At one point in our conversation, Sohum Shah jokes, “Meri kundali mein likha hai that my films will take at least two-three years to be made.” The actor-filmmaker’s sentiment is understandable considering his film, Tumbbad (2018), was years in the making. His next, Crazxy, too has had a six-year journey. “Girish Kohli [director and writer] came to me with the script of Crazxy in 2019. The script was a page-turner. We knocked on many studios’ doors, but no one was ready to make it, saying, ‘It’s a different kind of a film. We can’t take that much risk.’ Then COVID happened, and I realised I’d have to make it with my own money. We began the film in 2022, and now it’s finally coming out,” grins Shah.

A still from Tumbbad