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Actor Mukul Chadda has talked about the significance of films starting conversations on issues such as gender identity, the social conditioning of desire, and what desire might mean for different genders, in new film ‘Fairy Folk’ with wife Rasika Dugal.

“Issues such as gender identity and fluidity, sexual orientation, and the social trappings around them, are important issues of our time. Films that reflect those issues, even as conversation starters, do trigger something in people, as we’re seen with the reactions people have had to our film, ‘Fairy Folk’,” said Mukul.

The actor said that there are no attempts to answer such difficult questions, but ‘Fairy Folk’ raises them.

“I’m proud to be a part of a project that has had people thinking about such issues long after they’ve watched the movie,” Mukul concluded.

‘Fairy Folk’ is directed by Karan Gour. It revolves around questions of love and sexuality,...

Actor Mukul Chadda, who is gearing up for the release of his upcoming film ‘Fairy Folk’ with his wife Rasika Dugal, has shared that he shot takes lasting as long as 25 minutes without any cuts for the film.

Mukul said that while working in this process he felt like he was back to his theatre days as on the stage, an actor has to take the full responsibility of taking the scene forward as there are no cuts and retakes while on stage.

Talking about the same, the actor said: “There were really long takes, some as long as 25 minutes! It felt like I was back doing theatre or an entirely improvised play.”

The director of the film, Karan Gour, entrusted Mukul and co-star Rasika with the freedom to improvise scenes for extended durations without interrupting the flow.

Mukul further mentioned: “The liberty given by Karan Gour to explore our...