Oops! Now, you've got male strippers

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">Deepak Tijori refuses to be apologetic about the content of his directorial debut film Oops! <br /><br />“Why should I? If my film is about male strippers, there is no other way of talking about this topic other than being straightforward,� says Deepak, who was first seen on the silver screen in the Mahesh Bhattdirected Aashiqui, “Sex, sexuality and stripping are not dirty words — and there is no need to treat them that way. If things go as per plans, I might just have a women-only premiere for the film with the boys enacting their roles live!� <br /><br />On a more serious note, Oops! Is the story of three starry-eyed background dancers in films whose lives trudge along at the usual pace till an actress, Sonia (played by Mink), proposes a lucrative deal: turn male strippers. And then, their lives take a dramatic turn. <br /><br />“I don’t think any of the established actors would have played the role of a male stripper on the screen,� says Deepak, “Besides, casting newcomers also means that I can mould them the way I want to and extract the kind of performances which I have in mind.� <br /><br />So, the list of newcomers reads: Kiran Janjani, Vikas Sethi and Adyasha. Mita Vashisht, in turn, plays the role of a rich socialite and is being billed as the surprise package. Incidentally, Oops! has been shot in Hindi and English simultaneously. <br /><br />“It is important for a film-maker to understand the economics of business. I have made Oops! in two languages with a budget of Rs 2.5 crore,� explains Deepak, “If the cost of making of a movie is not skyhigh, it makes things easy for everyone associated with it. Because, at the end of the day, what makes a film a hit or a flop is its price.� <br /><br />With Oops!, Deepak Tijori might be making his directorial debut, but he realises only too well that the box-office understands neither English nor Hindi — only the language of success. <br /><br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">hyderabadtimes@indiatimes.com </span></div> </div>