On the core of Dream Lady 2, the sequel to Ayushmann Khurrana’s 2019 movie, is comedy and the actor says the film is a pure entertainer that caters to every kind of audiences.
The actor has tackled numerous social and taboo topics in his cinema, be it sperm donation in Vicky Donor, fats shaming in Dum Laga Ke Haisha, erectile dysfunction in Shubh Mangal Saavdhan or untimely baldness in Bala.
Dream Lady 2, nevertheless, tonally follows its predecessor.
“It is a slapstick movie, a frontbencher, massy movie. We aren’t actually referring to any subject right here. It is a film the place you do not have to take your brains to the cinema. It isn’t a woke movie,” Ayushmann stated.
“Dream Lady was one thing which gave me the very best field workplace of my profession. It actually set the tone proper and we have taken that tonality ahead. So this can be a extra tier-2 or tier-3, not simply multiplexes but additionally single display sort of cinema,” he added.
Directed by Raaj Shaandilyaa, Dream Lady featured Ayushmann as Karam, a person recognized for making a dwelling by impersonating a feminine voice referred to as Pooja. The movie, which additionally featured Nushrratt Bharuccha, Annu Kapoor, Manjot Singh, Vijay Raaz and Abhishek Banerjee, had turned out to be one of many highest grossing motion pictures of 2019.
4 years later, Ayushmann and his gang return with the sequel however the query was methods to make the follow-up higher than the primary half.
“The most important inspiration for this film was that the love from the viewers for ‘Dream Lady’. And, after all, that triggers you to do one thing else or perhaps go to the subsequent degree with higher and better stakes. We have been at all times pondering, how ought to we do that?
“And Raaj got here up with this sensible concept that Pooja must be revealed, like in the entire flesh and blood. And never simply the sound, but additionally visuals within the movie as Pooja. In order that’s the subsequent degree we have cracked in ‘Dream Lady 2’,” he stated.
In Dream Lady 2, scheduled to be launched in theatres on August 25, Ayushmann reprises his position of Karam, who decides to cross costume as Pooja to make sufficient cash to marry the love of his life, performed by Ananya Panday.
Ayushmann, 38, stated he needed to keep a positive steadiness in taking part in the half as he did not need to come throughout as insensitive to the other gender together with his crossdressing act.
“The way in which I take a specific character, I strive to not overdo it. I attempt to make it as actual as doable, conserving in thoughts the sensitivities. Ultimately, it is the leisure that issues. We aren’t placing anybody down and that is our aspiration with this movie. However the true crux and core of this movie is comedy.”
The Chandigarh-born actor joked that the ladies in his household discovered him “fairly” as Pooja.
“They discovered me actually fairly and my mother at all times wished a woman baby. So, her want has been fulfilled. Each boy has a photograph in his childhood, particularly mine the place my mother dressed me in a frock. So, I’ve an image like that. And I believe I am going to share that on Instagram quickly,” he stated.
Ayushmann additional stated the sequel has been made on an even bigger canvas.
“When the primary movie is profitable, you place in additional finances. This appears greater, the manufacturing worth is greater on this movie. The star forged is greater, we have launched greater actors additionally, like Paresh Rawal sir, Seema Pawar ma’am, Asrani sir, Rajpal Yadav. And there are extra characters, which was very enjoyable,” he added.
The Hindi movie business appears to should put the dismal 2022 behind with the back-to-back field workplace success of films similar to Pathaan, Zara Hatke Zara Bachke, Satyaprem Ki Katha and Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani.
Ayushmann’s theatrical releases Anek, Physician G and An Motion Hero additionally suffered final 12 months. “An Motion Hero” discovered appreciation later with its streaming debut on Netflix.
In response to Ayushmann, he’s inspired by the change in audiences’ style. “It was a wave and that has gone, (folks) sitting at residence and watching cinema. Now they need to come out and watch it on huge screens.
“I am glad even the mid finances movies are working, which is sort of a very welcome change. It actually inspired me as a result of my sort of movies aren’t actually huge finances movies. They’re all small finances movies that are excessive on content material,” he stated.
Dream Lady 2 is produced by Ektaa R Kapoor’s Balaji Movement Photos.