After
directing
the
likes
of
Aishwarya
Bachchan
(
Provoked),
Naseeruddin
Shah
(
Shoot
On
Sight)
and
Govinda
(
Naughty
At
40)
all
in
films
produced
in
London,
Jagmohan
Mundhra
who
has
lately
been
directing
a
string
of
controversial
biopics,
is
now
returning
to
his
roots,
in
more
ways
than
one.
Mundhra
is
back
in
India
to
make
films,
and
that
too
in
the
erotic-thriller
genre
that
he
specialized
in
earlier
in
his
career
when
he
was
accused
of
making
semi-sleazy
films.
The
first
of
these
low-budget
thrillers
is
titled
Chase
and
has
the
incredible
cast
of
TV
actor-turned
producer
Anuj
Saxena
(who's
also
producing
the
film)
and
Udita
Goswami.
Quite
a
change
from
the
Ashs
and
the
Shahs
he
has
lately
worked
with.
Ask
the
prolific
director
if
he
intends
to
return
to
his
erotic
roots
and
he
laughs,
"My
roots
keep
changing
all
the
time.
And
besides,
even
when
I've
made
supposedly
more
respectable
films,
I
haven't
shied
away
from
erotic
thrillers.
Chase
(we
haven't
got
the
title
as
yet)
is
a
thriller
in
the
style
of
Abbas-Mustan's
Race.
In
fact
I'm
returning
to
my
roots
in
unexpected
ways
because
I
had
started
my
career
with
a
suspense
thriller
in
Hindi
called
Suraag
starring
Shabana
Azmi
and
Sanjeev
Kumar.
With
Chase,
I'm
returning
to
the
genre
and
language
I
started
with."
Next
Mundhra
goes
to
another
thriller
called
Room
Mates
featuring
Gul
Panag
which
will
be
produced
by
One
More
Thought,
the
people
who
produced
Phoonk.
It
looks
like
Jagmohan
Mundhra
has
shifted
base
to
Mumbai
for
at
least
the
next
one
year.
"It
would
seem
so.
I
feel
happy
to
be
working
out
of
Mumbai
after
so
many
years
and
making
films
that
entertain
and
not
provoke
anyone," laughs
Mundhra
at
the
unwanted
attention
his
biopics
have
invited.
Story first published: Friday, September 12, 2008, 16:33 [IST]