Mumbai: Suparn S Verma, who directed the recently released film ‘Haq’, has come forward in defense of fellow director Aditya Dhar.
Aditya has come under the scanner due to the heavy amount of violence in the trailer of his upcoming film ‘Dhurandhar’. The ‘Haq’ producer criticized the hypocrisy of the industry and the audience, saying that he would happily praise international cinema if the same serious and violent scenes were shown in international cinema.
He directly took aim at the industry’s ignorance, saying that Indian films are often judged more harshly than their foreign counterparts. And as Aditya Dhar’s film is about to hit the theatres, he argues that it is time this prejudice ended.
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In the stories section of her Instagram, she wrote a long note in support of Aditya as she shared, “I’m amazed by some of the conversations about violence in #Dhurandhar, the same audience would have called it cinematic genius if it was in any other language or a Korean or Japanese film. It’s time we started celebrating Hindi cinema and its filmmakers with the same passion we celebrate all makers and films with.”
He further mentioned, “Each filmmaker comes with his or her own unique voice and identity and background and I have been mesmerized by the world and characters created by @adityadharfilms and his amazing team.”
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The director believes that the success of the film proves that when we support our storytellers with the same confidence we show to global cinema, they stand shoulder to shoulder with the best.
Suparn is known to be politically and intellectually aware, having previously discussed the political aspect of art. “I think every art serves a different purpose. When I say ‘politics’, it is not just about administration or government,” he earlier told IANS.
“Politics of various nature, politics comes into comedy, Charlie Chaplin’s films are political, you’re talking about the social division of rich and poor in those films. For example, ‘The Tramp’ is the most political person you will ever see, so it is and is not. In comedy you will always have a bully, that’s power politics. Where there’s power, there’s politics, even if it’s a parent-child film, there’s politics of adults, children. So, I’m into politics. I talk about it in that fundamentally basic way, but it’s part of life and it’s unique, and it doesn’t always need to be negative, but it exists”, he added.
Meanwhile, according to industry tracker Sacanilc, ‘Haq’ has collected Rs 17.86 crore at the box-office.