After his last directorial venture "Yuvvraaj" failed at the box office, Subhash Ghai is now set for his first production of the year "Paying Guest", which he says is based on a humorous play that ran for two years in the US, Britain and the UAE.
"'Paying Guest' is an out-and-out comedy based on a play of the same name and directed by Paritosh Painter. It ran for two years in the US, UK and UAE. Now the movie too is being directed by the director of the play," Ghai told IANS in an e-mail interview.
"Paritosh has done an equally good job as the director of the film. It will sure be a blockbuster, something I can predict at this moment," the filmmaker said.
The multi-starrer revolves around five close friends who stay together in Dubai and is set to hit screens next month.
"In a comedy film like this, you really need genuinely talented actors rather than only a star who has a sale value. So we decided on Shreyas (Talpade), Javed Jaffery, Ashish Chowdhary, Celina (Jaitley), Neha Dhupia and so on," he said.
So does he feel comedy is the flavour of the season?
"I completely feel that comedy is the flavour of the season. Today stress levels are so high that people like comedy, even mindless comedies if it's entertaining," said Ghai.
"Nowadays, people don't have time to appreciate your poetry or cinema unless you compel them to go and watch it, but that's a tough proposition for a filmmaker today," he added.
Ghai, whose production house Mukta Arts Pvt Ltd has produced successful films like "Aitraaz" and "Iqbal" among others, says his banner believes in churning out films of all budgets and genres.
"'Paying Guest' is an out-and-out comedy based on a play of the same name and directed by Paritosh Painter. It ran for two years in the US, UK and UAE. Now the movie too is being directed by the director of the play," Ghai told IANS in an e-mail interview.
"Paritosh has done an equally good job as the director of the film. It will sure be a blockbuster, something I can predict at this moment," the filmmaker said.
The multi-starrer revolves around five close friends who stay together in Dubai and is set to hit screens next month.
"In a comedy film like this, you really need genuinely talented actors rather than only a star who has a sale value. So we decided on Shreyas (Talpade), Javed Jaffery, Ashish Chowdhary, Celina (Jaitley), Neha Dhupia and so on," he said.
So does he feel comedy is the flavour of the season?
"I completely feel that comedy is the flavour of the season. Today stress levels are so high that people like comedy, even mindless comedies if it's entertaining," said Ghai.
"Nowadays, people don't have time to appreciate your poetry or cinema unless you compel them to go and watch it, but that's a tough proposition for a filmmaker today," he added.
Ghai, whose production house Mukta Arts Pvt Ltd has produced successful films like "Aitraaz" and "Iqbal" among others, says his banner believes in churning out films of all budgets and genres.