Famend movie director Nikkhil Advani is popularly identified for steering the 2003-released movie, Kal Ho Naa Ho, backed by Karan Johar. Throughout a current dialog, the filmmaker recalled his fallout with Johar following the movie’s success and likewise opened up about his feud with the likes of Anil Kapoor, Govinda, and John Abraham.
Throughout a current dialog with Digital Commentary, Nikkhil Advani remembered having a battle with Karan Johar after Kal Ho Naa Ho’s launch. He remembered being upset and leaving the manufacturing home after there was loads of “confusion and anger.” He shared some individuals had been saying that he had directed the three greatest hits of Dharma Productions, whereas a bit was arguing that he hadn’t even directed KHNH.
Trying again on the conflict, he acknowledged they’re nonetheless shut, they usually’ve “fortunately” put every little thing behind them. He acknowledged that they each have grown up and might differentiate between movies and life.
“I used to be very near his father. It wasn’t a inventive conflict; it was extra of an emotional conflict. ‘How might you take heed to different people who find themselves saying this about me?’ My entire factor was individuals aren’t giving me credit score for one love story, so I’ll do six love tales,” he mentioned.
He additional added that after Salaam-E-Ishq failed on the field workplace, he feared that he can be out of labor. It was underneath this strain that he agreed to work at Chandni Chowk To China.
The filmmaker additional talked about relationships inside the trade and spoke extremely of the bond that Ajay Devgn-Rohit Shetty and Karan Johar, Aditya Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan share; hailing them as “inseparable.”
Evaluating it to his equation with John Abraham, with whom he has collaborated on motion pictures like Vedaa and Batla Home, Advani mentioned that there was a three-year interval the place individuals stopped taking his calls as a result of his movies weren’t working.
“Me and John drifted aside for a couple of years… I didn’t speak to Anil Kapoor for 10 years, I didn’t speak to Govinda for 10 years… When John and I meet, we don’t speak about movies or the trade. We speak about soccer, politics, meals, animals, health,” he mentioned.
Nikkhil Advani’s final directorial Vedaa led by John Abraham was launched in 2024.
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