Vivek Agnihotri: Pathaan worked purely because of SRK's charisma

Vivek Agnihotri recently praised Shah Rukh Khan for the enormous success of his movie Pathaan.

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Earlier, he criticized the film song Besharam Rang which caused controversy ahead of the release.

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Now, the director of The Kashmir Files criticised people who demonstrated against the movie.

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"Pathaan worked purely because of the charisma and fan following of Shah Rukh...

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...the way he marketed it and the way he took it on his shoulders that ‘it is my film and I am responsible for it’, which is pretty good,” said Vivek Agnihotri.

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