It took time because the management at Zee Studios changed.
Then I wanted the film to come out without an interval, which wasn't a good idea for theatres and distributors. That made things even slower. Finally, I decided to release it online because that's where I feel most of my audience is.
The international press wasn't very impressed when Kennedy was shown at Cannes?
Yes, we realized that international viewers didn't fully understand the context of the pandemic and what happened in Mumbai.
So, they saw it as a film trying to be like John Wick. I'm used to negative reviews and to my films being understood over time, except for a few.
Where do you place Kennedy in your filmography?
Kennedy is very personal.
It helped me come out of a very dark phase. I don’t have a perspective on my own body of work that only an outsider can judge. But Kennedy is deeply personal to me.
Rahul Bhat is outstanding in Kennedy.
Was he the first and only choice to play the haunted assassin?
Rahul wasn't the first choice.
It was the Tamil star Vikram. But I never really saw Rahul in the role until I actually saw him in the look. I tend to be blind sometimes to people around me when casting.
And Sunny Leone?
Sunny was always the only choice.
If you had to make Kennedy again, what would you change?
I would never make it again.
It's done. And I wouldn't change anything. This is one of those rare films with the least improvisation, and it is the closest to the script.
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