Director Shree Narayan of Toilet: Ek Prem Katha fame, is back with another tale of social issues. His film, Batti Gul Meter Chalu, deals with the problems of electricity and its shortage, especially in the rural areas. It stars Shahid Kapoor, Shraddha Kapoor, Yami Gautam, Divyendu Sharma in the lead roles. After a long wait, the film's trailer was finally launched today, on August 10.
Batti Gul Meter Chalu has made its way to the headlines more often than not because of controversies. After a long-running legal quarrel with its former producer Prernaa Arora of KriArj Entertainment, T-Series honcho, Bhushan Kumar came to the rescue. At the trailer launch, the cast of the film was present with the director and the producer. They interacted with the media and spoke about their film.
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The leading man, Shahid opened the interactive session by answering if this film was the next Toilet... in making. He said, "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha is very rural. Ours deals with a wider problem. And this issue must be addressed to the widest audience"
He even added, "I feel very proud that I am doing this film and representing this issue, as an actor." When asked if the choice to do a 'non-mainstream' film like BGMC was a conscious choice, he clarified, "It is not a non-mainstream film. It's the tonality of the film and the take on the issue that make it mainstream or non-mainstream."
Adding to Shahid's argument was his co-star, Shraddha who said, "This film presents the issue in a very entertaining way." Shraddha who is referred to as "naughty" in the film said, "Lalita Nautiyal is my character's name. That's why my friends call me 'Naughty' in the film." Naughty a.k.a Shraddha plays a small town lawyer in this social drama. She even added, "I have sacrificed hot water and cold air from AC to save electricity."
The actors left the audiences on an interesting note and food for thought with, "Desh mein electricity ek bohot ahem issue hai. Mumbai ke bahar jayenge toh pata chalega" [Electricity is a very important issue in our country. You step out of Mumbai and you'll realise the problem].
