Fursat (2023)

Interesting facts

Fursat (transl. 'Leisure') is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language musical romance short film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, who co-wrote the script with Jyotsna Hariharan. Produced by Absolute Productions and VB Pictures, the film stars Ishaan Khattar, Wamiqa Gabbi and Salman Yusuff Khan. The film revolves around a man who finds an ancient artefact that transported him to the future, and how his quest affects his present timeline.

Production

Vishal Bhardwaj initially spearheaded on two projects for Netflix and Amazon Prime Video after the release of Pataakha (2018)—one being an adaptation of the Salman Rushdie's novel Midnight's Children and the other based on the hijacking of the Indian Airlines Flight 814. Both were pulled out by the respective platforms, due to logistic reasons.

Ishaan Khatter and Wamiqa Gabbi were cast as the lead pair, while Salman Yusuff Khan joined in an important role. As the film required contemporary dance sequences, Bhardwaj was unsure about Gabbi's dancing abilities and often discussed on simplifying the choreography but was impressed on her dance performance on the very first rehearsal itself. Gabbi, being a trained kathak dancer, learned contemporary dance steps for her role with Khatter.

Filming for Fursat took place in late 2022 with cinematographer Swapnil S. Sonawane shooting it on iPhone 14 Pro. Bhardwaj described filming on an iPhone was a "liberative" experience, compared to filming on traditional cameras, as it comes with numerous constraints. The entire film was shot in 4K resolution with 30 frames per second. Much of the film was covered in "action mode".

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