New Delhi: Filmmaker Subhash Kapoor says his upcoming film "Guddu Rangeela", about two bumbling criminals, is not based on the Manoj-Babli honour killing case and the issue just forms the backdrop of the movie.
The "Jolly LLB" director wanted to set the film in Haryana and decided to include the incident in his story. "While writing, I wasn't sure what is the thing I want to deal with in the film. I wanted to set the story in Haryana as I knew their humour, jokes and their orchestra. Eventually, I started toying with the idea of setting up the critical scenarios in the backdrop of the film," Kapoor said.
Kapoor, a former scribe, said he went to his journalist friends while researching about the 2007 incident.
"My film is about Guddu and Rangeela and what happens when Baby comes into their lives. The world you will see is a bit of khap panchayat and honour killing. But it would be wrong to say that the film is based on Manoj and Babli case. It's in the backdrop."
It is the second time that Kapoor is working with Arshad after their last hit "Jolly LLB". The movie, also stars Aditi Rao Hydari and Ronit Roy.
"Guddu Rangeela" is slated to release this Friday.