Smriti Mundhra on The Romantics: 'It was very challenging to get Aditya Chopra to do this interview'
1 year, 10 months ago

Smriti Mundhra on The Romantics: 'It was very challenging to get Aditya Chopra to do this interview'

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Talking about bringing all the stars together for The Romantics, the filmmaker revealed, “There’s so much regard for Yash Chopra. It’s not an unauthorized project but backed by the YRF studio so people were very willing and eager.” Smriti Mundhra, directing The Romantics, which streams on Netflix from today, talked about the idea of this tribute to romance and Yash Chopra, and said, “I’m a documentary filmmaker and one of the topics I wanted to explore was history and evolution of Hindi Cinema. The image that comes to mind when people talk about Bollywood is that of Yash Chopra; be it the costumes or the heroines or all of that.“ Talking about bringing all the stars together for the show, the filmmaker revealed, “There’s so much regard for Yash Chopra. He’s incredibly smart and insightful.” She also revealed her favorite films of Yash Chopra and YRF and said, “For Yash Chopra I’d say Chandni, I’m never tired of it, DDLJ has a very sacred place in my heart.

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