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'Apna Sapna Money Money' has been declared as a success and none other than Sangeeth Sivan is at the top of

the world. And why not? After all for the second time in succession after Kya Kool Hain Hum, he has waded away all

the criticism and delivered back to back money spinners. Over to the film maker who made a shaky debut with Sunny

Deol-Sushmita Sen starrer 'Zor' around a decade back but has now firmly found himself accepted in the film world over

the years.

You must be gladdened to see a heartening response to ASMM.
Of course yes and what takes the cake is that the film is doing well in not just the single screens but even the multiplexes.

Thankfully critics were tolerant this time around and gave the film better rating than compared to your last 'Kyaa

Kool Hain Hum'.
If you ask me, I would honestly say that I wished critics wouldn't have given any rating at all to the film. Does it matter at

all? I would say no. What matters in the end is public response to the film which in case of ASMM has been simply too

good. I am least apologetic about the film I have made. See, critics are far removed from the reality and sit in their A/C

rooms while coming up with their reviews. They put in their own sensibilities without trying to get into a film maker's mind

and then judge what he/she is trying to tell!

Critics are far removed from the reality

and sit in their A/C rooms while coming up with their reviews.

So has ASMM been made differently than KKKH?
Obviously it is much toned down when it comes to sex jokes since it was made while keeping family audience in mind.

And again, I don't have any qualms whatsoever to admit that it is a straightforward fun film which is more time-pass than

being path breaking by any means. We avoided double meaning dialogues and incorporated elements like a dog and a

'tabela' that would get the kids excited. And again I am amused by the fact when critics say that the film was merely time

pass. Arrey baba, wahi toh main bhi chahta tha…aao, film dekho, time pass karo aur ghar jaao! Simple!

We avoided double meaning

dialogues and incorporated elements like a dog and a 'tabela' that would get the kids excited.

So Sangeeth is certainly having the last laugh now, isn't that so?
Well, I can say that. If you look at some of the films that have released in recent weeks, there have been cases when

even big stars haven't been able to pull them off. In comparison my film with a medium budget and an ordinary starcast

has still recovered its entire cost in the first week and is now into profit making mode. When a film like this opens to an

80% opening weekend, I can only say that somewhere I have done things right; there is some segment of audience

which is liking my film! If my film would have been vulgar, it wouldn't have been accepted the way it has been.

Still fact cannot be denied that the film does have its dose of double entendres.
See, if you walk down the road you would see that it is a similar lingo spoken by folks there. Also when I made ASMM, I

wanted my children to appreciate it because they are the ones who would give a frank opinion and tell me on my face

what is wrong and what is right. They seemed to have thoroughly enjoyed it and we all agree that the film wanted people

to just laugh along and go home. Period! If I recollect the cat scene from KKKH that got so much of flak! It was just meant

to evoke laughter but just look at the way that solitary sequence was picked up to thrash the film. I am 100% sure that the

audience knew what Tushar Kapoor was up to in that scene and wasn't doing anything wrong. You must have seen

'Meet The Fockers'. It is entertaining, no doubts about that but did these very critics raise their finger on it? No,

instead they called it great and what not! Why? Because it came from Hollywood. But anything Indian and the daggers

are out.

If I recollect the cat scene from KKKH

that got so much of flak! It was just meant to evoke laughter but just look at the way that solitary sequence was picked up

to thrash the film.

A delay in release by a couple of months seems to have worked perfectly to the plan.
Thank goodness for that! Initially even I was upset when I was informed about the postponement. After all every director

wants his film to be out there on screens once it is ready and moreover I couldn't start any new film before ASMM

released. But yes, in the hindsight it all fit in well to the plan. The film had a strategic release and was promoted very well

with number of tie ups only helping the visibility factor.

Riteish factor is another major contributor to the film's success. Isn't that so?
And to think of it, while writing the script he was never meant to be a woman anywhere in the plot. What we were looking

for was a turning point in the film that would bring in a major confusion. This is when the woman angle came in and

Ritesih was named Sania to make situations further complex.

Anupam Kher was at his freakiest best.
Do you know that he was the one who brought in the element of blindness in the film? Since we hadn't thought about

this and this wasn't detailed out in the script, we were undoubtedly quite paranoid and scary about what would be the

final result. But then it is there for everyone to be seen!

Sangeeth, you started off round a decade back with 'Zor'. Why are you seen just on and off?
Let me explain that. When I made 'Zor', it took a year to be completed. Now in Malayalam, I was used to making films in 3

months but here after a year I was quite lost. So after finishing 'Zor', I just packed off my bags and returned to Kerala

hoping that offers would come my way even though I was miles away. But then I soon learnt my lessons. I realized that if

your film doesn't work well at the box office, no one cares a damn about technical finesses you have as a film maker.

What matters most is only money! I didn't get any calls and in the meanwhile I made some Malayalam films.

So was it a point of no return?
Na na, thankfully I was back in Bollywood business with 'Sandhya'. It was a well made experimental film that was

completed and ready for release. But then Jackie Shroff came up with his magnum opus 'Boom' which boomed and

along with that went my dreams of seeing 'Sandhya' on the big screen.

So what happened next?
While the promos of 'Sandhya' were on air, Ekta Kapoor called me and asked me if I could get started with a

horror film for her production house. I asked her that why couldn't we make a comedy instead? After 'Chura Liya Hai

Tumne' didn't work well, which had released some time back, I thought of doing something for the audience I

wanted to cater to. This is how 'Kya Kool Hain Hum' was born. Also, I shifted my residence to Mumbai and got my

family along because over the years I realized that it was always better to be in contact with the people here at Bollywood.

So what else is in the anvil?
Come December 10 and I would be beginning my next with Nana Patekar and Bobby Deol. I would term it as a Die Hard

meets Yash Chopra kind of cinema. We are still waiting for the right title of the film but what I can tell you is that this will be

a hardcore action film.

In India any film can work irrespective

of the genre.

Starting with an action film Zor, hitting jackpot with two comedies KKKH and ASMM and now back to action! Any

special reasons?
See, in India any film can work irrespective of the genre. Ours is such a huge country and there is a market for every film.

Now I hear 'Vivah' is doing quite well too. So great! It is nice since it only helps the industry grow. You have family

movies, comedies, thrillers all doing well hence we all know that all subjects are finding acceptance in the market. It's all

about packaging yaar! Get your target audience in place and you have a success in hand!

What more beyond the Nana-Bobby film?
Soon after I will be through the Nana-Bobby film, I will have another thriller with Nana titled 'Network'. The film is about a

relationship between a man and his cell phone. It should require just a 30 days shooting schedule.

Any traces of 'Phone Booth' here?
No, not at all! 'Network' is an absolutely original film and is a complete drift from the kind of work I have done. The film

actually deals with how eventually a cell phone becomes the cause of this character's death. After these two films, I

would prove to people that if I am called the 'sultan of sex comedy' then I can even give you hardcore action and

thrillers.