Bhansali joined the list of big directors who have lost touch with the audience in the post-COVID era. He was called a genius and a perfectionist who could handle melodrama and opulence like no director in India could.
But with Heeramandi, his reputation and credibility as a filmmaker has been badly damaged. He is directing Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, and Vicky Kaushal in his next mega-budget film Love & War based on Raj Kapoor’s classic Sangam. Before Heeramandi there were high hopes from that film, but now fans, especially Ranbir’s, want this film to get shelved. Ranbir finally is on the verge of becoming a superstar after Animal.
But with Love and War there is a chance that he might lose the momentum given by Animal and will be pushed back to a time when he was delivering disasters like Jagga Jasoos and Shamshera.
