Director Vijay Krishna Acharya is one brave filmmaker. After the debacle his debut directorial film ‘Tashan’ faced at the Box-Office, the man has taken upon himself to prove all his critics wrong and has announced plans to direct yet another film to show critics that his convictions as a filmmaker are intact.
Speaking to reporters, Acharya said, ‘Yes, I'm going to direct my next film sooner than I had thought. While I'll be helping out my mentor Mani Ratnam with his new project, I'll simultaneously work on my own film”.
Well in case one has seen ‘Tashan’, one would agree that it takes much gusto to make an announcement like this. But Archarya appears unshaken by all the criticism coming his way and has decided to stick to directing quirky movies on the lines of ‘Tashan’.
'It's very important for me to direct another film and let my critics know that my convictions as a filmmaker remain unshaken. Though it'll be nothing like 'Tashan', my next film too will be as whimsical. It's always going to be my way', says the young director.
But one wonders why is Archarya so adamant about directing mindless movies and hasn’t he learnt anything from ‘Tashan’.
Well, we guess not, as the director feels that the film has been subjected to a lot of unnecessary venom.
Pondering over the fate of Tashan, Acharya says: 'I didn't know I had made the worst film on this planet. A lot of the venom was directed at my producer, for whatever reasons. But I'm happy to state that in spite of 'Tashan' not opening at multiplexes; it has collected almost as much as Yash Raj hit 'Fanaa'. And that is saying a lot.'
So is it true that Yash Raj is no longer backing the young director.
' Yash Raj produstions have a lot of faith in me and I am thankful for their belief in me. I don't think any one of us feels I made the wrong film. Now that 'Tashan' has opened in multiplexes, we're hoping to tilt the imbalance in the performance level.'
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