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Laxman Utekar: There is an India beyond Khar, Santacruz, Juhu
Updated On: 01 June, 2023 11:38 AM IST | Mumbai | Hiren Kotwani
Director Laxman, who brings a small-town story in Zara Hatke Zara Bachke, on how Vicky and Sara prepped for a month to understand milieu and characters’ mindset
The film revolves around a couple’s efforts to own their dream home
There is something about small-town people and their aspirations that make for heartwarming stories, believes Laxman Utekar. Which is why his lens is often trained on them. For his third Hindi directorial venture, Zara Hatke Zara Bachke (ZHZB), Utekar takes his audience to the colourful alleys of Indore. “Our country is so vast, with so many small towns and villages. They have numerous stories of their own. I want to explore that with every film. Luka Chuppi [2019] was set in Gwalior, Mimi [2021] in Mandawa, and Zara Hatke Zara Bachke is set in Indore. A chunk of the population lives in such places. We should make movies for the wider audience,” he reasons.
What makes the Vicky Kaushal and Sara Ali Khan-starrer fit for a larger audience is its universal theme — it traces a middle-class couple’s struggle to buy a home of their own. Utekar says that “everyone across the country”, whether city-bred or hailing from small towns, harbours this dream. “In India, everyone wants to have their own home. It’s not easy buying or even selling a house.”
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