Raj Singh Chaudhary On 'Thar's Comparisons To That Of Clint Eastwood's Films

바카라�Thar바카라� is set in the 1980s and follows Siddharth바카라�s journey through a remote village in Rajasthan that has recently seen violent killings. Actor Anil Kapoor plays a cop who is investigating these murders. Chaudhary wanted to present his vision about the deserts through the Thar Desert - an Aravalli mountain range, doing justice to his story of a Neo-western thriller. 

바카라�As a child, I used to visualise from a mountain top that a horse would come and stand and there바카라�s a cowboy바카라� I didn바카라�t want to make Thar into a run-of-the-mill story. I have been a fan of the Western genre from my childhood. The Rajasthan that I belong to wasn바카라�t the Rajasthan of palaces and sand dunes. My Rajasthan is the one with the mountains and that is very similar to the ones that we see in the Western films. The local population with sunburnt faces, stained teeth, moustaches, scraggy beards바카라� all that is very similar to those films,바카라� told the director to PTI. 

Chaudhary is best known for starring in and co-writing 바카라�Gulaal바카라� in 2009 with filmmaker Anurag Kashyap. He said, 바카라�I바카라�m trying to convey something through this film. It could be anybody whether in a village, a 2-tier city, towns, or even internationally바카라� the film will resonate with every human. If the soul of the film comes through, my job here is done.바카라�

The filmmaker says that 바카라�Thar바카라� is the closest we have come to the western genre in our cinema. 바카라�This is the genius of Anurag Kashyap. When he was writing the dialogues with me, he came up with this thought that anybody could be the murderer. When Anurag brought in those dialogues, by default, it became a homage to Sholay,바카라� Chaudhary said referring to Anil Kapoor바카라�s dialogue in the trailer. 

The director further said that the story fit organically in the genre and the location. He then praised Leone바카라�s movies and their background score composed by music composer Ennio Morricone. He also drew inspiration from 바카라�Django Unchained바카라� directed by filmmaker Quentin Tarantino.

바카라�Basically every character could be the culprit, understanding the motivation for a character is important바카라� A good whodunit would be where you feel that every character could or could not be the murderer,바카라� added the director. Chaudhary also mentioned that he knew actor Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor was the one when he saw his debut 바카라�Mirzya바카라� in 2016. 

He said, 바카라�He had those eyes and face that I needed for Thar. I spoke to Vikramaditya Motwane. Harsh was doing Bhavesh Joshi with him at that point of time. I asked Vikram to introduce me to Harsh and we moved ahead with the film.바카라�

바카라�Phantom couldn바카라�t make it as it got dissolved, but Harsh and I stuck to it. We wanted one character to be played by Anil sir. He read the script and he really liked it but since I바카라�m a new director he was sceptical about it. Will I be able to pull it off? Trusting someone new is a big risk for him, he told me and Harsh to shoot three scenes properly with a film camera바카라� we edited it, with the score, and we showed it to him. He really liked it and that is how he came on board. We then worked more on the script, then Netflix came on board,바카라� Chaudhary added. 

The director further talked about the perks of releasing the film on Netflix. 바카라�If I바카라�d done this in the theatres there were certain things I바카라�d have to dilute in the film. But Netflix gives you that bandwidth to make the film you want to make in the way you want to make. Maybe you바카라�ll not get the kind of budget if you want to do a theatrical. OTT is a huge medium today for the audience to reach out and watch films,바카라� he added. 

바카라�Thar바카라� also stars Fatima Sana Shaikh, Jitendra Joshi, Satish Kaushik, Akshay Oberoi and Mukti Mohan and will start streaming on May 6.

[With Inputs From PTI]