The trailer for Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor’s Bawaal, a romantic drama about a couple in a troubled marriage, was released last week. Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, the film features scenes set against the backdrop of the Second World War. While the scenes left the audience confused about the film’s plot, in a recent interview with Galatta Plus, the director Nitesh Tiwari explained he chose World War II because he wanted to “bring something fresh” to the screens.
Talking about why the film is not set during an Indian war, Nitesh said, “Rather than him teaching World War 2 in the school, he could have been teaching any of our historical stuff. My biggest thing was there is something fresh which I always crave to bring to my audience, both story-wise as well as visually.”
Nitesh argued that he could not bring any new perspectives to screen for an Indian war and added, “There has been such lovely stuff which has already been done and in plenty of numbers by some of our very renowned filmmakers in our country on the historical wars which our country has been a part of. I personally felt that I would not be able to bring anything new on-screen if I were to do that.”
Nitesh revealed that he removed a reference to the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy from an early draft of Bawaal after the release of Vicky Kaushal’s Sardar Udham as it “no longer remained fresh”.
“We have done Indo-Pak wars and Indo-China war ad Kargil and everything, and some very good stuff has been done, I just felt that maybe you know if I were to bring something fresh for the audience, this was a way to go,” he shared.
Bawaal marks Varun Dhawan and Janhvi Kapoor’s first collaboration. The film will exclusively premiere on Prime Video in India and across 200 countries and territories on July 21.
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