Amar Kaushik Joins Vikramaditya Motwane, Kiran Rao, Shakun Batra To Helm Lust Stories 3?
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At present, Amar Kaushik is busy with a horror-comedy that he's producing. He will begin filming his segment for Lust Stories 3 very soon.
When the first season of Lust Stories dropped on Netflix in 2018, it turned out to be a disruptor, for all good reasons. Intimacy almost wasn't a hush-hush topic anymore as mainstream actors shed off their inhibitions and portrayed male and female desires across demographics, age, gender, marital structures and socio-economic stratum. Kiara Advani's much-talked-about self-pleasuring sequence in Karan Johar's segment broke barriers, defied norms and proved to be a game-changing move for her career.
What Lust Stories also grabbed attention for was bringing together a bunch of directors from different schools of cinema under one roof. The first season saw Karan, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap and Dibakar Banerjee helming short stories. The second season that released in 2023 had R Balki, Konkona Sensharma, Amit Sharma and Sujoy Ghosh exploring themes of love, violence and relationships interlaced with intimacy and sex. The third season of Lust Stories is also in the works and as per reports, the shoot is all set to begin this year.
Vikramaditya Motwane, Kiran Rao and Shakun Batra have reportedly been roped in to direct three shorts. And now, News18 Showsha has an exclusive update on the fourth filmmaker, who will be joining the trio. This is a director who's currently much sought-after and has delivered the biggest Bollywood hit of 2024 that grossed more than Rs 800 crore at the worldwide box office. It is none other than Amar Kaushik. At present, he's busy with a horror-comedy that he's producing. He will begin filming his segment for Lust Stories 3 very soon.
A well-placed source tells us, 'It's true that Vikramaditya, Kiran and Shakun will be directing three films for Lust Stories 3. The fourth addition is Amar Kaushik. This will be the first time that he'll be stepping out of the Maddock Films' horror-comedy universe. While much isn't known about his short film, one may expect comical elements as that's what Amar's storytelling has become popular for. He's one of the busiest filmmakers today and the creators of Lust Stories 3 were extremely keen on having him onboard."
Amar is currently busy with Thama, a vampire horror-comedy starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna. Additionally, he'll also be directing the sequel to Bhediya and the third part in the Stree franchise. While Bhediya 2 is set for a release on August 14, 2026, Stree 3 will hit the screens a year later on August 13, 2027. As for Lust Stories 3, details about the cast are still kept under wraps but one can expect some of the most prominent names of Bollywood to assemble for the next instalment of the franchise.
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