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Shujaat Saudagar: The world of organized crime is a mere backdrop of the show
Updated On: 27 September, 2023 06:12 PM IST | Mumbai | Athulya Nambiar
After having direted Rock On 2, filmmaker Shujaat Saudagar shares what attracted him to making `Bambai Meri Jaan`
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Gangster dramas are not new. Multiple films and series have explored the genre in different manners across the world. Most Hindi films and shows have derived inspiration from the 70s and 80s in Mumbai when organsied crime was on the rise. Prime Video’s latest offering ‘Bambai Meri Jaan’ also highlights the beginning of organised crime spanning three decades through the lens of a fictional family. The show has become the most-watched series this week with over 5 million views. “I think there has been a forever fascination towards this genre across the world. The characters portrayed in these shows and films are pretty much anti-establishment. I think the viewers like to vicariously live through these characters who do and say things that you would not in your regular day-to-day life. I think that is the fascination that audiences always had towards filmmakers and actors. It also gives a lot of drama and conflict within a narrative and probably that is what really attracts you towards that,” says co-creator Shujaat Saudagar in a conversation with mid-day.com.
For Shujaat Saudagar, who has previously directed `Rock On 2`, it is a new territory to work. While on the outside, it presents as a gangster drama, Saudagar views it as a family drama. “The world of organized crime is a mere backdrop of the show. There is a lot of layering in it thematically; we are talking about nature vs nature, it is about father and mother questioning themselves about parenting. There are many layers to the dysfunctionality of a family. An honest upright man, who is also a man of the law. To see his entire family, and all his children turn to the world of crime was devastating. So those were the themes that really attracted me, because the rest of the world in that sense has been seen numerous times. Different movies and shows have explored that. “
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