“ Stree 2 ,” already Bollywood’s biggest hit film of the year, and India’s second highest grossing film of 2024, is poised to be joined by one or more sequels, its director Amar Kaushik said on Wednesday. Kaushik was speaking at a Knowledge Series seminar which is part of the Film Bazaar project market that sits alongside the International Film Festival of India ( IFFI ) in Goa. “We have stories in mind and will shoot soon, though there’s is no definite timetable.
Of course, it will have to be done in Madhya Pradesh . And we may explore other parts of the state,” Kaushik said. Kaushik revealed that Madhya Pradesh was not where he first envisaged making the horror comedy that was saw its first instalment emerge in in 2018 and spawn a sequel that released earlier this year.
“’Stree’ was originally going to be made here in Goa. But then we chose to relocate to the heartland and selected Chanderi in MP. I wanted to avoid some of the horror stereotypes and sought out a city rather than a beach or a haunted house.
In Chanderi [we found such a richness of choice that] every lane and street seemed to be calling out to me. I’ll make ‘Stree 3’ or ‘Stree 4’ there again.” The seminar, intended to explain the strengths of the state of Madhya Pradesh as a film and TV production location, covered aspects such as financial incentives, location scouting and craft skills.
The state initiated filming incentives in 2020 and is expected to expand them further in th.
