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'Kill' director Nikhil Nagesh Bhat: ‘There is so much latent anger and angst..'
Updated On: 12 July, 2024 07:38 PM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
Director Nikhil says Kill was born from rage he felt between 2008 and 2016 as he was out of work after his first movie didn’t see light of day
A still from Kill
The night before our chat, director Nikhil Nagesh Bhat had dropped by at an Andheri multiplex to see the audience’s reaction to Kill. “The oohs, aahs, clapping and cheering—there is nothing better than that,” he smiles.
Kill is unlike any Bollywood movie we’ve seen so far. Set almost entirely inside a train, the Lakshya and Raghav Juyal-starrer is unabashedly violent. Its biggest feat is that it’s among the few Indian films to get a Hollywood adaptation, when the reverse is the norm —John Wick director Chad Stahelski is set to produce the remake for Lionsgate. For this, Bhat credits producers Karan Johar and Guneet Monga Kapoor, who showed faith in the material. “They didn’t stop at making the film; they distributed and released it in Latin America and Japan. They got Lionsgate on board. People [draw parallels with] a John Wick or The Raid, but that’s because there is a lack of reference point from India. John Wick producers remaking this, is a huge thing for Indian films. I will meet them in Los Angeles soon. They said it’s a unique film because they felt for the antagonist as much as for the protagonist. The action and all is great, but the film emotionally gripped them.”
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