For two years after the success of his spy action thriller D-Day, Nikhil Advani was missing from the Bollywood scene. Suddenly, this September, we will see more of his work than we have in quite a while, with two back-to-back releases. Seated in his Khar office, the filmmaker is in a jovial mood. “When I made flop films, I made them one after another. After a successful film, I took a break—perhaps to digest the success that came after so long,” he says with an easy laugh. First off the block will be Hero, which marks the debut of star kids Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty, and after that would be Katti Batti, which features the romantic comedy hero Imran Khan after a long time and the reigning queen of Bollywood, Kangana Ranaut.
Advani seems relaxed as he lounges on his couch. The office is rather interestingly done up. The office walls are covered by the obligatory posters of his favourite films and those directed by him. His own cabin, however, offers a peek of what he likes to have around. Apart from his family pictures, its walls are adorned with posters made by the American illustrator Shepard Fairey. Before he sits down for the conversation, Advani speaks of how he collected these posters from New York and how Fairey has gained a huge following over the years. Unlike many other Bollywood insiders, Advani likes to keep up with the wider world.
This story is from the September 21, 2015 edition of Open.
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