Kookie Gulati on giving Saif Ali Khan’s Jewel Thief a Bollywood spin

Gloss, model, and scale aren’t missing in Jewel Thief: The Heist Begins, however many really feel the Saif Ali Khan and Jaideep Ahlawat-led crime caper has neither the smarts nor the taut storytelling anticipated of the style. Kookie Gulati, who has helmed the Netflix movie with Robbie Grewal, isn’t perturbed by the viewers’s combined reactions.

The director shares that he was introduced on board by producers Siddharth and Mamta Anand to design it as a “industrial entertainer”, a depend he has delivered on. “Sooner or later within the shoot, they realised that they needed it to be extra of a Bollywood industrial entertainer with glamour and songs. The makers thought I may carry that to the movie. That’s after I took over from Robbie, who had different commitments that had been overlapping with the shoot. If I got here on board, I needed to make it mine. [We] added three extra songs. I additionally rewrote elements of the script, and shot many motion items, together with Jaideep and Saif’s confrontation.”

Kookie Gulati

Jewel Thief sees Saif Ali Khan and Ahlawat’s characters attempting to outwit one another of their try and rob a uncommon diamond. Having labored with each actors, Gulati is impressed by their distinct method to their craft. “Saif can be continuously speaking to me concerning the movie, the scene and his character. Jaideep comes ready; he all the time brings his A-game on set. He discusses a scene totally earlier than the shoot, and when the digital camera rolls, he provides delicate touches to his character.” 

After the testosterone-heavy crime caper, Gulati’s subsequent might be a woman-led actioner. Admittedly ‘charged’ about his subsequent, the director reveals, “It’s a couple of sturdy lady who finds herself in a harmful scenario. It’s a high-octane thriller with an emotional twist.”