*For Kunal Kohli, it's thoda direction thoda production* Mumbai (PTI): Filmmaker Kunal Kohli, who has turned producer with `Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic', says he always wanted to be a director-producer to own the movies he makes.
He, however, said he has been given a free hand at Yash Raj Films that has produced his previous three movies. "I was always involved in the production even as a director and had full control of my movies," Kohli told reporters here last evening. He said Yash Raj Films is jointly producing `Thoda Pyar...' with him. Despite turning a producer, direction will remain his first love, he said. According to him, if a film flops, the director stands to lose the most. "A producer will suffer only financial loss, but the director stands to lose creatively which hurts more than the financial loss." "I plan to produce films for independent directors as well. With corporates coming into the film industry, several newcomers are getting a chance to direct films. I have three assistant directors whose films I plan to produce," he said. The filmmaker, whose ventures include `Hum Tum' and `Fanaa', said he has consciously tried that his movies have different shades. "I don't want to have a style. I want to be challenged when I a trying something else." About `Thoda Pyar Thoda Magic', Kohli said it was an entertaining film which would appeal to kids and the kids inside grown ups. "We don't make films for kids any more. If there are some, there is childishness. We need to talk intelligently to kids." Kohli said said his new film speaks about love, relationships and family. Kohli said he is not a lavish spender on films. "Thoda Pyar..." was completed in less than Rs 20 crore. My previous films `Fanaa' and `Hum Tum' were made at a budget of Rs 24 crore and Rs 7.5 crore respectively." "Even movies like `Taare Zameen Par' and `Munnabhai' were made for Rs 12 crore and Rs 15 core respectively. Audiences come to theatres to see the quality of the content and not the cost at which it has been made," he maintained. Kohli felt that Saif Ali Khan, who had featured in `Hum Tum', has excelled in every new image a filmmaker has given to the versatile actor. "Even in Thoda Pyar.., he will be seen in a totally different avatar," he added. Speaking about Rani Mukherji, Kohli said her repertoire of work in the last few years has a varied range which no other actress of recent times can match. The filmmaker said he was heartbroken at the break-up of music composers Jatin, Lalit who have scored the music of his previous films. *"Even A R Rehman had publicly stated that the duo should stay together. For `Thoda Pyar... I have worked for the first time with Shankar Ehsaan Loy. My music composers have always given me original scores," he said. * *http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200805241022.htm* -- regards, Vithur Whatever God wants to give, no one can deny; Whatever God wants to deny, no one can give. Be happy always
