Arjun Rampal Debuts As Screenplay Writer With Arun Gawli Biopic, DADDY
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Tuesday, 20th June 2017, 07:00 PM IST Arjun Rampal's ‘Daddy’ is a biopic on gangster-politician Arun Gawli. Besides co-producing the project, Rampal has also forayed into script writing with this movie. He has been credited for co-writing the screenplay along with director Ashim Ahluwalia. Explaining the new role, Rampal says, "Three years ago, someone approached me to play Gawli. I was taken aback because I didn't understand how they thought I'd fit the bill. They gave me a script that was far removed from Gawli's actual life. So, I refused to do it. But the idea stayed with me and I began researching about him. I was intrigued that he is called 'Daddy' and not 'Bhai' or 'Dada'. I started meeting people who knew him and decided to put pen and paper together. I locked myself in a hotel room for almost two months and started writing." Rampal isn't new to writing although he has done it in a personal capacity, in the form of writing poetry and short stories. ''This was a completely different experience; it was the first time I wrote a screenplay. I had to make sure that it didn't turn out to be a propaganda film, where we showed him as a good Samaritan, neither could he have been an out-and-out anti-hero." ‘Daddy’ is slated to release on 21st July. Now you can enjoy ad-free experience by downloading India’sfirst Box Office mobile app from here –Android: http://bit.ly/BOCapsuleMobileApp and iOS: bit.ly/BOCapsuleiOSApp |