Ali, your film Deosai was supposed to
be the first film to release from your
production house but it never came out.
What happened to it?
Ali: Deosai was taken over by Teefa. Teefa
was more exciting and manageable and I
didn’t want to take chances with my first
film.
What sort of preparation went on for
your roles?
Ali: We rehearsed with each other
because we were at completely different
wavelengths when we started off, so it was
all about getting to know each other first
and building that chemistry between us.
Maya: We rehearsed for 15-20 days
straight and then we just went for it.
Maya, what made you sign up for Teefa
In Trouble?
Maya: Definitely Ali Zafar and Ahsan Ali: We first worked to perfect Anya's role,
Rahim. The good script was an added as it was very important for me. Since I am
bonus.
personally working towards empowering
women, I wanted to portray Anya from
Tell us about your respective roles in the that perspective. A strong headed girl
movie?
who is out there to achieve her dreams, in
Ali: Teefa is a goon from androon shehr, contrast to what we see on TV these days,
inner city, of Lahore and is hired to do where women are usually portrayed as the
a task he has never done before. He does 'damsel in distress'.
all the dirty jobs for Butt Sahab and for
the first time he has been told to kidnap It was only after this we worked on the
a girl. Teefa is freaked out as he has never character of Teefa. The biggest challenge,
kidnapped anyone before but agrees to do in this case, was the physical endurance
so anyway.
and training- as I did not want any stunt
doubles. Apart from a few sequences, I
Maya: My role of Anya is that of a strong have done all the action sequences myself,
headed girl, who knows whats good for her for which I trained for 3-6 months. This
and not. Moreover, it is about the journey is because prior to the training, I suffered
of how she met Teefa and the ‘adventures’ from a broken elbow and wrist, so getting
from there.
back into the regime was challenging.
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The action sequences give a very
Bollywood feel to them, how is it going
to be different from what we have
already seen?
Ali: It is not exactly a Bollywood style
of action, with Teefa In Trouble, we
have experimented with Kung Fu, the
action sequences are inspired more by the
Japanese action style.
What has been your fondest memory on
the sets and how was it working with
each other?
Ali: It was really lovely working with
Maya, for many reasons; especially because
what she brought to Anya's character was
more than what we had expected. We
were looking for the female lead to bring
a spark on-screen with this character and
after the auditions, we concluded that the