Why Aamir Khan’s son’s debut film Maharaj was not released in theaters instead of OTT, know from director Siddharth P Malhotra.


New Delhi:
Director Sidharth P Malhotra, who has produced medical shows like Sanjeevani, Dil Mil Gaye and Ayushmann, is in the news these days for his new series Doctors, which is streaming on Jio Cinema from December 27. Regarding this, in a special conversation with NewsDeskReport’s Rosie Panwar, Siddharth P Malhotra talked about his upcoming film Kamaal Aur Meena and the reason for releasing Maharaj on OTT. Let’s read the interview

Any special reason for writing to doctors?

The main reason for writing was that an offer had come from Jio itself that we wanted a medical show. Because earlier I had made many medical shows. So as a creator I feel like there is a quality in which he delivers. I have delivered shows like Sanjeevani, Dil Mil Gaye and Ayushmann. So it came from Jio itself that we want a medical show for OTT and you make whatever you want to make. Then we thought that everything can be said on OTT, which we have not said on TV till date. All that can be shown, which we could not say on TV due to some guidelines. Accordingly, we are getting an opportunity to tell the story of the doctors who were so angry for so many years. There are some limits of TV, beyond which we are not able to go beyond. So we got the chance. We composed this whole thing and narrated it to him. They felt fine and then. By doing this slowly it got set.

What was the reason that you wrote the story of this series but did not direct it?

The reason for this is that I was a chef at that time. Director Sahir Raza did it and directed it very well. He has also contributed a lot in the script of this series along with the writers. First I wrote the story together with the writers. After that the director was brought. And then the director also showed a lot of involvement and this director enters into every department, so I was very keen to work with him. I want to work with them because I had seen their work before. So the opportunity came and when you work with different directors, you get a chance to learn something. My greed was to learn something from him too.

You have directed only three films in 14 years, what was the reason?

No, there is no special reason. The films kept getting delayed. After the first We Are Family, Hichki took 7 years to be released. Then after 7 years when Maharaj came, Covid came. After Covid, it was decided to bring the film on OTT. It happened and happened. No one plans to release a film after three years. The expectation is that one film should be released every year and now the effort will be to release one film every year or two.

Maharaj was a deep film made on a good subject, why was it not released in theatres?

It was the producer’s decision. At that time you will notice that when Covid was over, no one was going to theaters. If we look at one and a half years ago, someone would release a film in theaters and someone would watch it, so no one wanted that. Yash Raj has been a producer for a long time. Who would know better than him where this film should come and why it should come. We work for you and it is their decision. Our job is to make films and make a film that we can be proud of. So our work stops there. Now how to bring the film to theaters or OTT. It’s better to leave it to them.

Will you write a story or direct a film in the future?

Will be seen in both producing and direction. Direction will have different stories and as a producer there will be different responsibilities. Kamal and Meena have been announced. Script work is going on on that. As soon as the work on it is done, the casting work will start.



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