Bhumi Pednekar, Ishaan Khatter, Chunky Panday, Dino Morea, Sakshi Tanwar, Sumukhi Suresh, Kavya Trehan, Vihaan Samat, Lisa Mishra, Udit Arora and others attended the trailer launch of the Netflix show The Royals at a studio in Mumbai. The setup was interesting. Instead of actors being on stage and facing the journalists on the floor, this time the actors were seated in the middle in an elegantly and royally shaped table. The mediapersons, meanwhile, were present on both sides of the table.
The Royals trailer launch: Bhumi Pednekar on why Bollywood lost its romance: “The genre is not taken seriously. It’s tough convincing people that you are in love with a stranger”
Bhumi Pednekar was asked why love stories are not made as frequently in Bollywood nowadays. She said, “If you look at the superstars of the 90s, they made their career with the help of romance. I feel that today, that genre is not taken seriously. It’s truly tough convincing people that you are in love with a stranger. And it’s a tough business.”
She continued, “I don’t know why people don’t write (romance) enough but there are always seasons. Ek season chal raha tha aur mujhe lagta hai ki ab pyaar ka season wapas aa gaya hai. I feel that in the midst of all the testosterone cinema, it’ll be a breath of fresh air for The Royals to be here. I really hope that the air changes thanks to The Royals and more romance is written.” She also jokingly clarified, “Main bahut saara romance kar rahi hoon, picturon mein!”
Ishaan Khatter added, “There are phases. We have seen a lot of romantic content and so many love stories are made that maybe, there was nothing more to say. Or maybe, the creators thought that the audiences were bored. There has been such a significant gap that people are now missing love stories. If you want to watch more romance, then please give us encouragement and talk about it.”
He then said, “I can vouch for the fact that there’s a lot of newness in the show. There’s so much more that makes the romance exciting than just the chemistry in between. It’s also the characters in the story. It’s a very, very fresh take on a royal and a commoner.”
Ishaan ended his answer by referencing his debut film, Dhadak (2018) saying, “I have said this a lot that I want to be a part of love stories. I only got a chance to do one tragic love story at the beginning of my career. It’s been 7 years since.”
The Royals releases on Netflix on May 9.
Also Read: The Royals trailer: Bhumi Pednekar and Ishaan Khatter lead Netflix’s modern-day royal rom-com
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