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Ibrahim Ali Khan and Khushi Kapoor’s OTT film Nadaaniyan received a lot of harsh criticism after its release. The film was brutally trolled on social media and became a part of memes. Directed by Shauna Gautam, it was produced by Karan Johar’s Dharmatic Entertainment. In a recent interview, the filmmaker reacted to the widespread negativity around Nadaaniyan and urged people to move on.
During a podcast with Suchin Mehrotra, Karan stated that the views of a project don’t matter, if it’s being watched for the ‘wrong reasons’. “As a creative artist, as a collaborator, no film that receives criticism ever makes me happy. How can it? Even if a gazillion people watched it and it wasn’t liked, it was watched for the wrong reasons,” he said.
The filmmaker added, “You cannot! I am sorry, I will be very stupid to be deluded about the fact that it didn’t get the love, did not get liked, it was dissed, it was b**ched, and maybe a bit more than it should have. I am like, ‘Yaar, let it go’ after a point. It’s a film you didn’t like, move on, can you?”
Complaining about how content creators took advantage of the situation and made several videos while trolling Nadaaniyan, Karan shared, “There were YouTube creators and content creators who were making four videos on it, you made one, right? You know you’re getting the hits again and again, because bashing Nadaaniyan was like the fashion of that moment. It was really making people kind of go and watch your YouTube video and they were enjoying it. It was celebrated negatively and that does happen sometimes.”
He continued, “That put aside, I have no way to tell you that it got massive numbers so I am happy about it. No, I can’t be happy about it. It didn’t get the love. We have to accept it, acknowledge it, move on from it, and do better next time. That’s all. How can I say that this show or movie is amazing because so many million people watched it? But if it didn’t get the love, you are going to feel it in your heart.”
Karan Johar revealed that his team has taken notes and would work on it. However, the audience should also move on from Nadaaniyan. “All of us are very self aware, it’s a part of my personality type. Will I go and apologise for it? No, I will probably speak with the team, take stock of it, and do that. We have dealt with it internally and that’s all we really want to speak about it. But now, can you move on to the next bad show or film? Leave us alone. We have moved on and so should you,” he concluded.
Besides Ibrahim Ali Khan and Khushi Kapoor, Nadaaniyan also starred Suniel Shetty, Mahima Chaudhary, Jugal Hansraj, Dia Mirza, and Archana Puran Singh.
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