The Men in White are back doing what they do best. Director duo Abbas-Mustan is ready to launch their new thriller, Players, an official remake of the Hollywood film The Italian Job. Dressed in their traditional white shirts and trousers, Abbas-Mustan chat with Sonil Dedhia over a cup of tea about why they chose to do a remake, their penchant for thrillers, and how they complement each other. Why a remake of The Italian Job?
Abbas: We have seen both versions of The Italian Job (1969 and 2003), and we were really impressed by it. When Viacom 18 approached us, we were really happy about directing the film. It's a difficult film to shoot and we are going to present something different. Every film that we make, we try making it bigger and better than our previous film.
Mustan: We sat with our writers Rohit Jugraj and Sudip Sharma and we discussed whether we would be able to adapt it in Bollywood. When we were confident we could, we went ahead with it. The Italian Job was made way back and so we had to keep in mind the technology that we would have to use in making our movie. We kept that in mind while executing our script and made sure that it would reflect in the visuals as well.
