Abbas-Mustan’s foray into digital leisure appears to be having as many twists as their thrillers do. In March 2021, the director duo’s maiden net movie, tentatively titled Penthouse, was introduced as a Netflix unique. Nonetheless, in July 2022, it was reported that the OTT big had dropped the Bobby Deol, Arjun Rampal and Sharman Joshi-starrer from its slate of upcoming content material (Bobby Deol, Arjun Rampal and Sharman Joshi’s Penthouse to be scrapped, July 2). A year-and-a-half later, there’s a new plot twist. It’s heard that the homicide thriller’s makers are actually in talks with JioCinema.
The Loft
Penthouse—additionally starring Tisca Chopra, Mouni Roy and Cyrus Broacha—is an adaptation of the 2014 Hollywood film, The Loft, which in flip was a remake of Belgian movie Loft (2008). The crime thrillers revolved round 5 married males, who collectively personal a penthouse within the metropolis the place they meet their mistresses. Nonetheless, issues flip ugly when a girl is found useless within the loft. A supply reveals, “Thrillers are Abbas-Mustan’s forte, and in the identical vein, the Bobby and Arjun-starrer has been designed as a slick homicide thriller. The producers have initiated talks with JioCinema. There’s curiosity across the undertaking since it’s the director duo’s maiden OTT movie.”
Director duo Abbas-Mustan
It was stated that Penthouse had gone on flooring as early as November 2020 and was wrapped up by 2021. Has the movie been mendacity within the cans since then? Abbas Burmawalla rubbishes the rumours, saying, “Folks assumed we accomplished the movie by 2021. However the reality is, we solely started taking pictures from 2022 whereas post-production went on until this yr. We had put up an enormous set in 2020 [in Goregaon], however we needed to dismantle it in the course of the pandemic. We lastly obtained to taking pictures solely when the pandemic was over.”
Quiz him on the chatter that the homicide thriller is headed to JioCinema, and the director says, “We have now delivered the ultimate product to the producers. We’ve heard that they took the rights again from Netflix, and are in talks with JioCinema at the moment. Now, it’s as much as them after they wish to launch the movie.”