Director
of
Luka
Chuppi,
Laxman
Utekar,
has
worked
as
director
of
photography
in
several
big
films
and
says
he
has
learnt
a
lot
in
his
journey
-
learning
decency
from
Shahrukh
Khan
to
admiring
megastar
Amitabh
Bachchan's
maturity.
Laxman
has
been
behind
the
camera
for
films
like
102
Not
Out,
Dear
Zindagi,
English
Vinglish
and
Hindi
Mediumamong
others.
"I've
learnt
from
all
the
people
I've
worked
with.
There
is
so
much
to
learn
from
them.
When
you
work
with
Shah
Rukh
Khan,
you
learn
decency.
He
is
a
thorough
gentleman.
He
knows
how
to
talk
to
people,
how
to
handle
them," Laxman
told
PTI.
"Bachchan
sahab's
maturity
and
experience
reflects
when
you
work
with
him.
I
feel
lucky
that
I've
got
to
work
with
such
talented
people,"
he
added.
Laxman
has
previously
helmed
Marathi
films
like
Tapaal
and
Lalbaugchi
Rani.
Luka
Chuppi
marks
his
Hindi
directorial
debut,
along
with
his
writer
collaborator
Rohan
Shankar.
The
film,
produced
by
Dinesh
Vijan,
features
Kartik
Aaryan
and
Kriti
Sanon.
The
filmmaker
said
he
was
extremely
impressed
with
his
film's
leads
and
realised
they
are
more
than
just
glamorous
faces.
"I
hadn't
seen
much
of
their
films
but
when
we
started
our
reading
session,
I
got
to
know
their
sensibilities
because
the
kind
of
questions
they
used
to
ask,
the
way
they
used
to
discuss
nuances,
it
made
me
happy.
"I
realised
that
Kartik
and
Kriti
are
not
just
glamorous
stars.
They
are
also
very
talented
and
intelligent
performers.
There
are
very
few
like
them.
In
our
industry,
you'll
find
people
who
are
good
looking
but
may
not
be
that
good
as
performers
and
vice
versa."
The
romcom,
set
in
Mathura,
chronicles
the
story
of
a
couple
in
a
live-in
relationship
and
how
family
dynamics
come
into
play.
Recently,
filmmakers
in
Bollywood
have
trained
their
lens
towards
the
hinterland
and
Laxman
says
the
trend
is
in
vogue
because
for
a
long
time
the
audience
was
used
to
seeing
romances
set
in
abroad
where
the
most
of
India
that
was
shown
was
only
Punjab.
"Across
the
world,
the
audience
changes
its
choice
after
every
three
years.
Right
now
our
audience
wants
to
see
Indian
culture
and
colour,
which
was
absent
from
the
big
screen
until
Aanand
L
Rai's
'Raanjhanaa',"
she
said.
"Every
after
100km
we
have
a
different
dialect
and
culture.
People
want
to
see
all
that
today.
They
are
loving
it.
This
trend
will
go
on
for
three
years
more,
and
then
the
trend
might
change
again,"
he
added.
Luka
Chuppi
is
scheduled
to
release
this
Friday.