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 'Mere Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye' got released last Friday. Though the
promotion of the film has been low key, one can't miss the excitement
in the voice of Randeep Hooda for whom this is a big release. And why
not? After all he plays as many as 18 characters in the film (yes, you
read it right). While the makers are looking at the audience exploring
the film by themselves, Randeep has all the right reasons to be hopeful
about MKMJA that also stars Raima Sen and Arbaaz Khan since it is being
presented by the same guys (PVR) who came up with 'Taare Zameen Par'
and 'Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa' before. Over to the man who talks to
Joginder Tuteja about the 'ultimate fantastical' film that 'Mere
Khwabon Mein Jo Aaye' is and more.
Did you say fantastical?
That's true. MKMJA is funnily fantastical and very entertaining. The
film has such an original screenplay and an original thought behind it.
It has got a bit of everything, whether it is humor, satire, drama,
fantasy - you name it and it has got it. You can't predict which way
the film would turn in it's two hour odd narrative. It is a story about
dreams coming true. It is about imagination and how you visualize and
look forward to certain things.
So you are the fantasy element of Raima Sen?
Not in a naughty way that you would term a fantasy as! It is basically
a story about this woman who is a housewife, has a child and has given
up everything, including her own ambitions and even her life just so
that she can devote all her time in loving her husband and daughter.
But guess what, her husband is having an affair. So what's new, one may
say? After all, we have seen quite a lot of such stories that deal with
extra marital affairs, right?
Right. So you come into her life?
In her life, but as a fantasy. Now that's the twist. This woman starts
imagining her ideal man and wonders how his entire personality, his
lips and eyes would be. And in between these fantasies of hers, the
door bell rings and voila, there comes Jai i.e. me! He is a kind of
character that every woman would want to fantasize about. This is where
the movie turns.
So it is true that you have 18 roles to play in the film?
Yes, I am doing different character portrayals by showcasing different
forms of Jai. He is someone who helps her push through her dreams. He
starts making things happen for her. And yes, the way he does so is
what makes the film very humorous.
A quirky role indeed...
Indeed a quirky role. I play someone who is very enthusiastic while she
is just bored and depressed. And when he walks into her life, it's all
between the both of them. Madhureeta Anand's [the director] treatment
is so funny that it would have you in splits. We are telling the story
in an entertaining tone. Even while watching the film, most women would
feel that their man should be like Jai.
But why 18 characters?
Each character in the film comes at certain point in the film to have a
discussion with her or help her. In fact he comes every time when you
as an audience are also vouching for him to arrive on the scene and
tell her what to do.
Was the number 18 always there to begin with?
No, it was not about the numbers; it was about what we wanted to make.
There was already a very fantastic character being written and during
the creative process, we came up with other characters too. The script
was being organically developed and at one point of time, there were
four more characters that were supposed to be added in the narrative.
But then eventually they were cut out since the movie was becoming too
long. We felt that the movie was becoming self indulgent as a result of
which, these characters were not even shot.
Sampurn Media
By Joginder Tuteja
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