“My mother (Amrita Singh) and brother (Ibrahim) both ‘cried,’ while watching ‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ (racing towards Rs 50 crores) shares Sara Ali Khan --- by Chaitanya Padukone

At the media-conference director  Laxman Utekar ( of ‘Mimi’ fame) known for his frank nature, profusely thanked his producer Dinesh, the lead cast, and the marketing team for their contribution. towards the success. The candid Utekar  also clarified against some cynical trolls-criticism which (wrongly) alleged  it was the attractive scheme of ‘Buy One Get One Free’ on BookMyShow which had boosted the theatrical box-office collections.  The outspoken Laxman argued that all our audiences are intelligent and discerning . If you offer ‘ 'free-rotten-tomatoes’  along with  normal tomatoes, will anyone buy it—asked Utekar  Only if the movie content is good enough and is a full-on-family-entertainer, they will  buy the tickets and watch the film. Director Utekar also emphasized that those negatively criticizing ‘ZHZB’ movie should remember that the movie has a common-man earthy connect of  realistic problems ( finding an independent flat with privacy—moving away from the middle-class joint family) treated with a musically romantic, humorous touch.

Currently, everything about Sara's performance as Soumya seems to trending on social media, be it her songs, her power-packed dialogues or snippets of  intense or comic performances. Talking about all the love that she is receiving for the film, she says: "It feels happy that people are giving love to the film. I had come to watch the film with my mother and brother on Sunday and they both cried during the film. Watching my mother and brother cry in my film, I genuinely felt that this is why we make films - to see people we care about have an emotional experience."

"Mom hamesha se filmy rahee hai (My mother is an actress and is always filmy so she can cry) but Ibrahim is a 22-year-old urban youth and if he could cry, I can say that this is not just a rural Indore story. It will connect to everyone. When I saw my mom and brother both cry together while watching the film, I felt good." When asked about the best compliment she received, for Zara Hatke Zara Bachke, Sara said, "I read somewhere Sara Ali Khan is back, I don't know why, that felt good. And my mother's and brother's reaction to the film, for sure." With a collection of Rs 35 crores so far, Sara is adding another glory to her feather proving her to be one of the most promising actors in her generation. ‘HIT hai toh, muhje phir aur, kya chaahiye ?!

Sara's co-star, Vicky Kaushal also shared his experience working with Sara and he heaped praise on her. "Vicky Kaushal said, "Where I go today, I always say 'Namaste Darshakon', and if I continue promoting this film like this for another five days I will also start saying 'Knock Knock'. But she is one of the purest I have ever interacted with, she is wonderful, and the way she connects with people- it’s very genuine, so natural and real and it does reflect on the big screens as well. Be it ‘Soumya’ or any other character of hers, I know for a fact that Sara will always be liked and loved by the audience because it's her truth in her eyes that speaks a lot about her."   Sara's small-town lovable lively character of 'Soumya' is etched  in the hearts of her fans. Very soon , Sara will next be seen in Homi Adajania's 'Murder Mubarak' and Kannan Iyer's 'Ae Watan Mere Watan'.