Not Sex Tape Remake: Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video Director Rubbishes Claims

Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video: Days after the trailer release of the film, cinemagoers have alleged that the Triptii Dimri-Rajkummar Rao starrer is inspired by a Hollywood movie. Viewers have alleged that the movie seems to be inspired by Cameron Diaz starrer Sex Tape (2014). In a new interview, the director Raaj Shaandilyaa has refuted all claims and shared that he has not even seen the Hollywood film in question.

There's no sex in our film: Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video director on comparisons with Sex Tape

Director Raaj Shaandilyaa says his upcoming film Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video, starring Rajkummar Rao and Triptii Dimri, has nothing to do with the Hollywood film Sex Tape. The filmmaker, best known for the Dream Girl franchise headlined by Ayushmann Khurrana, said he hasn't even seen the 2014 film featuring Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz. Vicky Vidya… follows the titular married couple on a frantic search of a CD with a video of their wedding night, whereas Sex Tape revolves around a married couple who make a sex tape to spice up their relationship only to wake up the next morning to find that it has gone missing. Shaandilyaa said he found out that there was a film called Sex Tape after the trailer launch of Vicky Vidya…, which is set in the 1990s.

"Someone asked me on Twitter, 'Is this film like 'Sex Tape? I'm like, 'There's no sex in our film'. I was told by one of our writers that in that film their video goes viral on the Internet. The video in our film is made by the couple and they lose the CD because of their negligence. "The characters and story are different. Our film has nothing to do with Sex Tape. I've not even seen Sex Tape. I didn't get inspired by it, rather I got inspired by life and the people around me," the director told PTI in an interview.

Vicky Aur Vidya Ka Woh Waala Video director talks about film's sequel

He is already working on the sequel of Vicky Vidya…, which will be set around the early days of the Internet. "Where this film ends, we've got a sequel, which will be set 10-15 years later, when the advent of the Internet has happened. We've written the story. We will shoot this film after I make another film," he added. The inspiration for Vicky Vidya… came from co-writer Yusuf Ali Khan and the work on the screenplay began back in 2018, said Shaandilyaa. Prior commitments and the pandemic delayed the film's development. The filmmaker said he had initially planned to make Vicky Vidya… before Dream Girl 2, which released last year.

Shaandilyaa said he wanted to work with Stree 2 star Rao for "the longest time". "However, things happen, whenever they are destined to happen. The reason why I wanted to cast Rajkummar was because I needed a middle-class boy from a small-town city. I felt he perfectly fit the bill in terms of his body language and style." Choosing Dimri to play Vidya stemmed from the need of a fresh pairing. "For the role of Vidya, we needed someone who had not worked with Rajkummar. He had worked with Shraddha Kapoor in Stree, with Janhvi Kapoor in Roohi and Mr. & Mrs. Mahi. We needed a fresh pair and that's when we thought of Triptii. She is a good actor. We had signed her before the release of Animal," he said.

(With inputs from PTI)