The
prolific
Priyadarshan,
who
in
many
ways
spawned
the
entire
culture
of
modern
day
comedies
in
Bollywood,
has
decided
to
take
a
sabbatical
from
the
funny
stuff.
No
more
comedies,
says
Priyan.
And
he
makes
a
barbed
comment
on
the
new
breed
of
comic
filmmakers,
“Let
the
others
dabble
in
comedy.
I"ve
had
my
fill
for
a
while."
So
adamant
is
he
on
staying
away
from
comedies
that
he
has
told
Subhash
Ghai,
whose
banner
needs
immediate
revival,
that
he
won"t
be
able
to
do
a
funny
film
for
the
producer.
Ghai
had
gone
to
Priyadarshan
in
the
hope
of
his
production
house
securing
a
De
Dana
Dan,
if
not
a
Hera
Pheri.
Priyan
made
it
clear
that
he
won"t
indulge
in
any
funny
business.
Says
the
director,
“Subhashji
came
to
me
to
sign
me
for
a
film.
I
made
it
very
clear
that
I
won"t
be
making
a
comedy.
I"m
working
on
a
few
scripts.
He
has
left
it
to
me
to
decide
what
to
make."
In
fact,
Priyan
has
put
aside
the
desi
version
of
the
Walt
Disney
film
Freaky
Friday
for
this
very
reason.
The
idea
of
making
a
funny
mother-daughter
film
doesn"t
enthuse
the
director
at
this
point
of
time.
Freaky
Friday
is
being
adapted
into
Hindi
by
Devika
Bhagat,
who
wrote
Aisha
for
Sonam
Kapoor
and
Anil
Kapoor
Productions,
in
that
order.
Says
Priyadarshan,
“I"ve
committed
myself
to
doing
a
film
with
Anil
Kapoor
Productions.
But
it
needn"t
be
Freaky
Friday.
It
could
be
something
else.
I
have
told
them
to
finish
the
scripting
then
come
to
me."
Priyan
means
serious
business
at
the
moment.
His
next
release
Aakrosh
is
a
somber
look
at
honour
killing.
And
the
film
he
starts
in
September
is
a
terrorist
thriller
featuring
Anil
Kapoor,
Ajay
Devgn,
Suniel
Shetty,
Kangna
Ranut,
Sameera
Reddy
and
Manoj
Bajpai.
The
film
has
no
title
as
yet.
And
Priyadarshan
is
looking
for
one.
“It
should
begin
with
'A" or
'F","
says
Priyan
firmly.
Interestingly
Priyadarshan"s
favourite
actor
Akshay
has
gone
on-record
to
say
he
would
like
to
do
only
comedies
since
audiences
get
enough
rona-dhona
at
home
on
television.
Does
that
mean
no
more
films
featuring
the
De
Dana
Dana
star-director
team?
Not
quite!
Priyadarshan
is
planning
to
convince
Akshay
to
do
a
non-comic
film.
There"s
a
film
on
AIDS
that
might
bring
the
two
together
again.