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When you love something you will chase it, was all filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane had to say while explaining why he was keen to make CTRL, his new movie that’s set in a world of internet and influencer culture.
The film gives Vikramaditya, known for acclaimed projects such as Udaan, Lootera, Trapped, and Bhavesh Joshi Superhero, and shows such as Sacred Games and Jubilee, a chance to experiment with a format like ‘Screenlife,’ where the story unfolds through various screens.
The writer-filmmaker and co-writer Avinash Sampath started writing the story mid-2020. The way things were going on was still very much a futuristic story. They never understood that by the time they would be done with it, it would be more of a “realistic story.”
“When you know the work is special, it drives you and it’s been the same with ‘CTRL’ as well because it’s something we wrote during the pandemic… I was very driven that I want to make this because some ideas stay with you. And when you love something, you’ll always chase it… You can tell very cool stories using the format of someone’s computer screen,” said the director to PTI in an interview.
The Netflix movie revolves around the couple – Nella and Joe, the ideal influencer couple. Once Joe cheats on Nella, she heads to an AI app to wipe him out of her life, and things turn out for worse when the app takes control.
