With Vikramaditya Motwane, Ananya Panday has announced her next project. CTRL is a modern thriller challenging the traditional form of storytelling and will force you to reconsider your over-reliance on technology. And CTRL premiers Netflix on October 4, directed by Vikramaditya Motwane and produced by Saffron, Andolan Films.
CTRL features Ananya Panday as Nella Awasthi and Vihaan Samat as Joe Mascarenhas – a couple in love creating content together and adored by their social media followers. What follows their split? When information is power, how much sharing is oversharing? How much of yourself are you willing to give away, slowly losing control?
Sharing that she is thrilled to work with Vikramaditya Motwane and Nikhil Dwivedi for this film. Ananya Panday says “CTRL questions about whether you really have control over your own life. This film addresses everyone today because there has been such a rapid development in tech today which has caused us to rely more on it. Netflix would be the best platform to get such an intriguing story like that behind CTRL across.”
The director also gives his thoughts on the movie: “We now use our device so often that screen time now means something else; screen life! The big question is; are these digital extensions of our lives genuinely ours or we are under someone’s control? These are issues dealt with in Ctrl. You know we needed not just a cast but also a medium like Netflix for such kind of concepts which are new age”
Producer Nikhil Dwivedi further adds, “In every frame of this film directed by Vikramaditya Motwane titled ctrl designed as an original narrative in an unconventional manner”. It was not only those actors who were appearing on TV screens or working behind cameras. Everybody was feeling very excited about this world they had been so passionately creating and now they were going to bring it to life! Our collaboration with Netflix is also aimed at taking this film with its universal themes to a huge audience.”
Ruchikaa Kapoor Sheikh, Director – Original Films, Netflix India, adds, “CTRL is a testament to our promise of telling genre-bending stories that thrill and entertain. A new age thriller by Vikramaditya Motwane that has the perfect balance between shock and mesmerization. Ananya Panday’s honest portrayal intensifies the drama. We can’t wait for the audience to log into this riveting ride.”
