Siddharth revealed his passion for action films, making Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan come together, dealing with boycott trends and his production house. He also rubbished the gossip of Dhoom 4 with Shah Rukh Khan. Talking about his journey as a filmmaker started with something in my comfort zone, making rom-com and slice-of-life films. I knew that world was very tangible and relatable then. On stories that also were emotional yet had a flavour of commerce and a sense of commercial films, that was my comfort zone. By the time of Anjaana Anjaani, I had become a little too comfortable. Those kinds of movies came out naturally, and I didn’t feel challenged enough. He also expressed that The idea was to do nothing about the boycott trend. It was to let the film answer them because we knew nothing was offensive in the movie. Nothing to offend them. In fact, they would enjoy the film. We were confident of that. We just wanted them to give us a chance and at least see the movie. And that’s what happened. After the first two shows of Pathaan, all those voices died down. There was only love. Eventually, that is what matters. No matter how much we say, ‘oh, there’s nothing offensive,’ it would only create more noise.
Siddharth Anand shared Salman Khan’s reaction towards a particular scene. Siddharth felt dreamy when the actors, Salman and Shah Rukh, reunited on the sets. He says, “I told Salman to shout ‘bhaag Pathaan bhaag’ and told him to do it like ‘bhaag Arjun bhaag (from Karan Arjun).’ It wasn’t in the script. It was funny, and I had to convince Salman to do it. It was so much fun.”
