The buzz around EXCLUSIVE: Divya Dutta on redevelopment in Mumbai amid Last Man In Tower Zee 5 premiere, “We have to take a step forward but…”; also recalls Manoj Bajpayee cooking in between shots refuses to die down. From social media chatter to box office projections, everyone in the industry seems to have an opinion — and the latest update only strengthens the conversation.
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Add as a preferred source on Google Filmmaker Ben Rekhi’s Last Man In Tower received high critical acclaim after it was dropped earlier this year. Based on author Aravind Adiga’s novel of the same name, the movie is about one man, played by Manoj Bajpayee, standing against the redevelopment of his housing society in Mumbai.
The movie also had a remarkable turn by Divya Dutta in a complex and layered part as Mrs. Last Man In Tower has started streaming on Zee 5 from today November 6 onwards. Happy that the movie will now reach more viewers, Dutta got talking about the movie and her experience in an special chat with the publication.
Sharing why the movie is special for her, Divya Dutta said, “My part was written beautifully. There was also some magic of improvisations that happened on the sets, which was very neatly done. My part has received a lot of love.
I didn’t know this kind of relatability would come with my part. Whoever has seen the movie, it’s been a beautiful watch as a movie for them. The confusion about whose side is right or wrong is something different from all the roles I have done.” When asked about her preparations for playing Mrs.
Puri, the performer said, “You just have to feel the agony of the woman, who is so helpless. She hasn’t dared to dream as she is too busy with what life has to offer. Then she sees a ray of hope.
In that situation when you see the vulnerability of the person, it touches you very much.” Dutta said it was sheer pleasure to work with the likes of Manoj Bajpayee and Boman Irani, who portrays the ambitious real estate developer Dharmen Shah. “They are magicians with what they do yaar,” she said. “What I like the most and what I must talk about is that they are amazing human beings.
They have been in the industry for so long. There are no starry tantrums. There is no feeling of, ‘Oh I know my job so well and people look up to me’.
There is so much security and joy on the sets that it kind of trickles on everyone being there.” A poignant moment in Last Man In Tower is the one where Dutta’s part breaks down in front of Irani’s. “That’s my most favourite scene,” she said. “The other is with Manoj when she has an outburst at him.
It’s so helpful to have these people around you. To see them perform, be with them and keep doing different things is amazing; to get into an intense scene, cut out and have a joke is fun. You look forward to being on that kind of set.” Interestingly, during the shoot, Bajpayee displayed his immense passion to feed his co-features while the shoot was going on simultaneously.
“I remember we were shooting on the third floor without a lift because we were shooting in an actual location,” recalled Dutta. “So, he would come down, make it, then go up, stir it and then go up again, give an intense shot, come down again and stir it again. So, I was like, ‘Man, you have a passion for both – for cooking and feeding people and acting’.
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