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Salaar director Prashanth Neel commented on the big clash between Dunki and Salaar. As per him, the clash was only in the mind of the fans as actors or directors “are not here to compete among ourselves”.
The release of Shah Rukh Khan’s Dunki and Prabhas’ Salaar, one day apart from each other, was deemed as the biggest box office clash of the year. The fans of both the actors indulged in a war of words on social media and there was also a fight for the screens for both the films. Recently, Salaar director Prashanth Neel commented on the big clash. As per him, the clash was only in the mind of the fans as actors or directors “are not here to compete among ourselves”.
Speaking to Pinkvilla, Neel said, “What happens with cinema is you root for your heroes and the emotions get the better of you. It might be that way for the fans but with us, we are not trying to compete with one another. We are both surviving together. I don’t advocate being a part of something like that. It’s nasty is what I heard. I really wish it didn’t come down to something like that because both the stars are huge in Indian cinema and they deserve the respect they have accumulated over all these years.”
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The filmmaker believes that such an environment “is not good for cinema”. But since “there’s no way to control something like that, you would rather ignore it. You just let it pass.” While Dunki was released in the theatres on December 21, Salaar arrived on December 22. But there was a huge difference between the opening box office collection of both. Salaar earned Rs 90.7 crore and Dunki took an opening of Rs 29.2 crore.
Neel said, “It is not a war between Dunki and Salaar. I don’t think either the makers of Dunki or Salaar think like that. We are here to survive and impress the audience. We are not here to compete among ourselves. This is not a cricket match.” The filmmaker also understands the feelings of the fans as he said that they are just “possessive” about their favourite star.
The director was also asked about the ‘misconstruction of numbers’ referring to the allegations that box office numbers of the films that are released for public consumption might not be correct. “If this was a solo release, I don’t think this would have come up,” Prashanth said. He further added that he doesn’t take the audience to be foolish and believes that they can see through such things. He said, “Misrepresentation and all of these things are heresy. You want to hear more negatives than positives.”
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Meanwhile, Dunki director Rajkumar Hirani, in a latest interview with ANI, said that box office numbers should not be a barometer to judge a film’s quality.
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First uploaded on: 30-12-2023 at 16:00 IST