JD
Majethia
is
one
man,
who
is
donning
many
a
hat,
that
of
an
actor
as
well
as
film
producer.
No
wonder
then,
he
has
named
his
production
company
as
'Hats
Off
Productions'.
After
having
produced
the
mega
popular
serial
'Khichdi',
the
man
is
back
with
a
bang.
And
this
time
round,
it's
the
silver
screen
that
is
at
the
'receiving
end'
of
'Khichdi'.
In
simpler
words,
JD
has
done
the
never-before
attempted
step
of
making
the
popular
serial
'Khichdi'
into
Khichdi
-
The
Movie.
This
correspondent
caught
up
with
this
man
for
an
exclusive
interview.
Over
to
you,
JD...
JD,
to
start
with,
what
exactly
is
the
film
Khichdi
-
The
Movie
all
about
in
a
nutshell?
The
film
Khichdi
-
The
Movie
is
essentially
a
family
story.
There
is
as
such
no
story
in
the
film.
We
were
clear
of
one
thing
even
if
there
had
to
be
a
story
in
the
film,
then;
it
had
to
be
as
mad
and
crazy
as
'Khichdi'.
Besides
that,
our
film's
story
had
to
be
cute
with
funny
situations
which
will
make
people
laugh.
It
should
make
them
feel
that
it's
a
cute
love
story.
All
of
this
and
much
more
make
Khichdi
-
The
Movie
a
must-watch.
The
serial
'Khichdi'
never
resorted
to
any
kind
of
vulgar
language
in
terms
of
dialogue.
Now
that
the
serial
is
getting
translated
into
the
silver
screen,
have
you
kept
the
film
as
well
clean
from
such
cheap
gimmicks?
With
Khichdi
-
The
Movie,
one
can
expect
clean
family
comedy.
There
has
always
been
a
complaint
that
there
is
no
film
that
caters
to
the
entire
family.
Khichdi
-
The
Movie
does
just
that.
There
was
a
time
when
there
used
to
be
films
by
the
class
filmmakers
like
Hrishikesh
Mukherjee,
which
always
had
clean
family
drama
in
it.
Our
film
also
falls
in
the
same
category.
To
give
you
a
clearer
picture,
we
also
have
a
baseline
for
the
film
Khichdi
-
The
Movie,
which
is
'Comedy
Family
Ki
Family
Comedy'.
This
film
has
such
squeaky
clean
entertainment
that
we
guarantee
the
audience
to
fall
off
their
seats
laughing
or
go
madly
berserk
with
laughter.
And
in
order
to
achieve
that,
we
have
not
taken
the
support
of
vulgarity
and
sexual
overtones,
which,
according
to
us,
forms
the
crux
and
the
USP
of
the
film.
Considering
the
fact
that
the
characters
of
the
serial
'Khichdi'
are
already
a
household
name,
and
now
with
Khichdi
-
The
Movie
on
its
way,
don't
you
feel
that
all
the
characters
will
be
stuck
with
their
onscreen
image,
thus
losing
their
own
identity?
Fortunately,
this
'identity'
remains
only
for
sometime
on
screen.
The
minute
you
do
something
different
in
your
next
project,
then,
the
people
will
start
remembering
you
with
that
name.
Recent
example
to
this
is
in
the
form
of
Dabangg's
Salman
Khan
now
being
addressed
as
'Chulbul
Pandey',
as
compared
to
him
being
earlier
called
as
'Prem'.
And
it
will
be
the
same
Salman
Khan
who
will
be
addressed
as
something
else
with
his
next
hit
film.
Likewise,
with
3
Idiots
being
a
smash
hit,
Aamir
is
being
called
as
'Rancho'.
And
it
is
the
same
Aamir
who
was
earlier
called
as
'Bhuvan'.
With
the
unprecedented
success
of
action-packed
masala
films
like
Dabangg
and
Wanted,
do
you
feel
that
a
comedy
film
like
Khichdi
-
The
Movie,
will
find
a
place
at
the
BO?
It's
also
a
known
fact
that
it's
the
same
junta
who
has
loved
films
like
Dabangg
and
Wanted,
also
have
had
made
3
idiots
and
likes
huge
hits
in
the
past.
While
Salman's
star
power
worked
wonders
for
Dabangg,
it
was
Aamir
and
gang
that
worked
for
3
Idiots.
As
far
as
our
film
is
concerned,
let
me
tell
you
that
'content
is
the
king'.
And
I
am
dead
sure
that
the
audience
will
love
the
content
that
Khichdi
-
The
Movie
offers
to
them.
What
makes
you
so
confident
that
your
film
will
work
at
the
BO?
To
tell
you
the
fact,
lot
of
people
were
not
confident
about
this
film,
which
also
included
my
writer-director
Aatish
Kapadia.
But,
I
was
100%
sure
from
within
that
my
film
will
surely
work.
It
has
everything
that
everyone
in
the
family
would
like
to
see
in
a
film.
Eventually,
as
all
of
us
got
convinced,
we
planned
and
shot
the
film,
with
double
the
confidence.
We
edited
the
film
and
showed
it
to
Fox
Star
Studios.
And
the
best
part
is
that
the
very
moment
they
saw
the
film,
they
simply
loved
our
film.
And
considering
the
fact
that,
it's
the
same
Fox
Star
Studios
who
had
released
mega
blockbusters
like
My
Name
Is
Khan,
Slumdog
Millionaire,
Avatar
etc...made
us
all
further
more
confident
about
our
film.
If
our
movie
was
not
worthwhile,
why
will
such
a
big
studio
want
to
get
associated
with
us?
Besides
all
of
this,
we
also
did
a
small
'research
screening' through
which
we
showed
the
film
to
a
cross
section
of
people,
in
Mumbai,
Delhi
and
Ahmedabad
to
get
their
feedback.
And
the
response
to
this
was
simply
outstanding!
In
addition
to
that,
the
response
to
the
promos
has
also
been
really
very
encouraging!
Lastly,
what
are
the
changes
that
one
can
see
in
terms
of
the
serial
as
compared
to
the
film?
We
have
retained
the
script
of
Khichdi,
whereas
the
essence
of
Khichdi
-
The
Movie
will
be
seen
in
the
film.
It
was
a
real
challenge
to
convert
the
2
minutes
of
a
serial
into
a
full
screen
of
2
hour
script.
We
have
also
shot
the
film
not
in
small
sets
like
the
serial.
Since
the
film
is
made
for
a
big
screen,
anything
and
everything
about
this
film
is
big.