Indian Movie Mogul Subhash Ghai Enters Streaming World With ZEE5 Lockdown Comedy ’36 Farmhouse’

variety.com:

Naman Ramachandran Flamboyant Indian filmmaker Subhash Ghai, known for several big Bollywood hits from the 1970s through the 2000s, has entered the world of streaming with film “36 Farmhouse.”The film is produced by ZEE Studios (“Thalaivi,” “Khaali Peeli”) and Ghai’s Mukta Arts, the company behind iconic films “Karz” (1980), “Hero” (1983), “Karma” (1986), “Ram Lakhan” (1989), “Saudagar” (1991), “Khalnayak” (1993), “Pardes” (1997) and “Taal” (1999), all directed and produced by Ghai.In his pomp, Ghai directed a virtual who’s who of Bollywood including Dilip Kumar, Raaj Kumar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Anil Kapoor, Salman Khan, Jackie Shroff, Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit Nene and Nutan.In “36 Farmhouse” Ghai tackles a topical tale born out of the several COVID-19 induced lockdowns India has endured over the past 18 months.

It follows a father-son pair of migrant workers who on the way back to their native village during the pandemic shutdown find jobs at a lavish farmhouse owned by a rich lady.

Their thoughts turn to petty theft. However they find themselves in a murder mystery scenario and realize that the lady’s offspring have designs on the farmhouse. “The theme is that some steal for need and some steal for greed,” Ghai told Variety.Ghai says that the audience today is looking for comedy and entertainment and that they are not looking for issues or murders, adding that they see criminals on television every day. “With this intention we created ’36 Farmhouse’ as a family entertainment, which has everything – murder mystery, comedy and family drama.”Ghai has written the story, composed the music and serves as creative producer.