'Kishoreda is my dream project'
Filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor has stationed himself as a judge on the reality show K for Kishore on Sony TV with an intention to scout for a voice to match the late singer's voice in his next film, Kishoreda
Tell us about your film Kishoreda.
Kishoreda is a biopic on the late singer-actor Kishore Kumar's life. It will be a story about his personal and professional life. It had been on my mind for years now. I have always admired him ever since I was a teenager. To quote a cliché, it is a 'dream project'. It was only a few things falling into place, which they have now.
Why are you striving to keep the project under wraps?
The reason why I’m not divulging many details about the project is because it’s in a nascent stage. A film at this level requires so much of research and documentation and I think should be talked about only when everything is concrete.
Kishore Kumar's life was an abundance of interesting and colourful vignettes. Will your film be true to those details?
Of course! I will not attempt to hide anything about Kishoreda’s life; people know quite some of it. The parts that are not known are being researched upon. And all those stories will be incorporated in the film, which aims to be as amazing, fascinating and colourful as the great man's life was. Of course, care will be taken to verify each piece of information thoroughly, to do justice to his life-story. I wouldn’t want to glorify any detail to gain undue mileage on his name.
Is this measure taken to avoid ugly controversies?
If you are hinting at the recent controversy about Leenaji (Leena Chandavarkar) being upset about the going ahead with the film, well, let me tell you that the controversy died a natural death. Though it’s true that she was upset. It was only a case of misunderstanding. I wanted to meet the family before but thought I’d do so after I make an announcement. Having explained this to Leenaji, she was completely convinced and the family is now going out of the way to help the project. But the gossip-hungry section of the media couldn't wait even for that little bit to let me approach her and a small thing got blown into a national controversy.
