Director
Sagar
Ballary
has
become
hot
overnight
with
the
stupendous
success
of
Bheja
Fry.
Now,
the
Sahara
One
Motion
Pictures
has
commissioned
him
to
make
three
films.
The
first
in
the
line,
Kaccha
Limboo,
a
picaresque
story
of
a
goofy
13-year-old,
has
started.
Now,
he
speaks
about
his
personal
life
and
much
more.
Here
is
an
excerpt
from
the
interview.
Did
you
expect
Bheja
Fry
to
be
such
a
big
hit?
I
didn't
expect
the
film
to
be
such
a
big
hit
though
I
knew
that
people
will
like
it.
I
was
of
the
view
that
if
the
film
runs
even
for
a
week
or
two,
it'll
be
great.
The
only
plan
on
my
mind
was
that
if
I
make
a
good
film,
I
will
get
a
producer
for
my
next
film.
What
do
you
think
worked
for
the
film?
If
you
present
comedy
in
a
new
style,
the
audiences
will
definitely
like
it.
Comedy
is
like
a
favorite
dish.
If
you
cook
it
properly
with
all
the
right
ingredients,
people
will
surely
like
it.
It
is
said
that
Bheja
Fry
is
inspired
from
a
French
film.
How
much
did
you
take
from
that
film?
We
took
the
concept
of
the
character
of
"idiot" from
the
French
film.
We
have
also
adapted
the
structure
of
the
French
film.
But
we
changed
all
the
characters
and
tried
to
give
them
an
Indian
flavor.
We
also
added
two
songs
in
the
film
which
the
French
film-maker
would
never
do.
Our
production
cost,
however,
was
very
low
compared
to
the
French
film.
At
the
core
of
it,
we
studied
the
structure
and
the
spirit
of
the
French
film
and
tried
to
get
it
in
this
film.
When
you
adapt
a
film,
you
should
pay
respect
to
the
original
by
making
the
adaptation
even
better
than
the
original.
Vinay
Pathak,
Ranveer
Shorey
and
Rajat
Kapoor
were
seen
in
MIXED
DOUBLES,
the
film
for
which
you
were
the
associate
director.
Was
it
difficult
to
direct
them
in
your
first
film?
It
was
very
easy
actually.
Rajat
Kapoor
was
the
associate
producer
for
this
film.
The
producer
[Sunil
Doshi]
once
asked
Rajat,
"Will
this
boy
be
able
to
pull
it
off?"
Rajat
said
he
was
extremely
confident
of
my
abilities.
Ranveer
had
become
a
good
friend.
So,
he
said
'no
matter
what
kind
of
role,
just
give
it
to
me
and
I
will
do
it'.
Besides,
I
thought
that
the
magic
of
the
Ranveer-Vinay
pair,
which
is
famous
on
television,
is
not
used
in
films
yet,
so
I
should
recreate
it
in
my
film.
Vinay
Pathak
is
a
fantastic
actor
and
I
was
sure
that
he
was
going
to
play
the
lead
role.
I
had
seen
Rajat
and
Vinay's
combination
on
stage
and
I
decided
to
get
that
in
films.
Milind
Soman
was
present
at
the
success
party
of
MIXED
DOUBLES.
When
Sunil
Doshi
announced
the
film
on
the
occasion,
Milind
said
that
he
would
want
to
be
part
of
the
film.
For
the
role
of
Suman
Rao,
we
wanted
a
fresh
face
and
that's
when
Bhairavi
came
in.
Sarika
was
a
boon.
In
fact,
Anurag
Kashyap
once
said
that
he'd
love
to
remake
this
[French]
film.
Then
I
informed
him
that
I
have
already
developed
a
screenplay
on
this.
So
he
gave
me
some
suggestions,
one
of
which
was
to
talk
to
Sarika
for
a
role.
She
is
back,
looks
stunning
and
was
our
favorite
since
school
days.
I
met
her;
she
tried
to
understand
the
concept
of
the
film
and
finally
agreed.
So,
I
had
an
unusual
cast
in
hand
and
I
knew
that
nothing
could
go
wrong.
Bheja
Fry
is
an
unusual
title.
How
did
you
come
up
with
it?
There
is
a
very
interesting
incident
behind
it.
One
fine
day,
the
producer
called
me
up
and
asked
if
I
had
registered
a
title
for
the
film.
I
had
two
titles
in
mind
-
DING
DONG
BABY
SING
A
SONG
and
DAVAT-E-KHAAS,
but
people
didn't
quite
like
it.
I
called
up
the
co-writer
Arpita
Chatterjee
to
give
me
a
title
urgently.
She
was
pregnant
back
then
and
got
frustrated
with
my
pestering.
She
just
blurted,
'Don't
Bheja
Fry
me
now
yaar'.
Seconds
later,
she
jumped
saying
this
was
the
title
[Bheja
Fry].
She
argued
saying
this
man
in
the
film
Bheja
Fries
the
other.
I
was
not
so
sure
about
it,
but
Arpita
said
to
have
it
as
the
working
title.
The
producer
also
liked
the
title
and
it
just
caught
on.
Then
I
didn't
change
it.
You
are
also
planning
to
direct
Bheja
Fry
2?
Not
right
now,
but
yes,
the
film
is
on
cards
and
I
will
do
it
later.
That
"idiot"
is
a
simple
common
man
and
this
journey
is
going
to
move
ahead.
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