Anukalp Goswami now making his directorial debut says he is “living his dream” with Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon 2, the much-anticipated sequel to the 2015 hit. The film stars Kapil Sharma along with Hira Warina, Tridha Choudhury, Parul Gulati and Ayesha Khan, and hits cinemas on December 12.
In an exclusive conversation with Hindustan Times, Goswami spoke highly of his longtime collaborator Kapil calling him the “Shah Rukh Khan of comedy.” He recalled that Kapil first encouraged him to direct the new film after Goswami narrated the story to him. “The first part was a massive hit, and we wanted the next one to exceed that. We were waiting for a good story to strike my mind. We even had an idea, but got busy with other projects, Sony’s second and third season and then Kapil Sharma’s show shifted to Netflix. When we were on Kapil’s US–Canada tour, that’s when it struck us: let’s make this. I narrated the subject to Kapil, and he loved it. He said, ‘The way you’re presenting it, you should direct it.’ For me, it was amazing yet challenging. I told Abbas–Mastan sir, and they were very happy. They assured me that the whole team is with me and said, ‘You make it, it’s a great idea.’”
On what inspired the sequel, Goswami clarified that the plot centering around a man married to four women from different religions is entirely fictional. “In real life, only one or two situations like this happen, this is larger-than-life cinema because we bring something different from imagination. The story is about a man stuck in four marriages. So this time, we took four different religions and made it bigger. It was unique and also the biggest challenge. It’s not like I saw a person like this in real life. It was purely my imagination, what would happen if someone was stuck in such a situation?
Speaking about his own journey from writer to director, Goswami shared, “I used to do theatre in Jaipur, perform, write and even direct. I was mentally prepared that whatever first break I got in Mumbai, I’d do it with full commitment. I am an actor too, but I got my first break in writing. After that, I kept writing, and the actor in me helped during script narration. Wherever I narrated a script, it got selected.”
On working with Kapil again after so many years, he commented, “I always wanted to direct. But I came from Jaipur and had no godfather in Mumbai. To get the work you want, you have to win people’s trust. I joined Kapil as a writer; he liked my writing, but for him to trust that I could also present what I imagined that took time. There’s a saying, even your own family takes time to understand you, so in a city like Mumbai, meeting your true self also takes a long time.”
He added, “Kapil saw the director in me, that’s why it took time. I always wished to see my name on the screen as a writer and director. Finally, my dream has come true. I hope people like the film.”
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