After
helming
films
like
Ek
Main
Aur
Ekk
Tu
and
Kapoor
&
Sons,
Shakun
Batra's
next
is
Gehraiyaan
featuring
Deepika
Padukone,
Siddhant
Chaturvedi,
Ananya
Panday
and
Dhairya
Karwa.
In
his
recent
interaction
with
a
leading
tabloid,
the
filmmaker
talked
about
taking
an
OTT
route
for
the
release
of
his
film.
Shakun
told
Hindustan
Times
that
he
has
grown
up
watching
films
that
he
absolutely
loved
and
admired
and
that
made
him
want
to
become
a
filmmaker.
He
said
that
he
used
to
watch
films
on
TV,
DVDs
and
my
laptop,
adding
that
he
always
felt
that
a
good
story
will
connect
regardless
of
how
and
where
it
is
being
watched.
Admitting
that
the
pandemic
also
played
an
important
role
in
their
decision,
the
filmmaker
said,
"Given
where
we
are
today
in
terms
of
Covid,
people
need
to
be
safe.
I
really
didn't
want
to
keep
holding
this
film
for
long.
It
was
ready
and
I
felt
the
need
to
put
it
out.
I
always
set
out
to
make
this
film
for
a
mature
audience,
and
that
is
already
there
on
OTT
platforms."
On
being
asked
why
he
calls
the
genre
of
Gehraiyaan
as
domestic
noir,
Batra
explained,
"It
is
tough
to
classify
a
genre,
that's
why
I
called
it
that.
I
am
interested
in
day
to
day
lives,
and
this
film
does
have
the
element
of
thrill.
Whether
Indians
have
seen
it
or
not
seen
it,
the
audience
can
decide
that
when
they
watch
the
film."
When
pointing
out
how
his
previous
two
films
and
Gehraiyaan
all
revolve
around
the
theme
of
families,
Shakun
said,
"Family
dynamics
provide
a
great
fodder
for
story
telling,
the
internal
dynamics
between
people.
There's
always
a
past
history.
When
you
make
stories
about
people
who
recently
met,
there's
no
history.
I
have
always
enjoyed
characters
that
share
a
common
past
and
background,
that
makes
for
interesting
viewing.
Those
are
my
thoughts,
and
I
sit
down
and
work
consciously
on
them."
Gehraiyaan
is
slated
to
release
on
February
11
on
Amazon
Prime
Video.