Vishal Bhardwaj says he drew on literature, French writer Anais Nin to explore desire in 'Lust Stories 3'
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Mumbai, Filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj says when he set out to make his short for the anthology "Lust Stories 3", the literary influences of the 19th century became his primary source of inspiration to talk about desire through the perspective of a woman.
Adding to this, Vishal Bhardwaj says he drew on literature, French writer Anais Nin to explore desire in 'Lust Stories 3' "Lust Stories 3" brings together Bhardwaj, Kiran Rao, Shakun Batra and Vikramaditya Motwane as directors.
Meanwhile, Bhardwaj, known for making desi versions of Williams Shakespeare's tragedies with his films "Maqbool" , "Omkara" and "Haider" , has directed a short that features real-life star-couple Aditi Rao Hydari and Siddharth.
Notably, Set against the culturally rich backdrop of 1987 Hyderabad, his segment follows Saira, an Urdu literature professor, who draws on the literary world to express her feelings for her husband, a homeopathic doctor.
As per the latest buzz, "If you bring poetry in lust, it becomes love, that's what poetry does. Sometimes we've lust in sublime and we deceive ourselves saying this is love, but actually this is lust. A lot of times, we have so many moral obligations and pressures that even to garb a relationship, we say this is love, but actually this is lust," Bhardwaj told PTI in an interview.
In further updates, He referenced the late poet Bashir Badr's couplet, 'Tu Mohabbat ki tarah piglegi aur main mar jaunga hawas ki tarah', to talk about the transient nature of lust.
On top of that, "Literature somehow seeps into my work because I'm also a student of literature," the filmmaker shared.
Bhardwaj shared he attempted to crack the story for "Lust Stories" twice but abandoned the scripts after completing them because he wasn't completely convinced.
Source: Hindustan Times