I always knew in my heart that 'Woh Khaas' will be liked by the audience says Richa Singh.
Richa is the producer of 'Woh Khaas' and the founder of Anaisha Motion Pictures.

Q. How do you manage a production house and a family life with young kids together?
I have always believed in multitasking and women excel at it, as being a mother is a full time job but I was not satisfied with not doing anything with my creative side so when one fine day my brother Agam sent me this script of Woh Khaas I was blown by the writing and instantly decided to produce the film.
Q. When did you and Agam Anand formed Anaisha Motion Pictures? What was the idea behind?
When I decided to produce Woh Khaas Agam was very clear with his vision and he wanted the freedom to manifest it so we decided the only way to do is to form a home production house and Anaisha motion pictures came into being.
Q. ‘Woh Khaas’ is getting love by the critics and the audiences, how does it feel?
It's overwhelming to say the least. I always knew in my heart that Woh Khaas will be liked by the audience but critics are loving it, and it is very special and I am grateful.
Q. Tell us about the casting process of the film?
Agam was at helm of doing the casting part, he had a clear picture of Vihaan and Sandini and when Shambhavi came on board we were very happy that she fit the part so well it seemed the role was written for her. Other cast members were selected by Agam entirely on the merit of them fitting the characters to the T.
Q. How was your experience of working with Ankit Bhardwaj, Shambhavi Singh, RJ Chokha, Avinash Mishra and the whole team?
Our team is very easy to work with most of them are new comers and all of them have hunger to better their craft. RJ Chokha is a famous radio Jockey but he took the role as a challenge to push himself further. Agam was reluctant to act initially but I insisted on him playing Vihaan as only he could go inside the character's mind and I know for a fact how much Agam loved acting. Shambhavi is extremely beautiful but when she acts she mesmerizes everyone with her skills. Ankit Bhardwaj is an exceptional talent he loves the camera and just does something with it that you can't ignore. Avinash made the filmmaking process easy by just being on sets and ran errands to execute the goal.

Q. Tell us about your equation with Agam Anand?
We are like Best friends. I love discussing films with him. He is great with people somehow he just extracts the good out of everyone. During the making of Woh Khaas I saw a very different side of him hitherto unseen and we have been so thick as siblings yet this side surprised me for good.
Q. Your favorite films of all time?
The devil Wears Prada and I would love to remake it someday. Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Veer-Zaara, Wake Up Did, Zindagi na milegi Dobaara, Charlie (Malyalam) and many more.
Q. Your favorite actors and directors?
Shah Rukh Khan, Robert Downey Jr, Emily Blunt, Fawad Khan, Yash Chopra and Karan Johar to name a few.
Q. What kind of projects you want to make next? Is there any announcement?
Sequel to Woh Khaas will be made under Anaisha Motion Pictures. We have locked the script as well even before the shooting of part one began, we want to make entertaining content, cinema is a escape route from reality and we want to make dreamy stuffs more fiction than reality.
Q. Your message to housewives who wants to break free and do something like you did?
My message is very clear try to utilize your full potential. We get so engrossed with our day to day living that we forget who we actually are. It's very important to keep the spark alive, don't leave your talent discarding it as hobby. Do something with your life.
Q. Your advice to young filmmakers and actors?
Try to be different. Don't copy paste… Create. And most importantly never be complacent always try to rediscover yourselves.
Woh Khaas is streaming on Pocket Films in two different languages and it is soon going to release on more OTT platforms. The movie is receiving a lot of praise from the critics and audience, it also got nominations in four categories at the Shortundly Summer Film Festival 2021 including Best film for Richa Singh. It was also nominated at Shorted movie of the month category, Woh Khaas is India's 1st dual audio short film.
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Rachel Mukherjee
Cinema, Art and Lifestyle correspondent.


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