Jee Le Zaraa: Alia Bhatt, Katrina Kaif mentioned they needed to work collectively after Priyanka Chopra referred to as them, reveals Zoya Akhtar
Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar revealed how Jee Le Zaraa, a street journey movie starring actors Priyanka Chopra, Alia Bhatt and Katrina Kaif, was envisaged in a brand new interview. Calling it ‘serendipity’, she revealed that Alia Bhatt and Katrina had received in contact together with her for a movie, after Priyanka Chopra had referred to as them. Zoya mentioned at the moment, they have been unaware that her brother, director-actor Farhan Akhtar had additionally needed to make an all-girls movie. Earlier this yr, Farhan had introduced his new challenge, Jee Le Zaraa, with Priyanka, Alia and Katrina.
In an interview with Film Companion, Zoya Akhtar referred to as the three actors ‘massive’ and ‘distinct personalities’, saying that every was totally different from the opposite. She mentioned, “Farhan had an idea that he had bounced, saying ‘I want to do this with girls’. He had come up with it and wanted to do this.” She added that she was contacted independently by the actors, who mentioned that they needed to work collectively as Priyanka had referred to as them. “It just aligned. And I think if this had happened 10 years ago, it would have happened if these were the same players.”
Earlier this yr, Priyanka had shared on Instagram, explaining how the movie took place. “Let’s rewind, to me musing about wanting to do another Hindi movie ASAP, on an unusually rainy night in Mumbai in Nov 2019. But it had to be the right one – different, cool, never been done before… I thought. The idea grew into a movie helmed by an all-female cast. There are not enough Hindi movies that are female multi-starrers. This led to an impulsive phone call… to my 2 real friends about this idea that involved 3 on-screen girlfriends. A celebration of friendship we called it!!”
She added, “Katrina, Alia, and I enthusiastically met in February 2020 (as seen in this picture), just before the world shut down, to discuss who we could trust to bring this vision to life for us and our choice was unanimous… Farhan and Ritesh, Zoya and Reema. We had all worked with @excelmovies and @tigerbabyfilms individually so this seemed perfect. It just so happened that Farhan was working on a female road trip movie at the same time! Talk about all the stars aligning!!” She talked about that it took ‘3 years to align the schedules’ however they ‘stuck together’.
Written by Zoya Akhtar, Farhan Akhtar and Reema Kagti, the movie will launch in 2023.