In the same interview with us, the producer-director heaped praises on Alia Bhatt’s Gangubai Kathiawadi and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s direction. The Kaante maker said that the National Award-winning movie took him to Amitabh Bachchan’s 1970s era. “When I saw Gangubai I was like wow. I felt I am watching an Amitabh Bachchan film from the 70s. With her dialogues and the way, the scenes were constructed,” Sanjay stated.
He further spoke about the scene where Alia’s character Gangu sits in the car with her lover, Afsaan. Gupta stated that the way the Jigra actress sat there and performed the sequence was laudable. According to him, some directors in the industry have stopped working hard and they are paying the price for it.
Coming back to Fardeen Khan, he came back to the silver screen with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period drama, Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar, earlier this year. He was then seen in Khel Khel Mein with Akshay Kumar, Fardeen Khan, Vaani Kapoor, Taapsee Pannu, Ammy Virk, Aditya Seal, and Pragya Jaiswal.
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