As John Abraham's 'Tehran' streams on Netflix, director Arun Gopalan says he won't survive in Bollywood: 'I feel like a...'

The twists and turns to this film are plenty. From the very beginning the geopolitical tension between Iran and Israel is what makes the story strong. John Abraham delivers his career-best performance. The script and the cinematography are solid and it never thins down and that is the best part of Tehran.

In an interview with Firstpost, Arun Gopalan , director of  _Tehran_  talks about how the film was cut down drastically to keep it crisp and in the process a lot of ’s scenes of Manushi Chhillar were chopped off from Tehran which is now showing both on Netflix and Zee5.

The director said, “In fact, there were scenes which were written for her where she was going through illness. There are three stages of the illness that we show without saying a word. It is designed like that. There was a scene where there was a certain bonding between Vijay and her, so that relationship was beautiful.”

He added, “In the process of keeping the film crisp, we had to cut on her part.  But the crispness worked for us and could drive the story as fast as possible. In the process of keeping the film crisp, a lot of Manushi Chiller’s scenes were cut all through and a lot of other scenes.”

And now, in an interview with India Today, Arun said he doesn’t think he will survive in Bollywood. “Oh my God, for sure I won’t. I feel like a misfit at so many levels. I honestly never thought I would make a feature film, but now that this is done, that box is ticked. I am okay if I don’t make any more [films]. If I do, amazing. But survival in Bollywood? I don’t think about it like that.”

He also added, “Things are looking bright, so let’s see, fingers crossed.”