Jayprad Desai: ‘Celebrating the flawed, not defending them’

Updated On: 18 August, 2024 07:35 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma

Director Jayprad Desai on representing reality and humanising his flawed characters for the audience to relate to

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Kaushal, Pannu and Massey in Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba

Moving from sports drama Kaun Pravin Tambe (2022) and spy thriller Mukhbir (2022) to a world filled with love, betrayal and murders is not easy. That’s exactly what drew director Jayprad Desai to the Taapsee Pannu and Vikrant Massey-starrer Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba. “What attracted me was the almost recklessness of its world. It’s so forbidden that it is exciting, which is also what pulp offerings are. The film’s sheer audacity drew me to it, even though it was far removed from who I am,” he says.

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