‘Bheed’ Director Anubhav Sinha Reacts To PM Modi’s Speech Being Removed From Film’s Trailer
Bheed trailer received massive backlash after makers released it on YouTube. People claimed that it depicted a negative side of the pandemic.
The trailer, which began with a voiceover of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi announcing the Covid-19 lockdown collocated with visuals of migrant workers being thrashed by police, was replaced with a completely new trailer.
The film stars Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar in the lead roles while Dia Mirza, Pankaj Kapur, and Kritika Kamra also play crucial characters in the upcoming Hindi film.
Bheed director Anubhav Sinha, who is currently gearing up for the release of the upcoming socio-political drama, Bheed, has now opened up about the controversy surrounding his movie.
He went on to add that “It didn’t matter to anybody, why? Did you ask me? I had to overnight write a poem, sync with a Punjabi lip sync. I was in Delhi, Kumud Mishra was dubbing it from Mumbai. I had to write a poem to match Amrita Pritam’s lip sync in Punjabi! That’s an interesting story, not this (removal of PM Modi’s voice over). Let’s talk about Bheed the story. I don’t want to distract people from the story of Bheed, as it’s way more interesting.”
Meanwhile, the Bheed trailer was made private on YouTube just few days after its release. It reappeared on the T-Series owned platform after the sequence that had PM Modi’s voiceover announcing a lockdown was completely removed.
Bheed is slated to hit theatre screens on March 24, 2023.
