How is Lakshya different from Dil Chahta Hai?
Lakshya is a different genre of movie. While Dil Chahta Hai could be categorised as a romantic comedy, this is a war drama. Do you remember any war dramas you enjoyed watching? Haqeeqat was a good war drama. There’s a host of English movies I grew up watching like Guns Of Navarone, Battle Of The Bulge, Where Eagles Dare and, more recently, A Thin Red Line. None of these movies inspired Lakshya? No, the movie is not based on any of these. You give a lot of importance to the look and hairdos. Do you think it is important for actors in your films to have a special look? It all depends on the requirement of the script if the character requires a person to look a certain way. When you see that person it immediately reads to you what kind of person that character is like. In Dil Chahta Hai, when you saw the three looks, it immediately made them very young and very hip. In Lakshya, with Hrithik, there is another look — with the army, there is a look that you can’t venture too far away from –
