Batti Gul Meter Chalu Director Shree Narayan Singh: I Connect With Real Issues That Plague India
The Batti Gul Meter Chalu director Shree Narayan Singh opened up by saying that he connects really well with the real issues that are plaguing the country and does his best to showcase it.
Coming
from
a
middle-class
family,
Toilet:
Ek
Prem
Katha
director
Shree
Narayan
Singh
says
he
has
seen
all
the
problems
that
a
common
man
goes
through
and
this
is
why
they
find
a
space
in
his
cinema.
After
highlighting
the
issue
of
sanitation,
Singh
is
exploring
the
undersupply
of
electricity
in
small
towns
in
his
latest
release
Batti
Gul
Meter
Chalu,
starring
Shahid
Kapoor,
Shraddha
Kapoor,
Yami
Gautam
and
Divyendu
Sharma.
"I
come
from
a
small
town
Balrampur
in
UP.
There
is
a
small
village
near
there,
called
Mahadev,
I
was
born
there.
I
have
faced
issues
like
sanitation,
electricity,
etc.
Since
I
have
faced
real
issues,
I
can
connect
with
it,"
Singh
told
PTI.
As
a
director,
Singh
considers
himself
lucky
as
he
did
not
feel
burdened
despite
the
presence
of
stars
like
Akshay
Kumar
and
Shahid.
"In
the
two
films,
both
Akshay
and
Shahid
have
played
roles
that
are
against
their
image
and
I
am
grateful
for
the
support.
I
want
more
people
to
listen
to
the
issue
so
the
reach
is
wider
with
star
presence,"
he
said.
Batti
Gul
Meter
Chalu
faced
financial
hurdles
and
then
there
was
a
controversy
over
the
writing
credits,
but
Singh
is
relieved
to
have
overcome
these
problems.
"I
never
expected
that
any
problem
would
arise.
I
was
shaken.
Every
film
has
a
journey
and
maybe
this
was
meant
to
happen.
When
you
are
in
a
situation
like
this,
you
do
question
yourself," he
said.
Talking
about
the
controversy
over
writing
credits,
Singh
said
Vipul
Rawal
had
submitted
his
story
to
the
then
producer,
Prerna
Arora.
He
had
liked
the
basic
idea
but
roped
in
writers
Garima
Wahal
and
Sidhartha
Singh
to
develop
it
further.
"In
the
trailer
that
you
see
online,
we
have
given
credit
to
Vipul,
saying,
'concept
by
Vipul'.
We
just
picked
up
the
concept
and
then
he
felt
he
should
be
given
credit
for
story
and
screenplay,
which
we
did,"
he
said.