Hansal Mehta said he tells stories that will be lost over time

• According to filmmaker Hansal Mehta, he tells stories in his movies.
• He stated he doesn’t make movies for box office success.
• He wants to make a film that will be remembered.

According to filmmaker Hansal Mehta, he tells stories in his movies that would be ‘lost over the course of time’  Hansal also stated that he doesn’t make movies for box office success in a recent interview. Films are remembered for what they ‘ultimately achieve as a work of art and storytelling’. he further stated.

Among the films, Hansal has directed are Woodstock Villa, Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai, and Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar (2008). With Shahid (2013), for which he also won the National Film Award, he earned favourable reviews. The following years saw him go on to direct City Lights (2014), Aligarh (2016), Simran (2017), Omerta (2018), and Scam 1992. (2020).

Hansal discussed the box office figures in an interview with Filmfare.“I have never been in that race. I don’t make films for the weekend and I don’t want to be in that zone. I want to make a film that will be remembered, a film that will chronicle our times. I wanted to make a film that will be a record of our times through the characters that I’m inventing. Otherwise, characters like Shahid and Faraaz will be forgotten chapters of our history.”

He added “We wouldn’t look back because they would be lost in the jingoism of the bigger and noisier people. The loudest voice will always be that which will be recorded in our history. And I see myself telling stories that will be lost over the course of time. And I make films for that. But hopefully, they will be remembered for a longer time. No film is truly remembered because of box office collections. They are remembered for what they ultimately achieve as a work of art and storytelling,”.

Faraaz, Hansal‘s most recent film, is based on the terror assault that took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in July 2016. Zahaan Kapoor plays Faraaz in the movie, and Aditya Rawal plays Nibras. Juhi Babbar and Aamir Ali are also featured in the hostage drama. On February 3, the movie received a restricted release. Anubhav Sinha, a director, and the Bhushan Kumar-led T-Series are supporting Faraaz.

Hansal is working on a number of projects, including the Netflix series Scoop. In addition, he is now working on a project with Kareena Kapoor, the second season of SonyLIV’s Scam, an anthology with Pratik Gandhi and Rajpal Yadav, and the eagerly awaited Gandhi series.

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