Director Abhiraj Minawala is gearing up for the release of his debut film, LoveYatri produced by superstar Salman Khan. The film stars Aayush Sharma and Warina Hussain in lead. Abhiraj learnt the process of film-making having worked as an assistant director in films like Rocket Singh: Salesman Of The Year, Jab Tak Hai Jaan and Sultan just to name a few. Being a Gujarati, the director has consciously made an effort to not stereotype the characters in his debut film and is confident that the audience who watch LoveYatri will leave the cinema hall with a smile.
In an exclusive interaction with KOIMOI, the director shared about LoveYatri, Ali Abbas Zafar, Salman Khan and a lot more.
He was an assistant director on Sultan and, Salman Khan told him that he has something in mind for him. They had met on the sets of Tiger Zinda Hai in Yash Raj to discuss LoveYatri.
When asked if he asked Salman Khan as to what made him launch you as a director with LoveYatri, the director said: From whatever I have heard from others, Salman Khan was very impressed by my work in Sultan. It was a very tough film for all of us to pull off given the time frame and the way scheduling was. He was very happy with the way I was managing stuff on the film sets and that’s what gave him the confidence of backing me.
The film is launching two debutants and as a director Abhiraj felt a lot of pressure as he was responsible for two new careers. After LoveYatri the director says he has discussed a couple of ideas with Salman Khan for his production house, but there is nothing concrete about the same. After the launch of LoveYatri that they shall have a clear idea on new projects.
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