Exclusive: Vikram Phadnis had written script for Aishwarya years ago, might rework it

Designer Vikram Phadnis has now ventured into direction with an emotional Marathi film, Hrudayantar. Vikram took 13 years to make his directorial debut, and he recalls when he had written a script, eons ago. “I had written a script for which I wanted Aishwarya, but that was a few years ago,” Vikram says. Ask him if he would like to cast her now, and pat comes the reply, “I will have to rework it because it was written at that time. Every decade has its kind of cinema. If I make it now, I’d have to make it relevant to 2018.”

Vikram was earlier supposed to make his debut with Nia with Bipasha in the lead, but that movie didn’t take off either. Phadnis says his equation with Bipasha, however, never got affected. “The energy was not right. Bipasha was very supportive, and she stood by me. Relationships are not necessarily a Friday-to-Friday equation.”

Hrudayantar revolves around a couple who’re going through a marital crisis, and set aside their differences to brave their 10-year-old daughter’s tryst with a life-threatening disease. Hrithik Roshan plays a cameo.