SRK feels people will take some time to understand the magic of JHMS

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JackSparrowcraz

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Posted: 8 years ago

Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali has brushed aside criticism that his "touch was missing from "Jab Harry Met Sejal", saying he never wanted praise for himself while making the movie.I am sure that a lot of people do not think that Harry Met Sejal' is an intellectual masterpiece, but I did not intend it to be one, Imtiaz Ali.

The Shah Rukh Khan-Anushka Sharma starrer romcom has drawn flak from reviewers who have called the flick mushy and churned out from the same oven having typical "SRK romance and bereft of any storyline.

"I have not made this film for praise. You know I would like to be the director who can make different kinds of films. This one is made to reach the maximum number of people. Not to just get praise for myself. I have been a veteran at this. When Tamasha' released, lot of people praised the film but the film was not reaching the audience, Imtiaz added, answering a question about the reviews the JHMS' has got since its Friday release.

Shah Rukh, who worked with Imtiaz for the first time, echoed his director, saying the magic of "Jab Harry Met Sejal will take time to latch onto people.

"I am speaking on his (Imtiaz Ali's) behalf. I think sometimes the bigger feeling is to try something new. I have been in the business long enough to try a formula film and to try a film with no formula. Succeeded and failed at both. So, I understood that I can't even try to recreate the magic. Take Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge', for example. I have worked with Adi (director Aditya Chopra) again. Me and Anushka have (in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi'). But there will never be another DDLJ, Shah Rukh explained.

"So every writer or director does not want to go back to the same magic because he/she does not know how it was created. Some critics have talked about the magic being missing. I think he would not like to recreate that magic that he has done in the past. This one has a new magic. It's a new trick. Maybe just the newness of it is going to take some time for people to understand the magic of the film. Working with Imtiaz was quite magical, he added.

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Fairy_KimBokJoo

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Posted: 8 years ago

What was so "new" about this bland film? You were doing the same ol' romance. Not every film is a misunderstood "cult classic" like this forum wants them to be (only the flops of their faves, that is). Some films are just bad. Also, work with older heroines if you want romance. If you work with young heroines, don't make romance a focus. You simply do not look young enough for outstretched arms and cheesy nonsense. Get a clue. Aur Imtiaz, nobody is asking you to make different films. You simply fail to stick to the likability of your first two films. Reinvent yourself or get going already.

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*Reemz*

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Posted: 8 years ago

I agree. I for one definitely thought there was a whole new feel to the film. The treatment was very refreshing - it was just 2 characters and their story. No-one else really mattered.

There was something there which I hadn't seen before.

I haven't enjoyed a love story in a long time and I think with time people will appreciate that actually...JHMS never was that bad at all!

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Justmoi

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Posted: 8 years ago

BB, I can say why DDLJ succeeded. It is because it had magical chemistry with two people at the top of their game, excellent supporting cast and most of all an authenticity in the characters. I can identify with Simran a generation later as a girl of desi origins living in abroad.

ETA: This one, have to agree to disagree.

Edited by Justmoi - 8 years ago

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Priyanka

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Posted: 8 years ago

I wish you would take some more time to read the scripts Shah 😳

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Minimumish

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Posted: 8 years ago

Haan bhai...Srk doing romance... Definitely new and different!

Ye ab sabka drama ho gaya hai...Film piti toh toh audience bewakoof hai jinhe kuchh samajh nahi aata...

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SH7_Sunny

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Posted: 8 years ago

So, agar filam nahi chale toh audience Ko blame karo... Naya tareeka hain filam ke pitane pe blame the audience.
Yeh wahi audience hain who have give you huge hits before... Not wise to mock the audience. 🤔

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SH7_Sunny

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Posted: 8 years ago

Originally posted by: .Mishh007.
Haan bhai...Srk doing romance... Definitely new and different!

Ye ab sabka drama ho gaya hai...Film piti toh toh audience bewakoof hai jinhe kuchh samajh nahi aata...

Filam nahi chale toh blame audience and question their intelligence is the new norm now. 🤪

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*Reemz*

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Posted: 8 years ago

There's thousands of romantic movies they're not all the same!

His performance as Harry was COMPLETELY different from his performance as a Raj or Rahul where he was larger than life. As Harry he was more restrained and it was a very subtle performance...if people bothered to notice!

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Eboo

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Posted: 8 years ago

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Originally posted by: Fairy_KimBokJoo
What was so "new" about this bland film? You were doing the same ol' romance. Not every film is a misunderstood "cult classic" like this forum wants them to be (only the flops of their faves, that is). Some films are just bad. Also, work with older heroines if you want romance. If you work with young heroines, don't make romance a focus. You simply do not look young enough for outstretched arms and cheesy nonsense. Get a clue. Aur Imtiaz, nobody is asking you to make different films. You simply fail to stick to the likability of your first two films. Reinvent yourself or get going already.

🤣🤣 Dont know what they are smokeing to call a new released movie already classic.

BTW which movie of Imtiaz is an intellectual masterpiece????