Yash
ope ed
up
exte sively
about
‘Toxic’
at
the
film’s
t aile
lau ch
i
Be galu u,
add essi g
eve ythi g
f om
pe siste t
epo ts
that
the
p oject
had
bee
shelved
to
the
challe ges
of
mou ti g
a
film
that
equi ed
ea ly
200
days
of
filmi g.
The
acto
also
spoke
about
di ecto
Geetu
Moha das’
visio
a d
explai ed
why
he
believes
‘Toxic’
should
ot
be
co fi ed
to
the
ide tity
of
a y
o e
egio al
film
i dust y.Acco di g
to
Yash,
the
film’s
dive se
cast
came
togethe
because
the
acto s
a d
othe
collabo ato s
we e
p epa ed
to
put
pe so al
co side atio s
aside
a d
wo k
towa ds
a
commo
visio .While
tha ki g
membe s
of
the
media
who
had
t avelled
to
Be galu u
fo
the
t aile
lau ch,
Yash
eflected
o
how
the
bou da ies
betwee
egio al
i dust ies
have
evolved.“Now
it
is
o
mo e
Ka ada,
Tamil,
Telugu.
This
is
a
I dia
film,”
he
said.He
poi ted
to
the
film’s
e semble
cast
as
p oof
of
that
shift,
addi g,
“This
movie
is
ot
just
a
Ka ada
film;
this
is
a
I dia
film
whe e
all
the
top
sta s,
all
the
successful
people,
a d
all
the
tale ted
people
have
co t ibuted.”Yash
ack owledged
that
b i gi g
togethe
seve al
accomplished
acto s
ca
come
with
its
ow
set
of
challe ges.
With
multiple
established
pe fo me s
sha i g
the
sc ee ,
he
said,
the e
ca
atu ally
be
p essu e,
expectatio s
a d
i secu ities.
Howeve ,
he
believes
‘Toxic’
came
togethe
because
eve yo e
i volved
chose
to
p io itise
the
film
ove
i dividual
egos.“This
film
has
happe ed
because
all
these
lovely,
tale ted,
successful
people
have
kept
thei
egos
aside,
kept
othe
thi gs
aside,
a d
they’ve
just
come
with
o e
cause,
to
put
I dia
film
o
a
global
platfo m,”
he
said.The
film
has
bee
made
i
both
Ka ada
a d
E glish,
p ese ti g
a othe
challe ge
fo
the
acto .
Yash,
howeve ,
said
he
has
eve
bee
someo e
who
allows
limitatio s
to
dictate
what
he
ca
attempt.“Whe
you
wa t
to
do
somethi g
i
life,
othi g
should
stop
you,”
he
said.
“If
I
ca
see
it
clea ly,
the e’s
othi g
i
life,
if
you
a e
able
to
put
i
effo t,
time,
a d
what
is
equi ed,
e e gy
o
actio s
towa ds
somethi g,
the e’s
othi g
i
life
which
you
ca ot
achieve.”The
acto
also
ecog ised
that
‘Toxic’
ep ese ts
a
co side able
depa tu e
f om
what
audie ces
might
have
expected
afte
the
blockbuste
‘KGF’
f a chise.
He
admitted
that
the
film
was
eve
desig ed
as
a
st aightfo wa d
comme cial
e te tai e .“This
movie
is
a
ve y
tough
o e
because
the
ki d
of
decisio s,
o
the
su face
level,
it
was
ot
easy.
It
is
ot
a
pe fect
comme cial
package
film,”
he
said.Yash
fu the
explai ed
that
his
choice
of
di ecto
is
ot
ecessa ily
guided
by
p evious
box-office
pe fo ma ce.
Fo
him,
a
filmmake ’s
passio
a d
belief
i
a
p oject
matte
mo e.“I
always
believe
i
di ecto s’
passio
tha
thei
past
success,”
he
said,
while
poi ti g
out
that
the
success
of
a
movie
is
ultimately
the
esult
of
the
effo ts
of
a
la ge
umbe
of
people
wo ki g
behi d
it.That
belief
played
a
majo
ole
i
his
decisio
to
collabo ate
with
Geetu
Moha das.
Yash
said
the
filmmake
app oached
the
p oject
with
a
st o g
visio
a d
a
i te se
desi e
to
b i g
it
to
life.“She
had
a
bu i g
passio ,
desi e,
a d
wa ted
to
show
the
wo ld
what
she
is
capable
of
doi g
a d
what
t ue
ci ema
ca
be,”
he
said.Yash
also
exp essed
his
g atitude
to
Geetu
fo
the
sac ifices
a d
time
she
i vested
i
‘Toxic’,
telli g
he
that
the
film
would
emai
a
sou ce
of
p ide
“fo
ages
to
come”.The
acto
the
add essed
the
ecu i g
epo ts
su ou di g
the
film’s
p oductio ,
pa ticula ly
claims
that
it
had
bee
halted
o
aba do ed.“Eve y
10th
day
o
20th
day,
the e
will
be
ews
about
a
film
bei g
shelved,
a
film
bei g
stopped.
I
do ’t
k ow
f om
whe e
they
w ite
these
sto ies,”
Yash
said.He
explai ed
that
a
p oductio
of
‘Toxic’’s
scale
was
bou d
to
i volve
logistical
hu dles,
with
the
team
havi g
to
coo di ate
ume ous
acto s,
locatio s,
schedules
a d
othe
p oductio
equi eme ts.Despite
those
challe ges,
the
p oject
co ti ued
movi g
fo wa d.
Yash
evealed
that
‘Toxic’
was
filmed
ove
oughly
200
days,
with
p oductio
comme ci g
exactly
two
yea s
befo e
the
t aile
was
u veiled
o
August
8.
