Was interested in movie route for years however didn’t have braveness to do it: Riteish Deshmukh

Directing movies was on his want listing for fairly a while, says Riteish Deshmukh, who’s completely happy about going behind the digital camera for the primary time with the upcoming Marathi film Ved.

The actor, identified for the Housefull collection, Ek Villain and Marjaavaan, ventured into Marathi cinema as a producer with 2013’s Balak Palak and adopted it up with Yellow. “This (route) is one thing I used to be interested in for a few years however didn’t have the braveness to do it as a result of I used to be performing. In the final three-four years I used to be making an attempt to determine…

“Even the film that I have directed ‘Ved’ is something that worked out itself for me,” Deshmukh, who has additionally starred in Marathi movies Lai Bhaari and Mauli, instructed PTI.

With Maharashtra additionally being house to Bollywood, Riteish Deshmukh stated Marathi movies face stiff competitors from Hindi cinema.

“It is tough for Marathi cinema to survive with Hindi cinema in the same state when the first preference is to watch Hindi over Marathi cinema. When Marathi movies become a second choice, their theatre share invariably goes down,” added Deshmukh.

Citing examples of hit Marathi movies resembling Nagraj Manjule’s Sairat and Natsamrat by Mahesh Manjrekar, the 43-year-old actor stated the state wants no less than two such motion pictures yearly to lure plenty to theatres.

“The thought is how can we go from third to second choice to being an equal possibility. We have to determine find out how to entice (audiences). Maharashtra has 12 crore inhabitants, I imagine 9-10 crore might be Marathi-speaking viewers.

“We are able to tap into that substantial base with very few films. Like, Sairat did brilliantly. Lai Bhaari, Natsamrat, these films reached the maximum audience. But we need more such films, we need two films every year,” he stated.

Recently, Deshmukh made his digital debut with Plan A Plan B, co-starring Tamannaah Bhatia. Directed by Shashanka Ghosh of Veere Di Wedding fame and written by Rajat Arora, the romantic comedy premiered on Netflix final month.

The actor stated he was thinking about exploring the digital medium and his dream was fulfilled with Plan A Plan B, which follows the quirky romance between a match-maker (Bhatia) and a divorce legal professional (Deshmukh).

“It was a time when pandemic had hit, OTT was one thing that I used to be trying ahead to. But nothing had materialised.

“Every other day I am offered a UP gangster (role). When this film came, I was like ‘They are doing a rom-com, let’s do it’. I got the opportunity to do a rom-com after 10 years. Besides, it is a light-hearted watch,” he added.

Veteran actor Poonam Dhillon and standard influencer Kusha Kapila additionally spherical out the forged of Plan A Plan B.