if he needs to remake “Jhimma 2” in different languages, Rai mentioned diversifications generally is a “tedious” job.
“I loved engaged on ‘Jhimma 2’. I grew to become a part of it as a result of I discovered the story fascinating. Now, altering the language and doing it once more is tedious. For me, filmmaking just isn’t about creating wealth. It is about these experiences and time that you just spent,” he mentioned, including his banner will announce its upcoming slate quickly.