Best of Vishal Bhardwaj - Maqbool, Omkara, Haider - Page 6

Haider Dialogues-

Haider's TRIVIA-

• Shahid Kapoor learnt a six-page monologue for the climatic scene where his character ''Haider'' turns mad. He put forth the delivery of that monologue in front of a crowd of 5000 listening. For filming the scene, which was done in 3-4 hours, Shahid Kapoor was made completely bald.
• Both director Vishal Bhardwaj and lead actor Shahid Kapoor did not charge any money for the film as they neither want to overstretch the budget nor compromise the quality.
• The song 'Jhelum' is sung by Vishal Bhardwaj himself.
• Haider was shot in two parts. The first schedule was in November-December 2013 and then next in January-February 2014. Keeping the weather conditions in consideration, the first part of the film is shot in Autumn-Winter and the second part featuring intense drama and action sequences under snow. The entire filming was completed in 54 days.
• The word 'Chutzpah' used by Haider several times is actually A Hebrew word which means "certain audacity to get away with outrageous conduct".
• Vishal Bhardwaj, the director of Haider, has himself composed the film score and original songs.
• There's a common misconception that the film was given a U/A certificate after 41 cuts by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), which included a corpse loaded truck, wire being inserted inside a naked man, bloody dead body, abusive language, etc. But the director, Vishal Bharadwaj once stated to the media that the CBFC asked for only 7 cuts. The rest were voluntarily done for a tighter screenplay and for more diluting the explicit violent scenes considering a UA(unrestricted public exhibition ,with recommended parental guidance for viewers of age below 12) certificate.
• Haider is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' set in violent times within Kashmir.
• The MAMA 2, In reality was PAPA 2
• During the Lal Chowk scene, The Ghanta Ghar shown is the old Ghant Ghar, which was same as of 1995.
• Irrfan Khan who have previously worked with Bharadwaj in Maqbool And 7 Khoon Maaf makes a cameo as Roohtaar.
• Initially Manoj Vajpayee had to play Khurram, which was eventually played by Kay Kay menon..
• One of the actors in the movie Saqib bilawal sheikh was killed by indian army in kashmir in december 2018.
• Latest collaboration between director Vishal Bhardwaj and actor Shahid Kapoor after their 2009 blockbuster Kaminey.
• This is the last film of Shakespearian Tragedy Trilogy Adaptation by Bhardwaj. Other two movies are Maqbool (Macbeth) and Omkara (Othello).
• Shahid Kapoor Went completely bald for the film.
• Haider got most number of awards (5) at the 62nd National Film Awards including Best Dialogues and Music Direction (Vishal Bhardwaj), Best Male Playback Singer(Sukhwinder Singh), Best Choreography (Suresh Adhana-Bismil) and Best Costume Design(Dolly Ahluwalia).
• Vishal Bhardwaj, at first,was confused between the tradegy adaptation as whether to choose Hamlet or King Lear.But later decided to adapt Hamlet by collaborating with Shahid Kapoor as the character of Hamlet has many shades and Vishal wanted a great character adaptation for Shahid.
• Naseerudin Shah, Aamir Khan, Om Puri, Anupam Kher, Jimmy Shergill and Vivek Oberoi were considered for the small role of Roohdaar.
• Film is shot at Gulmarg location.
• Antagonist Khurram Mir was named after rebel prince Khurram who was blinded by his father Mughal emperor Jahangir.
• Shahid Kapoor's father Pankaj Kapoor starred in "Maqbool" (2003), also a Vishal Bhardwaj film adapted from a Shakespearean play, "Macbeth".
• The role which was played by Irrfan was actually a spirit in 'Hamlet' and not a human. The name of Irrfan Khan in the film is 'Roohdaar' where Rooh means spirit
• Irrfan's character 'Roohdar' talks about a psychological condition of oppressed Kashmiri people, in his entry scene. Shraddha Kapoor asks him whether he is a doctor. He replies, "Doctor ki Rooh hoon!" (I'm the soul/ghost of the doctor!) This is a reference to King Hamlet's ghost in original Hamlet.
• Saif Ali Khan was first approached for KK Menon's role.
• Vishal wanted to start the film in 2010 with Hrithik Roshan. But Vishal decided to put the film on hold to make 7 Khoon Maaf.
• Tusshar Kapoor was supposed to play the title role. He declined it because he was taking a break from films and didn't want to keep acting in back-to-back films.
• Last of the Shakespear Trilogy from Vishal Bharadwaj, after Maqbool and Omkara.
• Shahid Kapoor had to shave off his head for one scene in Haider, which was shot in 4 hours.
• In 2006, Director Onir was making a movie based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. He was determined to have either of the two former divas (Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit) play the role of the Queen --- Hamlet's mother, in his adaptation. He says was soon to approach them for the complex role. "Both of them are extremely talented and will reflect perfectly the internal turmoil of the character," says Onir. Mads incidentally said in a recent interview that a great role could coax her to return to the spotlight. The film got shelved.
• Manisha Koirala was offered Maqbool,she did not do it. With Haider, she got second time unlucky as she had just been diagnosed of cancer , resulting her losing the role of Shahid Kapoor's mother
• Saif Ali Khan was approached for Kay Kay Menon's role.Saif insisted he do the title character HAIDER, he was even thought to do the roohdaar part,played by Irrfan
• Director Trademark: The song in the first trailer is sung by either Vishal Dadlani or Sukhvinder Singh.
• During the scene when Haider confronts Tabu's character on whether she would've shot herself if Haider wouldn't have gone out to study, she says,"Regardless of the situation, she'll always be the villain." This is a subtle hint towards her character being the actual villain of the story.

Originally posted by: Guddu.Pandit

Haider's TRIVIA-

• Shahid Kapoor learnt a six-page monologue for the climatic scene where his character ''Haider'' turns mad. He put forth the delivery of that monologue in front of a crowd of 5000 listening. For filming the scene, which was done in 3-4 hours, Shahid Kapoor was made completely bald.
• Both director Vishal Bhardwaj and lead actor Shahid Kapoor did not charge any money for the film as they neither want to overstretch the budget nor compromise the quality.
• The song 'Jhelum' is sung by Vishal Bhardwaj himself.
• Haider was shot in two parts. The first schedule was in November-December 2013 and then next in January-February 2014. Keeping the weather conditions in consideration, the first part of the film is shot in Autumn-Winter and the second part featuring intense drama and action sequences under snow. The entire filming was completed in 54 days.
• The word 'Chutzpah' used by Haider several times is actually A Hebrew word which means "certain audacity to get away with outrageous conduct".
• Vishal Bhardwaj, the director of Haider, has himself composed the film score and original songs.
• There's a common misconception that the film was given a U/A certificate after 41 cuts by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), which included a corpse loaded truck, wire being inserted inside a naked man, bloody dead body, abusive language, etc. But the director, Vishal Bharadwaj once stated to the media that the CBFC asked for only 7 cuts. The rest were voluntarily done for a tighter screenplay and for more diluting the explicit violent scenes considering a UA(unrestricted public exhibition ,with recommended parental guidance for viewers of age below 12) certificate.
• Haider is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' set in violent times within Kashmir.
• The MAMA 2, In reality was PAPA 2
• During the Lal Chowk scene, The Ghanta Ghar shown is the old Ghant Ghar, which was same as of 1995.
• Irrfan Khan who have previously worked with Bharadwaj in Maqbool And 7 Khoon Maaf makes a cameo as Roohtaar.
• Initially Manoj Vajpayee had to play Khurram, which was eventually played by Kay Kay menon..
• One of the actors in the movie Saqib bilawal sheikh was killed by indian army in kashmir in december 2018.
• Latest collaboration between director Vishal Bhardwaj and actor Shahid Kapoor after their 2009 blockbuster Kaminey.
• This is the last film of Shakespearian Tragedy Trilogy Adaptation by Bhardwaj. Other two movies are Maqbool (Macbeth) and Omkara (Othello).
• Shahid Kapoor Went completely bald for the film.
• Haider got most number of awards (5) at the 62nd National Film Awards including Best Dialogues and Music Direction (Vishal Bhardwaj), Best Male Playback Singer(Sukhwinder Singh), Best Choreography (Suresh Adhana-Bismil) and Best Costume Design(Dolly Ahluwalia).
• Vishal Bhardwaj, at first,was confused between the tradegy adaptation as whether to choose Hamlet or King Lear.But later decided to adapt Hamlet by collaborating with Shahid Kapoor as the character of Hamlet has many shades and Vishal wanted a great character adaptation for Shahid.
• Naseerudin Shah, Aamir Khan, Om Puri, Anupam Kher, Jimmy Shergill and Vivek Oberoi were considered for the small role of Roohdaar.
• Film is shot at Gulmarg location.
• Antagonist Khurram Mir was named after rebel prince Khurram who was blinded by his father Mughal emperor Jahangir.
• Shahid Kapoor's father Pankaj Kapoor starred in "Maqbool" (2003), also a Vishal Bhardwaj film adapted from a Shakespearean play, "Macbeth".
• The role which was played by Irrfan was actually a spirit in 'Hamlet' and not a human. The name of Irrfan Khan in the film is 'Roohdaar' where Rooh means spirit
• Irrfan's character 'Roohdar' talks about a psychological condition of oppressed Kashmiri people, in his entry scene. Shraddha Kapoor asks him whether he is a doctor. He replies, "Doctor ki Rooh hoon!" (I'm the soul/ghost of the doctor!) This is a reference to King Hamlet's ghost in original Hamlet.
• Saif Ali Khan was first approached for KK Menon's role.
• Vishal wanted to start the film in 2010 with Hrithik Roshan. But Vishal decided to put the film on hold to make 7 Khoon Maaf.
• Tusshar Kapoor was supposed to play the title role. He declined it because he was taking a break from films and didn't want to keep acting in back-to-back films.
• Last of the Shakespear Trilogy from Vishal Bharadwaj, after Maqbool and Omkara.
• Shahid Kapoor had to shave off his head for one scene in Haider, which was shot in 4 hours.
• In 2006, Director Onir was making a movie based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. He was determined to have either of the two former divas (Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit) play the role of the Queen --- Hamlet's mother, in his adaptation. He says was soon to approach them for the complex role. "Both of them are extremely talented and will reflect perfectly the internal turmoil of the character," says Onir. Mads incidentally said in a recent interview that a great role could coax her to return to the spotlight. The film got shelved.
• Manisha Koirala was offered Maqbool,she did not do it. With Haider, she got second time unlucky as she had just been diagnosed of cancer , resulting her losing the role of Shahid Kapoor's mother
• Saif Ali Khan was approached for Kay Kay Menon's role.Saif insisted he do the title character HAIDER, he was even thought to do the roohdaar part,played by Irrfan
• Director Trademark: The song in the first trailer is sung by either Vishal Dadlani or Sukhvinder Singh.
• During the scene when Haider confronts Tabu's character on whether she would've shot herself if Haider wouldn't have gone out to study, she says,"Regardless of the situation, she'll always be the villain." This is a subtle hint towards her character being the actual villain of the story.

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Originally posted by: Guddu.Pandit

Trivia of Maqbool-

• Macbeth is Vishal Bhardwaj's favorite play. He wanted to make a movie for mature audiences after his debut with the children's movie Makdee (Shabana Azmi played the witch for free in that one), and chose his favorite dark-story.
• Naseeruddin Shah conducted a workshop for all actors in the movie for a few days before start of filming, to get everyone in character and for natural interactions. Director Vishal Bhardwaj requested him to do so, after he knew how well this method worked for Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding (2001).
• Director Vishal Bhardwaj initially wanted Pankaj Kapur to play the role of Kaka, but later changed his mind and cast him in the role of Abbaji.
• Maqbool was officially Irrfan Khan's first lead role as a Hero in a Bollywood production. The Warrior, released a few years earlier in film festivals, was a International British film in Hindi.
• Naseeruddin Shah was the first choice for Pankaj Kapur's role. He turned it down as he wanted to play the constable's role. After turned down the film, he recommended Pankaj Kapur for the role.
• Manoj Bajpayee approached Vishal Bhradwaj to play the lead role. Vishal told Manoj that Irrfan was already signed.
• After Akshay refused the film, Randeep Hooda was approached. But Randeep was in a contract with Ram Gopal Verma and could not sign the film.
• Vishal Bhardwaj's original choice for the role of Maqbool was Akshay Kumar.
• Initially, Vishal Bhardwaj offered Maqbool's role to Kay Kay Menon, but he turned it down for a war drama with Amitabh Bachchan-Deewaar: Let's Bring Our Heroes Home (2004). That film vanished, and surely Kay Kay must have regretted his decision. Unclear about whom to cast as Maqbool, Vishal even talked to Kamal Haasan for that role. Naseeruddin Shah was already supposed to play one of the characters in the film. So Vishal told Naseer that he had talked to Kamal for the role of Maqbool. Naseer was livid. 'I said, "Look, if you are talking to him, then I am out," he says. After much thinking, Vishal decided to take a risk with Irrfan Khan, having seen him perform in Haasil. Irrfan would be the youngest NSD graduate in the cast, including other alumni-Naseer, Om Puri, Pankaj Kapur and Piyush Mishra. In fact, towards the beginning of the film, there is a scene where all these actors are sitting in Abbaji's living room. Irrfan was the juniormost of all, but now his time had finally come. He sat in the midst of all the senior actors with the confidence of a veteran.That was a masterstroke,' Naseer says about Irrfan's casting. Before the shoot started, Naseer was offered Abbaji's role, but he refused, since he felt he had played characters like that before. And then Vishal came up with the remarkable idea of casting Naseer and Om as two bumbling cops, always drawing up horoscopes of the film's main characters. The two inspectors- Purohit and Pandit-become the crucial three witches of the story. Maqbool is a complex film with themes of loyalty, betrayal and guilt. Irrfan seemed concerned, as it was the first time he was doing a love story, and even then, it was not the conventional depiction of romance as one would see in most Hindi films. It helped that Vishal arranged a two-week workshop. 'We all read out our parts,' Irrfan said in an interview. '(That helped) develop a bond between all the characters, and the comfort level appears on screen.' He added that Tabu also interacted with him, which surely helped him in shedding his inhibitions.
• Vishal Bharadwaj stated ,"It was Anurag Kashyap who told me to watch Throne of Blood. That's when the idea of Maqbool unfolded. I placed Macbeth's characters in Mumbai's underworld; from the Midday trivia box: Anurag Kashyap had a minor role in the introduction of the film (later deleted) - an unusual killing scene in which filmmaker Kashyap's body is poured with beer, sauce and sizzlers) h!! add that to the list of things defining the Kashyap mystique ...]".
• The film was previously titled " Miyan Maqbool".
• A scene in the movie where Abba ji & Maqbool came out of a mosque after offering Eid prayers and a Qawali was playing in back ground, "Mein deewani Khawaja ki deewani". The Qawali was originally sung by a Pakistani Qawal, Maqbool Ahmed Sabri (Sabri Brothers). The Qawal name is similar to the movie title.
• The film did not have a theatrical release in British Columbia, Canada.
• The goon that was killed in the beginning of the movie by pandit and purohit is played by movie's screenplay writer Abbas Tyrewala.
• Vishal Bhardwaj spoke to Anil Kapoor and Akshaye Khanna to play the lead role. Both declined for unknown reasons.

Just Imagine Kay kay as Maqbool the guy was a top performer

Maqbool is his Best technically, but Saif made Omkara something else.

None from these three. I like his maachis n kameene better.