Will dedicate Paani to Sushant Singh Rajput if it gets made one day: Shekhar Kapur
Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur said that if his film Paani gets made, he will dedicate it to the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who was supposed to play the lead role in the film.
Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur on Wednesday said whenever his much-ambitious passion project Paani sees the light of day, he will dedicate the film to actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who was attached to headline the movie.
Rajput was found dead at his Bandra apartment on June 14. He was 34 years old.
The actor was supposed to star in Paani, produced by Yash Raj Films (YRF), with whom he previously worked in Shuddh Desi Romance (2013) and Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015).
Kapur's Paani would have been his third film with the banner, but YRF reportedly backed out of the project later.
Taking to Twitter, the Mr India director said he would love to make the film with partners who "walk in humility, not in arrogance".
"If you want to journey with the Gods, or your creativity, you have to walk each step in devotion. In humility. God willing #Paani will get made one day. If it does, I will dedicate it to Sushant," he wrote.
If you want to journey with the Gods, or your creativity, you have to walk each step in devotion. In humility. God willing #Paani will get made one day. If it does, I will dedicate it to Sushant. But it has to be made with partners that walk in humility, not in arrogance. pic.twitter.com/pWzTt04IbK — Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) July 22, 2020
The filmmaker had earlier said that he was "devastated" when Paani was put on the back burner.
"Paani is a complex subject. I am good at selling films. I believe I can sell something so fast and Adi (Aditya Chopra) got caught," he had quipped.
"I was devastated as I was passionate about the project. I had it with me for 15 years. I was working on it for so long. It was draining, it was art. It was not like if not this, I will make something else. When I saw Sushant I felt he is the guy," the 74-year-old director said during a Masterclass at the 2017 edition of the International Film Festival of India.
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