By Hindustan Times
Director Kunal Kohli says it was 3 times harder to write down his upcoming Priyanka Chopra-Shahid Kapoor starrer love story, that is played out in 1910, 1960 and 2012. "It was 3 times tougher to put in writing Teri Meri Kahaani. I WISHED to glue these three stories and keep a few of it prior to now and still make it youthful and modern. I NEEDED it to attract everyone. So I'VE created humour and situations which might be liked by everyone," the Hum Tum director said.
Kohli says he chose the era of 1910 because he desired to show a distinct tackle the liberty struggle. Priyanka plays
a Punjabi belle within the segment while Shahid is an entire casanova.
"Everyone takes an overly serious strategy to that a part of the history. It's unromantic and non-colourful. My attitude to the liberty movement was different. Shahid plays a whole casanova. I ASSUMED it might be interesting to turn a personality like this in the course of freedom movement."
While recreating pre-independence India was tough, Kohli had more fun engaged on the disco era of the 1960s Bollywood. It's filled with references to his favourites – Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Dilip Kumar and Shammi Kapoor, the actors who ruled Bollywood at that time.
"It was tough but great fun. I USED TO BE remaking an era where I USED TO BE certain to get influenced by people like Raj Kapoor, Shammiji, Dilip Kumarji and Dev Anand. You will discover a bit of of these kinds of stars. We created make-up, studios and trams of that era," said Kohli.
