Riteish - "I am glad masses are loving 'Double Dhamaal'"

In the times when some of the most talked about films struggled to find much attention coming their way, ''Double Dhamaal'' is now in a comfortable situation. The film has not just opened very well and is now boasting of first day''s collections that are next only to ''Ready'', it is also finding patronage amongst the masses. No wonder, Riteish Deshmukh is ecstatic with the film''s success. Talking from Toronto where he is hosting IIFA awards, Riteish shares his excitement over the film...

After 'Housefull', this is yet another biggie for you that has opened so well. Happy with the way things are going? Of course, the response has been very positive and I can see that first hand with people posting heartening things about the film on Twitter. Thankfully we have started on a positive note. Now we have to see how far do we go from here. I guess it's the promo that did the trick which managed to make an instant impression. The way promo was cut, it led the industry as well as trade to sound quite positive as well. I am glad that this happened; after all the first impression is the last impression. We worked hard on the promo. So many times it has been seen that when the First Look doesn't work, it becomes very difficult to revive the film. 'Dhamaal' had created a record for itself as it was the first ever film in decades to have boasted of an all men cast. Despite you, Arshad, Javed and Ashish in principal roles, there was no place for women in the film. Now in the sequel, Sanjay Dutt See, Sanjay is rich in the film and is enjoying all the luxuries of life. So while he has Mallika as his girlfriend, Kangna has stepped in his sister. But still, eventually it all about their trio versus our quartet that takes each other heads on in this sequel. Yet again you go home without a leading lady despite Mallika and Kangna in 'Double Dhamaal'. Missing out on all the 'dhamaal'? So what if none of us has any romantic angle with any of these two hot and great looking females; after all us boys are together. We are happy to be in love with each other (laughs). Even in F.A.L.T.U. Arshad and I were shown as thick friends and didn't have any leading lady opposite them. We are used to managing our lives without women. With such huge cast and canvas, it is obvious that 'Double Dhamaal' was always meant to be a much bigger affair. Whether in terms of scale, sets, music, jokes or the overall glamour quotient, everything has been worked upon all over again. We aren't merely relying upon the fact that we have a successful franchise in hand. Also, with Kangna and Mallika joining us, the glamour quotient has been taken care of as well. We all are quite glad that the film has turned out to be so well and is now being loved by the masses.

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Nothing is Original; Actors don't have fun in doing love scenes - Mohit Suri

''Murder 2'' is getting hotter day by day. Sources claim it to be bolder then its prequel ''Murder''. IG caught with the director Mohit Suri who spoke at length about his upcoming erotic thriller....

Why the sequel Murder 2? It's not a sequel. It's a completely new story altogether. When Shagufta (Writer) and I went to the Bhatt sir with the story, he suggested that the murder brand will suit better as the script falls in the same erotic thriller genre. It's a brand murder and people think it is a sequel so how you differentiate? We didn't cast Mallika Sherawat, it's more of a series than a sequel. Was Jacqueline the first choice Yes she was. Unlike Murder 1 which is the story of the middle aged married women who has a kid, this involves a girl younger than Mallika, so Jacqueline was the first choice obviously. So you don't find Mallika hot? I never met her and I found Jacqueline hotter than Mallika. So how was the experience working with the hot Jacqueline? It was fun. She has the ability to look stunning and is hard worker. She is someone who gives in a lot of efforts. Contrary to the common belief, she didn't had any language issue and surprisingly she is the one who remembers the dialogues of almost everyone. Was there any pressure on you while making the film? Pressure is always there when you make a film. I remember when I made my first film 'Zeher' at the age of 22 people use to pressurize me by saying that this is a very early age to direct a film. At the time of 'Kalyug' when I launched my sister, there was pressure. And at the time of 'Woh Lamhe' there was pressure as I was making a film on Parveen Babi. But for this sequel there was no pressure as such. Murder 1 is directed by someone else, was there any pressure directing under the same brand? Just because someone else directed the first part that doesn't bog you down and pressure help me to perform better and give the best product. Your films portray Emraan in a different way; tell us about his looks in 'Murder 2'. Emraan�s character has a blue shade. He deals with mafia, drug trafficking, has a tattooed falling angel in his arm and does anything for money. You have worked with Emraan what are his strength and weakness as an actor? Basic thing is that we both are cousins and we started working for this company together so the advantage is that our sensibilities matched and the weakness is that we know each other very well. I don't have to walk towards him to make his understand any small things and he just gets it. Was it easier for you to shoot love making scenes as Emraan was your actor? Love making scene is the toughest, please understand. It is the only thing that the director cannot explain and the actor has to do by his own. It's not like the actors are having fun. It's not the way as it is in real life. Is making grim, thriller movies is your comfort zone, you love horrors� Emraan and I loved horrors since childhood. During summer holidays, we used to shut all the windows and watch a horror film and scare each other all day. Plus all the horror film used to be for adult viewing so there was a thrill attached to it by watching it without letting anyone else know. At one time I thought Emraan was alien from Omen (Film) and checked his head for the mark also.... Coming to the comfort zone then I would say I am a film maker and I liked to make film for the young audience who love to get thrilled in the theatre. Your favorite in horror genre. The Omen.

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"Chillar Party is a film for Salman and his people (biradari)" - Vikas Bahl, Nitesh Tiwari

UTV Spot Boy next ''Chillar Party'' is in news for various reasons. First of all it�s the maiden venture for B-town ''Dabangg'' Khan Salman Khan�s production house SKBH (Salman Khan Being Human), where Ranbir Item number is gaining popularity day by day. Second its promos are quite interesting. Third, the movie has already received pats from B-town recognized talents like Raju Hirani and Imtiaz Ali to name a few. Here the writer directors of this film Vikas Bahl and Nitesh Tiwari who are from the production and advertising backgrounds respectively speak from their heart regarding their maiden venture....

It's a kid flick or a flick where message comes from kids? It's not a kid flick. It�s a film with kids, its about friendship togetherness, life, fun, an enjoyable film which speaks from heart about friendship, childhood days which are heroic, fearless. It's a film where kids will have a great time; parents will have a great time. And it carries a small message. What's the message? For that you will have to watch the film.... How different it is from Taare Zameen Par, Stanley Ka Dabba' or any other kid flick? Taare Zameen Par was not a kid flick. Boothnath was a kid flick. Taare Zammen Par was targeted towards parents. It was for adults. Ours is more like Mr. India. that's probably the film which is close to our Chillar Party. How? Chillar Party is about loyalty, friendship and in Salman words a movie for the biradari (people). The name comes from chillar which means loose change. Normally we don't pay much attention to them but they turned out to be really handy during your bad times. The promos show them fighting for a cause what is it? They are fighting for friendship. They can go at any length to save their friendship. Using tapori language as seen in the promos... Not at all. The tapori language you see in promo is only some small part. The whole movie as we said earlier is about friendship, togetherness, loyalty. The kids and the adults both can expect good time watching 'Chillar Party'. It's been said that telling a story through a child eyes makes the job easier for the maker what your say Would like to meet the person who said this... Its an observation by experts who give examples of master makers like Majid Majidi who tells his story from a child eye... If the innocence comes through those eyes then the result becomes more endearing. It can go horribly wrong also if it that doesn�t happen. So how confident are you? We are not confident we are nervous... You are receiving praises from the fraternity, Salim Sahab even gifted his Zanjeer trophy Extremely glad to know that the fraternity has loved the film. Raju Hirani loved it. Imtiaz Ali has liked the film. Salim Sir, gave us his Zanjeer trophy and made us so proud. Lets see how it comes up with the audience with those expectations. What are you planning to do with the trophy? Will store it and keep it secure. It's a price possession. You guys believe in awards... Right from school days we liked to get appreciated and when seniors from the fraternity appreciate your work genuinely then it motivates you to do more good work. Did you struggle to find a producer? UTV backed us from day one so we didn't had to struggle to get the producer. How did Salman Khan made his entry? Salman saw the film and he felt that it�s in the spirit of his foundation 'Being Human' and wanted to be part. So he came on board as the producer. Did Salman asked for changes? Salman didn't offer any changes. Even when Salim sir saw the film we asked him again and again but he advised us not to do any changes. You both are writers and directors of this film who is more of a writer or director We both are 50:50. Yes the work got divided while making but it never happened that whatever we had in our minds was rejected. How was the experience shooting with the kids? Around 8000 came for auditions and we had a good casting director Chawla who handled it well. It was a task where 8000 kids are trying to impress you by doing different things. We had our script and characters ready. We tried them only after having short listed them. We used to plan our shoots, do our home work made the kids friendly with the camera initially, it wasn't that difficult. How many have faced the camera before? Mostly are first timers. Next what? Things are cropping up in our mind let's see where it goes. Eagerly waiting for the audience response. All the very best Thanks a lot.

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UTV Spot Boy next ''Chillar Party'' is in news for various reasons. First of all it�s the maiden venture for B-town ''Dabangg'' Khan Salman Khan�s production house SKBH (Salman Khan Being Human), where Ranbir Item number is gaining popularity day by day. Second its promos are quite interesting. Third, the movie has already received pats from B-town recognized talents like Raju Hirani and Imtiaz Ali to name a few. Here the writer directors of this film Vikas Bahl and Nitesh Tiwari who are from the production and advertising backgrounds respectively speak from their heart regarding their maiden venture....

It's a kid flick or a flick where message comes from kids? It's not a kid flick. It�s a film with kids, its about friendship togetherness, life, fun, an enjoyable film which speaks from heart about friendship, childhood days which are heroic, fearless. It's a film where kids will have a great time; parents will have a great time. And it carries a small message. What's the message? For that you will have to watch the film.... How different it is from Taare Zameen Par, Stanley Ka Dabba' or any other kid flick? Taare Zameen Par was not a kid flick. Boothnath was a kid flick. Taare Zammen Par was targeted towards parents. It was for adults. Ours is more like Mr. India. that's probably the film which is close to our Chillar Party. How? Chillar Party is about loyalty, friendship and in Salman words a movie for the biradari (people). The name comes from chillar which means loose change. Normally we don't pay much attention to them but they turned out to be really handy during your bad times. The promos show them fighting for a cause what is it? They are fighting for friendship. They can go at any length to save their friendship. Using tapori language as seen in the promos... Not at all. The tapori language you see in promo is only some small part. The whole movie as we said earlier is about friendship, togetherness, loyalty. The kids and the adults both can expect good time watching 'Chillar Party'. It's been said that telling a story through a child eyes makes the job easier for the maker what your say Would like to meet the person who said this... Its an observation by experts who give examples of master makers like Majid Majidi who tells his story from a child eye... If the innocence comes through those eyes then the result becomes more endearing. It can go horribly wrong also if it that doesn�t happen. So how confident are you? We are not confident we are nervous... You are receiving praises from the fraternity, Salim Sahab even gifted his Zanjeer trophy Extremely glad to know that the fraternity has loved the film. Raju Hirani loved it. Imtiaz Ali has liked the film. Salim Sir, gave us his Zanjeer trophy and made us so proud. Lets see how it comes up with the audience with those expectations. What are you planning to do with the trophy? Will store it and keep it secure. It's a price possession. You guys believe in awards... Right from school days we liked to get appreciated and when seniors from the fraternity appreciate your work genuinely then it motivates you to do more good work. Did you struggle to find a producer? UTV backed us from day one so we didn't had to struggle to get the producer. How did Salman Khan made his entry? Salman saw the film and he felt that it�s in the spirit of his foundation 'Being Human' and wanted to be part. So he came on board as the producer. Did Salman asked for changes? Salman didn't offer any changes. Even when Salim sir saw the film we asked him again and again but he advised us not to do any changes. You both are writers and directors of this film who is more of a writer or director We both are 50:50. Yes the work got divided while making but it never happened that whatever we had in our minds was rejected. How was the experience shooting with the kids? Around 8000 came for auditions and we had a good casting director Chawla who handled it well. It was a task where 8000 kids are trying to impress you by doing different things. We had our script and characters ready. We tried them only after having short listed them. We used to plan our shoots, do our home work made the kids friendly with the camera initially, it wasn't that difficult. How many have faced the camera before? Mostly are first timers. Next what? Things are cropping up in our mind let's see where it goes. Eagerly waiting for the audience response. All the very best Thanks a lot.

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'Murder 2' is totally different, next is 'Raaz 3' - Shagufta Rafi

Singer turned writer Shagufta Rafi says ''Murder 2'' is different from ''Murder 1'' and the Nithari case is mixed with the plot. IG caught with the writer who spoke about ''Murder 2'', her association with the Bhatt camp and more....

You have written your real life experience in this film. When I was singer in the bar and went to abroad for a performance. There was this dancer who was also indulged in prostitution due to her needs. Our person came to her and said there is a client who wants to see her and wants to spend night with her. Her age was hardly 20, she went and when she came back she was black and blue. I asked her what happened then she told about the incident that the person who took her had booms, belts and chains in his basement. He beats women before he sleeps with them. Surprisingly that guy was from Bombay. So it's a nightmare for women who indulges in prostitution but get trapped in dangerous situation like this. While writing the story this incident was there in my head then the Nithari things come up. You incorporated the incident in the film. Yes it is there in the film. It is not exactly the Jacqueline who is going through such torture but there are other victims who get tortured in the film. How you avoided the prostitute trap as you were surrounded by them? No I didn�t indulge in such activities because in Muslim countries they don't force you. They leave it up to you. If you want to indulge they will not object but if you don�t want then they will not push you. The Indian embassy is very strong there. You have taken inspiration from Nithari case. Nithari case happened recently 2-3 years ago so I have mixed both cases. The school girl, the prostitute who one night went to client thinking of normal client but actually he is not the man he is completely insane he beats them rape them and then kill them. Right now you are working with any other project... I have written Raaz 2 and now I'm writing Raaz 3. Does Mahesh Bhatt interfere in the creative process? Mahesh Bhatt does not interfere in the creative process. Once I am done I take it to him for the feedback. Mahesh sir ideology is that if I make changes there won�t be any new thing then what the use of bringing writers from outside is. How difficult is to write the sequel of super hits of Murder and Raaz? The journer is totally different. It's not the sequel it�s totally different from murder1. You can see in the promos that it does not have any shades of murder1 as the content is different. How far is your writing? Well I was writing for Doordarshan. It was the times when satellite channels come up and when I went for apply as a writer they asked me whether I have written for xyz channel. And they didn't give me job for this reason for 4-5 years. So to support family I turned bar singer. I wasn�t someone from bar I went there worked so that I can get money to struggle for my dreams. I was the writer then turned bar girl and then again writer. When you were so good in singing then why didn't you tried to be a singer? I could but my writing was doing so well. Are you willing to write outside Bhatt champ? Yaa I would like to. I mean I'm getting offers but the people who asked me to meet actually just wanted to see me that who is this bar dancer who is writing stories for "Bhatts". They really didn't want me to write so stopped meeting such people. So Raaz 3 is your next project? Yes I m writing for Vikram's Raaz 3 which is in 3D. it's is about a girl who experiences paranormal activities and then Emraan come to her rescue and the thing which was troubling her is the big Raaz in the film. In Raaz Jacqueline is finalized and there is another girl which needs to be bold. I personally will say that Mallika or Bipasha should do it. Which else stories you has written which is yet to release? 'Informer� which will be directed by Kunal Deshmukh. Earlier Sanjay Dutt was approached but now Randeep Huda will do the part. Are you completely outsider to this industry? My sister was actress from 60's named Fareeda Khan she did few films and got married to the director Balwit Sadana who shot her. So I am not completely an outsider.

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Murder 2 is not a sequel but another level of Muder 1, so what is that level?

Murder 2 is a standalone product. This is the age of brand. People trust brands. Evidence from west has proved that it generate 40% of the business with the name itself. The already present product has enlightened the audience and has the impact. On the other hand new product takes time for consumer. Murder2 has the basic essence of Murder 1 - erotica and crime.

What is the plot of the film?

Murder 2 is about the relationship, journey of a man who is by choice a corrupt police officer. Now his life undergoes a change when he is given a task by a local pimp who runs a prostitution racket to find out the girl who is a victim of human trafficking. He goes to the depth of the case and what horror he makes up to is the story. It's a saga of a person who chooses to go to the wrong side of law being a police man and how he helps the local pimp in his business and mix various girls life and how he chooses the pleasure industry. It also deals with the pain behind the sex worker eyes and its looks at the contemporary Indian metro cities like Goa, Delhi which is a sex capital of the country. The dangerous situations where the sex workers are exposed.

Murder 2 deals with the human trafficking...

Yes, the writer (Shagufta) of the film also brought into the light the theme prostitution in the country. As India is opened the door to global economy and almost become a global culture. The aspiration of getting rich or getting all the luxury so the young generation they don't mind selling themselves to men.

Your personal experience with police helped you in enhancing the lead actor who plays a police man....

Police is a part of our society. We have seen both the side of the police. As we have seen them from very near their colour usually comes in our cinema. While writing the script I made my writers to meet the officer as their experience is very refreshing and first hand information gives a such a colour that we can't get it from old films.

So in what way you have portrayed the police in the film

Murder 2 is also the apathy of police force towards the higher/rich class and towards common person. The apathy of the police force is monumental. The Nithari case becomes so famous because the people went to the local police but nobody care about the poor man, child or daughter disappearing. So it took a huge tragedy to take the nation that how insensitive is the nation, police force, and the media towards the problem of the poor.

Was Jacqueline the first choice?

She was the first and the last choice because there is no way to take Mallika as it's not the extension of Murder 1. Unlike Murder 1 which was the point of view from women this is a man view and the story moves out of the home.

The promo is quite horrifying... Is Emraan having duel personality in it?

Emraan has given very matured performance and this is true that he has two personality the soft side and the violent side. Emraan is playing a greedy man. We have created a monster in the film.

What is this monster is like?

As said by Hollywood filmmaker whenever you market a film show the sizzle but not the steak, keep the steak as the main dish to consume at Friday (Judgment day). So far you have seen the reaction to the monster but not the monster. In Murder 2 the monster is created which is inspired from the Nithari case. The person who looks like you, talks like you, behaves like you but he brings women or prostitutes lock them and later kill them. The house became like a graveyard. The writer of the film Shagufta said me "let me visit that mind".

Is Emraan is playing the monster?

Emraan is a hero in the film. The monster character is played by Prashant. The character of Maharani of the film Sadak which is played by Sadashiv Amrapurkar is recreated. But the character Maharani had good shades but this is a complete monster.

What is the basic idea of portraying the lead actor with lots of sex appeal?

The idea is to make Indian cinema sex free. As the Indian film maker feel very ashamed while portraying sex on screen. In old time sex thing was done by only vamps and the lead actress used to just visit temples wear salwar kameez. So somewhere the thinking of 2 types of women are present. From that time till today the Indian cinema has taken a long journey and the changing time has contributed a lot. Now the people frequency is parallel to the world frequency. The shy attitude toward sex is also changed. In our earlier films we have noticed that the so-called purist people who scream that's their part of job but audience go and watch my films. Women have changed in the country. When I went to see Jism in Delhi I have seen the audience was women who was from the rich family, they were unashamed, unembarrassed so India is changing.

How is the chemistry of Emraan and Jacqueline as you cast them in your next film too?

Jacqueline is very easy with herself. The modern Indian actor I mean she is Sri Lankan but south Asian. She is very easy with her body like Bipasha and Mallika. Still when they did the sex scene they were called bold, means it's not allowed but they attempt it but Jacqueline she does it easily means she is not conscious for being bold.

Jacqueline is not taking active participation in the promotion...

She is a very nice girl. For this reason my production house has to be blamed. They didn't co-ordinated with her as now she is busy doing shoot for other film in London

What inspires you to do work on such unique subjects?

It's our writer who brings the taste of life to our office. We are open to new people and talent and we maximum works with new people. Whenever we have presented anything bold we have faced opposition but we stood and whenever we have made film with courage it has succeed.

 

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Rohit Shetty - Out 200 films every year, 10 succeed & they are either remakes or for that matter seq

Rohit Shetty - Out 200 films every year, 10 succeed & they are either remakes or for that matter seq

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Says Rohit Shetty, the director, who is known for his flair for comedy, tells IndiaGlitz that he is ecstatic to return to an action-packed film after a long time, with ''Singham''.

How would you describe your film Singham? I'd say unabashedly that Singham is an action packed entertainer of the year starring Ajay Devgn and Kajal Aggarwal. As you know, Singham is a Hindi remake of the Tamil Blockbuster film called 'Singham'. As a director, I enjoy making a film, whether it is a comedy film or for that matter, an action film. There is humor in Singham though you cannot call it a comedy. Even when I set out to make the Golmaal series, we did not know that the series will turn out to be a big hit. It is for the first time that you have set out to do a remake. It is only now when there is media explosion that people come to know that remakes are being made. It isn't something that is new. Nagarjun had made the remake of Phool Aur Kaante and Chiranjeevi had made the remake of Munnabhai MBBS... What new dimensions you have added to Ajay's most loved avatar in Singham? Ajay Devgn will be seen in a beefed up avatar in Singham. He had gone through a special training to get in shape for the role of Inspector Bajirao Singham, an honest cop, who is diligent and honoured and fights against injustice and prejudice using his own ethics and principles, in the backdrop of Shivgad, a small village in the border of Maharashtra and Goa. Singham is about his tryst with Rakesh Kadam's family that makes him realize the importance to bring a change in the system by eradicating the root cause Jaykant Shikre, by not going against the law of force but by being a powerful part of it. How is Ajay as a producer? Ajay is one of the finest actors we have in Bollywood, who has to his credit two National Awards for Zakham and Shaheed Bhagat Singh. Ajay is not only a great actor and director, but also a fabulous producer, who does not interfere at all with his director, since he has this open door policy, where every one in the unit, right from the spot boy to the director chips in with his or her own ideas, though he leaves the director the freedom to implement whatever idea her wants to incorporate in his film. In action flicks villain plays an important role, what challenge does Prakash Raj gives to Ajay in the film? Prakash Raj plays a tremendously powerful criminal cum politician Jaykant Shikre who challenges Singham's morals and beliefs. A sudden strike of destiny pits Singham against the Jaykant's powerful planning and force makes Singham land up in the ruling city of Jaykant Shikre, the city of 'Goa', where he leaves no stone unturned to make Singham's life a nightmare to live. How did you zero in on Kajal Agarwal to play the lead opposite Ajay? I needed an actress to play Singham's supportive girlfriend Kavya. Southern beauty Kajal Agarwal is debuting in Bollywood with Singham. She has a body of work down South out of which her Telugu film 'Magadheera' has been her biggest commercial success. Ajay and I felt that it is better that we cast an actress who is experienced but at the same time not exposed in Bollywood and hence we cast Kajal. Do you think remakes are safe bets today in the industry? I was lucky that our Golmaal series clicked at the box office, though it is very difficult to predict what the audience will like these days. No one wants to make a flop. If, out of the 200 films that are being made in Bollywood every year, only 10 succeed and they are either remakes or for that matter sequels, I feel it is a safe bet to make a remake or a sequel. When are you launching Golmaal 4? I think we should give a gap of at least two years before we come up with a sequel, like we had a gap between the releases of the earlier series of Golmaal. Did you ever plan to take up acting too, like your late father Shettysaab? I know that in front of the camera I will be a bad and pathetic actor and hence I will never try my hand at acting at all and just concentrate on direction. Have you thought in terms of casing Ajay and Kajol together in a film of yours? If I get the right script that would do justice to both of them, I am game to cast Ajay and Kajol together in my film.

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Full Faith in Salman & in 'Bodyguard' - Siddique

Full Faith in Salman & in 'Bodyguard' - Siddique

[Interview by Vishal Verma]

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

The award winning cult south Indian filmmaker Siddique who is making his debut in Bollywood with the most happening Khan Salman Khan is a soft spoken, down to earth person who has the unique distinction of making the same film thrice, in three different languages, speaks exclusively on his dream Bollywood debut, what makes ''''Bodyguard'''' so special, the extremely lovable Salman, his favourite Bollywood flick which he might remake and much more...

A warm welcome to Bollywood.... Thank You< What's so unique and special about 'Bodyguard' that you are equally excited to do it again and again? 'Bodyguard' is a universal subject. People understand the language of entertainment. Whether it's Hindi, Tamil or Malayalam. What care have you taken for the Bollywood version? Of course, the Hindi remake is very different from the other two films. This is the third time I'm making 'Bodyguard'. In Malayalam, it was a super hit. The Tamil version starring Vijay and Asin also was a blockbuster. In Malayalam, actor Dilip plays a guy next door. In Tamil, Vijay play a macho character while maintaining his lover boy image. Both were also students in the college. But in the Hindi version, we have made significant changes without touching the soul of the film keeping in mind the image of superstar Salman Khan. Here Salman is hired as a Bodyguard in the film to Kareena who is a post graduate student. It's an action packed love story. What new dimensions you have added to Salman Khan in the film; he is fabulous in the action cuts shown in the promos? Like the trend that started with 'Wanted', in 'Bodyguard' also Salman has not used body doubles and done those action scenes and its better. Thanks to action director Vijayan Master who has worked well with Salman and given those great action shots. The story behind Salman saying yes to Bodyguard... It happened during 'Dabangg' time. One of our common friends Nirupama was the link. A screening was arranged. Salman saw the film and immediately agreed. Why the delay in entering Bollywood? I was getting offers and I needed something universal to make my debut in Bollywood. 'Bodyguard' gave me the opportunity, I'm happy that a superstar like Salman agreed to do the film. As a director I am a newcomer in Bollywood. Salman as an actor and as a person Salman is an actor who gets very involved with the character. The innocence in him was the key ingredient required for his character in 'Bodyguard' and he has done full justice. He is not only a good actor but a good human being also. During the shoot I never felt that am working with a superstar. Very involved focused and keen in his work; no ego. Kareena... Whose choice? Your? Salman? Kareena was a joint decision between Salman and me. Kareena is perfect combo of good looks and talent. She is calm controlled has her unique style and individuality which she brings it in her role. Any unforgettable moment during the shoot of bodyguard which you would like to share? I have enjoyed shooting every moment of 'Bodyguard' with Salman and Kareena. Can't tell you one single moment. The entire journey has been such a delightful experience. Why not the fourth installment then? I've made the film thrice; another time would be an overkill for me! Plus, after working in Bollywood, where the canvas is so huge, I don't want to come down to a level where I'm restricted due to budget and other constrains. They have found a new filmmaker and I'm sure he will do justice to the movie. Which Bollywood flick would you like to remake? You cannot repeat the brilliance created in the original if you are doing a remake. For me if I am going to remake a movie, I will have to make sure that I make it better than the original otherwise it's not worth and for that you need tremendous expertise. Any movie in mind? Don't know when but would like to do 'Taare Zameen Par', 'Jab We Met'... What's your gut feeling for 'Bodyguard'? How confident you are? I'm confident, not overconfident. I have full faith in Salman Khan and the language of entertainment in 'Bodyguard'. All the very best Thank you so much.

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