{"id":70776,"date":"2023-06-04T21:28:25","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T01:28:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v99news.com\/hansal-mehta-says-he-had-no-pressure-to-cast-a-big-star-for-scoop-not-denying-value-of-a-star-but\/"},"modified":"2023-06-04T22:15:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T02:15:03","slug":"hansal-mehta-says-he-had-no-pressure-to-cast-a-big-star-for-scoop-not-denying-value-of-a-star-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v99news.com\/hansal-mehta-says-he-had-no-pressure-to-cast-a-big-star-for-scoop-not-denying-value-of-a-star-but\/","title":{"rendered":"Hansal Mehta says he had \u2018no pressure\u2019 to cast a big star for Scoop: \u2018Not denying value of a star, but\u2026\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Filmmaker Hansal Mehta<\/a> chases stories, not stars. The director, whose Scoop<\/a> is garnering acclaim, says he was under no pressure to get a star on-board his recently released Netflix series.<\/p>\n Inspired by Jigna Vora\u2019s biographical book Behind The Bars In Byculla: My Days in Prison, Scoop is created by Hansal Mehta and Thappad co-writer Mrunmayee Lagoo. The series is headlined by Karishma Tanna, starring as Jagruti Pathak, an ambitious crime journalist, who becomes a murder suspect.<\/p>\n In an interview with indianexpress.com<\/a>, when asked if there was a pressure to get a star on board for Scoop, especially because Mehta was coming off a highly successful series like Scam: 1992, the filmmaker said he had no such pressure to mount his latest original.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think we fought about the choice. Karishma or Harman. We spoke about it and (it happened). There was no pressure as such. One of the reasons why Scam worked was because we took an actor nobody knew. So the character became bigger than the person playing it. I am not denying the value of a star, but in certain stories, the character becomes the star.<\/p>\n \u201cKarishma was striking. In her audition, there was this hustle. She had a very arresting presence, she looked wonderful on-screen. There was something about her, there was a hunger. So, somehow Jagruti\u2019s hunger and Karishma\u2019s hunger juxtaposed. I saw that. It has always been an instinctive thing. I enjoy casting as much as I enjoy shooting,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n