Mysshkin, who is a name to be reckoned with in Kollywood, will soon be making his big Bollywood debut with a John Abraham film. The director turned into an actor in the highly-anticipated film Nandhalala (which is yet to see the light of day) when he could not find a suitable actor for the protagonist’s role.
Mysshkin, who is busy with the post-production of his next, Yuddham Sei with Cheran, spoke to DC about his Hindi venture in this exclusive interview.
This still-untitled Bollywood film is being produced by UTV Motion Pictures and has John Abraham playing the lead. “Bringing John on board did not happen all of a sudden. I have been interacting with him for quite some time now,” is how he began the conversation. Mysshkin described it as, “A full-on action film in which the story happens over 12 hours. John watched my earlier Tamil film Anjaathe on DVD, to get to know more about my style of filmmaking and he was very impressed. He called me to Mumbai to narrate the script and once he listened to it, he fell in love with the role and decided to go ahead.”
He gave an assurance that this would not be a remake of his Tamil hit, but a fresh script written for the Hindi film. To an enquiry about whether John asked him to make any changes in the theme to make it more commercial, he was quick to respond, “Oh, no. It is an out-and-out action film. So the question doesn’t arise. All the same, I hardly watch Hindi movies, which I guess, is a blessing in disguise. I will stick to my story and whatever it demands will be scrupulously incorporated.” As for the heroine selection, he said no leading lady had been finalised yet. He was still fine-tuning the script and in all probability, the movie would go on the floors in January 2011.
