By Hindustan Times
Dibakar Banerjee may love to tackle social problems in his film however the director, who's gearing up for the discharge of his political thriller Shanghai, says he's going to never compromise with the entertainment quotient in his movies. Dibakar, 41, says he's happy that his films Khosla Ka Ghosla, Oye Lucky Lucky Oye, Love Sex aur Dhokha offered different stories without wavering from their socio-political themes.
He promises to bring another edge-of-the-seat thriller with Shanghai, starring Abhay Deol, Emraan Hashmi, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Kalki Koechlin in key roles. The film will hit the theatres on June 8.
"I am an organization believer that anything that's boring cannot be good cinema. Anything serious that's seeking to be profound cannot be good cinema either. You'll be able to have good cinema but to make a movie that's profound is sacrilege.
"Cinema is ready entertainment and it has to hook up with the audience. I DO NOT BELIEVE any of the flicks that I'VE made to this point haven't been entertaining. A minimum of I CANNOT be accused of that and Shanghai could be another example of that," Dibakar told PTI.
Hashmi's character as Jogi Parmar has already become a favorite because the first trailer hit the internet and now the director desires to see how Abhay Deol is received by the audience.
The actor, who's teaming up with Dibakar after Oye Lucky Lucky Oye is playing a person much above his real age.
"As a member of the IAS, Abhay is playing this very highly positioned bureaucrat. He has his own predicaments to battle since he's being pushed and pulled by various forces, both from those people who are above or below to him in power."
