Chup: Revenge of the Artist poster: R Balki’s upcoming thriller is a homage to Guru Dutt

R Balki unveiled the motion poster of his upcoming venture Chup: Revenge of the Artist. The forthcoming movie ensembles the stellar cast including Sunny Deol, Dulquer Salmaan, Pooja Bhatt and Shreya Dhanwanthary. Many people have been speculating the highly anticipated film to be the biography of the late Bollywood star Guru Dutt, however, it has been revealed that the filmmaker intends the film to be a homage to Guru Dutt.

According to a report on TOI, a source close to the development recently revealed that Balki, who believes that the creation of original stories is what will finally keep cinema’s magic alive, desires to honour the stellar filmmaker, who himself ‘was a true believer of bringing original stories to life.’

The latest motion poster features Guru Dutt’s image and ‘Yeh Duniya Agar Mil Bhi Jaye To’ song in the background that has been rendered by the legendary singer Mohammed Rafi for the veteran actor’s film Pyaasa.

Akshay Kumar took the poster on Instagram and shared it with a caption, “After watching this, one cannot stay #Chup! I have so many questions, what an intriguing poster! Eagerly looking forward to it, #RBalki.

#ChupRevengeOfTheArtist (sic).”

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Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan also shared the poster on Twitter and tagged the cast and crew of the film, while Dulquer retweeted the post and expressed his gratitude.

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Reportedly, the forthcoming film was described by Balki as a thriller. The filmmaker also shared exciting news about the film to ANI and mentioned that he is thrilled to start shooting anything after months of waiting. “And to make a film in a genre that I haven't attempted before is even more exciting. I just can't wait to get into the edit room,” he added.

Chup: Revenge of the Artist is set to release next year.