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By Our Correspondent Š2007 Bollyvista.com |
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Vivek Oberoi |
Did you undertake any research while portraying the character of Maya Dolas?
No. I have contributed in my own way, keeping in mind the real life character. That's also the case with Sanjay Dutt, who portrays a similar character that of Aftab Ahmed Khan, who was the then Anti-Terrorist Squad chief.
Was there any kind of interference from producer Sanjay Gupta during the filming since this is one of his pet projects?
In fact, he never visited the sets during the filming and he left it to director Apoorva Lakhia to give his own flavour to the subject. Only during the song picturisations, would Sanjay Gupta visit the sets, since he is adept at and very particular about the song-dance sequences.
There's been a spurt in gangster movies of late. In what way do you think SHOOTOUT AT LOKHANDWALA is different from the other films of similar theme?
This is an entirely different tale. Without glorifying the criminals, it is majorly their story. Sanjay Gupta has sourced various facts from First Information Reports of the police, reports of Human Rights Commission, media reports etc. This is as far as what happened outside the Swati apartment at Lokhandwala, where the criminals were holed up. But what happened inside and how the five criminals vacillated between life and death, nobody knows. This is where fiction comes into play and it is Sanjay Gupta's sharp story-telling skill that takes the audience's goat.
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