Unfolding the dark side of Jail

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He’s explored and exposed the underbelly of the media, corporate and fashion worlds; Now Madhur Bhandarkar is all set to reveal the truth behind bars. By Pallavi Srivastava

Madhur Bhandarkar is known for bringing reality live on silver screen. In a similar endeavor for his movie Jail, the director has actually sourced the prisoners’ clothes, mugs and a lot of other goodies shown in the movie from the Pune Jail.

Neil Nitin Mukesh has lended his voice for a song in the movie: The actor recorded the song Saiyan ve (Rock version) at the Krishna Studio in Mumbai. Neil flaunted his vocal talents for five hours at the recording. The song is used as a promotional song for the movie. And yes, this is the second playback song from Neil. He had earlier sung a song for his film Aa Dekhen Zara.

On Neil’s request, director Madhur Bhandarkar decided to shoot the entire movie in a chronological order. Neil says that as a person he couldn’t identify with the four walls of the jail. So, for him to play the role better, it was important to live the character. Shooting the movie chronologically helped him in doing so. Hence, Neil was able to portray Parag Dixit (his character) more realistically.

During the shoot of the movie Neil Nitin Mukesh and Manoj Bajpai were staying in a resort in Karjat (extended suburb of Mumbai). Neil and Manoj were the only guests at the resort, along with some of the staff. And guess what? Both felt that the resort was haunted! So to keep the ghosts out of sight the two actors covered the huge windowpanes in their rooms with newspapers. Oops! Are ghosts scared of newspapers? Or are they scared of journalists?

Much has already being talked about the nude scene that Neil has done for Jail. But Neil doesn’t feel that the issue has been blown out of proportion. He says, “Since its the first time in Indian cinematic history that an actor is shedding all the clothes... this much media attention is natural. However, the only reason that the scene is there in the movie is because it was necessary to portray the reality.” And yes, the actor did feel shy stripping for a billion people...

Pallavi Srivastava

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2010.

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