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Imtiaz Ali’s films taught me that getting what you want won’t save you | Opinion-entertainment News

Imtiaz Ali’s films taught me that getting what you want won’t save you | Opinion-entertainment News

Have you ever wept after months of feeling the tears gather at the edges of your being? Have you ever wept until you thought there was nothing left, only to find yourself yearning for more tears, as though they were the very thing your soul had been starved of all along? Have you ever found yourself gasping between sobs after spending so long breathing through life on sheer endurance alone? Have you ever comforted yourself because there was no one else around to do it for you? Have you ever tried to lift your own spirits while knowing that, after all, you were all you had? On an otherwise random summer Monday afternoon, I found myself doing exactly all this. The tears arrived after seasons of anticipation, after many afternoons spent sensing their approach, postponing their arrival, pretending they belonged to another day. And when they finally came, they came all at once. What came to mind almost instantly was Harry (Shah Rukh Khan) from Imtiaz Ali’s Jab Harry Met Sejal. There is a moment …

Imtiaz Ali reveals why Heer dies before Ranbir Kapoor’s Jordan in Rockstar, tears up recalling Tamasha’s Ved was inspired by real-life friend | Bollywood News

Imtiaz Ali reveals why Heer dies before Ranbir Kapoor’s Jordan in Rockstar, tears up recalling Tamasha’s Ved was inspired by real-life friend | Bollywood News

Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali’s films like Love Aaj Kal, Tamasha and Rockstar changed the grammar of the Hindi film industry and gave audiences male protagonists who were vulnerable on screen and didn’t mind destroying themselves for love. In a recent interaction, Imtiaz spoke about Rockstar and shared a crucial, never-heard-before detail about the film’s ending and how, inspired by the story of Heer Ranjha, he killed the film’s female protagonist Heer. At a recent fan meet-up in Mumbai hosted by Laksh Maheshwari, Imtiaz admitted that Heer wasn’t supposed to die in the film’s original script. “I wanted her to be alive. I wanted so many different things in Rockstar. In fact, I had written a full draft, but unfortunately I lost it and then years later when I got the chance of making Rockstar, I tried looking for it and I had lost it. It wasn’t in the computer.” Imtiaz explained that, inspired by the story of Heer Ranjha, he eventually killed Heer. However, as the story progressed in his mind, the film’s male lead, Jordan …