Exclusive interview: Siddharth Anand finishes 20 years in the Hindi film industry; Said: “You want to create loved franchises and characters but …”

On March 9, 2005, Siddharth Anand made his debut as director of the SAIF Ali Khan and Piety led by Salaam Namaste. The film turned out to be a clean success, and 20 years later, the filmmaker is standing with a 100% success ratio with films like your Ra ​​Rum Pum, Bachna Ae Haseeno, Anjaana Anjaani, Bang Bang, War, Pathaan and Fighter among others. In an exclusive conversation with IHNS, Sid Anand spoke of finishing 25 years in industry.

“At each stage of my trip, the definition of success meant different things. I started as an advertisement in 2000, and at the time, success for me was to be able to make another film. In our industry, the biggest validation for filmmakers is to make a film I want to make. Earlier. Make. Siddharth AnandLooking at the success he tasted in the past 20 years.

With 8 films under his pipeline, Siddharth Anand is currently running for his 9th director – King with Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika PadukoneSuhana Khan and Abhishek Bachchan in mind. When he was asked to comment on the film closest to his heart, Siddhath adds: “All the films are really close to your heart. Whenever you make a film, this film is closest to your heart. Right now, the film I am making is closest to my heart. ”

Sid is memory to call Tara Rum Pum the most difficult film of his career. “The fact that I really appreciate my work makes everything easy, but the films are difficult. The most difficult film to shoot was Tara Rum Pum. All Nascar race sequences were really difficult to assemble. I come back to Tara Rum Pum as the most difficult film of my career.” And is there something different, Sid would do, if he had to make the film today? “Tara Rum Pum is special, and I am happy that it has aged well. Today, I could treat poverty a little differently in Tara Rum Pum. People found the poverty I showed in New York at that time a little too comfortable. Emotions and thrills were great for this time, but I would treat poverty a little differently ”, he knows.

On June 27, the Brad Pitt-Dirigé F1 brought Tara Rum Pum Back in the conversation on social media. Did he read them? “It is really funny that people compare it two films. F1 is simply too spectacular and that people who talk about our film in the same breath are extremely special. But I know the facts. I am a big fan of Joseph Kosinski, and the way he made the film made him even more spectacular.” After managing four romantic comedies, Siddharth Anand went to the kind of action in 2014 with Bang Bang. And that hasn’t been looking back since then. However, he hopes to come back to the romantic genre again.

Sid insists on the fact: “I am constantly on the lookout to make a romantic film and I really want to come back to it once at least. I managed to make 8 films in 20 years, and I always need a lot of belief to give 3 years to go and make the film. I’m looking for an actively romantic film. ” There is a common consensus in industry and internet that no one presents heroes like Siddharth Anand – whether Hrithik Roshan in Bang Bang, War and Fighter, or Shah Rukh Khan in Pathaan. What is the secret of this? “I think that the presentation of my heroes is something that comes to me very naturally. It is my natural form of cinema to present things larger than life. In addition, I don’t need to do too much to present Hrithik Roshan or Shah Rukh Khan, they are fantastic – their appearance, their way of holding screens, and their aure. I don’t think, I have to do a lot. ”

And can it be called a trademark by Siddharth Anand? “Errrmm … I just know that there is a certain rules of rules that I am. I guarantee the film with certain ingredients. I always make sure that I sprinkle the film from these fillings.” Can he tell us more about his secret ingredients? He laughs: “These things are only for me. Siddhath believes, however, that the public is very basic with their content consumption requests. “The public’s request is simple – entertainment. It does not want to be enlightened but entertained. We must understand that we first make films for the public – we must always put them first, think of them and entertain them.”

Siddharth became a producer by launching his Marflix banner co-founded by Mamta Anand. It provides a multi-films slate, which is currently at different stages of development. “Right now, the film I am going to consume one day, and I focus on management. But Mamta, my Marflix partner is working actively on certain things. She will be the right person to give details on our projects when the time comes.”

During the 20 -year period, Siddharth created films like Bang Bang, War, PathaanAnd Fighter, who have the scope for a second part. But Sid was willing to be out of the result. He exults: “I really need to be motivated to be able to make a second part and I did not find the stories that advance these characters. I try to do things that are not in my comfort zone. I don’t want to be in an area thinking about love for franchise, and I take things for granted. the public.

Finally, is there a genre that Sid wants to make? “There is a genre on which I want to work on, and it is something on which I work on (silently). This is something that needs a lot of preparation and very difficult. I do not want to do it by speaking,” he concludes.

Meanwhile, King should hit the big screen in 2027. The shooting is currently underway in Poland with Shah Rukh Khan and Suhana Khan, among others. Stay listening to IHNS for more updates!

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