Films like ‘Dil Chahta Hai’, ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’ have their cult status and over the years, it is one of the most loved films of Hindi cinema. In fact, Farhan AkhtarThe movie ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ changed the tide in Hindi cinema, which had not seen many films of this genre. Although both are now called ‘iconic’ and remain remembered over the years, an old conversation Kunal Kemmu now it has gone viral where he said he couldn’t relate to these movies. Netizens also clearly seem to agree with him. Interestingly, Kunal directed ‘Madgaon Express’ for Farhan’s production house and thus introduced his film to them. In this interview Kunal can be heard saying hilariously, “Dil Chahta Hai aur ZNMD aayi, achhi lagi, lekin relate nahi kar paaye. Hum log kabhi Barcelona nahi gaye, aur yeh ameer bacche Melbourne jaa rahe hain, vahaan inki coming-of-age ho rahi hai! Hum ke kaise to Mirah Road.” They do diving and La Tomatina after the festival… hamari mummy ko dikhaoge toh pagal ho jaayengi ki itne tamatar kyun waste kar diye! Inke paas toh sab kuchh hai, yeh ghoom rahe hain, sab dukhi hain… zyaada aspiration ho gaya. I ended up doing Madgaon Express with the same producers DCH and ZNMD, and this was my pitch to them, ki mere jaise logon ka kya?”
Madgaon Express was the directorial debut of Kunal and was released in 2024.The viral video reshare on an X handle had over 9K likes and 1.3K retweets when this article went live. The comments were a mix of support and disagreement with Kunal’s thoughts. His supporters said “Kunal khemu is super tidy!” “This is the real you… a normal human, a common man… real u… simple… I really appreciate Soha IQ now…”Some, however, disagreed with Kunal’s logic. “Movie fraud nahi hai tu gareeb hai isiliye relate nahi kar paa raha,” read one comment. Another read, “Interstellar bhi achhi nahi thi kyunki physics samajh hi nahi aayi hogi isse” One user wrote “Aren’t you literally married to a princess?”
