Damn daddy starring Shahid Kapoor, Ronit Roy, Rajeev Khandelwal and more celebs released in OTT on June 9. The film received mixed to positive reception and Shahid Kapoor received much praise for his performance in the film. BollywoodLife contacted the director of Bloody Daddy Ali Abbas Zafar for a chat about the movie. We asked Ali Abbas Zafar if he had an actor in mind other than Shahid Kapoor for the role of Sumair. Read more to know what he has to say…
Ali Abbas Zafar is all praise for Shahid Kapoor in Bloody Daddy
Ali Abbas Zafar has a unique approach to filmmaking. He once revealed in one of his interviews that he develops the characters first and then approaches celebs. We asked if there was another actor on his mind while he was working on Bloody Daddy. Despite Shahid Kapoor approving of the original idea, did he have another celebrity in mind? That does not seem to be the case, says Ali Abbas Zafar Bollywood Life that he had been jamming Shahid for a long time and wanted to work together. Ali admits that Shahid liked realistic movies while he liked commercial ones. “I just wanted to create a character who is like a bridge between his world and my world. He tells us while adding that when he started adapting the French film, he Indianized everything a lot. Ali Abbas Zafar shares that it Sumair’s character is the kind of character that is on trend. When he approached Shahid with the role, the actor grabbed the opportunity with both hands.
Watch the video teaser of Bloody Daddy’s Issa Vibe song shared by Ali Abbas Zafar on his Instagram handle here:
“Also, being a father now, he understands the emotions very well. So I had no problem explaining to him what Sumair needed. Shahid told me that when Misha and Zain move away from his eyes in a public place, even for 10 seconds, I know what I feel.” So he understood the fear of the father who you don’t know is on the right side of the system or corrupt. And once he told him about the character and the movie, Ali said, “Shahid was completely sold,” and he was eager to make the movie, as he understood what he wanted to tell with the character.
Ali Abbas Zafar also talks about shooting during a pandemic
We asked the director of Bloody Daddy about the Covid scenes during the shoot. (Spoiler in case you still haven’t seen it) There’s a string of weddings and the club scene bustling with people. The director reveals that they took the cast and crew to a location and created their own bubble. Ali shares that he took the entire hotel and brought everyone there. Bloody Daddy is mostly shot in the hotel and they have their whole set be it the club, kitchen or lounge in the same place. Ali Abbas Zafar says that when Shahid moves from one location to another, each location becomes like a character in the film.
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