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'Shab' is about human dreams and desires: Onir

New Delhi, Jul 12 (UNI) Most of his films over the years, be it 'My Brother Nikhi', 'Sorry Bhai' or 'Bas Ek Pal', have dealt with common men and women pursuing their dreams and desires, even if it means going against the societal norms.
Filmmaker Onir, who is now ready with his next film 'Shab,' says his forthcoming film too is about human dreams and desires.
'''Shab' revolves around lives of ordinary people, who come to the metropolis of Delhi to fulfil their dreams,'' Onir told UNI in an interview.
Talking about his film, which marks the comeback of 90s Bollywood diva Raveena Tandon to the silver screen, Onir said that his film was about human dreams, the common aspects of everyone's life.
''We all have dreams. All our life, we struggle to achieve these dreams. My film is about dreams and desires.
''Shab means night and night only gives birth to silence. It gives birth to new ideas. This film is about these common aspects of everyone's life,'' the filmmaker said.
Shab is a very special film for Onir. He wrote the script for the film back in 2000, when he worked as an editor on Kalpana Lajmi's Daman, also starring Raveena Tandon.
However, it took him 17 long years to bring the project to the screen.
"I wrote the script in 2000, I met Sanjay and Raveena for the first time on the sets of 'Daman'. Sanjay encouraged me to write the script. However, I didn't make it because I thought the subject was quite bold for that time. So, I made other films.
However, 'Shab' always remained at the back of my mind. It grew with me as I grew as a filmmaker. In 2014, I finally started working on it,'' he said.
Besides Raveena, the film stars Bengali actor Arpita Chatterjee, French actor Simon Frenay, and marks the debut of Delhi-based model Ashish Bisht.
On casting Raveena for the film, Onir said, ''I always wanted to cast Raveena for the film as it was conceived on the sets of 'Daman,' where I met Sanjay and Raveena for the first time. Naturally, when I restarted the project, I went back to them.''
The filmmaker said it was not difficult for him to convince Raveena and Sanjay to do the film.
''Sanjay was onboard again as producer. Also, Raveena already knew about the script of the movie, so it wasn't difficult to have her back,'' he says.
The film required a lot of time to shoot.
''Almost 90 per cent of the film is shot at night. Also, we have shown four different seasons in the film. So, it needed a year to shoot,'' Onir said.
On his expectation from the film, he said, ''our film is less about passion, its more about love and relationships. The response depends upon the story. I believe we will get a good response as the story of the film is different from other films being released this week.''
Shab hits cinema screens this Friday.
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