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Mumbai, Apr 11: Earlier this week eminent psychologists expressed misgivings on television about the psychological accuracy of the mentally unsound characters in Krazzy 4. But Rakesh Roshan is unperturbed. "We had a psychological expert on the sets constantly. We went to rehabilitation centres. We saw how mental patients lived. None of them lived up to the stereotypes of Hindi cinema where mentally unsound people are shown screaming, tearing their hair and sitting awkwardly,” he said. “In reality, such people are hard to tell from normal people. We've shown mentally unsound people in Krazzy 4 as behaving normally."
The producer feels the protests are premature. "Let them first watch the film. We're, in fact, going to set a new trend in the way psychological disorder is shown in films. People should see the film before deciding whether we're in the wrong," he said.
He adds, "Whenever my films are around the corner some stupid controversy or the other comes up. It seems people take advantage of our name. Otherwise, how do we explain these controversies coming up just days before release? Why go to court if you've a problem? Why not come to me and explain your problem… unless your intention is to create trouble."
There's a virtual war of words out there, albeit a friendly one, between Rakesh Roshan and Rakeysh Mehra—for a viable script for the next film in Hrithik Roshan's Krissh series.
"Rakeysh wants to make an instalment of Krissh for me. I told him he's most welcome to do a Krissh and that it doesn't belong to me any more,” said Rakesh. “It's become a brand name like Superman. Anyone is welcome to make a film in the series for me."
Rakeysh, who has been busy with Dilli 6, has now started working on the script of Krissh. "While Rakeysh is doing his Krissh script, I'm also working on my own script. If his script turns out better, Rakeysh will direct the next Krissh film. If mine turns out better then I will. We may even make both the films one after the other. Or I may direct his script… and he may direct mine," he said.
About composer Ram Sampat claiming Rajesh Roshan's music in Krazzy 4 as his own, Rakesh said, "I can't comment on this since it's a subjudice matter. All I can say for now is, the release of Krazzy 4 cannot be stalled now under any circumstance. All my prints have already gone to various centres.”