23rd May 2023, Mumbai : The Fantastic Actor in Bollywood Industry, Manoj Bajpayee will soon be seen as a advocate PC Solanki in his upcoming movie “Ek Bandaa hi Kaafi Hai”. Manoj playing a role of a lawyer, who was fighting a case of a Rape victim against Godman. The director Apoorv singh Karki, and the whole crew member’s says, shooting with Manoj was a mind-blowing experience, one particular shot makes every one Numb !
The OTT platform film, released Today itself i.e. 23rd May only on ZEE5. The story is based on a true event. The shoot is done in jodhpur, Rajasthan.
In an interview with, Indian express director Apoorv recalls a day when he see Manoj performance that was divine inspired, He says – “There is a shot in the film when there is a very weak moment for both the characters in the film. The child is very stressed because it was a very tough journey for the kid to come to court hearings every day. So, there comes a point in the film where she says that she is very stressed and feels like dying. Manoj’s character then chants Mahadev’s name and tells her not to worry.”
Apoorv further explain, and said – “So, both of them are standing and behind them is Mehrangarh fort and a wide shot is there, with the camera panning up and Manoj shouts loudly, ‘Har har Mahadev’ and at that moment all of us had goosebumps and it really was a divine intervention shooting that scene. I think when you see that scene in the film, it will stay with the audience for a long time.”
A court-room drama film, ran into legal trouble, when it received a legal notice from Godman Aasharam Bapu. Asharam Bapu who is in a jail and is serving sentence for the same crime. The notice termed the film “highly objectionable” and “defamatory” towards him, with a potential to “tarnish his reputation and hit sentiments of his devotees.”
Apoorv says they have spend 6-8 months for just researching and writing the film, facing a lot of difficulties, He said – “The story was already on a public domain. When the story came to us, we spent a lot of time with PC Solanki, on whose character this story is based. He spent 6-8 months on it and we researched a lot about this, his rights were with us , I think the biggest challenge was the research,”
Director Apoorv added in further – So, first it took hard work to write a good script because when you bring such a story, the biggest challenge is to bring realism and entertainment together. We have to entertain the audience in a way that our message gets delivered. With the help of Suparn (Varma), Vinod (Bhanushali) sir and Deepak (Kingrani), we managed to create a great screenplay. Once that was in place then there is a the regular process of reading and we discussed with Manoj sir. We sat down for screenplay, reading discussion. “
The movie is already released in the OTT platform, Go watch out the fabulous acting of Manoj and the truth that every single person should know !
By – Anushka Dutta