Exclusive: Bejoy Nambiar Called Sanjay Kapoor After Shooting With Shanaya Kapoor, Here’s Why!

Bejoy Nambiar’s Tu Yaa Main, which is just a couple of days away from its release, brings together Shanaya Kapoor and Adarsh Gourav on-screen for the first time. What begins as a Gen-Z rom-com soon turns into a survival thriller when they are accidentally stuck with a crocodile in a pool. And the shoot was as crazy as the film, reveals the director in an exclusive conversation with Filmfare.

Bejoy almost said no to this film, which is an official adaptation of The Pool. Narrating the incident, he shared, “I remember going in for the meeting, already decided that I’m not going to do it. But I was taken in by the world and the script narration. I didn’t know that it was an official adaptation of The Pool. But when it was narrated to me, I realised it was a new subject altogether. Just the idea of it intrigued me. The narration was so much fun that I remember telling my wife that if it sounds so good, then all I need to do is execute it right.”

 
Bejoy then heaped praises on his actors Shanaya and Adarsh, saying that they surprised him in ways he did not even expect. He narrated an incident where he had to call Shanaya’s father, Sanjay Kapoor, after a shot. Bejoy explained, “I remember I called Shanaya’s father at one point. We had a small schedule left to shoot a scene with her. It was one of the early scenes in the film. It was always a part of the script, but we ended up rewriting it because of what Shanaya brought to the table and the way she shaped the character. The scene felt wrong if we had done it the way it was originally written. Because of the honesty she brought to the role, we fine-tuned it to stay cohesive with what she had already established. I called her father to tell him that she was doing so well that it made me rethink my own scene.”

Bejoy also shared with us a behind-the-scenes moment he’ll never forget, involving Shanaya. He continued, “It was the third or fourth day of the shoot, and we were almost on the verge of finishing. Suddenly, my team said that we have some time left and could knock off another setup. But Shanaya had to get ready for that. Her entire look had to be changed, and we had just one hour to do that. I was waiting when my Assistant Director came and told me Shanaya wanted to meet me. I thought she was going to throw a tantrum about the last-minute change. I was mentally preparing myself to pacify her.”

He added, “But when I walked into the vanity, expecting a tantrum, guess what she was doing? She called me in just to show me that she was washing her hair! (laughs). We were shooting in a dump yard, she had gel in her hair, and she was filming a reel of herself washing it. She called me to show me that. It was crazy. Also, cops came and tried to shut us down. My line producer just took them away, and while they were talking, we were still secretly shooting.”

Tu Yaa Main will be released in theatres on February 13.

Watch the full interview here:

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