Vicky Kaushal talked about lack of good family films being made today.
Bollywood star Vicky Kaushal, who is set to release his upcoming family entertainer The Great Indian Family (TGIF), rues the lack of quintessential family films being made today.
Vicky says, “I have always been a big fan of family entertainers. If I jog my memory, Films like Hum Aapke Hain Koun, Hum Saath - Saath Hain, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Swarg, etc. are etched in my mind with such fond memories. I used to watch these beautiful films with my parents and I simply loved the time we as a family have had viewing some of these classics.”
He adds, “There is a reason why these films became huge talking points. They were rooted in India and its culture and they celebrated the special bond of every Indian family. So, when I got TGIF, I jumped at it as it immediately appealed to my memories of watching such films. It is a special film with its heart in the right place and I hope you all enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed making it.”
The Great Indian Family is Vicky’s third family entertainer film after this year’s Zara Hatke Zara Bachke, opposite Sara Ali Khan, and Govinda Naam Mera (2022) with Kiara Advani and Bhumi Pednekar. Kaushal, known for his intense roles in films such as Masaan, Uri: The Surgical Strike, and Sardar Udham, said he never gravitated towards family dramas with the objective of “breaking an image”.
“These (The Great Indian Family, Zara Hatke Zara Bachke, and Govinda Naam Mera) were not done with the mindset that, ‘Oh, I need to break a certain kind of an image and build a certain kind of image’. It is more of a decision from the heart. I heard the story, it stayed with me, and I wanted to be part of it. I don’t do calculations. As an actor, if I feel hungry to do a specific genre, that is when you are really looking out for something. Otherwise, mainly, it is about the story, the filmmaker you want to work with, and play a character that you have not done before,” he added. YRF’s The Great Indian Family, directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, is set to release this Friday. (With inputs from PTI)
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