‘Dunki’ DOP Amit Roy: Shah Rukh Khan is too much of a gentleman to get involved in my exchange with Raju Hirani – Exclusive – Times of India

ETimes was the first to tell you that Amit Roy, the DOP of Shah Rukh Khan and Raju Hirani’s Dunki had quit the movie due to creative differences with the filmmaker. We reached out to him again, to enquire if he was ready to speak about his decision and what prompted him to exit the film. Amit commented, “I shot for 19-20 days. I think our sensibilities did not match in terms of creativity. We were not able to come onto the same page, though we tried a lot. It had reached a point where I thought the friction will keep increasing and our relationship will get spoiled. If both of us are not agreeing on the same thing then it will be problematic for the film.”

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Amit had revealed yesterday that he had parted ways with Hirani’s film amicably. He continued with the stance and said, “I have been a well-wisher of the film and I have been invested in it since pre-production for a year or so. I wanted the best for the film so I thought I should quit. And luckily Murali Sir (DOP CK Muraleedharan) was ready to step in. It was an amicable decision.”

ETimes asked Amit if the film’s star Shah Rukh Khan tried to patch things up between him and Raju Hirani. Amit replied, “It was a thing between a director and DOP. SRK is anyway too gentlemanly to get into that relationship. Neither would he have asked Raju sir to shoot with me nor would he have had any other opinion on it. He was not a factor in my decision.”

After quitting Dunki, Amit has moved on to Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal with director Sandeep Vanga Reddy. He revealed, “I am shooting Animal with Sandeep Reddy Vanga. He is a visionary director. He comes from a Ram Gopal Varma school of filmmaking, so I am enjoying it.” Signing off, Amit clarified, “There was no clash between Dunki and Animal.”