‘Pathaan’ director Siddharth Anand says he chose Deepika Padukone’s orange bikini ‘randomly’

Many political outfits called for a boycott of the film over Deepika’s saffron costume. Now, months after the film’s release, director Siddharth Anand has opened up about why he chose the saffron bikini for the song. Speaking at the News18 Rising India summit 2023, he said that he chose the costume ‘randomly’ and ‘never gave it too much thought.’

‘The colour was looking nice. It was sunny, the grass was greener and the water was blue and the orange colour was looking good. We thought when the audience would watch it they would understand that our intent was not wrong,’ he said.

The director further said the boycott calls were ‘white noise’ and they were ‘not scared.’
Siddharth appreciated how the audience flocked to the theatres when the film was released and proved the whole boycott movement wrong.

‘And when you are calling for a boycott of a star or a movie, you are not seeing how many people’s livelihood is dependent on that particular movie especially if it works. At least three hundred people work on a film every day. And when the shoot gets over so many VFX artists work on the post production. It’s very easy to say boycott, that too, without reason,’ he said.
‘Pathaan’ earned over 1000 crore worldwide, with Rs 657.25 crore in the domestic market.

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