Filmmaker
Prakash
Jha,
known
for
serious
big
screen
outings
like
Aarakshan
and
Satyagraha,
is
happy
to
produce
a
non-star
cast
comedy
Crazy
Cukkad
Family
as
he
wants
to
back
small
films
and
fresh
talent.
Crazy
Cukkad
Family,
directed
by
debutant
Ritesh
Menon,
stars
singer-composer
Swanand
Kirkire
in
his
acting
debut
and
Shilpa
Shukla
of
'Chake
De'
fame.
"Over
the
years
I
have
done
my
films
but
also
supported
small
films.
It
is
time
that
new
talent
and
content
driven
cinema
gets
the
focus.
The
industry
has
been
taken
over
by
the
corporates
and
they
don't
invest
and
develop.
They
are
always
into
big
stars
and
projects.
"I
felt
I
should
give
chance
to
younger
talent.
It
is
a
very
conscious
decision
that
I
will
keep
making
movies
which
are
my
forte
but
there
are
others
whose
stories
I
like
so
I
will
support
them," Jha
told.
The
director
said
he
was
attracted
to
the
relatable
and
entertaining
story
of
the
film.
"'Crazy
Cukkad
Family
is
a
small
budget
and
non-star
cast
film.
It
is
very
entertain
ming
comedy.
The
film
is
about
values
and
a
family,
where
people
keep
running
after
the
golden
egg
and
eventually
become
'cukkads'."
"It
is
a
sweet,
light-hearted
story
with
fresh
bunch
of
people,
who
are
very
talented.
The
situations
are
very
real
in
the
movie," he
said.
Praising
Swanand's
performance
in
the
film,
"He
is
so
natural.
He
has
done
a
lot
of
theatre
so
he
is
not
new
to
acting.
He
has
done
a
great
job
in
the
movie.
He
was
so
apt
for
the
role.
You
will
be
surprised
to
see
him," Jha
said.
Crazy
Cukkad
Family,
produced
by
Prakash
Jha
Productions
and
also
starring
Zachary
Coffin,
Nora
Fatehi,
Kushal
Punjabi
Jugnu
Ishiqui
and
Anushka
Sen,
is
set
to
release
on
January
16.
PTI