Gandhi Krishna, known for helming films like They Know (2001), Chellamae (2004), and Anandha Thandavam (2009), returns to direction after 14 years for Break Fast. On what took him so long, Gandhi says, “I’ve always been doing something related to films. For instance, I worked on Indian 2 recently. Moreover, this script was close to seeing the light of day a few years ago, but the project got stalled.” It was then that he went on to meet Girija Varadharajan, a Bengaluru-based textile industrialist, who decided to enter film production with his story.
“They’ve given me complete freedom. This started as a small-budget film, but after seeing the potential, we’ve expanded the scale.” The film, Gandhi says, revolves around “contemporary youth who have transformed the concept of breakups as a routine ritual, often unable to endure the challenges that love presents.” On asking if that can be implied as a generalisation and judgemental, he responds, “I’ve explored both sides of this topic in the film. I feel that with the advent of the smartphone, human relationships have taken a big hit. It is rare to find strong bonding between people these days.”
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