Dibakar Banerjee is geared up for his upcoming dark crime comedy Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2.
Dibakar said that going to Salman Khan’s Bigg Boss was only a PR strategy.
Filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film, Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2. The teaser of the film was released recently and fans wondered why Bigg Boss alum Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia was absent from the video. It was reported earlier that Nimrit opted out of the film due to bold scenes. However, the director recently revealed that going to Bigg Boss to cast an actor was only a PR strategy.
In the interview with India Today, Dibakar did not directly mention Nimrit’s name but said, “There are many, many people who dropped out. Honestly, going to Bigg Boss and picking an actor was just a PR plan, with Ekta making the big announcement. We also had plans to choose more. But not just actors, there are even singers, who did not want to utter Love Sex Aur Dhokha and other controversial words. If they did that, how would we get actors to be part of the film to do things that are basic for LSD 2? It is slightly gritty, bold, dark, and controversial. That’s the reality of our hypocritical society, where such films and filmmakers are not accepted. Everyone tries to avoid us.”
He further added, “We went and asked people who the label wanted but they refused saying it was their ‘brand’ of songs. They feared being trolled. These are legitimate reasons as we are all surviving on the internet presence and our followers. A topic that’s even part of the film. The music of LSD 2 has come out very different, but I am happy as long as we do not repeat. Given the constraints we had this time, the music would reflect our struggles.”
The cast of the film now includes newcomers Paritosh Tiwari, Abhinav Singh, and Bonita Rajpurohit, alongside Swastika Mukherjee, Tusshar Kapoor, Mouni Roy, Anu Malik and Uorfi Javed.
