Shoojit Sircar: Everyone Was In Awe Of Banita From The Chewing Gum Commercial Which I Had Directed

After the release of Shoojit Sircar’s October’s teaser, people are eagerly waiting to watch the trailer of the film.

 

The movie has already become the talk of the town.

In October debutant actress Banita Sandhu will be seen sharing screen space with Varun Dhawan.

 

Little does anyone know that Shoojit Sircar and Banita have already worked together in a commercial before.

 

The beautiful storytelling of the Doublemint’s ‘Ek Ajnabee Haseena Se’ song was directed by Shoojit Sircar and had Banita had played the female lead. The entire song depicts love but only with expressions, which made a lot of when it was launched.

 

When Shoojit Sircar met her for the shoot of the ad, he was instantly convinced that Banita was the perfect choice for the film.

 

Shoojit Sircar shared:

“Everyone was in awe of Banita from the chewing gum commercial which I had directed. While I was shooting the ad film, Juhi Chaturvedi and I were also working on the script of October. One day, I clicked a picture of Banita and sent it to Juhi saying, ‘She has the potential to fit into the character that we are looking at’.”

 

Once the script was completed and the director had finalized Varun for the role, he reached out to Banita to ask her to join the October team. Shoojit further adds:

“Juhi, Ronnie and I zeroed in on her and we’re sure that, she is the girl we should go for. My casting director also felt that she was the right person for this character.”

 

The makers will be launching the trailer of the film early next week.

So stay tuned!

Produced by Ronnie Lahiri and Sheel Kumar, October stars Varun Dhawan and Banita Sandhu. A Rising Sun Films Production, directed by Shoojit Sircar the film is set to release on 13th April 2018.