Pathaan director Siddharth Anand not too long ago opened up concerning the controversy round his motion movie, which led to a bit of the folks calling for a boycott of the movie. The movie stars Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham. Addressing the row after the large field workplace success of Pathaan, Siddharth stated that his movie had nothing offensive and known as it a ‘patriotic film.’ Also learn: Shah Rukh Khan addresses Pathaan controversy for first time
Pathaan made news after releasing its first tune, Besharam Rang showcased Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika romancing in Spain. While some expressed their displeasure with the lyrics of the songs, many political leaders protested towards the outfits within the tune, together with Deepika’s saffron bikini. Many had been upset with the tune for allegedly hurting their non secular sentiments. This led to protests towards the movie in elements of India and boycott calls on social media as effectively.
Talking to Variety, Siddharth stated, “We’ve had lots of films with big stars that have come out post-pandemic and unfortunately, some of them haven’t worked. But the film has spoken and the film’s intentions have spoken. And the fact that it had nothing offensive, it’s such a patriotic film that it does inspire you.”
“That’s reached the audience – the audience is too smart to get fooled by fake boycott calls,” he additional added.
Recently, it was Shah Rukh Khan who touched upon the topic throughout the first media interplay for Pathaan. He stated, “Sabka maksad ek hi hota hai (Everyone has one motive). We should spread happiness, brotherhood, love, kindness, even when I’m playing a bad guy like [in] Darr. Even if I’m playing a Baazigar, even if John is being bad in a film. None of us are bad. We are all playing characters to make you happy. If we say things in the film, none of them are meant to hurt any sentiment or anybody. It is just entertainment.”
“We love each other, we joke with each other. We have fun with each other. Fun, entertainment should be left at that. Don’t take it more seriously. We all are one. All of us are loving each other and trying to make that love spread just to tell you in a very simple manner… this is Deepika Padukone, yeh Amar hain. Main Shah Rukh Khan hoon, main Akbar hoon. Yeh John hain, yeh Anthony hain. And this is what makes cinema,” he additionally added.
Pathaan launched on January 25. The movie has collected ₹296 crore in Hindi in six days of its launch. It’s predicted to cross the ₹300 crore mark on Tuesday.
Source web site: www.hindustantimes.com
