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Anurag Kashyap is heading back to his comfort zone. The director behind \u201cGangs of Wasseypur\u201d and \u201cDev.D\u201d has crafted another quintessential North Indian story with Amazon MGM Studios India\u2019s \u201cNishaanchi,\u201d but this time he\u2019s trading gangsters for family drama.<\/p>\n
Set for theatrical release on Sept. 19, \u201cNishaanchi\u201d stars newcomer Aaishvary Thackeray in a dynamic double role as twin brothers Babloo and Dabloo \u2014 \u201cmirror images yet stark opposites in their beliefs\u201d \u2014 alongside Vedika Pinto, Monika Panwar, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, and Kumud Mishra.<\/p>\n
More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201c\u2018Wasseypur\u2019 was more of a gangster film about very stupid, very low IQ gangsters,\u201d Kashyap tells Variety<\/em>. \u201cAnd this is a film about a family. About a mother, about her two sons and falling in love with one girl, and about Kanpur and Lucknow.\u201d<\/p>\n The project has been a long time coming for Kashyap, who wrote the script back in 2016 while working on \u201cMukkabaaz.\u201d Originally conceived as a simple story about two brothers falling for the same girl, the narrative evolved into something more complex.<\/p>\n \u201cI was looking for actual, real life brothers,\u201d Kashyap recalls about the casting process. The solution came through serendipity when Kashyap discovered Thackeray through YouTube videos showcasing the actor\u2019s monologues from various films, including an authentic Bihar-set piece from Manoj Bajpayee\u2019s \u201cShool.\u201d What followed was a four-year commitment from the debutant, who dedicated himself to becoming a \u201cKanpurwala.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe gave me four years of his life. 2020 is when I met him, and 2024 is when we went into shoot,\u201d Kashyap notes. \u201cHim and Vedika, with one of my co-writers, Ranjan [Chandel], they went to Kanpur. They lived in Kanpur, invisibly, to invite Kanpur in them.\u201d<\/p>\n The technical challenge of executing the double role led to an innovative shooting approach. Cinematographer Sylvester Fonseca suggested shooting the longer-haired, bearded version of one brother first, then returning two months later for the second character after Thackeray had physically transformed.<\/p>\n The film\u2019s soundtrack, featuring contributions from Dhruv Ghanekar and Anurag Saikia, among others, became another collaborative element. \u201cI kept meeting them, and I shared the script with them, and they started coming out with songs on their own,\u201d Kashyap says, adding that Thackeray, himself a musician, contributed two songs to the film.<\/p>\n Monica Panwar\u2019s casting as the family matriarch proved particularly significant. Her character spans from age 20 to 50, a challenge that Kashyap approached by casting younger and aging up rather than the reverse. \u201cIt\u2019s easier to make a younger person look older than an older person look 20. It\u2019s more cost effective,\u201d he explains pragmatically.<\/p>\n The Amazon MGM Studios partnership came about through a chance encounter on a Melbourne flight, where Kashyap pitched the script mid-air to a senior executive. \u201cI think the film got greenlit by the time the flight landed,\u201d he recalls.<\/p>\n For Kashyap, the film represents both a homecoming and an evolution \u2014 a chance to revisit the regional storytelling that established his reputation while exploring the intimate dynamics of family relationships.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s very North India. North India is in me,\u201d the filmmaker reflects. \u201cWhen I make a film in North India\u2026 I feel like I\u2019m batting at half pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for Variety’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Anurag Kashyap is heading back to his comfort zone. The director behind \u201cGangs of Wasseypur\u201d and \u201cDev.D\u201d has crafted another quintessential North Indian story with Amazon MGM Studios India\u2019s \u201cNishaanchi,\u201d but this time he\u2019s trading gangsters for family drama. Set for theatrical release on Sept. 19, \u201cNishaanchi\u201d stars newcomer Aaishvary Thackeray in a dynamic double […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2023001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[372047,293560,350042,372050,372048,372051,372052,372046,372053,372049],"class_list":["post-2023000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-aaishvary-thackeray","tag-amazon-mgm-studios","tag-anurag-kashyap","tag-gangs-of-wasseypur","tag-kanpur","tag-mohammed-zeeshan-ayyub","tag-monika-panwar","tag-north-indian","tag-thackeray","tag-vedika-pinto"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u2018This-Is-a-Film-About-a-Family.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2023000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2023001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}