EXCLUSIVE: Neha Dhupia on the subject of Bad Newz, “Didn’t know it was biologically possible, got to know very late in my life via this film”

Vicky Kaushal, Triptii Dimri and Ammy Virk starrer Bad Newz is all set to premiere on Star Gold on December 22 at 8 pm. Directed by Anand Tiwari, the movie also starred Neha Dhupia in an important role. In an exclusive interview with Bollywood Hungama, she said that TV telecast of films matter even in today’s OTT era.

“It is much important,” she said. “There is an audience. We are talking about it, there are film rights that are being taken. If it exists, there is an audience. And if there is an audience, you want to be everywhere, right? As actors, makers, producers, directors, we are always hungry for an audience.”

Bad Newz is based on an out-of-the-box concept of heteropaternal superfecundation. It’s a condition where a woman is pregnant with twins of two different fathers. Dhupia admitted that she didn’t know about this concept till the time she heard the film’s narration. “I didn’t know biologically it was possible,” she said. “I got to know very late in my life via this film. So, I am glad. It was a moment of enlightenment for me when I heard it. Complete enlightenment (laughs).”

The subject was also a reason why it was interesting for her to be a part of this film. “I didn’t have a large part,” she said. “When you are doing a comedy film and you are not a big part of it, you don’t have to over-intellectualize it, you just have to go with the flow, you just want a large audience. I feel that it made the right move, be it successful music or large stars in it or having a fabulous producer.”

Sharing how she came on board, Dhupia said, “You know films like these have a reach, they have an audience. That’s when you don’t question it too much and you just nosedive into it, and you have faith in the director. Anand is a part. He asked me to do this part, and I was like, sure, why not?”

Dhupia believes that after a hard day at work, films like Bad Newz play an important role for one to unwind. “Bad Newz is a very light film. One doesn’t have to go to the depths of it. It’s active and passive viewing. That’s what comedies are,” she said.

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