When it was introduced that Shah Rukh Khan and Imtiaz Ali are coming collectively for a film, followers could not preserve calm. It was a collaboration—one thing cinephiles dreamt of for years. Considering the type of skills coming collectively, the expectations have been fairly excessive. In 2017, their film Jab Harry Met Sejal was launched in theatres. It additionally starred Anushka Sharma within the lead roles.
Imtiaz Ali on SRK’s Jab Harry Met Sejal
As talked about, followers had numerous expectations from Shah Rukh Khan and Imtiaz Ali’s film. However, when Jab Harry Met Sejal was launched, it did not get numerous optimistic opinions. The movie even didn’t earn first rate numbers on the field workplace. Back then, a number of leisure information stories talked about that SRK allegedly interfered with or took cost of the film. So is it true? Imtiaz has now answered the query.
While speaking to GQ India, the Rockstar director was requested if Shah Rukh imposed himself on JHMS. To this, Ali clarified that the rumours that he took cost of the film weren’t true. SRK by no means imposed himself on the movie. Imtiaz acknowledged that SRK is a large star with a large fan base and has numerous expectations to fulfil. The director acknowledged that he did not write the story to serve that expectation. He did not take into account the size of Khan’s stardom.
Further, Imtiaz Ali added, “There are some boxes you have to check within your script to make it work, as many as you can, without ruining the soul of the film. With JHMS, we needed to be more clear about what he is longing for. It needed some more exposition, perhaps some flashbacks, and a more traditional structure to work.”
Meanwhile, despite the fact that the film wasn’t cherished by all, the music obtained a lot of love. Pritam had composed the tune for SRK and Anushka Sharma’s film. Furthermore, this yr, Imtiaz obtained immense reward for his Netflix movie Amar Singh Chamkila, which stars Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra.
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