FC-Ormax Power List of Directors 2024: Siddharth Anand

One is tempted to call it a rebirth, but Siddharth Anand’s ascent to the summit of Hindi action cinema is no fluke. Glimpses of his ‘feel’ for the genre emerged in Bang Bang. The catchy frivolousness of War and the campy coolth of Pathaan felt inevitable. His reading of the moment – Hrithik Roshan’s zaddy era return and Shah Rukh Khan’s overall comeback – infused his big-scale vision with the sort of meta reel-weds-real wink that altered the language of Bollywood commercial blockbusters. YRF Spy Universe aside, Anand’s legacy is widening.

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