Ali Zafar also revealed that the film will have a big premiere in Pakistan
Highlights
- There nothing more stressful than meeting the parents but what if you are taking your Pakistani fiancé to meet your Indian parents. Well that's exactly what Yami Gautam has to do in her upcoming film, Total Siyapaa where she plays Indian Asha in love with Pakistani Aman, played by Ali Zafar.
- In a candid interview, Ali Zafar revealed that he had an understanding with Yami that she would never call him "cute", "nice" or "pretty" ever. He also says that he had lived with the tag of being a "pretty boy" all his life.
- When asked about why he chose to work with a script on such a sensitive issue, he said that though it's a sensitive subject, it was completely well balanced because of the way writer Neeraj Pandey had dealt with the script.
- "The effort and the sincerity behind it are the things which made this (film) special," he added.
- Yami also praised Neeraj: "I had already watched A Wednesday and Special 26 by the time I read the script and it clearly spoke volumes on the kind of people who were going working with you on the project."
- She also praised Total Siyapaa director E Nivas saying that he had won a National Award back in times when she didn't even know what a National Award was. She felt that just reassured her about the way the project would be handled.
- On reactions from Pakistan, Ali said that "Everyone back home is extremely excited about the film. Once they saw the trailer even they were in fits. The topic is so unique in the film. That is why we plan to have a really big premiere out there and make it historical."
- About her 'knack' for impressing musical men like Ayushmann Khurrana, Ali and now A R Rahman, Yami said, "I just finished shooting a video with Rahman sir and that was the one thing which I really wanted to do. I really wanted to meet him as I am huge fan of Rahman sir. That experience of working with him was really something else."
There nothing more stressful than meeting the parents but what if you are taking your Pakistani fiancé to meet your Indian parents. Well that's exactly what Yami Gautam has to do in her upcoming film,
Total Siyapaa where she plays Indian Asha in love with Pakistani Aman, played by Ali Zafar.
In a candid interview, Ali Zafar revealed that he had an understanding with Yami that she would never call him "cute", "nice" or "pretty" ever. He also says that he had lived with the tag of being a "pretty boy" all his life.
When asked about why he chose to work with a script on such a sensitive issue, he said that though it's a sensitive subject, it was completely well balanced because of the way writer Neeraj Pandey had dealt with the script.
"The effort and the sincerity behind it are the things which made this (film) special," he added.
Yami also praised Neeraj: "I had already watched
A Wednesday and
Special 26 by the time I read the script and it clearly spoke volumes on the kind of people who were going working with you on the project."
She also praised Total Siyapaa director E Nivas saying that he had won a National Award back in times when she didn't even know what a National Award was. She felt that just reassured her about the way the project would be handled.
On reactions from Pakistan, Ali said that "Everyone back home is extremely excited about the film. Once they saw the trailer even they were in fits. The topic is so unique in the film. That is why we plan to have a really big premiere out there and make it historical."
About her 'knack' for impressing musical men like Ayushmann Khurrana, Ali and now A R Rahman, Yami said, "I just finished shooting a video with Rahman sir and that was the one thing which I really wanted to do. I really wanted to meet him as I am huge fan of Rahman sir. That experience of working with him was really something else."