'Dhadak' director Shashank Khaitan, while talking about the film's comparison with Marathi film 'Sairat', said, "These comparisons can't shake me." "The negativity isn't unexpected, but I am nullifying it with my positivity," added Khaitan. "We've tried to include all the good elements of 'Sairat'," he further said. Khaitan had revealed that 'Dhadak' is an official Hindi adaptation of 'Sairat'.