Nana Patekar on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Bajirao Mastani: Was unhappy with the song Malhari, what is this 'Wat Laavli'?

Nana Patekar is coming back to films after a gap of almost 4-5 years with the film ‘The Vaccine War’ and will be seen playing the role of Doctor Bhargava, the creator of the COVID-19 vaccine, in the film. The trailer of the film was released on Tuesday, and undoubtedly, Nana stole the show in it. Everyone is talking about his comeback.

In an interview with IANS, Nana Patekar spoke about how if a film is based on a true story, there should be no discrepancy between the facts and figures. He said, “When you say it is a true story, it is based on real incidents, then we can ask certain questions from the creators because they can not take liberty with the facts. If it is a true story, everything about it should be true.”

He added, “You can see it in Bhansali‘s films. I was unhappy with the song ‘Malhari’. I directly called him up and said what is this ‘Wat laavli’. I did not like it so I said it to him. I am not bothered what the people will like or not. If I did not like it, I told him.” At the trailer launch of the film, he also spoke about the kind of films that are doing well at the box-office today. He said, “The kind of movies being made today are such that the other day I saw a recent hit film and I could not even sit through it. I feel by making such movies again and again, we force people to watch them.” Is it Gadar 2 or Jawan? Fans on social media are divided. Some said he was talking about Shah Rukh Khan’s  _Jawan_ whereas some said he took a dig at Sunny Deol’s _Gadar 2_. A user then pointed out that he couldn’t have been talking about the latter since he was the narrator of the film. With added inputs from agencies