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Karan Johar’s Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani is receiving a lot of love from the audience and the director, who was maintaining a low profile until now, is now speaking with pride about his latest film starring Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh. In a recent interview, Karan was asked why Rani, who is shown as a modern woman, wears sarees throughout the film and the director plainly said that modernity has nothing to do with the garments that one chooses to wear.
In a chat with Bollywood Hungama, Karan said that sarees are the “biggest gift” that we have gotten from our culture. He said, “What is the problem? Why do we associate modernity with a western garment? I have met so many women who wear sarees so beautifully and they are so beautifully progressive and very much with the times, intelligent, well-read, well-traveled, well spoken, they wear sarees. It’s just that we associate modernity and progression with western garments.” Rani’s character in the film is shown to be someone who has completed her education from the US but Karan said that she grew up around her mother and her grandmother, and for her “those influences are very strong.”
Speaking about the similarities between Alia and Rani, Karan said that Alia is “very close to Rani as an individual.” He added, “She identified with Rani and therefore could portray it with the élan and perfection that she did.”
RARKPK is Karan’s second collaboration with Alia. The actor made her debut in Karan’s Student of the Year back in 2012 but Karan admitted that he had “no memory of her being like this. Like, when did she become this great actor?” Calling her performance “effortless”, Karan said that he felt like he was “directing a genius artist.”
Karan said that even though she made her debut with him, her “real emotional and artistic launch was Highway and then she hit the highway after that.” Highway was Alia’s second feature film and she got a lot of acclaim for her work in the Imtiaz Ali directorial. “Student of the Year was definitely no training ground for her because it was fluffy and lovely and song and dance but let’s be honest, the performance was in Highway,” he said.
Alia Bhatt will soon be seen in her Hollywood debut titled Heart of Stone.
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