In
a
departure
from
the
original
musical
blockbuster
Aashiqui
which
had
an
erotic-thriller
component,
director-producer
Mahesh
Bhatt
is
slotting
the
upcoming
sequel
Aashiqui
2
as
a
family
entertainer.
"After
the
successful
run
of
Aashiqui
in
1991
and
in
following
years
due
to
repeat
runs
at
theatres
and
on
TV
and
the
music
ruling
the
chart
for
years,
we
must
make
a
departure
from
the
previous
genre," Bhatt
told
PTI.
Aashiqui
2
needed
the
departure
as
the
audience
has
changed
and
a
whole
new
generation
now
flock
to
multiplexes
for
wholesome
entertainers,
Bhatt
said
after
a
promo
meet.
"Aashiqui
was
a
cult
movie.
It
will
sound
cliche
if
you
say
you
want
to
reach
that
level.
You
can't
repeat
the
success
of
any
movie.
So
let's
call
it
another
movie,
with
a
fresh
cast,
a
whole
new
look,
a
whole
new
content
and
a
rocking
music
director
(Jeet
Ganguly)
who
is
a
household
name
in
Bengal
and
also
making
his
mark
in
Mumbai,"
he
said.
"Aashiqui
2
ushers
in
the
glorious
golden
period
of
cinema...
the
phase
of
films
like
Abhimaan.
It
rekindles
the
feel
of
the
70s
and
80s
-
which
celebrated
middle
class
values
-
and
seeks
to
bring
back
that
kind
of
cinema.
But
it's
set
in
the
contemporary
world,"
he
said.
On
the
reason
behind
casting
Aditya
Roy
Kapoor
and
Shraddha
Kapoor,
Bhatt
said,
"You
cannot
repeat
Rahul
Roy
and
Anu
Agarwal
in
the
present
age
Aashiqui.
Can
you?
For
the
simple,
emotional
flick
high
on
adrenalin,
we
needed
two
fresh
faces
in
the
lead
as
well
as
in
music,"
he
said.
Stating
that
all
the
tracks
of
Aashiqui
like
'Nazar
ke
samney' were
his
favourites,
music
director
Jeet
Ganguly
said
he
was
hooked
to
the
music
created
by
Nadeem
Shravan
when
he
heard
it
for
first
time
at
a
young
age.
"Once
Mr
Mahesh
Bhatt
approached
me
for
Aashiqui
2,
I
stopped
listening
to
those
tracks.
That
was
needed
to
impart
freshness
to
the
music," Ganguly
said.
"As
Aashiqui
2
songs
like
'Tum
Hi
Ho'
and
'Sunn
Raha
Hai'
are
topping
the
charts,
I
hope
this
will
also
strike
a
chord,"
he
added.
PTI