Vikramaditya Motwane is all set for his upcoming film CTRL starring Ananya Panday in the lead role. The movie is a cyber-thriller and ever since the trailer was released, there has been chatter on social media that the film is inspired by the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind starring Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey. Amid this, the director of the film has now addressed these rumours and said that he assumed that this could be coming. 

Vikramaditya Motwane on CTRL inspired by Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and Joaquin Phoenix’s Her

In a recent interview with News18 ShowSha, Vikramaditya Motwane revealed that he knew that people would ask him about Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind and mentioned that he is fine with it. 

He said, "For those who don’t know, Her (2013) was a romantic science fiction movie headlined by Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson. I’ve been generally influenced by that film. It’s a wonderful film. There’s something about the writing of that film, which is fantastic. The direction and the acting are incredible. It’s, undoubtedly, a masterpiece of our modern times. But CTRL isn’t that.” 

If we go by the trailer, the narrative of the film will revolve around the new-age world where the makers are trying to show how we are so addicted to social media and how much we should share our lives online. However, things can get totally out of our hands if our information can be misused and we might have to bear the consequences. Talking about the same, the director also revealed that he tried to show the dark side of social media through his film. 

He said, “I have a feeling that after 15-20 years, we’re going to start looking at social media as they look at smoking. There’s a lot that’s okay with it but it also does a lot of harm to teenagers, younger minds, and even adults.”

When and where to watch CTRL?

Meanwhile, CTRL is set for an OTT release. The film will be released on Netflix on October 4. Along with Ananya Panday, it also stars Vihaan Samat, Devika Vatsa, Kamakshi Bhat, Suchita Trivedi, Samit Gambhir, Ravish Desai, and Aparshakti Khurana among others.

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