Comparing Dhadak with Sairat is ‘like comparing two brothers’
Aremake is always compared to the original product for resemblance or the lack of it, even as the makers call the scrutiny inevitable yet unfair. That’s the case with the upcoming film, Dhadak, the Hindi remake of the Marathi hit, Sairat.
Its song, Zingaat, which was also a part of the original, is making waves but also fuelling more comparisons. Actor Ashutosh Rana, who stars in Dhadak, says, “I think yeh debate hona hi nahi chahiye, kyunki Marathi film apne aap mein itni achhi thi, isliye toh remake kar rahe hain! Remaking it itself is [like] saying that the film was very respectable and honourable. But one can see more things in that one film. What’s the harm in that? Both are completely different. It’s like comparing two brothers, who belong to the same mother! What’s the point then? They have the same teachings, culture and preachings, but are different.”
The film is the launch vehicle for late actor Sridevi’s daughter Janhvi in Bollywood, alongside Shahid Kapoor’s brother, Ishaan Khatter, who starred in Beyond the Clouds, last year. Rana, who plays Janhvi’s on-screen father in it, is all praises for the young duo, new to the acting world. “They are superlatively good, please don’t call them newcomers! They are so well-equipped; you don’t feel they are new even for a minute. In fact, today’s generation is so ready; they don’t learn on the job, they are prepared. This is very different from the time when I started off as an actor,” he says.
Rana also lauds the film’s director, Shashank Khaitan, saying that he feels like he can “completely trust him” and “surrender” to him. “Shashank is a brilliant storyteller,” he says.