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Subhash Ghai reacts to Ahaan Panday-Aneet Padda's Saiyaara box office success: 'No money spend on stars whims...'
Saiyaara, which marks the debut of Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda, has turned out to be a historic blockbuster as it raked in around Rs 124 crore in just 5 days. While the romantic drama is in no mood to slow down at the box office, legendary filmmaker Subhash Ghai known for helming movies like Hero, Taal, Pardes, Karma, Ram Lakhan, Khalnayak, Yaadein, and Saudagar, among others, shared that producers should not make an overbudget film and instead focus ona good storyline.
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'When a new star cast film creates a wave at box office. It sends us a clear msg to investors n producers not to make an over budget film more than a good story needs - not to invest on main actors more than your production cost - no money spend on stars whims - no extra spend on marketing stunts - Audience is surely ready to accept a good heart warming film with right casting all over India 🇮🇳
My heartiest congratulations to adi chopra n mohit Suri for proving the fundamental principles of film making a hindi commercial cinema
n made a film 'saiyaaira' a history today 🕺🏽
Good producer good director good story script। good music n right casting big or new stars n balance budget n well shot film matters only . Nothing else. ' he wrote, sharing a still of Ahaan and Aneet from Saiyaara.
Saiyaara is directed by Mohit Suri, known for helming movies like Aashiqui 2, Ek Villain, Awarapan, Kalyug, Zeher, Murder 2, Woh Lamhe, Raaz: The Mystery Continues, Hamari Adhuri Kahani, Half Girlfriend, Crook, Ek Villain Returns & Malang.
Apart from fans, celebs like Anil Kapoor, Madhur Bhandarkar, Sujoy Ghosh, Ameesha Patel, Nikita Dutta, Mahesh Babu and Anurag Basu, among others, have showered praises on this relatable & vulnerable love story.
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