The film had a lot going for it. Johar is a hitmaker whose credits include “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” , “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…” , “Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna” , “My Name is Khan” and “Student of the Year” . And, the cast is bursting with A-listers including Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt.
“The ‘Barbenheimer’ hype was real. Both have been tremendously loved and appreciated and I was really nervous because we were coming in the midst of a storm. It’s been one of the biggest Hollywood weekends in I don’t know how long and both have performed exceedingly well,” Johar told. “At first I had apprehension and fear and then there was deep rooted anxiety because both these films also performed very well in India.
“I believe that the quintessential family entertainer, you’ve seen a gazillion times in mainstream Bollywood. If you had to make that in 2023, if you don’t update the syntax, and don’t put in elements that are relatable, then the film will just flatline,” Johar said, adding that films in the genre are constantly playing on streaming platforms and satellite television.
“There was a conscious effort to update, it’s like, in a sense, ‘Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…’ 2.0, you update the syntax and make it for an audience of today. So even the Gen X, Gen Z kids, the millennials and the boomers, who’ve grown up watching the old Hindi film music, all of them collectively love the film for various and different reasons,” Johar said.Johar is associated with creating glittering on-screen worlds and “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani” is no different.
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