Sidharth Malhotra: Actor Sidharth Malhotra has welcomed comparisons between his latest movie Mission Majnu and Raazi, a 2018 spy thriller. He called Raazi, starring Alia Bhatt, ‘a good film’. Sidharth’s Mission Majnu was released on January 20 on Netflix. Sidharth plays an Indian spy in Pakistan while co-star Rashmika Mandanna is a Pakistani in the film.
‘Inspired by real events’
Makers of Mission Majnu say the film, set in the 1970s, is ‘inspired by real events’. It shows Sidharth Malhotra as a RAW agent, who is tasked to complete India’s ‘deadliest covert operation’ in Pakistan. Many people have compared the film with Raazi, which was set in 1971. In the film Alia Bhatt is a 20-year-old Kashmiri spy married to a Pakistani Army officer played by Vicky Kaushal.
In an interview, Sidharth spoke about the comparison between the two films. “It is never a bad thing if people are trying to find a reference point for a film. It (Raazi) is a good film. It doesn’t feel like it (the comparison) is such an alarming thing. Yes, the elements on the outer periphery seeing the trailer might look similar… Comparison with a good film is always welcome, it is not a bad thing at all,” Sidharth said.
‘Not about a particular community’
And does his character in the film help perpetuate stereotypes of Pakistanis in Hindi films? “We have consciously made an effort in the writing that it is never to take on a particular community. I recently did a film called Shershaah, which is based on India and Pakistan, and the battle that we had, which was documented. Once you see the film, consciously we never really concentrated, barring maybe four scenes on the other side (Pakistan), it was purely about this side (India) and this man’s journey, (Army captain) captain Vikram Batra sacrificing his life… So there is the same conscious effort (with Mission Majnu), there is no personal animosity with anyone… it is never about a community or taking a dig, which digresses from the film… a religion or a community is never an issue in the film,” he said.
The film is directed by Shantanu Bagchi and co-produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Amar Butala and Garima Mehta.
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