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“Because of their music and production design, the Muslim social would always be limited to a certain time warp. “Conventional wisdom was that Deedar-E-Yaar (1982, starring Jeetendra and Rishi Kapoor) was such a resounding flop that it completely sunk the boat and no more Muslim dramas were made after that, in that kind of specific culture that they were trying to show," says Chopra.Īt the same time, the fixed visual template and heightened mood of these films exposed the trappings of the genre. Thus, gorgeous romances (Chaudhvin Ka Chand, Mere Mehboob), musicals (Mehboob Ki Mehndi, Laila Majnu) and hard-hitting offbeat cinema (Bazaar, Nikaah) evolved over time into kitschy, stereotypical representations (Bewaffa Se Waffa, Sanam Bewafa). Ironically, the same visual template that made the Muslim social incredibly stunning and appealing as a film genre may have caused its downfall.įor one thing, many later filmmakers did not really embrace the culture, and only used the theme, as Gupta added, to show people that there can be some kind of intermingling between Hindus and Muslims in this really safe space that was the movies. So I think it (the genre) was partly nostalgia, partly a way of holding on to some of our history." “Pre-Independence, Urdu was a language that was in common parlance, but in the years that followed, that ‘nazaakat’ (delicacy) of the Urdu language became restricted to the movies. Now this is Karan Johar for you.he is not forgetting his roots.only film he might actually, genuinely like to remake and treat a little differently can be there he was talking some sense.other than that, it's just intellectual spiel he likes to give, definitely help him build his image as someone who is very serious about cinema, who knows his own thing is that he actually have those things which he want for his image, sad thing is that the route he takes is hilarious to say the least answered by Baadshah Assistant Director ( 41.“The 1960s and ’70s were the decades when the popularity of the Muslim social opened a window to a world both exotic and familiar at the same time," says Shubhra Gupta, a film critic with The Indian Express. He said that about Kalank ''i pushed it according to my vision.i made it grand, it should have been a normal, toned down film'' etc etc.Īnd then he said about Takht in lighter mood that ''the kind of filmmaker i am, you never know if i turn Takht also into a melodrama'' He said that about KANK, ''i made it too big, i had big stars working in it.that film needed a grounded story'' etc etc. Now, he said this thing about KKHH, that today he will make it more real. Karan Johar likes to be seen as an intellectual.i personally believe he is truly a genius.but what he comes across on media is an idiot who is just a show off.now to fight that image, he says these kinda things.he may believe in some of those things.but he says very philosophical things.like ''i only got one scene right in KKHH'' blah blah The director said that he would keep the scene as a part of the film if it was being made at present.Īll the people who are thinking that Karan Johar has forgotten his roots etc. He also spoke about a deleted scene that he had written where Anjali bashes Rahul saying that he fails to take a stand for himself. As for fixes, he said that if he were making the film today, he would keep it more real and human, adding confrontation that the original script lacked. Even the eight letters that Rani's character Tina wrote for her daughter for each birthday made no sense either. He also went on to say that there was no backstory or logic to the characters in the film. Karan also said that it was Shah Rukh’s charm and persona that added value to the character without which it was nothing. Whatever happened to him was a result of the consequences of the actions of other characters- his dead wife Tina, his eight-year-old daughter and his long lost best friend Anjali. Rahul as a character is deeply confused, he said. Karan spoke about the ethics and gender politics gone wrong in his film and stated that Shah Rukh Khan's character Rahul, which is still subject to a lot of fandom and buzz is actually flawed and lacks a spine.
Speaking to Mid Day, Karan Johar recently took an axe to the film and stated that the script lacked sense.