Rani Mukerji cites 12th failure, hailed as ‘Indian film’s best’ | Bollywood

Bollywood January 9, 2024

Director Rani Mukerji recently said that India “makes the best films in the world”, citing the Vikrant Massey-starrer “The 12th Failure”, based on the life of IPS officer Manoj Kumar Sharma, as an example. I mentioned it. In a recent roundtable with Galatta Plus, in response to director Prithvi Konanur’s remark that Iranian films are better than Indian films in terms of ideas, Rani commented: Rani’s response was met with criticism on X (formerly Twitter), with one person even going so far as to say “Rani’s views are the absolute garbage.” Also read: Katrina Kaif reacts to the success of Vikrant Massey’s ‘Little Movie’ – 12th Failure

Prithvi Konanur’s statement

Amid positive reactions to director Vikrant Massey’s 12th failed film, Twitter slammed director Rani Mukerji’s claim that ‘Indian cinema is the best in the world’.

Before Rani Mukerji could interject, Prithvi Konanur said, “I ask people to watch Iranian movies. Watch them. You will see that there is a big difference between our movies and their movies.” “For some reason, I feel like we’re actually far behind Iranian cinema.” This is my honest opinion. I want people to watch Iranian movies and see how far they are in terms of ideas, maybe not in terms of technology, but in terms of ideas. ”

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Director Lani said: I disagree with that because I believe Indian cinema is the best in the world. It’s really a shame because if you want to talk about a fundamental movie, you have to watch “The 12th Failure”. It is a wonderful film made by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and it talks about India… everything is shown very vividly… I feel that we Indians make the most diverse films. Masu. When we talk about non-Indian films, we don’t have the same diversity as in India. I believe that Indian cinema has a lot to offer and is in fact the best in the world…I don’t want to compare Indian cinema with other films in the world. Because India has the truest stories, the most grounded stories…”

reaction to her statement

Reacting to a tweet that read, “India makes the best movies in the world, Rani Mukerji. Do you agree?” One X user tweeted, “I haven’t seen many Iranian movies, but I haven’t seen any highly rated ones like “The 12th Failure” where the main character has a brown face all the time and looks “poor.” It should be. Lani’s views are even more garbage. Karan Johar, who was next to her (during the round table), loved Animal. It sums up the grumpy people who run through Bollywood. ”

Another said: “This is what happens when people don’t watch enough movies from outside their country. Nothing Rani Mukerji said makes any sense.” Another said, “There’s no point in saying India is the best and we make the best movies. Other people should say that about us. This sounds arrogant… ” he tweeted.

One X user also wrote, “Even though the greatness of Iranian movies is being discussed, how dare you casually refute it for the 12th time, lol.” “What’s really funny about Rani Mukerji’s remarks at the roundtable is that her prime example is Satyajit Ray, a man who had nothing but contempt for the kind of Indian films that Rani makes (laughing). (emoji),” one person tweeted.

Refuting Rani’s claims, a source said, “We make all kinds of films, but we are not saying they are the best in the world. If what Rani says is true. “Why are our films struggling to gain international status?” he said. Most of our movies are substandard and commonplace. ”

About the 12th failure

12th Fail, which stars Vikrant Massey as Manoj Kumar Sharma, depicts the challenges he faced on his way to becoming an IPS officer. 12th Fail, which also stars Medha Shankar as Manoj’s wife Shraddha Joshi, an IRS employee, is available on Disney+ Hotstar. The film was sent to the 2024 Oscars as an independent nominee and was released theatrically in October 2023.