Film maker Sriram Raghavan he is known in the entertainment industry for his work in films like ‘Badlapur’, ‘Johnny Gaddar’, ‘Ek Hasina Thi’ and ‘Merry Christmas’. One of his best feature films is ‘Andhadhun’, starring him Ayushmann Khurrana in the main role In a recent interview, the famous director talked about how the film came about and how excited he was to work on it.
It shows how Sriram Raghavan came across ‘Andhadhun’
Speaking to IANS about this, the filmmaker revealed that he had received a first short film from filmmaker Hemand Rao. Although the story was not intended for the medium of a feature film, he was so excited that he had to call Rao as soon as it was finished and ask if they would work on it.He further shared, “Around 10:30 pm, I was checking my inbox and Hemant Rao sent me a short film. I liked it so much I called him right away. I said, “‘Why don’t we adapt this as a feature?'” He also detailed how the filming process was pretty smooth, even though they came up with a lot of endings and twists for the movie that they needed to explore.
The premise of ‘Andhadhun’
The film centers on a pianist who pretends to be blind by wearing contact lenses and black glasses. After being indirectly implicated in the murder of a retired actor, and with the corrupt police on his tail, he must figure out how to save himself from the situation. Sriram Raghavan, along with Hemanth Rao, Pooja Ladha Surti, Arijit Biswas and Yogesh Chandekar wrote the screenplay for ‘Andhadhun’.Apart from Khurrana, the film also stars other big names in lead roles including Tabu, Radhika Apte and Anil Dhawan. On the work front, Raghavan was last seen directing ‘Ikkis’ which is based on the life of Param Vir Chakra awardee Arun Khetarpal.
