Anurag Kashyap shared how Chiyaan Vikram has a special connection with his film Kennedy.
Anurag Kashyap recently talked about his film Kennedy, which is set to premiere at Cannes 2023.
Anurag Kashyap’s Kennedy is one of the most awaited film of this year, it is based on the story of an insomniac cop who lives in different situations in search of redemption. After being selected to be screened in the ‘Midnight Screenings’ category at the Cannes Film Festival 2023, the makers left fans in a tizzy when they released the first poster, which actually encapsulates all the puzzles that the film is going to pose. is going to be brought to the screen for the audience. In a recent interview, Anurag Kashyap dropped a bombshell when he revealed that Chiyaan Vikram was the first choice for Kennedy.
Talking to Anupama Chopra for Film Companion, the Almost Love with DJ Mohabbat director shared, “When I wrote this film, I really had a specific actor in mind, which is why the film is called Kennedy. goes. Because that actor’s nickname is Kennedy. The film was called The Kennedy Project. This is Chiyan Vikram. Chiyaan Vikram’s real name is Kennedy. When I reached out to him, he never responded. Then I reached out to Rahul. I said read His response response was enthusiastic. And not as an actor. That ‘Who is doing this?’ I asked him ‘Will you?’ That ‘Maine?’ was like and I said ‘you have to give it’. And he was supposed to do some films, he gave eight months of his life.”
He said, “Because Rahul is a skinny boy. He has geared up for this. He grew a beard. I said ‘you must be sleepless’. And after a month and a half he could not sleep at night. After that, he pulled himself through it. After this he grew a beard and he started looking unhealthy. And then I said that you are doing the role. His devotion, his honesty, his absolute dedication to the role was unbelievable.
Kennedy is a insomniac ex-cop, long believed dead, yet working for a corrupt system in search of redemption. The first poster features lead actor Rahul Bhat wearing a mask on a mega canvas and Sunny Leone standing in front of a door and crying. Very well justifying its style of police noir, the poster has been designed in a red and black color theme while the gunshots and blood stains give a sneak peek into the suspenseful storyline that the audience will witness in the film.
In an interview with Variety, Kashyap shared that the character of Kennedy has been an obsession for him over the years and it happened when fellow Indian filmmaker Sudhir Mishra hired him to write a police story in the 1980s . He shared that the film never got made, but the character stayed with him. “Then there is an actual incident that happened in the lockdown which suddenly gave rise to an idea. Suppose a character like that existed in that lockdown around that incident, and a fictional story unfolded around the things that happened in the lockdown,” he revealed.
Also, coming from the house of Anurag Kashyap who is known for giving us several thriller films, with ‘Kennedy’ it will be interesting to see what he has got on his plate this time as he ventures into the police noir genre. have been first time.
Kennedy is written and directed by Anurag Kashyap starring Rahul Bhat and Sunny Leone. The film is produced by Ranjan Singh and Kabir Ahuja of Zee Studios and Good Bad Films. The DOP of the film is Sylvester Fonseca. The film’s music is composed by Ashish Narula along with Aamir Aziz and Boyblanc. The editing of the film is done by Tanya Chhabria and Deepak Katar. The sound design of the film is done by Kunal Sharma and Dr. Akshay Indikar.
