Filmmaker, Imtiaz Ali talked about his cherished desire to direct a spooky film and revealed how he used to spend late nights at Madhubala's haunted bungalow.
Imtiaz Ali is one of the most renowned filmmakers in Hindi cinema. The scion has paved his way to the hearts of millions of cinephiles with his strikingly off-beat plots, iconic cast selection and incomparable cinematography. Imtiaz is credited to have made some of the most popular and successful films to date, including Rockstar, Jab We Met, Love Aaj Kal, Tamasha, Amar Singh Chamkila, Highway, Jab Harry Met Sejal and many more.
In an interaction with Ranveer Allahabadia on his podcast, The Ranveer Show, Imtiaz Ali shared his cherished desire to direct a horror film once in his career. The filmmaker, who is renowned for his contemporary tales of love on the celluloid, explained that he contemplated making a horror film a couple of times. Imtiaz further mentioned how he has often visited the famous Kismat bungalow of the late star, Madhubala in Mumbai and spent nights there in its darkest of corners, due to the rumours that the place is haunted by the spirit of the late actress. Sharing his experiences, Imtiaz said:
“Madhubala used to have a house, it was called Kismat Bungalow. It has been reconstructed now. But back in the day, they wouldn’t allow people to film there at night, and people generally wouldn’t want to film there at night because they believed that her ghost haunts the place. Who knows if that was true, but that’s what people believed. I shot there quite a bit at night. And I would go to the quietest, darkest corners of that house alone, and I used to wonder if Madhubala’s ghost would come.”
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Continuing with the revelation, Imtiaz Ali mentioned how he used to loiter around the old, abandoned and dilapidated bungalow, not being afraid. He added rather feeling a sense of romanticism seep inside him. Sharing his unusual thought that Madhubala’s ghost might just show upto him one day, he said:
“Although I don’t really believe in spirits, but I remember that feeling. It wasn’t just horror, there was something else. There was a sense of awe and romanticism. This is an interesting combination. I have shot nights at her old bungalow hoping for her ghost to show up.”
Off lately, Imtiaz Ali has gathered humongous praise and appreciation for his latest release, Amar Singh Chamkila. The film is a biographic take on the life and works of the eminent Punjabi folk singer by the same name. Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra were roped in to play the lead roles for the same. Considering the overflowing appreciation the film got, Imtiaz, in one of his interviews with Pinkvilla, once shared how he wasn’t very sure of having Diljit Dosanjh as the male lead. Expressing his reasons behind the same, the filmmaker mentioned:
“I couldn’t have imagined or there could’ve been nobody who could’ve played Chamkila or Amarjot except for Diljit and Parineeti. However, I wasn’t sure whether it’s gonna work out with Diljit for some reason. I thought he might not be able to do it, etc."
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Being one of the most A-listed filmmakers, Imtiaz Ali has worked with a number of actors. However, it was Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone’s unmissable on-screen chemistry under his direction in the film, Tamasha that has been remembered for a lot of reasons even today. For the unversed, the actors came together for the shooting of this film, right after their real-life breakup.
Previously, while conversing with News18 Showsha, Imtiaz Ali highlighted how the two actors and ex-couple were able to reflect such a beautiful chemistry on-screen, which almost seemed life-like, despite having broken up in their real lives by then. He credited Deepika and Ranbir for striving to remain exemplary actors before everything else, resulting in a beautiful scene being shot.
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