19 July,2023 05:26 PM IST | mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
One Friday Night
Writer-Director Manish Gupta's directorial feature film 'One Friday Night' starring Raveena Tandon, Milind Soman and Vidhi Chitalia is touted to be a relationship drama plotted like a Hitchcock-esque suspense film, and is expected to release soon.
Giving insights about the film, Gupta reveals, "The story revolves around one stormy night, in an isolated villa atop a secluded hill"
Raveena Tandon plays the protagonist of the film, whereas Milind Soman plays her husband's role. Vidhi Chitalia plays the role of Milind Soman's decades-younger love interest.
The film has been shot entirely in the monsoon, in the months of July and August, at the remote banks of the beautiful Pawna lake near Lonavala, where the director utilized natural rain to depict scenes of heavy rain in the film.
Writer-Director Manish Gupta previously scripted the screenplay and dialogues for Amitabh Bachchan-starrer Sarkar and Akshaye Khanna-starrer Section 375, and he directed the Kay Kay Menon-starrer film Rahasya based on the Aarushi murder case, he also directed The Stoneman Murders based on the Stoneman killings and most recently, he directed the Vinay Pathak-starrer film 420 IPC based on an economic offence case. "A major portion of the film was shot in an isolated villa atop a secluded hill that's surrounded by a vast lake. I shot this at the beautiful Pawna lake, ahead of Lonavla. I shot there in the heart of monsoon, in the months of July and August, and I made full use of the natural heavy rain to depict scenes of rain in the film"
Gupta is known for his mastery over small-budget suspense films and his latest offering ONE FRIDAY NIGHT has set expectations high in the small fan base that the writer-director has amassed over the years.
Raveena had recently told mid-day, "I tried to do movies on issues that I felt strongly about. The Nirbhaya case had shaken me so much that I was keen to do Maatr [2017]. Whether it was Daman, Jaago [2004] or Maatr, these films talked about violence against women, and [rallied for] women empowerment. I love commercial cinema, but I also look at projects that will make a difference to society."
