The Brahmastra director Karan Johar has now spoken about the massive success of the south film KGF2. The film director feels that if they make a movie like KGF2 they would be lynched. He further poured immense praises for the film, and also said that how the B-town filmmakers haven’t given any leeway like the South filmmakers have put in.
Speaking to Film Companion, Karan Johar said, “When I read the reviews of KGF, I’m like if we made this, we would be lynched. But here, everybody is like ‘Oh it was a celebration, a party and it was. I loved it. I loved it with all my heart. But I feel hum yeh banaate to? (If we had made this, then?). It’s working both ways. I feel we are also not given any kind of leeway and then we are trying to be somebody else. So, we are all over the place. We are living a dual existence and we have to stop,”
The film director further stated, “Tamil cinema and Malayalam cinema have always been story-heavy. They have also been commercial and aesthetic. What happened with Kannada cinema and now Kannada cinema with KGF is that they have a lot of conviction. They don’t listen to other things and follow that conviction. They’re not seeking validation, acceptance, approval. They are so confident in their skin and convinced with what they are doing. That’s what we all lack. We don’t have that conviction. Suddenly, if biopics are doing well, everyone will make a biopic. Suddenly everyone has woken up to the syntax of southern cinema and now we want to start doing that. We are all so idiotically unconvinced about our strengths and weaknesses that we just tend to be all over the place.” As quoted by Koi Moi
Of late, the director is busy directing the film Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani, starring Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt. Also, the film Brahmastra, bankrolled by his production, Dharma Productions is all set to be released this September.
