Nitesh
Tiwari
kicked
started
the
shoot
of
his
upcoming
next,
Chhichhore
on
30th
September
in
Mumbai
Starring
Sushant
Singh
Rajput
and
Shraddha
Kapoor
in
the
lead
role,
Chhichhore
is
set
in
an
engineering
college
and
sees
the
duo
age
from
college-goers
to
middle-aged
characters.
"I
spent
four
years
of
my
student
life
in
the
IIT-Bombay
hostel,
where
giving
everyone
nicknames
that
ranged
from
conventional
to
weird
is
a
kind
of
a
tradition.
While
Aniruddh
would
become
Anni
and
Sandeep
was
Sandy,
the
weird
ones
were
contextual," the
director
says,
adding
that
it
served
as
inspiration
for
his
characters.
"In
the
film,
we
have
an
angsty
guy
called
Acid,
another
guy
who
misses
his
mother
a
lot
is
called
Mummy."
The
trickiest
thing
about
these
nicknames,
Nitesh
points
out,
is
that
they
tend
to
stick
for
life.
"I
still
call
my
college
friends
Guppa,
Gucci,
Puke,
B-Zero,
Dard
Kumar,
Skinny,
Bhindi,
Danda,"
he
laughs.
Moving
on
to
his
more
conventionally-named
leads,
Anni
and
Maya,
the
filmmaker
says
that
casting
them
was
challenging
as
they
were
required
to
look
convincing
before
and
after
the
time-leap.
"Sushant
and
Shraddha
are
phenomenal
actors.
And
fortunately
for
me,
Sajid
sir
(Nadiadwala,
producer)
understands
the
creative
vision
of
his
director.
We
had
long
chats
about
the
protagonists.
He
was
happy
to
see
Sushant
and
Shraddha
as
Anni
and
Maya
as
this
is
also
the
first
time
they
have
paired
up
on
screen,"
Nitesh
reveals.
He
further
informs
that
the
entire
film
is
based
and
will
be
shot
in
Mumbai.
"I
prefer
to
shoot
in
real
locations,
so
the
portions
set
in
the
engineering
college
will
be
filmed
on
an
actual
campus,"
he
informs.
The
filmmaker
has
put
in
extensive
research
for
the
film,
he
shares.
"The
looks
have
been
designed
by
Preetisheel
(Singh,
prosthetic
and
makeup
artist),
whose
work
I
really
like.
For
her
reference,
I
shared
snaps
of
my
friends
from
college
days
to
present-day.
The
biggest
challenge
was
getting
all
the
characters
in
the
film
to
age
differently
with
time.
So,
everything
was
planned
thoughtfully,
and
she
has
executed
them
with
a
lot
of
finesse,"
The
recently
released
quirky
poster
bears
the
famous
Hindi
saying
'Kutte
ki
dum
tedhi
ki
tedhi' on
top
and
features
the
cast
in
two
versions-
young
and
old,
hinting
at
an
out-of-the-box
narrative.
The
film
stars
Shraddha
Kapoor,
Sushant
Singh
Rajput,
Prateik
Babbar,
Varun
Sharma,
Tahir
Raj
Bhasin,
Tushar
Pandey,
Saharsh
Shukla
&
Naveen
Polishetty.
Fox
Star
Studios
presents
a
Nadiadwala
Grandson
Entertainment
production,
'Chhichhore'
is
produced
by
Sajid
Nadiadwala,
co-produced
by
Fox
Star
Studios
and
is
directed
by
Nitesh
Tiwari.
The
film
is
slated
to
hit
theatres
on
August
30,
2019.