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'Saiyaara' director Mohit Suri supports Sandeep Reddy Vanga: 'I am his fan, I loved Animal and...'
In an interview with Filmigyaan, director Mohit Suri came out in support of filmmaker Sandeep Reddy Vanga and said, 'I love his films. You make Sandeep kind of films with a gangster, Mahesh Bhatt has made Sadak like that). We are from that school of cinema. Ram Gopal Varma has made such films too. Everyone has the right to make their films. You have a right to like it or not like it.'
'Very few people think Arjun Reddy and Kabir Singh have no difference. I feel there is a big difference between the two films. There is more emotion in the second part. I loved Animal. I messaged him during Animal that I am a Sandeep Reddy Vanga fan,' added Suri.
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Amid the release of Sonakshi Sinha's Nikita Roy and Anupam Kher starrer Tanvi The Great, Saiyaara featuring debutants Ahaan Panday & Aneet Padda turned out to be the biggest surprise of the year, performing way beyond expectations.
While the hype around \_Saiyaara\_ was huge because of its promising trailer and chartbuster songs, the romantic drama garnered crazy footfalls and created big milestones on its opening day by raking in Rs 21.25 crore. Here are some of them
Biggest opener for a debutant pair
With the insane first day collections, Saiyaara emerged as the biggest opener for a debutant pair (Ahaan & Aneet), beating 1995's Barsaat featuring Bobby Deol-Twinkle Khanna (Rs 0.68 crore), 2000's Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai starring Hrithik Roshan & Ameesha Patel (Rs 0.51 crore), Abhishek Bachchan-Kareena Kapoor's Refugee, which also released in 2000 (Rs 1.56 crore), 2007's Saawariya, which starred Ranbir Kapoor-Sonam Kapoor (Rs 3 crore).
Mohit Suri's biggest opener
The film has also shattered the first day collections of Ek Villain (Rs 16.72 crore), which featured Sidharth Malhotra, Riteish Deshmukh & Shraddha Kapoor, to emerge as director Mohit Suri's biggest opener.
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