Raj Kumar Gupta and Vikramaditya Motwane -- Two very young directors will be bringing two drastically opposite films -- Ghanchakkar and Lootera -- in the next 10 days. Both Raj Kumar and Vikramaditya are brilliant screenwriters as is evident from the kind of cinema that they have written in their career till now. 
Raj Kumar had burst into the limelight with his political crime thriller 'No one killed Jessica' but it was the critically acclaimed Aamir which was his first writing project. The film explored how an urban Muslim is exploited by Islamic extremists.His next writing project was the realistic but enjoyable comedy 'Barah Aana', which shows three working class men trying their hand in crime for quick money. It had the veteran Naseeruddin Shah and Vijay Raaz in main roles but the film flopped, mainly because of lack of publicity.
Vikram, who won seven Filmfare awards for his directorial debut 'Udaan', too is a writter with panache. Along with Anurag Kashyap, he co-wrote 'Dev D', which was a modern-day take on the classic Bengali novel by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. He was also one of the writers of the film 'Goal', which is one of the rare sports film coming out of India.Ghanchakkar and Lootera have very different themes. The former is a comedy which deals with heist and amnesia at its center, while the latter is a period romance drama. Both the film has an interesting cast. While Ghanchakkar brings together Vidya Balan and Emraan Hashmi after their success in 'Dirty Picture', Lootera will have Ranveer Singh opposite Sonakshi Sinha.
It would be interesting to see how Ranveer stars in a period film after doing the ultra smart act in 'Ladies vs Ricky Behl' and 'Band Baja Baraat'. His role has shades of grey and needs to be carried out subtley. Sonakshi has done nothing in her career til now apart from starring in 100-crore movies where she had nothing substantial to do. So in a way, it will be a test of her acting.Interestingly, both the films have music by the supremely talented Amit Trivedi. The title song and 'Jholu Raam' from 'Ghanchakkar' have already touched a chord with the audience, while Lootera has equally soothing Sawaar Loon" and 'Zinda'. Amit should be a contended man given that his drastically different compositions have already topped the chartbusters and two of the songs have been sung by he himself.
