Director Imtiaz Ali who has given us numerous hit movies
including ‘Jab We Met’, ‘Love Aaj Kal’, ‘Rockstar’, ‘Cocktail’, and ‘Highway’,
while in an interview freshly, made some no-so-pleasing remarks about his wedding
and mistakes he made in his filmy career.
He was told that he looked different post divorce from his
ex-wife Preety, to which he answered, “Yes, I am. I had become very formal in
my approach to everybody. Wedding is so artificial; it comes with so many dos
and don’ts that not only make you claustrophobic but also mediocre. It reduces
you to a ch***a version of yourself, you play roles to meet someone else’s
expectations. Today, I say things as they are. I’m not hypocritical. I am as
open-minded as when I was in school and college.”
Talking about Nargis Fakhri in Rockstar, the talented filmmaker
told, “Ranbir was wonderful, but Rockstar was a defective movie. There were
many jumps in the story and things which no longer make sense to me. And I
faced so much criticism for casting Nargis Fakhri. No, the film may not have
worked for her, but working with another heroine who knew Hindi better would
have fostered mediocrity. The challenge to work with Nargis raised the film’s
intensity. “
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