Every debutant director dream's of garnering adulation for his films. Anirudh Iyer is living every director's dream, quite literally! His directorial debut, 'An Action Hero' didn’t garner enough eyeballs when it was released in theatres but has been getting a terrific response ever since it was released on Netflix. The Ayushmann Khurrana starter is garnering rave reviews from audiences and has been trending in the number one spot on Netflix ever since it was released. Interestingly, Anirudh Iyer's refreshing direction is considered to be one of the most seminal content pieces of Bollywood in recent times.
Sharing his delight over this humongous response, Anirudh Iyer says, "It is an overwhelming feeling. I am grateful to the audiences for giving 'An Action Hero' their love and embracing my directorial debut with open arms. Audience's love is the true artillery for every director. Ayushmann and Jaideep along with the entire cast have done a phenomenal job. No one could have played 'Maanav' better than Ayushmann. 'An Action Hero' shall always remain special for me."
Adding to the same, Ayushmann Khurrana says, "'An Action Hero' is not your typical Bollywood film. It's fun, fast-paced and full of well-timed thrills the audiences never saw coming! It breaks the most searing scepticism about Bollywood with Anirudh's incredible narration. I mean we glamorise film stars, we worship them in India, but in the movie, we saw dollops of an actor's charisma going down the drain and his affirmation to get back, I guess that's what really worked! It really was a delight to work on this one."
The success of ‘An Action Hero’ on Netflix goes on to prove once again that audiences in today’s times are missing out on quite a number of good movies in theatres just in the pre-conceived notion that within a month or so, they’ll eventually get to see the movie on OTT. Audiences seem to be going to theatres only for the massive larger-than-life kind of stories or something that has already been a part of a big franchise or a cinematic universe. Only time will tell whether smaller content-driven films will get the desired eyeballs in theatres or not as they used to in the pre-Covid era.
Did you see ‘An Action Hero’ in theatres or on Netflix?
