“If I Make A Morose Film With Poor People, It Might Appeal To Critics” – Siddharth Anand On Bang Bang’s Reviews

Bang Bang was a slower version of Knight and Day and many who have loved the original cannot bring themselves to like the refurbished, Bollywood-ised desi counterpart. Undoubtedly, the film has opened big and is massively successful so far. In no time it has made more than 100 crores at the domestic box office and 150 plus worldwide. And yet, the critics haven’t spoken very favorably about the film.

Speaking of the same, director Siddharth Anand told Koimoi, “There is no film in the history of Indian cinema that has crossed 100 crores and not had mixed reviews, apart from 3 Idiots. But even 3 Idiots was given low ratings by many, with headlines reading ‘Missed Opportunity’. But no film as such can make 100 crores and not have a mixed opinion on the same.”

The director was evidently not very pleased with the critics. He feels critics only criticize and in case of Bang Bang, it was largely true. He said, “Critics’ job is to criticize. They like films which don’t appeal to every Indian and appeal to only their own mental state. So I think their mental state is not a very happy one. Happy films don’t appeal to them. But if I make a sad, morose film with poor people, poor clothes, that might appeal to them. They don’t like to simply come to the cinemas and relax and just enjoy. Don’t take it so seriously, ya. I am only taking 250 bucks from you. I am not asking for your jaaydat. It is a fun, entertaining film. Come have your popcorn. Don’t take your popcorn so seriously either.”

For Siddharth, Bang Bang was a genre shift and while the initial brush of bad reviews don’t seem as perturbing due to reassuring figures, but are apprehensions absolutely absent? Siddharth replies with a smile, “The film was genre changing move for me. It was designed to be a commercial entertainer which means it will appeal to a wider range of people. The more people are drawn to a film, the more money the film will make. I have always made romantic comedies which is a very youth oriented genre. This will appeal to everyone, from kids to grandparents! We were expecting big numbers and thankfully people came to watch the film.”

Hrithik and Siddharth along with Fox Star Studios might even consider a sequel of the film. The big numbers are obviously making the team very confident but since it was mounted on a massive budget, it is possible that the film will still take a while to incur profits.

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