Real-life
stories
have
often
provided
plot
points
to
director
Neeraj
Pandey
be
it
A
Wednesday,
Special
26
or
his
upcoming
Akshay
Kumar-starrer
Baby,
about
a
spy
mission.
The
director
says
it
is
just
a
coincidence
that
he
explores
such
subjects
in
his
movies.
"I
don't
know...
It
could
be
because
dramas
are
set
in
those
kind
of
spaces.
It's
more
like
a
coincidence.
I
like
making
films
on
realistic
issues," Neeraj
told.
The
filmmaker
said
the
script
of
Baby
was
there
in
his
mind
from
quite
sometime.
"The
story
was
there
in
my
mind
for
sometime.
I
started
working
on
the
story
after
finishing
my
novel
'Ghalib
Danger'.
The
film
is
based
on
a
few
articles
that
I
have
read
and
remembered
over
a
certain
period
of
time.
There
was
a
germ
which
I
wanted
to
pursue
and
Baby
is
the
result
of
that," he
said.
It
is
the
second
time
that
Neeraj
has
teamed
up
with
Akshay
after
Special
26.
"It
is
obvious
that
our
previous
experience
has
been
good
for
us
to
come
together.
Akshay
has
gone
to
a
totally
different
level
with
his
performance
in
the
film.
We
are
very
proud
of
his
performance
in
the
film.
The
actions
which
he
did
are
very
realistic," he
said.
Neeraj
has
also
given
a
fresh
look
to
his
other
starcast
be
it
Anupam
Kher
or
'Chashme
Badddoor'
actress
Tapsee
Pannu.
"I
wanted
to
give
them
a
very
fresh
look
for
this
film
and
I
wanted
to
shed
their
set
image
too,"
he
said.
The
director
is
next
helming
a
biopic
on
Indian
cricket
skipper
MS
Dhoni,
which
stars
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
in
the
titular
role.
The
film
will
hit
theatres
on
October
22.
PTI