Mumbai, Jan 20 (SocialNews.XYZ) Filmmakers Shoojit Sircar and Vikramaditya Motwane have joined hands to present festival favourite “Thursday Special,” a short film by Indian National Award winner Varun Tandon. Known for directing films such as “Piku,” “Vicky Donor” and “October,” Sircar praised the film’s understated approach and said: “Thursday Special really moved me with its simplicity and gentle storytelling,” he said, drawing comparisons to his own unreleased feature “Shoe Bite,” which featured megastar Amitabh Bachchan, reports variety.com.

Producer Shailendra Singh, known for backing National Award-winning films like Page 3 and Traffic Signal, has opened up about a long-standing dispute involving Amitabh Bachchan and filmmaker Shoojit Sircar over the unreleased film Shoebite. Singh claimed he had originally developed the story under the title Johnny Walker, which was later renamed Shoebite, and accused Shoojit of reselling the project to UTV’s Ronnie Screwvala despite him having already paid Bachchan an advance of Rs 4 crore.Speaking to Siddharth Kannan, Shailendra recalled how he had supported Shoojit Sircar during his directorial debut Yahaan.