IIFA 2019: Sriram Raghavan's interesting take on 'AndhaDhun's mystery

It wouldn’t be wrong to say that suspense thriller has been a genre in Bollywood that has eir t been explored to fullest, or t lived up to expectations. An exception to this was last year’s ‘AndhaDhun’ directed by Sriram Raghavan and starring current sensation Ayushmann Khurrana. Apart from fact that story kept audiences glued to ir seats through every second of running time,  climax of movie became much of a talking point. Sriram Raghavan’s smart use of an open-ended climax left viewers making ir own interpretations of what exactly happened and if Ayushmann’s character Akash was indeed blind. Sriram Raghavan had an interesting reaction to this when he was houred with Best Director award at  recently-concluded IIFA Awards. director refused to give it away again, but in a metaphorical statement shared that Akash could see, and his eyes were that of audience. 

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‘AndhaDhun’ at IIFA 2019: 

‘AndhaDhun’ was among big winners at IIFA 2019 held in Mumbai on Wednesday.  While Ayushmann Khurrana, who had won National Award for movie, lost out to Ranveer Singh in Best Actor category, movie was houred for Best Story (Sriram Raghavan along with Arijit Biswas, Hemanth Rao, Pooja Ladha Surti, Yogesh Chandekar) and Best Director. 

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When Sriram Raghavan came on st to collect his award, he asked his lead actor Ayushmann Khurrana if he should share if Akash was indeed blind. His lead actor gave him go-ahead.  

Sriram Raghavan n said, “Akash could see in film.” But like his script, punch was for end, “His eyes were that of audience” as audience burst into an applause. 

Interestingly, ar member of cast of ‘AndhaDhun’, Tabu had earlier stated in an interview that she also was t aware of what climax was all about. She had stated that she had asked Sriram Raghavan about it, but he didn’t tell her eir. She shared that her director was happy about people having ir own versions of ending. 

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‘AndhaDhun’ loses out 

Apart from Ayushmann Khurrana’s Best Actor victory, ‘AndhaDhun’ was adjudged Best Hindi film at National Awards held earlier this year. However, at IIFA 2019, it was pipped by Meghna Gulzar’s ‘Raazi.’ 

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