Director Siddharth Anand clarifies on comparing Fighter with Tom Cruise’s Top Gun
Director Siddharth Anand clarifies on comparing Fighter with Tom Cruise’s Top Gun
With Fighter gearing up for its 25 January theatrical release, director Siddharth Anand responds to the audience’s reaction to the film’s look so far.
Fighter is touted as one of the much-anticipated films of the year featuring Hrithik Roshan as an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer.
When the first look of the film released a few weeks ago, many users drew comparisons amidst the Siddharth Anand film and the Hollywood film franchise Top Gun featuring Tom Cruise.
Now, in an interview with a news channel, Siddharth Anand addressed the reactions saying that it ‘was inevitable’ though also adding that the audience needs to treat Indian films with more ‘respect.’
What Siddharth Anand further clarified on the comparisons
that if you make a film on planes they will call it Top Gun because they have no reference point so they believe that we are not so creative, that we will do things that are a rip-off.
We need to start watching our films with a little bit more respect and not constantly believe that things are being ripped off. People do get inspired, even in the West, by content that is created in the East.
He added that there are many things you can do in action’.
Many films in the West were also similar to the films he made in the past. He has many instances where lately also where he did some sequences and those sequences were similar to a film that came out later, a very very big franchise film in the West. He is not saying they copied us. There’s no way they would copy us, so let’s be real. There are only that many things you can do in action and there will be overlaps.
You just got to do it with an X factor that makes it different. The Top Gun comparisons will be beaten to dust in the first 5 minutes he further added.
Fighter is said to be a tribute to the sacrifice and patriotism of the Indian armed forces.
The film revolves around a new elite unit, Air Dragons, which is commissioned by the Air Headquarters in response to militant activities in the Srinagar Valley.
News Edit K.V.Raman
