Satish Kaushik on Kaagaz's release: 'With Salman by my side, I'm hopeful'

coronavirus outbreak has put a big full stop on all activities around world. In India, Bollywood industry has been providing its full support to health officials and Government by cancelling all shoot schedules. However, this outbreak has also led to dismissal of releases of several films. Recently, Satish Kaushik, who is making his directorial comeback, talked about lockdown affecting his movie Kaagaz and how he is still managing to be hopeful about a good release.

Satish Kaushik in a recent media interaction talked about his film and said that he was fascinated by story of Azamgarh’s farmer, Lal Bihari. He furr ded that he used to keep newspaper cuttings of him. Satish Kaushik n mentioned that when he ticed that movies like Mary Kom and Paan Singh Tomar have paved ir way to screen, he decided that it was time to bring Mritak Lal Bihari out from his files.

Talking about release strategy, Satish Kaushik said that he wanted to release this film after Gunjan Saxena biopic and ’83. He mentioned that this is because se both big films feature Pankaj Tripathi and Kaagaz features him in le role. Satish Kaushik’s Kaagaz is bankrolled under Salman Khan’s productions. He mentioned that Salman Khan agreed to produce film after he listened to story during time when y were shooting Bharat in Malta. He ded that movie is photographed beautifully. However, it was just two days left of wrap-up when coronavirus outbreak stopped everything.

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Satish Kaushik revealed that both Salim Khan and Lal Bihari watched trial and loved film. When asked about new release date, Satish said that it will depend on new line-up. With all big films waiting for an opportunity, smaller films like Kaagaz may get a window earlier, he ded. He wrapped conversation by saying that it is too premature to decide about date, however with Salman Khan by his side, he is hopeful for good atrical release.

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plot of upcoming film Kaagaz is also more driven by content as it deals with challenges faced by a farmer. film will feature Pankaj Tripathi along with actors Monal Gajjar and Amar Uphyay in pivotal roles. It will be directed by veteran actor Satish Kaushik and produced jointly by Salman Khan films.

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