Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri not too long ago heaped praises on Shah Rukh Khan after the huge success of his movie Pathaan. Days after criticising the movie track Besharam Rang which created an issue forward of the discharge, the Kashmir Files director now slammed those that protested towards the movie. A video of Vivek’s interview landed on Reddit and left customers with blended ideas. Also learn: After Vivek Agnihotri’s response to Pathaan track Besharam Rang, Twitter reminds him of his ‘erotic thriller’ Hate Story
Last 12 months, Vivek claimed on Twitter that he acquired threats over his feedback on Besharam Rang. He had shared a video criticising the track which featured Deepika and Shah Rukh romancing in Spain. He had tweeted, “WARNING… video against Bollywood. Don’t watch it if you are a ‘secular’.” After the discharge of Besharam Rang, some individuals criticised the lyrics in addition to the costumes within the track. Just a few of them additionally known as for a boycott of the movie.
Talking concerning the movie now, Vivek Agnihotri stated throughout The Carvaka Podcast, “Pathaan labored purely due to the charisma and fan following of Shah Rukh, the best way he marketed it and the best way he took it on his shoulders that ‘it is my film and I am responsible for it’, which is fairly good.”
“I also think that some credit should also go to people who were making stupid statements against the film and people who were unnecessarily protesting and asking for boycott. These are different people from regular ‘boycott Bollywood gang’. There is one kind that is always saying ‘boycott Bollywood’ for everything for many years. These were new players in the market and there was no need for them to do this. There were some violent factors who were saying we will burn this and burn that and that, I think, also contributed to this. And of course, our media channels,” he added.
Reacting to the Vivek’s phrases, a consumer wrote, “Wow wow wow….how the turntables.” “If you look at his earlier tweets, he is a hypocritical opportunist who changes tunes regularly nothing surprising,” added one other consumer. Someone else additionally stated, “I have absolute disregard for people who can’t even stay true to their words.”
Directed by Siddharth Anand, Pathaan has develop into the fifth highest grossing Indian movie in historical past after beating Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)and Aamir Khan’s Secret Superstar (2017). The movie presently stands at a gross worldwide assortment of ₹946 crore, as per Yash Raj Films who backed it. It launched on January 25.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com