Mukesh Chhabra says he always knew he wanted to make ‘Dil Bechara’ with Sushant Singh Rajput, here’s why – Times of India

He said, “Mere hamesha dimag mein tha ki pehli picture Sushant ke sath hi banaunga (I knew I wanted to make my first film with Sushant).” When Chetan asked why, he said, “Connection tha, bond tha. Hamesha se clear tha ki ya toh Sushant ya Rajkummar Rao hoga (There was a connection, a bond. I knew that either it would be Sushant or Rajkummar Rao).”

He further added, “As a first-time filmmaker, you got the best DOP who shot ‘Dangal’, you got the best actor Sushant Singh Rajput, you got the best music director AR Rahman, you got the best production designer, you got the best editor, you got Farah Khan to do your song. As first time filmmaker, what else do you want?”

Interestingly, Chhabra was also the casting director of Sushant’s first film, ‘Kai Po Che’. The director confessed that though, he had the best team working on ‘Dil Bechara’, he has never watched ‘Dil Bechara’ again. The film released in July 2020, after Sushant’s death. “After that, I’ve never listened to the songs of ‘Dil Bechara’ or seen the film,” said Chhabra.
He further added that he is kind of blank now. He doesn’t know what to talk about the film honestly. He’s not made any other film post that. ‘Dil Bechara’ also starred Sanjana Sanghi.