Remo D`Souza on Be Happy: ‘Dance is integral to this film, but is not its crux’
Considering that both Abhishek Bachchan and child actor Inayat Verma were part of the 2020 film Ludo, it’s perhaps a safe bet to suggest that the film inspired Remo D’souza to cast them together again in Be Happy. However, when we ask the director of the film that released on Friday if this were indeed true, pat comes his reply. “No. I had thought of them before Ludo was released. I saw her in an ad and that stayed with me. Remo D’souza Since they have already done a film, they have chemistry. That made my work simpler, because a director spends a lot of time whipping up chemistry between two actors. I recall, if I’d say, good, after a shot involving both of them was completed, they’d begin to fight [playfully], and ask me, ‘Who did you say that to?’” recalls the director-choreographer who has previously helmed dance-based films like ABCD (2013) and Street Dancer (2020). D’souza has, on more occasions than one, established his interest in creating cinema that may not be restricted to …









