Imtiyaz Ali shares an emotional note on receiving intense support from the industry. Ali who is currently basking in the success of Main Vaapas Aaunga, has thankes not only the audience but also the film fraternity for the immese love and appreciatiation for his latest project.
Witnessing a remarkable 130% jump at the box office in its second week of release, the Rockstar director speaking at a podcast highlighted the immense support the film has received. The filmmaker said he feels deeply moved to see people finding their own stories and experiences reflected in the film.
“People like Shekhar Kapur are calling me and asking, ‘What’s today’s collection?’ I have never worked with him. Piyush Mishra is sending me videos saying, ‘Houseful in so-and-so theatre, mubarak,'” Ali said while talking about the industry’s response.
He furter shared that Subhash Ghai also supported him saying- Tereko Hero itni pasand hai, tujhe malum hai do hafte mein utar gayi thi. Ghabrao mat, people are liking this film. It will come through.” (You like Hero so much, you know it was two weeks in the film. Don’t worry, people are liking this film. It will come through.).
Besides Bollywood celebs also liked the romantic drama, several of them including film maker and actor Anurag Kashyap took to Instagram and penned a heartfelt note for Ali’s latest period drama. His post read, “The fresh brand new @imtiazaliofficial. After his first film CHAMKILA, his sophomore film MAIN VAPAS AAOONGA is running in cinemas. Go watch it, and I love you, Muttonkhor.”
He added, “Keep inspiring and breaking our hearts. And stop stealing all my favourite collaborators, yaar. The rest of us need to work too. BTW HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Kudos to your partners in this heartbreaking crime.”
On achieving the remarkable jump, Alia Bhatt also showed support to her Alpha co-star Sharvari. Celebrating the success, Alia wrote- “The magic of the movies.”