‘Khaali Peeli’ director Maqbool Khan addresses ‘Beyonce’ controversy, reflects on insider-outsider debate

Director Maqbool Khan, who will mark his debut in Bollywood with the direct-to-digital release of Ishaan Khatter, Ananya Pandey and Jaideep Ahlawat starrer ‘Khaali Peeli’, expressed his happiness on completing the project and shared his excitement when he revealed that his dream of making a film where he could connect Mumbai, the city where he has now spent almost 30 years of his life, with the movie’s story-line, had finally come true. 

Jointly produced by Ali Abbas Zafar, Zee Studios, Himanshu Kishan Mehra and Yash Miglani, the film is set to premiere on Zee Plex and ZEE5 on October 2.

In an exclusive chat with DNA India, filmmaker Maqbool Khan opened up about the film, the backlash the makers received for ‘Beyonce Sharma Jaegi’ track, the subsequent decision to change the name of the song to ‘Duniya Sharma Jaegi’, his take on the insider-outsider debate and much…

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