Director Devashish Makhija Accuses Yash Raj Films Of Wasting His 3 Years: 'Nobody Told Me A Film...'
Devashish Makhija made his directorial debut with the Oria film Oonga in 2013. He has also directed Bhonsle and Joram.
Director Devashish Makhija has opened up about his experience of working with Yash Raj Films. Makhija, who is known for assisting Shaad Ali on Bunty Aur Babli, talked about his past association with YRF in a recent interview and revealed why he broke a three-film deal with the production house.
Devashish Makhija revealed that he was working on an animation film for YRF when their movie, Roadside Romeo, tanked. He claimed that following this, they decided to shelve his movie, which was already in production for three years.
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“It’s been a very confusing journey. That’s why I’m 45, and I’m making my fifth film. If I had the two paths, choose one option, I’d be sitting on my 11th or 12th one. After Bunty Aur Babli, I was making an animation film for Yash Raj Films and Disney. When the first animation film they made, Roadside Romeo, tanked, they pulled the plug on my film. That was three years into production. I was to fly and do the final production at Pixar. I lost three years there," Makhija told SCREEN.
“I don’t know, accidentally or synchronistically, I went down the Yash Raj path. But because that film got shelved, I walked away from a three-film deal I had with them. Because nobody told me a film three years in production can get shelved. They just wiped out three years of my life," the director added.
Devashish Makhija later made his directorial debut with the Oria film Oonga in 2013. He has also directed Bhonsle and Joram, both of which starred Manoj Bajpayee in the lead. He is currently working on next directorial titled Gandhari. The film stars Tapsee Pannu in the lead.
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