Ayushmann Khurrana On Claims Of Dream Girl 2 Being Regressive: 'So Long As The Film Works...'

While many have appreciated Dream Girl 2 for its comedy, others have called it regressive among other things. Ayushmann has now gone on to respond to the criticism around the film.

New Delhi: Ayushmann Khurrana starrer 'Dream Girl 2' released in theatres last week. The film starring Ayushmann and Ananya Panday in the lead has become Ayushmann's biggest opening film. While many have appreciated the film for its comedy, others have called it regressive among other things. Ayushmann has now gone on to respond to the criticism around the film.

In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, Ayushmann said that his film has the same audience as 'Gadar 2' and that it is a film that requires suspension of disbelief. He also added that 'Dream Girl 2' is a massy entertainer only meant to be enjoyed and for anyone watching the film with a magnifying glass is sure to be disappointed.

“Ek baat mere mann mein clear thi ki ye film unn logo ke liye hai hi nahi jo magnifying glass le ke baithe hain. Ye clear tha. Agar wo aap dimag se nikaal de…. This is for the outright massy comedy commercial single-screen small-town audience. Jo Gadar 2 ki audience hai, wohi iski audience hai. Aap logic nahi laga sakte isme, (This film is not for them who will be watching it with a magnifying glass. If you take that out of the mind... this film i s an outrigt massy entertainer and has the same audience which is also watching Gadar 2, you cannot put logic in this) he told Bollywood Hungama.

"Isme aap intricacies mein nahi ja sakte. Waise koi message nahi hai film ke andar. But dekha jaye toh it's also inclusive enough. Matlab halka sa LGBTQ chhoo ke jati hai. Jo Abhishek Banerjee ka character. Last mei bolta hu, ‘Love is love.’ There's an acceptance. There is a Muslim family jinki shadi ek Sardar se ho rahi hai, ek Hindu se ho rahi hai. Toh jo desi janta hai, unko toh lagega ye progressive hai. Par jo magnifying glass le ke baithe hain, wo galtiyan nikaal sakte hain. Unke liye ye film hai hi nahi.(In Dream Girl 2, you cannot go into intricacies. There is no message in the film despite it trying to be progressive. It slightly touches upon LGBTQ topic in the form of Abhishek Banerjee's character. There is a Muslim family which is getting their daughter married to a Sardar and a Hindu. So for the desi audience, this film will feel progressive but for others sitting with a magnifying glass, it won't) Ayushmann Khurrana further added.

Ayushmann also added that so long as 'Dream Girl 2' works, he would have the courage to do progressive films like 'Andhadhun', 'Article 15' and 'An Action Hero'.