Director Aditya Sarpotdar defended his choice of adding three dance numbers in 'Thamma' (2025). He addressed the criticism over the relevance of the songs to the story, calling them "marketing assets."

Aditya, while expressing his views on the dance numbers, in an interview with Screen , said, "All these things are marketing assets that lead you into a film. What counts is what the film gives you in the end. For me, when these songs appear, they're there because my story unfolds through them." He added that it was never meant to be "an item number film."

The 'Thamma' director highlighted, "This is the same audience that loved ‘Taras' in 'Munjya' (2024) and ‘Aaj Ki Raat' ('Stree 2' - 2024 film). Nobody had a problem then. But now, suddenly, it's an issue. Maybe it's just happening more

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