Not too many people know this. But director Mohit Suri
married his long-time girl-friend actress Udita Goswami on her
insistence in February this year by taking just a day off from the
post-production work and then returning to work immediately after.
Looking back Mohit feels it was the best thing that could have
happened to him. “If Udita hadn’t insisted I’d have probably just
continued my relationship with her and never got married. I didn’t
believe in the institution of marriage. She did. Thankfully I went with
her belief. Today I can’t imagine life any other way. Good things
including the success of ‘Aashiqui 2’ has happened after marriage.
The songs in ‘Aashiqui 2’ just happened. “This young music director
Ankit Tiwari came up to me with the song ‘Sun raha hai tu ro raha hoon
main’. It immediately epitomized by film’s hero’s loneliness. He was
waiting for that perfect love to save him from self-destruction. I
believe all of us are looking for the perfect love. Reading the script I
remember thinking I wanted a wife like Arohi (Shradha’s character).And I
found her. Udita and I have had our ups and downs. But there’s no one
else I’d want to spend my life with.”
Udita loved ‘Aashiqui 2’.
Says Mohit, “I was worried about her reaction. She didn’t like ‘Raaz 2’ and ‘Murder 2’ and she told me that.”
‘Murder 2’ was the acme of gruesome violence against women while ‘Aashiqui 2’ treats the female protagonist with gentle care.
Laughs Mohit, “‘Murder 2’ was a different film. I wanted to make a
sweet innocent real love story. And I wanted to keep the emotions
authentic. I believe everyone in the production company thought I had
lost my mind and that I was directing a disaster. I wouldn’t listen to
anyone. I did what I wanted to in ‘Aashiqui 2’. Finally I got my
approval from Mahesh Bhatt Saab when after seeing the end-product he
said, ‘This is the film our company hasn’t made in a very long time.’ In
fact Bhatt Saab wanted this film freed of the trademark image of his
production house. He made me cut a scene where I showed Shradha and
Aditya under the sheets. He told me not to go down that path. I wasn’t
following any of the Vishesh Films’ rules. There is a scene where Aditya
had to throw Shradha out of their house. Aditya timidly turned to me
and asked, ‘Wouldn’t it look really mean for me to do that after all she
has done for me?’ But my logic was clear. Haven’t we done the meanest
things to those we love the most?”
Mohit is now looking at directing another film about love. “My two
best films ‘Kalyug’ and ‘Aashiqui 2’ are love stories. So I guess that’s
my forte. I am working on an idea. But first a break. I owe that to
Udita. I haven’t given her time after marriage. I am now in a happy
space," adds Mohit.
Mohit’s father’s death in 2011 shattered him. “The person I wanted
to prove myself to the most was no longer there. It put me in a weird
state of mind. My film ‘Murder 2’ was a success. But I had no one to
share the success with because at that time I had broken up with Udita. I
had money, great offers, the stars were coming to me. But they wanted
me to make the film THEY wanted not what I wanted. I put that phase
aside, pulled Udita back into my life married her and found myself with
‘Aashiqui 2’," he says.
He then quips, “I think I will show ‘Aashiqui 2’ to my kids when
they happen. It’s the only one they can watch anyway. It’s my only ‘U’
film so far.”
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