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Mumbai:

 Filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker says he’s flattered with the intelligent utilization of references to his acclaimed movie Swades, starring Shah Rukh Khan, in latest blockbusters Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva and Jawan.

Gowariker, who presently stars within the Netflix sequence Kaala Paani, identified that Prime Video sequence Panchayat additionally gave a hat-tip to his 2004 drama movie.

“It is very flattering (to see Swades references). The use is very clever. It was smartly done. When you are doffing your hat to a film that you have seen or has left an impression on you, the placement and position of that has to be done carefully.

“In each the instances, they’ve achieved a barely tongue-in-cheek type of factor. Even in Panchayat there is a line, ‘Abbey ‘Swades’ ke Mohan Bhargav’, it’s a very intelligent placement. The complete factor is justified the best way it’s positioned,” the 59-year-old filmmaker told PTI.

In Jawan, Riddhi Dogra stars as Shah Rukh’s adoptive mother, Kaveri Amma. In Swades, late veteran actor Kishori Ballal played the character of Kaveri Amma, the mother figure to scientist Mohan Bhargav, played by Shah Rukh.

Ayan Mukerji, who served as an assistant director to Gowariker on Swades, paid homage to the movie in his 2022 film Brahmastra through Shah Rukh’s cameo of a scientist, named Mohan Bhargav.

Gowariker is best known for his work as a filmmaker of sprawling period dramas such as Lagaan, Jodhaa Akbar, Mohenjo Daro, and Panipat.

Asked if he believes moviegoers are more drawn to big-scale films today, Gowariker said the story is still more crucial than the production of a movie.

Citing the example of his 2016 film Mohenjo Daro, the filmmaker said the movie had a “nice canvas” and lead actor Hrithik Roshan’s performance was superb and yet the film didn’t work.

“It despatched me into an evaluation (mode) about why it did not work. I realised that the story did not join. My screenplay went fallacious in creating the suitable emotional response that the viewers ought to really feel what the character goes by. So, no quantity of nice scale goes to assist that,” he said.

“But nonetheless Mohenjo Daro is my favorite movie, simply placing it on document. I have not deserted the movie but,” he pointed out.

Kaala Paani is directed by Sameer Saxena and Amit Golani, with screenplay by Biswapati Sarkar, Amit Golani, Sandeep Saket and Nimisha Misra.

The survival drama also stars Mona Singh, Amey Wagh, Sukant Goel, Vikas Kumar, and Arushi Sharma.