B.A. PASS 3 releases on FILMYBOX OTT Platform Will it Pass with Distinction?

It was in 2012 that the film BA PASS produced by Narendra Singh established the neonoir erotic thriller genre in Bollywood It had Shilpa Shukla Shadab Kamal Rajesh Sharma and Dibyendu Bhattacharya in lead roles The film was based on the 2009 short story The Railway Aunty by Mohan Sikka and was directed by Ajay BahlProduced with a meager budget of around 3 Crores B A Pass had a gross Box Office Collection of over 10 crores thus placing it in the list of hit films of that year This prompted Narendra Singh to announce B A Pass 2 2017 which was the story of a young girl who in order to achieve her goals and to avoid marriage makes a few wrong decisions and adopts ill habits that eventually ruin her life The lead actors of this second part were Kritika Sachdeva Satiiysh Saarathy Sasho and Sanghmitra HitaishiModesty and reality is what sets the CEO of FILMYBOX Narendra Singh apart Though B A Pass lifted us to great heights B A Pass 2 met with a below average response and I would put it point honestly that it was a failure But the silver lining was that we received inputs from viewers not only within India but also across the world that they would love to have more of such films in this genre Hence I have taken up the baton and captained the ship with BA Pass 3 which has just been released on our OTT Platform FILMYBOX he reveals while speaking about the film and the future plans of his media company FILMYBOX to middayLets begin with some information about your just released film BA Pass 3BA Pass 3 narrates the story of a jobless youth and how his life changes upside down when he meets a married woman and gets into a relationship with herAlmost everyone has a secret desire Those who deny would be faking their inner conscience While some go ahead to experience it others cant probably due to social bindings Letrsquos be honest who wouldnt want to seize the opportunity to fulfill ones hidden desire Usually most of us go ahead and take the plungeThis makes it interesting to ask further more about the brief story line of the filmA young man in his early 20s has just completed his graduation Bachelors in Arts BA and is jobless His personal life too is sort of messed up with his girl friend having ditched him This has happened to him in the past to with several other girls in his lifeOne of his friends suggests him to get online on the Social Media to get over his setbacks in personal life He comes across a married lady through social platform and gets interested in her This married woman too is unhappy with her husband as she comes to know that her hubby has an extramarital affair Then the affair of the unemployed youth and the married lady takes on There is a message that immoral relationships always land you in a deep messWhile your first film was based on a short story what is the inspiration behind B A Pass 3The story writer of this latest drama is Kritika Sachdeva who has seen such an incident being experienced to someone known to her It is a very realistic story and almost everyone would relate to what is shown in the film Therefore along with Deep Chugh we sat on the Screenplay while I debut in Bollywood as the directorWhat about the locations and the cast of the filmA Pass 3 has been shot entirely in Chandigarh Mohali Shimla and Himachal Pradesh The film was shot entirely in one schedule at a stretch We have given a break to Television stars Sunny Sachdeva Ankita Sahu and Ankita Chouhan with a newcomer Armaan Sandhu It feels nice to launch new talent in our film One of the several highlights of this film is that its casting was done entirely onlineThe earlier films of BA Pass series are known for their steamy scenes Does the viewer expect further bold scenes with the issue of Censorship not arising as B A Pass 3 has been released on your own OTT PlatformOur production house FILMYBOX is mainly into content creation and aggregation of films With the current Pandemic scenario it is not possible to go in for theatrical release Also since we have already ventured into the OTT market we have decided to release the film on our own OTT platformAs regards to the aspect of bold scenes why not As our target audience is above 18 we have some extremely beautifully shot close moments which of course have an element of erotica We have consciously stayed away from unnecessary nudity which is otherwise rampant on other platforms This was done with the twin purposes that of adopting Self Censorship of our film and also keeping the theatrical release in mind once the pandemic gets over In the latter possibility just minor cuts would fetch us the Censor certificateWhat is the USP of your newly launched FILMYBOX OTT PlatformThe FILMYBOX App has just been launched and within a span of a couple of weeks we have already seen over 50 K downloads It is a subscription based app with a 3 months subscription costing Rs 399 We have a collection of over 30 films right now and plan to release each of them every fortnight We also offer Web Series and 3 of them are available currently Most of our films have a target audience of 18 and aboveWhat are the other offerings on FILMYBOX Among the other interesting films is Viraat Mukesh Chandelia Ravi Janghu Kritika Sachdeva and Lokesh Tilakdhari that is a Crime Thriller Web Series which will be streaming 10 May onwards We then have PARI Kidnapper a comedy drama Chal Kya Raha Hai and then Delite Medical Store Comedy In short we have a bouquet of offerings in the genres of Comedy Drama Horror and ThrillersOur philosophy at FILMYBOX is to produce meaningful and quality content be it even in the genre of EroticDrama where there is a certain level of sophistication and class that blends into the storyline PARESH B MEHTA