The highest grosser of the 12 months "Pathaan," starring Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, faced backlash and controversy before its release due to a scene inside the music "Besharam Rang," in which Deepika wore a saffron-coloured bikini. Some contributors of society referred to as for a boycott of the film due to the perceived disrespect in the direction of the colour saffron, which holds importance in Hinduism and is related to Hindu nationalist political actions in India.

However, after the film's launch, it grew to become out to be the very best-grossing Hindi movie of all time, converting the narrative around the controversy. The movie's director, Siddharth Anand, these days spoke at the News18 Rising India Summit 2023 and shed some light on the saffron bikini controversy.

Anand found out that the decision to dress Deepika in a saffron bikini changed into quite random, and they did not give it a good deal concept. He defined that orange regarded top in opposition to the backdrop of blue water and inexperienced grass, and it became a sunny day. The filmmaker clarified that there was no purpose to harm all of us's sentiments, and it became virtually a creative decision based on aesthetics.

Anand brought that the way moviegoers flocked to theatres to look the film is proof that the boycott campaign as a whole become wrong. He clarified that once people name for the boycott of a superstar or a film, they fail to realise how many people's livelihoods rely upon that movie, mainly if it succeeds. Every day, as a minimum three hundred personnel work on a film set and plenty more paintings at the visible outcomes (VFX). So it's simple for human beings to provoke the trend of boycotts with out giving it much idea.

After the achievement of 'Pathaan', Siddharth has begun taking pictures his subsequent, 'Fighter' along with Deepika again. The movie stars Hrithik Roshan and Anil Kapoor in conjunction with the actress.