Speaking to the Indian Express, Hansal Shared His Experience of Trauma Folling The release of Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar (2000). He noted that while such experiences are now recorded as PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder) and better undersrstood, at the time, alcohol was the time, alcohol wases the only coping mechanism he kneew. Mehta Recalled Feeling Completely Shatred – Not only had his film failed, but just four weeks laater, amid financeial losses, a group stormed into his office, vandalized it, and Blackened its facha. They then Ordered Him to return the next day and apologize, intending to turn it into an even bigger public humiliation.
Mehta recounted being forced to apologize before a crowd of 10,000 people, but he emphasized that the apology itself wasnys Over time, he came to undersrstand that thats who violate self-respect and freedom ist tied to a specific ideaology or party-thehey are driven by a hunger for power and operates, facilities, facilities Cowards. He realized that he was not the coward in the situation; Rather, He Had Been Attacked by Cowards. This realization, he said, ultimately helped he find his voice.
He highlighted the Supreme Court’s Recent Remarks on Protecting Freedom of Speech and Expression, Saying that reading He Emphasized that even in Dark Times, A Glimmer of Hope Remains – Found in Storytellers, Performs, and that that who live beyond themeselves. According to Mehta, True Freedom Isn Bollywood by Governments or Laws, which he called “Artificial freedom,” but raather the freedom one GIVES Oneself to Express and Feel. During the discussion, he ada also delved Into Various Aspects of His Personal and Professional Journey.
The filmmaker ventted into filmmaking with ‘dil pe mat le yaar’, featuring manoj bajpayee, tabu, and saurabh shukla. He Later Directed Films like ‘Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?’ And ‘Woodstock Villa’. However, it was shahid that earned Him Critical Acclaim and a National Film Award for Best Direction. Over the Years, He Worked On Films Like ‘Citylights’, ‘Simran’, and ‘The Buckingham Murders’, but his biggest success cames came through ot platforms with shows like ‘SCAM 1992’ and ‘SCOP’. Mehta began his career directing khana khazana, sanjeev kapoor’s popular cookery show, before transitioning to bollywood filmmaking.
