This is a little overwhelming for me to even post… 🤍
Some of these reviewers are people I’ve watched and followed for years. Their opinions genuinely mattered to me long before I ever imagined I would one day be on the receiving end of their words.
And hearing them speak about my performance, my honesty, my effort with so much love… I genuinely don’t know how to react to it yet.
A part of me still hasn’t processed any of this.
I still can’t tap myself on the shoulder and say “you did it.”
Maybe because this never felt like performance to me.
It felt personal.
All I tried to do was love Krishna honestly through Bhama.
To make sure that every emotion in her eyes came from a real place.
To not cheat even for a single moment while expressing her love, her longing, her intensity, her devotion.
And somewhere along this journey, I became so deeply aligned with Satyabhama that I genuinely don’t know how I’ll detach from her now.
More than anything, this is emotional because her story has remained unheard for so long.
Her love, her fire, her vulnerability… somewhere history forgot to speak enough about it.
And if through this film, even a few people are now feeling for her, understanding her, rooting for her… then I feel grateful beyond words.
Hearing people acknowledge the honesty behind my effort means more to me than praise ever could.
Just… thank you 🤍 This love also belongs deeply to my director @hardikgajjarseye
Satyabhama came alive because somebody believed her story deserved to be heard.
She was always his Bhama before she became mine. 🤍
There’s a different kind of happiness when love reaches people deeply… not superficially, but somewhere in their hearts. 🤍
The way audiences are connecting to Satyabhama and Krishna, rooting for them, crying with them, feeling their journey… it’s beyond anything we imagined.
For years, we heard stories of Krishna through many eyes… but this time, people are finally seeing the world through Bhama’s heart.
And seeing audiences talk about Satyabhama, understand her love, her intensity, her devotion, her pain… honestly feels like the biggest victory to me.
Maybe some stories wait for the right time to be heard.
And now, seeing theatres filling, reviews pouring in, the love growing stronger day by day… seeing Monday and Tuesday rise instead of slow down… feels so surreal to witness.
This journey took him 15 years.
It took me 5 years.
And today, standing in front of hoardings carrying words and love for our performances… we genuinely feel like children just smiling at a dream we once quietly carried.
Thank you for accepting our Krishna and our Bhama with so much love.
This one feels deeply personal. 🤍
Ahmedabad… 🤍
The city where I was born.
The city that raised me, shaped me, held every version of me before the world ever saw one.
And to come back here with my first film… after all these years, after this journey… felt like life had quietly come full circle.
Seeing almost 2000 people show up, feeling the love in every scream, every hug, every emotional reaction… it was overwhelming in the most beautiful way.
People crying with us, rooting for us, loving us, questioning us, … but most importantly, feeling something for these characters and this world we created.
That’s all we ever wanted.
Last night didn’t feel like a premiere.
It felt like coming home with a piece of my heart in my hands.
Ahmedabad, thank you for holding me so close 🤍
