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Here's why Sridevi's film Mom's budget got HIKED!

Director Ravi Udyawar speaks on what caused the film's budget to be increased

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He met her producer-husband Boney Kapoor back in 2014 to discuss the film and was asked to develop the idea, and now adman Ravi Udyawar makes his feature film debut with Sridevi's comeback project, Mom. Ravi tells Mumbai Mirror, "It's a mother-daughter story, a relationship I'd always wanted to explore. When the script was ready, I narrated it to Sridevi ma'am who was keen to pick the right project as a follow-up to the successful English Vinglish. She loved it!"

There's buzz that he has also convinced her to sing. "There is a song about mothers which will be used in the background. She might sing that but nothing is final yet," the director says.

The film landed in trouble for featuring two Pakistani artistes -- Sajal Ali and Adnan Siddiqui -- who play Sridevi's daughter and husband respectively. This was after Pakistani artistes were banned from working in Indian projects. Speaking on the subject, Ravi understandly gets uncomfortable, pointing out that they kicked off in March 2016, and 90 per cent of the film was completed when the attacks happened.

"For the remaining portions, we had to recreate Delhi in Bangkok. All I can say on this subject is that I respect the new laws that have been made in this context," says Ravi. Didn't the impromptu international schedule make the film's budget to shoot up? "Obviously it did. The entire crew travels along," he further told the tabloid.

Was there ever any discussion about getting Sridevi's daughters Jhanvi or her younger sister Khushi to play her onscreen daughter? "Everyone knows Khushi and Jhanvi as Sridevi ma'am's daughters. We were looking for a new face as it's a very different character, so there was no discussion," says Ravi, added the report.

As for Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Ravi points out that the character isn't exactly negative and that Nawaz would so effortlessly slip into the role that people would forget it's him. "We waited for nearly six months to get him on-board. Boney sir made it happen," he says with gratitude. The director recalls how once, when they were shooting on a street in Delhi, two men came on a bike and asked Nawaz about the shooting. "They failed to recognise him as he was completely in character. Even Sridevi ma'am once didn't recognise Nawaz on the set," says Ravi.

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