‘Udta Punjab’ Dir Abhishek Chaubey on His Favourite Scenes

From Vijay Raaz in ‘Dedh Ishqiya’ to the dacoits of ‘Sonchiriya’.

Abhishek Chaubey lists his favourite scenes from Ishqiya, Sonchiriya and more

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Abhishek Chaubey, recently co-wrote and directed the critically acclaimed film, Sonchiriya. Chaubey started his career as an associate director and co-writer to Vishal Bhardwaj for his debut Makdee, and also co-wrote the critically acclaimed film Omkara.

Sonchiriya’s director Abhishek Chaubey at the special screening.

Recently, he spoke to The Quint about four of his favorite scenes from his films. He pointed out his favourite scene from one of his much-loved films: Dedh ishqiya starring Madhuri Dixit, Arshad Warsi and Naseeruddin Shah.

“ I would say the scene in ‘Dedh Ishqiya’ where Khalujaan and Babbar are confronted with Jaan Muhammed which is Vijay Raaz and they get into a standoff at night which becomes morning.”

Abhishek Chaubey

He also spoke about his favourite scene from Udta Punjab:

“In Udta Punjab I loved the scene in which Shahid’s character (Tommy) meets Alia’s character. That was a scene that again was very difficult to write. There’s a lot of anticipation to that scene. You know you build these two characters for like more than hour and now they are going to meet and also the fact that when the audiences are watching it, they are going to wonder Shahid and Alia kab milenge, you know.”

Watch the video for more of his favourite scenes from his blockbuster films.