Ayushmann Khurrana confirms Sooraj Barjatya & Dharma Productions’ next at FICCI Frames 2025: 'These films are for...'

Ayushmann Khurrana, known for making out-of-the-box and content-driven films like Bala, Article 15, Bareilly Ki Barfi and Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui, among others, recently confirmed his movies with Sooraj Barjatya and Dharma Productions in the silver jubilee edition of FICCI Frames 2025.

“I have always done hybrid movies from day 1. That was my staple, be it Vicky Donor or Dum Laga Ke Haisha or Shubh Mangal series. The risk-to-reward ratio is very different when you see it from my lens because these films are not very expensive. They are low budget to mid budget films and are high on content. Toh itna risk toh le hi sakte hai (smiles). At the same time, it gives you a different high as I come from the street theatre background. While doing street plays in Chandigarh, we used to mix social issues entertainment. This seems to be like the extension of my theatre personality,” said Khurrana.

“Having said that, the entertainment quotient should always overpower the messaging. Audience bacche ki tarah hoti hai. Unko meethi goli deni padti hai dawai ki. Dawai kadvi lagegi toh mazaa nahin aayega! Subtle messaging with entertainment is most important,” he added.

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When questioned about the difference in cinema in pre-pandemic and post-pandemic era, the actor replied, “We are having this discussion on this subject since half a decade. I really believe a good script is a good script. At the same time, I have deviated post-pandemic. My choices pre-pandemic was more taboo based. I am staying slightly away from taboo but not from quirk. So, it has to be for a bigger palette, more rooted, more commercial.”

“As for my line-up, Thamma is my first, big Diwali release. It would be followed by a Sooraj Barjartya film, which, again is for a wider audience. Then I am also doing a Dharma film which also would be for a wider audience. Lekin main beech mein panga leta rahunga. I’ll continue to do tedhi films as that’s my core!” Khurrana added.