Exclusive: Crowd film made me cry, know why Dia Mirza said so

My condition became miserable by crying. This is the best film of Anubhav till date. He has written this story very simply and deeply. I started crying after watching the opening title sequence. Very veteran actors are associated with this film. Everyone has worked with so much hard work, with so much love, putting forward their humanity. Very good film.

There is no such director in our country today. Who makes social political films. To be honest, nowadays everyone is making escapist cinema. In such a situation, films of experience appeal to me the most, because I myself like to do that kind of work in my personal life. I have known him for 23 years. I have done my first music video with him. After that I did two films with him. Which was his previous version. I had done films like Dus and Cash with that one. Then I did Thappad with Anubhav Sinha’s 2.0 version. During that time I told him that whenever you will make a film. I want to be a part of that. Whether I am a chair or a table in it, it does not make any difference to me. I want to be a part of that. He laughed and kept his promise. I am very happy that I got a chance to be a part of the crowd.

There are many layers in this film. This film is related to reality. This is such a film, where you have to take 100 percent of your existence and attention to your work. You just have to live 100 percent honestly with every moment of the film. As an actor, you can take your heart and sincerity to the set. Such an atmosphere was created on the set that sometimes it did not seem that we were shooting. Anubhav has shot this film in such a way. The film has been shot at one location only. Shot on the same road. We have shot while eating dust and soil. They say that when someone writes a good script, then you do not need to do much.

In the first lockdown, I was with my mother in my house. Food was getting hot in the house. We were playing Scrabble, so we were kind of happy, but people were very confused. Many privileged people were also stranded. No one was able to reach their children. Someone with his parents. Someone was from the stomach. Everyone was suffering something. I became a mother in the second lockdown. For three months I could not hold my children because he was in the ICU. According to the rules of Kovid, you cannot hold your newborn child until it becomes healthy. Due to the Covid protocol, I could meet my son only once a week. Due to pandemic and lockdown, different people experienced different things.

Safety protocols were specially taken care of on the set, because we shot with the crowd. Despite this, I had to stay away from my son Avian, as he was only six months old. I asked myself if my son would feel proud when he grew up watching this film and the answer was very simple that I should do this film. During this my husband and my mother took full care of my child.

I did the web series Kafir before becoming a mother. The feelings of a mother were always inside me. Which was well revealed in Kafir. Yes, I cannot deny this, ever since I became a mother, that feeling comes very strong. I was away from my child not only in reel but also in real life, so all the emotions have come through very well in the film crowd.

I like Bhumi and Raj from their first film. I respect him a lot as an artist. It was great fun working with him. Raj is such a fun-loving person. I went during this film. How does he manage to have so much fun even after doing such an intense scene? The real camera is on and there is a switch in it, it then goes into the intense zone. Which is not everyone’s cup of tea.

Our biggest problem is that we forget very quickly, because we get involved in the struggle of our life. We get very little time to think about others. I hope this film emerges as a powerful reminder and forces people to think again about the people and things around them. It needs to be understood that people who were struggling with the needs of basic things, their lack has increased after Kovid. A lot of work needs to be done on that. People who create convenience in our life. Whenever you see those people in bad condition, ask yourself whether you should ignore seeing them or ask yourself how to change the situation.

Good movies go on. What is walking? Reaching film audiences. To make people feel good Be it through any medium. I would like a large crowd to come to the theater to watch this film. This is a movie theater. The experience of this film will be available in the theatre. He will not come on the small screen. My first film Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein did not run at that time, but today that film is considered a cult. A good film finds its audience.

Taapsee Pannu’s film Dhak Dhak is coming.