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Kunal Kemmu Explains Recasting Sparsh Shrivastava for Vibe
Vibe is a new Bollywood action-comedy spy thriller.
Kunal Kemmu is directing the film and playing its main character, Hardik.
He is also writing and producing it.
Hardik and his friend Bugs are ordinary people who accidentally discover a dangerous terrorist conspiracy.
Sparsh Shrivastava plays Bugs.
Kemmu said Bugs was originally written as an older character.
He changed the character and the friendship to suit Shrivastava.
Kemmu believes good actors can surprise audiences when they are given different kinds of roles.
Kunal Kemmu is writing, directing, producing, and starring in the upcoming film Vibe.
Vibe follows ordinary best friends Hardik and Bugs, who become involved in a terrorist conspiracy.
Sparsh Shrivastava plays Bugs after appearing in Laapataa Ladies.
Kemmu said he reshaped Bugs because Shrivastava was younger than the originally envisioned character.
Kemmu said he values casting actors in unexpected roles rather than repeating their familiar image.
- Who
- Kunal Kemmu and Sparsh Shrivastava are central to the film; Kemmu plays Hardik and Shrivastava plays Bugs.
- What
- Vibe is an upcoming Bollywood action-comedy spy thriller about two friends who stumble into a terrorist conspiracy.
- Where
- The article does not specify where the story takes place.
- When
- The film is described as upcoming; no release date is stated.
- Why
- Kemmu reshaped Bugs because he found Shrivastava interesting and wanted to cast him in an unexpected role.
Key facts
- Film
- Vibe
- Genre
- Action-comedy spy thriller
- Writer, director, producer, lead actor
- Kunal Kemmu
- Main characters
- Hardik and Bugs
- Bugs' actor
- Sparsh Shrivastava
- Story premise
- Two ordinary best friends become involved in a terrorist conspiracy
- Character change
- Kemmu made Bugs younger and adjusted the friendship between the characters
Quotes
Kunal Kemmu
Writer, director, producer, and lead actor of Vibe
“He was younger than the part, so I made the part younger and I made the relationship between them slightly different from how it was initially imagined.”
deccanchronicle.com
“When people always see them like yeh aisa kar raha hai, you always get cast for the same thing.”
deccanchronicle.com
Sources
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