Janhvi Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter made a Bollywood debut with Dhadak that aspiring actors dream of. The movie has been loved by all, the critics and the audience, so that’s a win for the makers. Because, in all honesty, Dhadak was a tricky project. First of all, it is an adaptation of one of the most beloved Marathi movies, Sairat. Fans of the original were pretty apprehensive as to how the treatment of the new movie would be. More so about the ending and the remake of the hit song, Sairat.
We met up with the stars and the director of the film, Shashank Khaitan, to talk about the success of Dhadak. Happy and joyous, the trio was in a mood to talk. Well, at least till we asked them how the mood was on the sets on the day they shot the ending. And they did open up about having apprehensions to retain the end from Sairat. While talking about it, Shashank revealed that Janhvi and Ishaan were a little apprehensive about it in the beginning, but as they shot for the film they were assured that what we see on the screen is the most logical climax of the story. Check out our conversation, in the video above. (ALSO READ: EXCLUSIVE! Janhvi Kapoor discussed Dhadak’s box office numbers on the breakfast table – watch video)
Also, at the success meet of Dhadak, the press questioned Shashank about Dhadak appearing to be a glossier version of Sairat. The director said that he has shot the city of Udaipur as it is in the real life. Though, he did admit that he might not have been able to successfully show the class divide important to the plot properly. “…When it comes to our approach to caste and class, the divide between Rajputs and Mewaris is a sub-caste issue. It is a caste and class issue, both. We didn’t use the words to verbalise it. But cinema is an audio-visual medium so I thought visually we have achieved it. Apparently, we should have been a bit more open about that which is a lesson learnt. We will. I don’t think so we have brushed it aside,” he said.
“I don’t think so we have shied away from it. May be we were not too in-your-face about it. Lesson learned. Next time if I approach a topic like that I will be more sensible,” Shashank concluded.