Director Sanjay Gupta talks about what went behind making Mumbai Saga
Andrew Patterson
Mumbai Saga is knitted with a powerful story revolving around the events that led to the transformation of Bombay into Mumbai. Based on the events that transpired between the 1980s and 1990s are dunked in politics, grime, crime, blood, and bullets. John Abraham essays the character of Amartya Rao and Emraan Hashmi plays officer Vijay Savarka who were pitted against each other during the time. The film also has Mahesh Manjrekar, Amole Gupte, Prateik Babbar, Rohit Bose Roy, Shaad Randhawa, Vivaan, Suniel Shetty, Gulshan Grover and Sandesh Jadhav playing crucial parts.
Talking about what went behind making the film, the writer, director and producer of the film Sanjay Gupta revealed, “While narrating a story soaked in reality, one has to ensure that no aspect is barred from representation. For instance, when I was working on the story of Mumbai Saga for years together, the only thing that held my hand was the belief that I have to be true to the story, and I have to depict all the stakeholders in the story the way they were back in the day. Every character is a mix of several individuals who existed at that time in the said space. They’re real and yet, larger than life”. Mumbai Saga hits the theatres on March 19 and will lock horns with Arjun Kapoor and Parineeti Chopra’s Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar at the box-office.
