Siddharth Anand reacts to Pathaan facing boycott, says audience sees through agenda: We underestimate their intelligence

Filmmaker Siddharth Anand, whose newest movie Pathaan broke a number of data, has spoken in regards to the movie dealing with a boycott forward of its launch. In a brand new interview, Siddharth responded if he has ‘checkmated the boycott brigade’. Siddharth stated that he did not should say something because the viewers’s response spoke volumes. Calling the viewers ‘too good’, he additionally added that the viewers ‘see by means of any agenda’. (Also Read | Pathaan beats Dangal as the best grossing movie in Hindi, collects ₹729 crore worldwide)

Helmed by Siddharth, Pathaan options Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham, and Deepika Padukone. Pathaan was embroiled in an argument after the discharge of the movie’s Besharam Rang music final yr. It acquired criticism from many because of the saffron color of Deepika’s bikini in it. Some folks discovered the music objectionable over using saffron and inexperienced costumes. The movie even confronted a boycott pattern on social media.

In an interview with Times of India, Siddharth spoke in regards to the boycott pattern, “I didn’t say anything, I don’t have to say anything. The audience has said it. The fact that the audiences came in such huge numbers means they knew that there was nothing to what these calls were trying to say. So it was not that they waited and came in the evening to hear about it, like ‘Oh, my god, is this what they’re saying? Is it true what they are trying to say?’ The results came in through advance numbers itself. So I think the audience is too smart. I think we just underestimate the audience’s intelligence. They see through any agenda now. So we didn’t have to say anything or do anything.”

Talking in regards to the feelings of the followers after watching Pathaan, Siddharth added, “Oh, it was crazy! I mean, I keep getting videos of the rejoicing of people, what they’re doing at the end of the film, in the middle of the film, they’re dancing. In that scene where Dimple Kapadia’s character dies, and Shah Rukh Khan’s character gives a salute, I saw a video where the audience unfolded the Indian flag in the theatre. So the fact that they carried a flag into the theatre means what kinds of emotions the film is carrying.”

The movie has already earned ₹729 crore gross worldwide in ten days. Pathaan is the fourth title in producer Aditya Chopra’s spy universe, following Salman Khan’s Ek Tha Tiger (2012) and Tiger Zinda Hai (2017), and War, that includes Hrithik Roshan (2019).