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Nawazuddin Siddiqui-Avneet Kaur starrer Tiku Weds Sheru had a direct-to-digital premiere on Amazon Prime Video on 23 June.
Directed by Sai Kabir and produced by Kangana Ranaut, the movie failed to impress the audience.
Also Read: Tiku Weds Sheru Movie REVIEW: A Dreadful MESS!
Tiku Weds Sheru received negative reviews from fans and critics alike due to its poor plot and direction.
As reported by Bollywood Hungama, Kangana had apparently forced several changes in the script against the wish of the director. Reportedly, there was a huge difference between the script which was narrated and the final product.
“There’s a vast difference between the script that was narrated v/s the final product. The film’s flavour was something else. The impact was gone as she made so many changes. It damaged the film.”
– a source informed the portal.
“There was no consistency. When Tiku agrees to marry Sheru, she can be seen talking in broken English. Later on, in the beach sequence, she talks impeccably in English, as if she’s graduated from Oxford. Her character was supposed to be naïve and pagli but in the film, she comes across as very smart.”
– the source added.
A unit member also revealed, “In this film, Kangana was the super-director, and her brother Aksht Ranaut was the associate producer. And that’s ironic since Kangana was the one who raised the issue of nepotism and actors employing their family members in films.”
“The film starts with Tiku writing a poem. The director was against this Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge-type scene as it made no sense and contributed no way to the film. Yet, it was added. Several changes were also made in the first half, concerning Tiku’s family and Sheru’s friend. Kangana, however, edited several of their scenes which could have uplifted the film. Sai Kabir was traumatized by these changes.”
For the unversed, Kangana and Sai had previously worked together in Revolver Rani. When the insider was asked why the director didn’t raise any objection, the source said –
“How can he? In the past, Kangana Ranaut was just an actor in Simran (2017) and Manikarnika (2019) and yet, she had her way and brought about changes. In Manikarnika, she ousted the director. When the directors of those films had to bow down in front of Kangana, here she was the producer. How will the poor Sai Kabir have the guts?”
“There was a time when Kangana used to address Sai as ‘Sir’. Later, she started calling him ‘Tum’ and then she used to address him as ‘Tu’.”
– the source further added.
“He didn’t shoot the climax. Action director Sunil Rodrigues had no choice but to take over and helm the scene. This is because Sai was heavily drunk, and he left after sometime. There was utter chaos. The actors were wondering, ‘Kya ho raha hai?’. No wonder the audiences were shocked by the absurdity of the climax.”
– the source concluded.
For the unversed, Tiku Weds Sheru revolves around the story of two quirky characters – Shiraz Khan Afghani aka Sheru (Nawazuddin) and Tasleem Khan aka Tiku (Avneet) – who both aspire to become Bollywood stars.
