Makers of Gehraiyaan are being lauded for giving due credit to Dar Gai as the intimacy director of the film. Here’s all you need to know about her.

Shakun Batra’s upcoming film, Gehraiyaan, has become a hot topic of discussion on the internet. People have not just lauded the film’s teaser but also Deepika Padukone and Siddhant Chaturvedi’s sizzling chemistry. Their intimate shots from the film have already gone viral on social media. And their crackling chemistry seems to be one of the major highlights of the film. Amid all the buzz around Gehraiyaan, fans are lauding the makers of the film for giving due credit to Dar Gai, who is the intimacy director of the Deepika Padukone-starrer.

WHO IS AN INTIMACY DIRECTOR/COACH

For the unaware, an intimacy coach is a person hired to help actors feel safer and closer as they shoot intimate scenes for a movie or a web series. An intimacy coach also ensures that shooting intimate scenes becomes comfortable for actors in films. On the whole, they make sure that it becomes a creative experience for everyone involved in the process.

WHO IS DAR GAI, GEHRAIYAAN’S INTIMACY DIRECTOR

Dar Gai has worked on Shakun Batra’s Gehraiyaan, featuring Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ananya Panday, ensuring proper communication during intimate scenes.

Dar was born and brought up in Kyiv, Ukraine. From the age of 10, she was a part of a Ukrainian theatre group called Incunabula.

In India, Dar has written and directed short films, music videos, feature films and television shows.

Dar has acted in more than 15 plays and, at the same time, directed a total of 10 plays.

ALL WE KNOW ABOUT GEHRAIYAAN

The Shakun Batra directorial venture is a romantic drama that will also feature Dhariya Karwa, who was a part of Vicky Kaushal-starrer Uri: The Surgical Strike, apart from Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ananya Panday. Gehraiyaan is scheduled to release on February 11, 2022, on Amazon Prime Video.

Anushka Sharma dropped the teaser of her upcoming film Chakda Xpress today, January 6. The actress will essay the role of former Indian women’s team captain, Jhulan Goswami.

Anushka Sharma is all set to return to cinemas after 3 years. Taking to Instagram, the actress has announced her upcoming film, Chakda Xpress, today, January 6. She will be seen playing the role of former Indian women’s team captain. Jhulan Goswami. While the release date of the film has not been announced, it will release on Netflix.

ANUSHKA SHARMA TO PLAY JHULAN GOSWAMI IN CHAKDA XPRESS

Anushka Sharma, who was last seen in Aanand L Rai’s Zero opposite Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif, is making a comeback in films after 3 years. She released the teaser of her upcoming film, Chakda Xpress, today, January 6. Calling the film special, Anushka talked about playing the role of Jhulan Goswami, who was the former Indian women’s team captain.

“It is a really special film because it is essentially a story of tremendous sacrifice. Chakda Xpress is inspired by the life and times of former Indian captain Jhulan Goswami and it will be an eye-opener into the world of women’s cricket. At a time when Jhulan decided to become a cricketer and make her country proud on the global stage, it was very tough for women to even think of playing the sport. This film is a dramatic retelling of several instances that shaped her life and also women’s cricket. From support systems, to facilities, to having a stable income from playing the game, to even having a future in cricket very little propelled women of India to take up cricket as a profession (sic),” wrote Anushka.

“Jhulan had a fighting and extremely uncertain cricketing career and she stayed motivated to make her country proud. She strived to change the stereotype that women can’t make a career out of playing cricket in India so that the next generation of girls had a better playing field. Her life is a living testimony that passion and perseverance triumphs over any or all adversities and Chakda Xpress is the most definitive look into the not so rosy world of women’s cricket back then. There is still a lot of work to be done and we have to empower them with the best so that the sport can flourish for women in India. We should all salute Jhulan and her team-mates for revolutionizing women’s cricket in India. Jhulan’s story is truly an underdog story in the history of cricket in India and the film is our celebration of her spirit” concluded the actress.

ANUSHKA TO MAKE A COMEBACK TO FILMS WITH 3 BIG PROJECTS?

Anushka Sharma’s fans have been eagerly waiting for her return to films. Last month, it was confirmed that the Sultan actress is signing three premium Bollywood projects. While two of them will be theatrical releases, while the other one, Chakda Xpress, is an OTT original film.

“Anushka Sharma returning to the movies is the best thing happening to our film industry in 2022. She is expected to be mostly seen in three big projects, two of them being big screen entertainers, while one is a massively mounted OTT project. The scale with which this project is being conceptualised easily makes it the biggest film to be produced for the digital space in India! We can expect these announcements to start early next year and Anushka’s fans will rejoice at the range and the clutter-breaking projects that she will choose to entertain them with,” informed a trade source.

Anushka’s glorious track record at delivering the biggest hits in Hindi cinema coupled with her brilliant, versatile acting skills, already makes these project huge talking points. So, one can expect each announcement to become big conversation starter. Anushka has always been keen to be a part of the best cinema being produced by Hindi film industry and these new choices will be reflective of her headspace to choose entertainers that are fresh and new. She will be focussing on her acting career and wants to be a part of cinema that is remarkably differential yet hugely entertaining,” added the source.

Anushka Sharma is the only actress to have three 300 crore plus films under her belt – Sultan, PK and Sanju. Now that Vamika is close to a year old, it looks like Anushka is all set to dazzle the silver screen again. We have all been waiting for this moment and looks like we have to count down the days for these announcements to begin.

Shahid Kapoor’s Jersey, which was scheduled to hit the cinemas on December 31, has been postponed. In view of this, the actor has proposed to take a fee cut from his Rs 31 crore fee and urged the makers not to release the film on OTT.

After several delays, the makers of Shahid Kapoor and Mrunal Thakur’s Jersey locked December 31 as the film’s release date. However, just days before it was supposed to hit the theatres, the sports drama’s release go postponed due to the rising Covid and Omicron cases in India. According to reports, Shahid has proposed to take a fee cut from his Rs 31 crore fee so that Jersey isn’t released on OTT, but goes to theatres.

SHAHID KAPOOR WANTS A THEATRICAL RELEASE FOR JERSEY

Jersey trailer shows how Shahid Kapoor’s character chases his lost dream for his son. Fans have been eagerly waiting for the film. Now that its release date has been postponed, producers were considering the OTT route. However, a Bollywood Hungama report reveals that Shahid has decided to take a fee cut if required, so that Jersey goes to theatres,

A source told Bollywood Hungama, “After the rising Covid cases, the team of Jersey had got a prior intimation that Delhi cinema halls might be shut soon. Hence, they had multiple meetings on the future course of action for the film, since their entire marketing campaign had rolled out and there was not much left to even promote. They had discussion with their digital partner, Netflix, who agreed to pay a premium price for a direct to digital premiere on December 31. The offer was lucrative and the producers were of course inclined to that. They were almost sure to give the film to Netflix for a premiere since these are uncertain times and Covid will delay the film by at least 1 to 2 months, adding on to the cost and also reducing the hype around the film. The producers felt, instead of a hike in budget, it’s better to let the viewers experience Jersey on OTT. That’s when the hero, Shahid Kapoor stepped in.

The source further added, “The actor was clear that Jersey deserves a theatrical release. When the makers pointed out the costs, the actor was gracious enough to reduce his remuneration to safeguard the film for theatrical medium. Shahid charged Rs. 31 crore for Jersey and without any hesitation, he told the producer that he will reduce his acting fees to the extent of the additional cost that will pile up on the film due to the delay. If the budget escalates by Rs. 5 crore, he will reduce Rs. 5 crore from his fees. If the budget is escalated by Rs. 10 crore, he will let go off Rs. 10 crore from his fees. For him, Jersey is special and he is confident that the audience will fall in love with the world that they have created. The producers were convinced and that’s how they decided on delaying the release rather than opting for a direct to digital premiere.”

ABOUT JERSEY

Jersey is the Hindi remake of a Telugu film of the same title. Directed by Gowtam Tinnanuri, it is about a cricket enth