Pagglait, a movie released on Netflix, this year was one of a kind Bollywood film starring Sanya Malhotra in the lead. Pagglait ever since its release, spent quite a bit of time on Netflix India’s Top 10 list and the reason behind it was the brilliant story and the phenomenal acting by the ones involved. Pagglait was directed and written by Umesh Bist and produced by Shobha Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor and Guneet Monga. The Pagglait trio of Umesh Bist, Ekta Kapoor and Guneet Monga was hailed by everyone and now once again, they are back on the news.
So, now the recent news regarding this amazing trio is that, apparently Umesh Bist has been signed on by Guneet Monga and Ekta Kapoor for a brand new deal. This basically is a three film deal, which seemingly will be directed by Umesh Bist and backed by Ekta Kapoor’s “Balaji Motion Pictures” and Guneet Monga’s “Sikhya Entertainment”. Apparently news is also there that the first project is already underway and that there soon might be an official announcement regarding it.
Regarding the deal Guneet Monga mentioned about the creative similarities that they all share and especially with Umesh Bist being the director of the movie. She further mentioned how amazing and unmatched the ideas of Umesh Bist are. This shows how dedicated one is towards their craft and art of filmmaking and that is perfectly reflected in the recent movie “Pagglait”.
Umesh Bist praised the producers and told how rare it is to see the kind of trust that they put in the filmmakers. He definitely seems to be excited to work with such amazing people from the industry and also in creating the upcoming projects. Ruchikaa Kapoor Sheikh, from Balaji mentioned and praised Umesh Bist saying that he has a different knack of telling stories and those stories deeply resonate with the viewers.
“Pagglait” was one such movie that was unique in its sense and also many people could relate to it on a completely different level. The movie which was a dark comedy drama film, told a lot of things that was quite evident in Indian families and definitely people could relate to it, even if the things in the movie shown were not quite unusual. It would be amazing to see what new creations are underway from these trio, because definitely with these announcement fans would be waiting for exciting new projects to come their way.
Guneet Monga, Balaji and Umesh Bist took to their social media to announce the newly formed team