Dibakar Banerjee on Nimrit Ahluwalia exiting 'LSD 2': Everyone tries to avoid us

Dibakar Banerjee on Nimrit Ahluwalia exiting ‘LSD 2’: Everyone tries to avoid us

Dibakar Banerjee, in a recent interview, mentioned how Nimrat Kaur Alhuwalia backed out of ‘Love, Sex aur Dhoka 2’. Before the ‘Bigg Boss 16 finale’, Ekta Kapoor and Dibakar Banerjee entered the show to announce picking up Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia as the lead for ‘LSD 2’. However, when the first teaser of the film dropped, she was nowhere to be seen. Later, sources shared that the actor was apprehensive about all the bold scenes in the film and hence chose to back out. IndiaToday.in recently met Dibakar and asked him about Nimrit’s unceremonious exit from the film.

“There are many, many people who dropped out. Honestly, going to Bigg Boss and picking an actor was just a PR plan, with Ekta making the big announcement. We also had plans to choose more. But not just actors, there are even singers, who did not want to utter ‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha’ and other controversial words. If they did that, how would we get actors to be part of the film to do things that are basic for LSD 2? It is slightly gritty, bold, dark, and controversial. That’s the reality of our hypocritical society, where such films and filmmakers are not accepted. Everyone tries to avoid us,” the ‘Shanghai’ director said.

Dibakar Banerjee then went on to talk about how this development also made the music of the film become a ‘khichdi’ (mixed bag). He shared that for a film like this to be monetised, they knew they had to get the support of the music industry. “And it’s a known fact that labels decide the singers based on who has the maximum followers. So, we couldn’t get the singers we wanted. We went and asked people who the label wanted but they refused saying it was their ‘brand’ of songs. They feared being trolled. These are legitimate reasons as we are all surviving on the internet presence and our followers. A topic that’s even part of the film. The music of LSD 2 has come out very different, but I am happy as long as we do not repeat. Given the constraints we had this time, the music would reflect our struggles.”

Starring Abhinav Singh, Bonita Rajpurohit, and Paritosh Tiwari, Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2 will hit cinema halls on April 19.

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