Sharing her earlier experience of working with Sunny Leone in the film Jism 2, Pooja Bhatt said, "She was a very disciplined individual who used to learn all her lines in Hindi and put in a lot of hard work."
''But let's be honest, Sunny is not a born actor... So whatever performance she delivered on Jism 2, was our hard work. When it comes to Richa Chadha, she is a born actor... She is a gifted talent," she said referring to Cabaret.
Pooja Bhatt and Cabaret's director Kaustav Narayan Niyogi also revealed the rationale behind casting Richa Chadha as a bar dancer. For Cabaret, the team wanted an excellent actor over a dancer.
As Richa has featured in films like Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, Masaan, Fukrey Returns and Love Sonia, the audience has never seen her flaunt her dancing skills.
On what made them choose Richa Chadha, Niyogi told IANS here, "Well, there was a tussle between choosing the actor based on the skill. We had to decide whether we are going to take an actor who can dance or a dancer who can act.''
''Initially, I thought of someone who can really dance well... But when I looked at the story, we had to look at a character that starts her journey from the heartland of India and transforms herself into a bar dancer," the director said.
''For the convincing portrayal of such a complex character, we needed an actor. Richa Chadha was the best choice we had," added Niyogi.
In Cabaret, Richa Chadha plays a bar dancer who comes from a small village in Jharkhand with a dream to start her own dance school and to teach children. But life offers her a different journey altogether.
On casting Richa, Pooja Bhatt said, "We met the beautiful dancer Lauren Gottlieb when we were developing the script. Initially, we thought she would be the right choice of the film. Of course, she is not Indian and in the final script, we set the story in Jharkhand. So then it was important for us to look for someone who can capture the nuances of an Indian girl very convincingly.''
"When it comes to Richa, she really does not need to speak a lot to convince the audience that she is an Indian. It is all over her," Pooja said.
Niyogi added, "Dance is one of the elements of the whole narrative and that is why we emphasised on the wholesome performance of an actor over a dancer."
When asked if it was difficult for the makers to make Richa dance, Pooja said, "It is tougher for us to make a non-actor act than an actor to dance."
The film also features Gulshan Devaiah and S Sreesanth.
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