Vikramaditya Motwane's Lootera, was a tragic letter to forbidden love—the pain that lingers, the loss that wanders, and the love that speaks volumes without having to say anything at all.Sonakshi Sinha and Ranveer Singh were just three years old in the movie business. Vikramaditya Motwane imagined a vintage world with Pakhi (Sonakshi) and Varun (Ranveer).
Lootera was set against the backdrop of the 1950s, when newly independent India's Zamindari Abolition Act had just come into force. Ranveer Singh played the role of a conman named Varun, while Sonakshi was Pakhi, the daughter of a Bengali zamindar.Instagram/Vikramaditya Motwane13 years later, Lootera is set to re-release on March 7, 2025, the film is being re-released by PVR INOX.
With the ongoing trend of re-releases, Lootera's return to the big screen reaffirms the love it found years after its original release.Lootera was declared a flop film back in the day. However, Motwane begs to disagree.
Why? Because no one lost any money on that film, says the director."Band Baaja Baaraat And Lootera Aren't The Same"Vikramaditya Motwane highlights the painstaking tendency of the audience or trends in the movie business, where they believe that if a film has a star cast, it must cross a certain number at the box office. And if it doesn't? Then the film is immediately put in the box of failures.
He says, "So, you can't have the same benchmark put together for a Band Baaja Baaraat and Lootera, in terms of, say, Ranveer Singh. The two .
