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Multi-starrers in Bollywood have been a rage
right from the '60s. Whether it's Waqt,
Deewar, Sholay, Amar Akbar Anthony, or
Chandni, these movies were loved by the
audiences. The trend continued in the '90s,
too, when every year there would be a
handful of films starring two of the reigning
superstars of that era sharing screen space.
Darr, Karan Arjun, Jeet, Ishq, Chal Mere Bhai
were among those that worked their magic
at the box office. Over the last few years,
however, such projects have lessened.
Speaking about why that has happened,
Salman Khan says, "The prices (that heroes
demand) have gone high and we don't have
such budgets. Hence, the recovery will be
impossible. For a two-hero film, everyone
has to cut their prices drastically. If the dates
permit, then fine, but otherwise, asking
actors to cut down their fee is also not right.
Also, for any big film, you will need 150 days
to shoot. Even something on the scale of a
Karan Arjun would need that much time. But
if the film is divided, into 30-35 days shoots,
you can still think of doing something like
that. For example, we can make an Andaz
Apna Apna now. It may not be possible with
Aamir, Shah Rukh or me, but the younger
generation can still do it.
Be secure
The Gen-Y brigade seems to be a little
concerned about issues like bigger roles
and prominence. Rohit Shetty had
announced that he had to scrap his remake
of Ram Lakhan because no two actors were
happy with their screen time. Yes, there's
Gunday starring Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer
Singh, or Brothers with Akshay Kumar and
Sidharth Malhotra, Dishoom starring Varun
Dhawan and John Abraham, and Padmavati
with Ranveer and Shahid Kapoor, but these
examples are few. Salman says, "There can't
be insecurities creeping in. If you're
confident about yourself and your position,
you shouldn't feel like that. We also were
young stars when we did films together. We
were friends and all this never took over our
friendship. The young generation needs to
realise this. He cites his own example and
says, "There was a time when my career had
dipped. I was not being cast for solo hero
films, I piggybacked I jumped on to
Sunny (Deol) and Sanju's (Sanjay Dutt's)
backs. I did a film with Rahul Roy and lots of
other people, too. ALSO READ: Ex-flames
Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
will create HISTORY with their box office
clash find out how!
He reasons, "The most sensible thing to do
is to realise that meri picture chal nahi rahi
hai, so I should rather do a two-hero film
and make it work. Once the film works, I'll
start getting back films the way I used to,
when my career was shining. That is exactly
what I did and the younger generation
doesn't understand that. Salman's advice
for the next breed of actors comes with a
logical explanation of statistics. "They are
doing well for themselves, two guys or three
guys get together for a film, and if the
casting is superb, then instead of them
individually doing '60-70-100 crore each,
their film together will straightaway touch
the '150-200 crore mark. Point noted.
But will he too say yes to a film, that stars
any of his other contemporary stars? Salman
nods with a smile, "I would love to work
with everyone I've worked with again.
Whether it's Sunny, Sanju, Ajay, Akki, Shah
Rukh or Aamir I would definitely do a film
with them. But my character and their
characters should be superb. The point is
people are not writing like before anymore.
Previously, the writing would give way to all
of us saying yes to a film, without thinking
that we won't have anything to do in a film.
The scripts were like that. Today, the seniors
are very big stars and they are heroes, so if
there's nothing for them to do, to take the
film to them is not right again.
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/salman-khan-advises-younger-actors-to-not-shy-away-from-multi-starrers-says-he-did-the-same-to-save-his-career/.
right from the '60s. Whether it's Waqt,
Deewar, Sholay, Amar Akbar Anthony, or
Chandni, these movies were loved by the
audiences. The trend continued in the '90s,
too, when every year there would be a
handful of films starring two of the reigning
superstars of that era sharing screen space.
Darr, Karan Arjun, Jeet, Ishq, Chal Mere Bhai
were among those that worked their magic
at the box office. Over the last few years,
however, such projects have lessened.
Speaking about why that has happened,
Salman Khan says, "The prices (that heroes
demand) have gone high and we don't have
such budgets. Hence, the recovery will be
impossible. For a two-hero film, everyone
has to cut their prices drastically. If the dates
permit, then fine, but otherwise, asking
actors to cut down their fee is also not right.
Also, for any big film, you will need 150 days
to shoot. Even something on the scale of a
Karan Arjun would need that much time. But
if the film is divided, into 30-35 days shoots,
you can still think of doing something like
that. For example, we can make an Andaz
Apna Apna now. It may not be possible with
Aamir, Shah Rukh or me, but the younger
generation can still do it.
Be secure
The Gen-Y brigade seems to be a little
concerned about issues like bigger roles
and prominence. Rohit Shetty had
announced that he had to scrap his remake
of Ram Lakhan because no two actors were
happy with their screen time. Yes, there's
Gunday starring Arjun Kapoor and Ranveer
Singh, or Brothers with Akshay Kumar and
Sidharth Malhotra, Dishoom starring Varun
Dhawan and John Abraham, and Padmavati
with Ranveer and Shahid Kapoor, but these
examples are few. Salman says, "There can't
be insecurities creeping in. If you're
confident about yourself and your position,
you shouldn't feel like that. We also were
young stars when we did films together. We
were friends and all this never took over our
friendship. The young generation needs to
realise this. He cites his own example and
says, "There was a time when my career had
dipped. I was not being cast for solo hero
films, I piggybacked I jumped on to
Sunny (Deol) and Sanju's (Sanjay Dutt's)
backs. I did a film with Rahul Roy and lots of
other people, too. ALSO READ: Ex-flames
Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
will create HISTORY with their box office
clash find out how!
He reasons, "The most sensible thing to do
is to realise that meri picture chal nahi rahi
hai, so I should rather do a two-hero film
and make it work. Once the film works, I'll
start getting back films the way I used to,
when my career was shining. That is exactly
what I did and the younger generation
doesn't understand that. Salman's advice
for the next breed of actors comes with a
logical explanation of statistics. "They are
doing well for themselves, two guys or three
guys get together for a film, and if the
casting is superb, then instead of them
individually doing '60-70-100 crore each,
their film together will straightaway touch
the '150-200 crore mark. Point noted.
But will he too say yes to a film, that stars
any of his other contemporary stars? Salman
nods with a smile, "I would love to work
with everyone I've worked with again.
Whether it's Sunny, Sanju, Ajay, Akki, Shah
Rukh or Aamir I would definitely do a film
with them. But my character and their
characters should be superb. The point is
people are not writing like before anymore.
Previously, the writing would give way to all
of us saying yes to a film, without thinking
that we won't have anything to do in a film.
The scripts were like that. Today, the seniors
are very big stars and they are heroes, so if
there's nothing for them to do, to take the
film to them is not right again.
http://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/salman-khan-advises-younger-actors-to-not-shy-away-from-multi-starrers-says-he-did-the-same-to-save-his-career/.
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