This Friday, January 20, two of the most awaited Bollywood films have arrived on OTT, Mission Majnu and Chhatriwali. As both films have been released on different platforms but on the same day, the audience could be divided. Amid this, Mission Majnu’s director Shantanu Bagchi, in an exclusive conversation with Bollywood Hungama, commented on the same.
When asked about the clash, Shantanu said, “I feel we concentrate on all these things. But we should concentrate to tell a good story. If the story of both films is good, the audience will watch both people want to watch good films. And that's there; the people want to relate to good stories. So if both the films are made well, with good stories, your audience will go to watch both of them. So I don't believe that there will be a clash.”
He concluded his answer by saying, “A clash happens when one has to choose one over the other. And I wish all the best to Chhatriwali. It's not that one film should work, all things should work. That's a great thing, actually. So I don't believe in this. I believe if it's a good story, people will come up.”
Meanwhile, talking about Mission Majnu, Shantanu explained, “First of all, it's a very original concept. True story and the film happens in a very realistic zone most of the time, okay. And we have shown how intelligently the agent operates. It is not like any other film that you have watched in this genre. Glamorised over glamorize spy. It's very real. It is a wonderful story. It has deep emotional connections, it has under skin kind of tension, and a few of the action set pieces.”
As he went on to elaborate, Bagchi said, “But it's not filled with only action sequences and no story. A very interesting one- the way this main protagonist goes about things, which you have never seen. So, giving the freshness, giving those wonderful efforts that have been put in by all the actors, technicians should resonate with people that much one can say.”
As the conversation progressed further, the Mission Majnu director also opened up about the Sidharth Malhotra starrer releasing on OTT instead of theatre. He said, “In today's world, most people are watching OTT platforms. That's the reality of our times. Number one. Number two is it is Netflix - the number one OTT platform in the world. Number three, it is getting a worldwide release in 190 countries. Looking at how audience across the globe is interested in Indian films is very apparent right now.”
To resonate his take, he further added, “How we watch Korean stuff; a lot of people across different countries watch Indian films, we all know that. So that is a fantastic thing to reach out to millions and millions of people across the planet. I'm excited about it. And it's not that it would have been a theatre release, it will be catering to a very small number of people. But in this case, the range is tremendous.”
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