Exclusive: Break Ke Baad director Danish Aslam confirms working with Imran Khan
In Short
- Danish Aslam’s new film Khawabon Ka Jhamela stars Sayani Gupta and Prateik Babbar
- It will stream on JioCinema from November 8
- In an exclusive interview, Aslam confirmed that he will be collaborating with Imran Khan
Danish Aslam Teases Upcoming Collaboration with Imran Khan, Talks About Break Ke Baad’s Enduring Love
Director Danish Aslam, in an exclusive chat with India Today Digital, spoke about actor Imran Khan, who is a very close friend of his, and confirmed that they are collaborating for something. Meanwhile, the filmmaker is all set with his next project. Titled Khawabon Ka Jhamela, the film starring Sayani Gupta and Prateik Babbar will be streaming on JioCinema from November 8. Ahead of that, Danish Aslam also opened up about his debut directorial, Break Ke Baad, receiving immense love after so many years.
During the interview, while speaking about rom-coms, director Danish Aslam mentioned his debut film as a director, Break Ke Baad. The 2010-film starred Imran Khan and Deepika Padukone in the lead and while it did not become a hit at the box office, it started getting more love in the later years. It was while talking about rom-coms and reviving the genre that he confirmed that he confirmed his upcoming collaboration with Imran Khan.
“I can’t really talk about that too much right now,” Aslam said while speaking about potential collaboration with Khan. He added, “I am working with him on something, and there has already been some stuff about it in the press as well. Some of it is true, some of it is not. Unfortunately, it is a project which is still a work-in-progress. But, all I can say is that I’m working with Imran Khan on something.”
Danish Aslam Talks Rom-Com Revival, Imran Khan’s Return, and Upcoming Film ‘Khwabon Ka Jhamela’
Danish Aslam and Imran Khan share a close bond. The director also noted that it was while speaking to Khan that he realised that there is an audience who want to watch rom-coms. He shared, “In the last three years, so many people have contacted both Imran and me, people who were teenagers then and are now in their twenties and thirties, asking, ‘Where has that genre gone? We miss those straightforward rom-coms.’ They’re not making them anymore. Now, filmmakers make rom-coms with social messaging, or big action-packed, very masculine films on large canvases.”
Imran Khan recently returned to social media, and fans have thrilled. Danish Aslam shared, “Wherever he went, on every podcast, he’d tell me, ‘Everybody’s asking, where did those films go?’ So, an audience exists. It’s not just set to return, but it’s actively coming back.”
He then added, “This film (Khwabon Ka Jhamela) is, for me, in that space, the difference being that the language has been updated. You can’t make those kinds of rom-coms today because the beauty of rom-com, as a genre, is that it’s not timeless like an action film.”
Khwabon Ka Jhamela will be streaming on JioCinema from November 8. It features Sayani Gupta, Prateik Babbar, and Kubra Sait in the lead roles.
