from India ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ comes to theaters, a remake of the emblematic ‘Forrest Gump’. Aamir KhanA recognized star of the Bollywood industry, he enters the role of the Hindi version of the charismatic character played by Tom Hanks in 1994 and who earned the American actor his second Oscar. “At first, I had a hard time seeing that an Indian adaptation of Robert Zemeckis’ film was possible. But when i read the script i fell in love with her, i connected very strongly with the character and that’s when i wanted to act in her”declares the interpreter.
The film went through an arduous process of adapting and buying the rights. The first drafts of the screenplay, written by Atul Kulkarni, began ten years after the start of production of the feature film. “Ever since I saw him in theaters in the 1990s, I’ve loved ‘Forrest Gump’. I never imagined I was starring in a remake or adaptation. It happened quite by accident. He was my friend Atul Kulkarni, too. actor and who I had We did a couple of projects together. One night, we were sitting talking about movies after dinner. He asked me what my favorite movie was and I told him that one of them was ‘Forrest Gump’ “, Khan explains this in an interview granted to eCartelera.
“He commented that he could have written a script at the end of the evening, but the thing was there. I didn’t give it much importance and I even forgot about it.”he continues, observing him It was two weeks later when Kulkarni appeared before him proposing a script to star in the remakeit was also Kulkarni’s debut as a screenwriter, who by that time had mainly developed his acting career.
“Two weeks later, he called me and told me he had a script for me, that it was his first time writing one and it was a remake of ‘Forrest Gump’. I started laughing, because it’s a very iconic movie. , a classic. An adaptation was difficult for me because it is a film deeply rooted in American culture, it was very difficult for me to imagine it as an Indian story. Reading the script, I realized it was possible and started thinking of it as an Indian story. It was at that moment that I agreed to participate and also when the long journey we had to take to get the rights to the original tape began”exposes in detail the actor and the producer.
A shooting marked by the COVID-19 pandemic
This is the first ever remake of Robert Zemeckis’ work, which won six statuettes at the 67th Oscars, including those for Best Picture, Best Direction and Best Adapted Screenplay, plus the aforementioned one for Hanks, who won his second consecutive award, having won it a year earlier for ‘ Philadelphia ‘. A lived production an authentic odyssey in relation to his two-year shoot, between 2019 and 2021due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It was a shooting that took a lot from us. It was a challenge for all production departments, especially costumes, art direction and set design, to have to set different eras as accurately as possible. There was a lot of preparation, we shot several war scenes at a height of over 4114 meters above sea level, where there was little oxygen. Also, right in the middle of the shoot, when we had half the tape we had to stop due to the coronavirus pandemic”Khan says.
“We resumed shooting eight months later, but we had to stop it again a few weeks later due to the second wave of covid. We finished recording as best we could, I admit they weren’t the most optimal conditions, because we were all struggling with an unprecedented reality due to the pandemic. But, finally, I can say that I am satisfied with the result. Now I can’t wait to know how it will be received by audiences around the world”Keep it up.
“Laal Singh Chaddha” is directed by Advait Chandan and written by Atul Kulkarni, based on the screenplay by Eric Roth, who adapted Winston Groom’s novel “Forrest Gump”. With Aamir Khan, Ahmad Ibn Umar, Kareena Kappor, Naga Chaitanya, Mona Singh and Manav Vij. Produced by Aamir Khan, Kiran Rao, Jyoti Deshpande and Ajit Andhare. A production of Paramount Pictures, Aamir Khan Productions and Viacom18 Motion Pictures. Available in Spanish theaters this August 12, from Paramount Pictures.
Source: E Cartelera
