'Jail' is my quickest movie ever: Madhur Bhandarkar

'Jail' is my quickest movie ever: Madhur Bhandarkar
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Madhur Bhandarkar has made eight films so far, but 'Jail', he says, is his "quickest shoot ever". The movie, which stars Neil Nitin Mukesh, is 60 percent complete and would be ready to hit screens by -September-October.

"Not one of the quickest shoots but the quickest shoot ever," asserted Bhandarkar.

"Never before have I aimed at completing a film so fast. We had embarked on a start to finish schedule on March 12 and are already more than 60 percent through. By the end of May, we would have our entire shooting wrapped up," Bhandarkar told us in an interview.

Around three to four months of post-production is now being reserved for 'Jail', but the director said the actual release date would depend on when the row between producers and multiplex owners over revenue sharing ends.

"Even if it takes us three or four months to work on post-production, the film would be ready for release in September/October. I have to keep the ongoing strike in mind though, because that would result in quite a few other films in the pipeline to arrive first. Once the backlog is cleared, I will bring on 'Jail'," Bhandarkar said.

Apart from Neil, 'Jail' also stars Manoj Bajpai and Mugdha Godse in key roles. It is a co-production of Percept Picture Company and Bhandarkar Entertainment.

Bhandarkar's last film 'Fashion' was a multi-crore extravaganza with a huge cast to boast, but 'Jail' is more realistic and is expected to be a medium budget gritty affair.

"See, 'Fashion' had its own grandeur and scale due to which it required a spread out shooting schedule. On the other hand 'Jail' was always designed as a quickie. Also, it was good fun to move back from the world of glitz and glamour to far more realistic locales," said the filmmaker, who has earlier made critically acclaimed movies like 'Chandni Bar' and 'Page-3'.

'Jail' is a hard-hitting yet sensitive tale of an ordinary man, Parag Dixit (Neil), who finds himself inside prison due to a series of unfortunate events around him.

"The film is from Parag's point of view and also tells the stories of several other inmates. Some of them are undertrials, convicts and also the cops who are in charge of maintaining order in the prison," Bhandarkar explained.

The director said his jail set looked just like a real prison.