Filmmaker Habib Faisal made his big bollywood debut with dooi chaar, fifteen years ago with real pairs Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor. He recently remembered how Neetu played a crucial role in balancing Rishi’s dynamic nature.
Rishi Kapoor’s first reaction to the role
In conversations with the screen, Habib shared reaction by Rishi Kapoor when he was first offered the script. He said: “He was very honest about one thing, he said he did not know this space at all and had never performed such a role before. But what he linked to were the relationships and emotions. For example, his binding with his sister, who drives him to borrow a car and travel all the way to Meerut to please her. Until then, most of his stories were driven by romance, fell in love and its conflicts. But here the need and desire was different: the family’s happiness. Finding joy for oneself through family happiness, that is what really linked to him. “
Embrace the challenge
Elaborating Further, He Added, “In Terms of Performance, this New Kind of Character Became a Challenge He Complely Surrenered to the Script, Me, and the Entire Process. After the movie, some Fellow Directors Asked How it Went so smoothly with That Challenge Fully. And he Also Really Enjoyed Being in Delhi. Neetu Singh. Everyone spoke Pure Delhi Lingo, which he loved. The actor in him was proud of the local cadence. Often, just before a while, he would ask our advertisement, Sumit Tyagi, to say his lines in the Delhi tone, and then he would deliver them exactly in the shot. “At the same time, he had some anxiety and wondered how the audience would react to seeing him and Neetu Singh again and whether people would come to the theaters. But it did not deter him; if something made him more excited about the movie,” he said.
Neetu Kapoor’s basic influence
When she talked about working with the very talented Neetu Kapoor and how she managed to balance her husband’s dynamic nature, Faisal shared, “her presence was phenomenal. She was crucial to giving balance and reusing him because he could sometimes be a little Bratty. Before the shooting started, for example, I went to their house and suggested that they come two days early so that we could make readings on the set. I thought it would help break the ice with the rest of the role, especially the children, and help everyone stop being “stars” and become their characters. He refused immediately and said, “I don’t do readings and everything.” But Neetu Singh said, “I go. You don’t want to, but I go.” So he ended up with her. ” He continued, “at nine in the morning they were there as we sat up. He walked around, looked at the fridge, helmet, table, the fireplace, the cooler, everything and slowly entered the zone. We started reading, and as he refused, I started reading his part. After a while he joined and said,” okay, now I will. “It was Neetu Singh’s influence, she always managed to stretch the brat into him.“Dooni Chaar also contained Supriya Shukla, Akhilendra Mishra, Archit Krishna and several others in key roles.
