'Bareilly Ki Barfi's French connection revealed!

It was destined for director Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari to zero in on the subject of her upcoming film 'Bareilly Ki Barfi,' which is being produced by Junglee Pictures.

When she was returning to Mumbai from the final schedule of her directorial debut, 'Nil Battey Sannata', she was whiling away time at a bookstore at Delhi's international airport. She picked up an English translation of a French book, titled Ingredients of 'Love out of alacrity'. Ashwiny was totally captivated by the story of that book, she completed the book in a couple of days and also ensured that her husband, writer-film maker Nitesh Tiwari reads it.

Talking about it, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari said, "I was tired, but I couldn't put the book down. I even made Nitesh read it and he agreed that the basic story could become the theme for a film." She adds, "I was so excited, I even told my producers, Abhay Chopra and Juno Chopra (late filmmaker BR Chopra's grandsons) about the story immediately . They put in a lot of effort to contact the publishers in France and procure the rights to the book."

'Bareilly Ki Barfi', which stars Ayushmann Khurrana, Kriti Sanon and Rajkummar Rao in the lead roles, will have Ashwiny and her husband team up as director and writer for the second time after 'Nil Battey Sannata'.

The film has been co-written by Shreyas Jain along with Nitesh Tiwari.

Nitesh Tiwari who has directed the blockbuster hit film 'Dangal' said, "It's difficult to adapt any book into a film. The French settings are alien to us, so we've only retained the basic theme and infused our own colours, quirks and characters into the story .The parents, friends and lovers, their professions and their basic habits have all been adapted to our culture. I got time to work on the script because Ashwiny was caught up with the post-production of her first film. I just hope that the audience likes my first tryst with breezy cinema."

The film is scheduled to release on 18th August 2017.