The film is based on the notorious serial killer Raman Raghav, who operated in Mumbai during the late 1960s. He used a regular steel rod to reduce human faces to severed heads and broken skulls.He was later captured by the Mumbai police and later confessed the crimes he had committed. Raghav confessed to have committed 41 murders. He was sentenced to death by the Bombay High Court, but it was later changed to life imprisonment after his defense pleaded that he was "mentally incapable of making conscious decisions hence did not know that his acts were unlawful.
After the release of Masaan (2015), Kashyap told it's lead actor Vicky Kaushal to play the role of a cop for his film. He gave Kaushal two scenes and five days to prepare for the audition.He also asked Kaushal to interpret the role in the way he wanted to. To prepare for the role, Kaushal locked himself in a room for five days without phone, television or newspaper. He later gave the audition, and was selected. Nawazuddin Siddiqui was cast in the title role of the serial killer. Miss Earth India 2013, Sobhita Dhulipala made her acting debut with this film.
Kashyap had wanted to make a film on the serial killer Raman Raghav, but the budget constraints did not allow him to make a period film set in the 1960s. He said that the film is not a biopic: "This is actually inspired from him because that character is in the 1960s and this film is based in today’s times. It’s difficult because you’re starting to say something, you’re treading a very dangerous line and you have your own sense of responsibility ... If it would’ve been a biopic it would have been 10 times more difficult." The filming began in September 2015, and the shooting was completed on 22 November 2015. Raman Raghav 2.0 was shot in twenty days because of a shoestring budget. Kashyap wrote smaller scenes to make the film look big: "Normal Hindi films have 70 scenes, my films have 220 scenes". It helped in making the film look bigger as the locations kept changing. The title of the film was decided before the script was ready.
The crew employed guerrilla filmmaking technique to shoot the film on real locations of Mumbai. While shooting the film, as a result of the unhygienic surroundings, Siddiqui fell seriously ill and was hospitalised for five days. His wife later told that Siddiqui was repeating his dialogues from the film, while being semi-conscious.The diagnose results showed dengue initially. However, it was proven wrong when he recovered soon enough. He then resumed shooting for the film as soon as he was discharged. Siddiqui called the shoot a "mentally draining" experience.
The director and one of the film’s two lead actors Nawazuddin Siddiqui fielded questions from the audience after the press screening.
Four other members of the cast — Vicky Kaushal, Amruta Subhash, Shobhita Dhulipala and Anuschka Sawhney — were in attendance.
Speaking outside the screening venue, Edouard Waintrop, Directors’ Fortnight head and artistic director, described “Raman Raghav 2.0” as “classic Mumbai noir.”
Taking off from a true story of a serial killer, who terrorized Bombay in the mid-1960s and took a toll of 41 lives, the film tells a contemporary story built on the mind games played by the criminal and an insomniac police officer.
“For years I had in mind a period film based on the case, but making it would have needed a lot of money,” Kashyap told the audience.
“So, we rewrote it as a story set in present times. The film explores the dark side of people and by extension of the society they live in. It incorporates details from the true Raman Raghav case (of half a century ago).”
Siddiqui, who anchors “Raman Raghav 2.0” with a powerfully disquieting portrayal of a demented man who kills for the heck of it, had the bound script for five years, Kashyap revealed.
“It was a challenging role,” said Siddiqui.
“I had to work hard to get into the mind of a serial killer. Before the shoot, I went away from Mumbai for two days to internalize the man’s thought process. By the end of it, I was at times scared of myself.”
“Raman Raghav 2.0”, slated for release in India in June, is Kashyap’s third film in five years to make it to Directors’ Fortnight.
In 2012, the two-part “Gangs of Wasseypur”, which also had Siddiqui in a key role, was unveiled in the prestigious parallel section.
The very next year, “Ugly”, which probed the grimy underbelly of Mumbai, premiered in Directors’ Fortnight.
Given the positive reactions it has garnered in Cannes, .
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1. Behooda Video Song | Raman Raghav 2.0 | Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Anurag Kashyap | Ram Sampath
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3. Raman Raghav 2.0 | Official Trailer | Nawazuddin Siddiqui & Vicky Kaushal | Releasing 24th June 2016
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