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Comedian-turned-director Sajid Khan talks to
Bedika about his new film SAJID Khan, who is back with his second film Housefull, says he has worked very hard on the movie and is confident that it will be a "blockbuster" no matter what his detractors say.
"I have my own set of detractors here. Many people in the film industry were quite confident that I did not know my left to right. But after Heyy Baby, the expectations have gone sky high. That put a lot of pressure on me but I am confident that Housefull will break records left, right and centre," said the comedian-turned-director. The Sajid Nadiadwala production is releasing on April 30 and boasts of a host of Bollywood stars like Akshay Kumar, Arjun Rampal, Ritiesh Deshmukh, Lara Dutta, Deepika Padukone, Jiah Khan and Boman Irani. The film is about a guy (Akshay) who is unlucky in love and life. He is so unlucky that he cannot be hired anywhere for it. He feels that this can change only if a woman loves him knowing what he is. Sajid also claims that the movie, which will see Akshay Kumar returning to the big screen after a gap of almost six months, will be the biggest hit of career. "I would like to go on record to say that Housefull is going to be the biggest hit of Akshay Kumar’s career. It will be 2010’s biggest hit and will be Akshay’s first film to cross 100 crores in India. I know all these words sound very pompous and foolish now but they will come true in the first week of May," he says. Sajid was accused of getting inspired from Three Men and a Baby for his directorial debut but the director says that the only thing that matters to him is the box office success of a movie and not what critics say. "I don’t copy, I creat. There were people who said that my first film was a copy of Three Men and a Baby. What can I say, if they see a tiger in my promo they will say ‘yeh to Hangover ki copy hai’(this is a copy of Hangover). "I don’t bother about critics. The only thing that can hurt a filmmaker is the box office failure of a movie," he says. Sajid had to deal with three Bollywood beauties in Housefull — Lara, Deepika and Jiah — but says he never faced any tantrums from them. "You have to ensure that your actors are comfortable and maintain a certain amount of equality on the sets with everyone. I am very good at doing that and like to keep my actors involved. I treat my actresses like my buddies so there is no scope for catfights," he informs. While working on an ensemble cast, allotting a specific screen time to each actor can be quite tricky but Sajid managed it well by providing "grand entries" to his actors. "When I was a child I always used to look forward to the entry that the actors made. We have forgotten that art. In Housefull, I have given great entries to all my stars and they have performed extremely well within the parameters of their character," he says. Like his choreographer-turned-director sister Farah Khan, Sajid wants to make fun films, which entertain audience. "I don’t believe that films are going to change society. They can influence and individual or two but films can’t change things in society. They are only a mode of entertainment. As a director, you should have a degree of respect for the audience, which is paying money to watch your film," he says. "I don’t consider
myself a director because I know there are many, who know the craft
better than me. But I have promised that I will never make a boring
film," he adds. — PTI
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"I
have worked on Housefull five times harder than I did on Heyy
Babyy. At that time I thought let me try direction and if it does
not work I will go back to TV," Sajid said.