"I had thought of shelving Jail" - madhur bhandarkar
An announcement coming from madhur bhandarkar is always equated to an 'expose'! That's the kind of image that the National Award winning filmmaker has built around himself ever since he first made a splash. As Madhur takes a brief break in his hectic shooting schedule, We catch up with the filmmaker in a free wheeling conversation to know whether Jail would account for yet another expose of a world hitherto unseen!
When
the
film
was
announced,
you
had
promised
that
it
would
depict
real
scenarios
about
the
happenings
within
and
outside
Indian
jails.
Have
you
been
able
to
achieve
that
so
far?
Very
much!
So
many
Hindi
films
showcase
a
jail
in
a
pretty
glorified
manner
but
I
didn't
want
that
to
be
the
case
with
my
Jail.
I
have
kept
it
entirely
realistic
while
keeping
the
entertainment
quotient
in
mind.
The
jail
set
that
we
have
at
ND
Studios,
Karjat
is
so
real
that
once
you
are
in,
you
feel
that
you
have
actually
landed
in
a
jail.
With
more
than
60%
of
your
film
already
been
shot,
are
you
looking
at
September/October
timeframe
for
the
release
of
Jail?
After
all
these
have
been
lucky
months
for
you.
Your
critically
acclaimed
Chandni
Bar
had
arrived
in
September'01
while
your
biggest
money
spinner
till
date,
Fashion,
was
released
in
October'08.
Personally
I
don't
plan
things
this
way.
In
fact
I
never
thought
like
this
when
I
began
shooting
for
the
film.
Now
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3
[Jan
2005]
and
Corporate
[July
2006]
had
released
in
different
months
but
they
were
still
successful,
right?
I
don't
believe
in
such
things.
Yes,
the
kind
of
hype
that
Jail
has
managed
to
create,
September/October
would
be
a
good
time
to
release
the
film
but
there
are
other
factors
to
be
kept
in
mind
as
well.
What
kind
of
other
factors?
The
biggest
of
them
is
this
entire
stand
off
between
producers
and
multiplexes.
There
is
bound
to
be
a
pile
up
of
pending
releases
once
the
strike
is
called
off.
I
would
wait
for
these
films
to
arrive
first
and
only
then
will
I
look
forward
to
bringing
my
Jail.
Chandi
Bar
(dance
bars),
Satta
(politics),
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3
(high
society),
Corporate
(business),
Traffic
Signal
(streets)
and
Fashion
(ramp)
-
most
of
your
films
have
looked
at
a
world
that
has
seldom
been
brought
alive
on
the
silver
screen.
So
are
you
going
to
expose
the
underbelly
of
prison
world
which
is
unknown
to
viewers?
Arrey,
aap
log
toh
har
film
mein
'expose'
word
laga
dete
ho
(laughs)!
Let
the
movie's
shooting
get
over
and
promotion
begin.
Once
it
will
arrive
in
theaters,
you
will
know
for
yourself.
But
yes,
I
can
promise
that
it
will
be
a
madhur
bhandarkar
brand
of
film
for
sure.
Jail
was
announced
in
July
last
year
with
much
fanfare.
Even
the
release
was
all
set
for
1st
May.
What
went
wrong
there?
Nothing
went
wrong
actually.
We
could
have
started
earlier
but
then
the
terror
attack
in
Mumbai
made
me
wait
for
some
more
time
before
I
began
shooting.
Seriously,
along
with
the
entire
nation,
my
entire
team
of
writers
and
other
crew
members
were
so
depressed
because
of
the
incident.
Please
continue.
Entire
nation
was
going
through
turmoil.
As
a
Mumbaite
who
saw
it
all
in
front
of
his
own
eyes,
it
was
a
very
difficult
stage
in
my
life.
In
fact
at
that
time
I
went
into
a
thinking
mode
and
was
even
wondering
if
I
wanted
to
make
Jail
at
that
point
of
time
or
not.
It
belonged
to
a
different
genre
and
after
an
unforgettable
terror
attack,
I
wasn't
sure
if
Jail
would
indeed
be
my
next.
I
contemplated
shelving
the
subject
for
the
time
being
and
do
some
other
film.
You
did
go
ahead
with
the
film
though...
True,
but
only
after
I
and
my
entire
crew
was
back
to
being
charged
about
making
Jail.
We
wanted
to
start
afresh
due
to
which
shooting
began
in
March.
It's
not
a
delay
in
any
case;
it's
just
about
3-4
months
of
push.