Producer Karan Johar mentioned that he tried to organize director Shakun Batra for the polarizing response that he was certain that Gehraiyaan would entice. The two participated in a roundtable dialogue with critics of the movie, whose opinions lined the spectrum,
Karan and Shakun mentioned that they had been there to not ‘defend the movie, however to debate it’. Shakun mentioned that the purpose was ‘to be taught, to soak up, and over time, have the objectivity’ to grasp what might need provoked such sturdy reactions, not simply from critics, but in addition basic audiences.
“We had been speaking, Karan and I, earlier than the film got here out, and we knew that there have been going to be opinions. We knew there can be polarizing opinionhowever I by no means knew the dialog would get right here, and be this huge,” Shakun mentioned.
“I did prep you for it,” Karan mentioned. “You expected this?” the moderator requested, and Karan nodded. Shakun added, “He did say, this can be polarised. Obviously, he’s somebody who’s seen films release over decades, he has a little more sense of how the audience can react. I was prepared for it, but the intensity…”
Shakun additionally addressed a typical criticism concerning the film, that it switches genres with out warning, and does not resemble the movie that the advertising had made it out to be. “I do agree, can more foreshadowing or a little more preparation for that help? Yes. But I also feel that would give away too much. I want to hold a little mystery, because he’s the guy you can’t predict. You don’t know, even in that moment, if he will do it or not,” he mentioned, speaking concerning the scene through which Siddhant Chaturvedi’s character makes an attempt to kill Deepika Padukone’s character.
Gehraiyaan, additionally starring Dhairya Karwa, Ananya Panday, Naseeruddin Shah and Rajat Kapoor, was launched on Amazon Prime Video on February 11.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
