Vikrant Massey returns to romance in Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan, says Santosh Singh

Rather a lot has modified in Vikrant Massey’s life between his 2018 internet collection, Damaged…However Lovely, and the upcoming Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan. However one factor has remained unchanged, says Santosh Singh, who helmed each choices. He factors out that after Damaged…However Lovely, the actor hasn’t featured in a young, aching love story. That was one of many causes Massey signed Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan reverse Shanaya Kapoor.  

Santosh Singh

“Damaged… was the primary love story we did collectively, and now we’re again with one other. Vikrant as soon as informed me that the majority [filmmakers] forged him in hard-hitting films like twelfth Fail [2023] or destructive roles like Sector 36 [2024], however solely I see him as a romantic hero,” says Singh, who’s readying the movie for a July 11 launch.

Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan appears to be like on the love that blossoms between Massey’s musician and Kapoor’s theatre actor. It additionally marks the latter’s Bollywood debut. Singh recollects, “The movie had its personal journey of discovering the heroine. We [initially] had Tara Sutaria and Pratibha Ranta for the position, however their dates didn’t work out. We examined Shanaya and she or he handed with flying colors. We did 4 months of workshops together with her; she additionally labored with an performing coach. By the point we began taking pictures, she knew the script by coronary heart.”