The filmmaker added that marketplace is entitled to its verdicts and speaks of the language of numbers. The numbers matter, he agreed. However, Bhatt also believes that audiences have a mysterious intelligence of their own. In some cases, audiences recognise the authenticity before the experts do. “The response to this film suggests that beneath all our cynicism, beneath the noise of our times, there remains a hunger for stories that speak to something deeper than our appetites,” added Mahesh.
