with " Race 3" but Salman Khan says the
stakes are higher this time as they have
tried to keep the stunts realistic yet high
octane."It's tricky (to get the action right).
Sometimes, you go overboard and when
you go realistic, they (audience) prefer the
earlier films' action... So we needed to be
careful. Action has to look genuine,
believable. It can't look farcical and we can't
make you laugh. Physically also, it's a lot of
strain and hard work. If you don't look the
part, physically and end up doing
unbelievable action, then people laugh at
you," Salman said in a group interview here.
The 52-year-old actor said it is easy to use
special effects for action sequences but they
decided against it as they wanted them to
be believable, even when they were blowing
up expensive cars."Tom Struthers is the guys
who had done action for 'Tiger Zinda Hai'
but he's also done action for Christopher
Nolan films like 'Dunkirk' and the 'Batman'
series. While we were shooting, they saw it
and said, 'We've shot for so many
blockbusters, but we have never seen
somebody go ahead and destroy these
many cars'. All the action in the film is not
dinky cars, or special effects blowing up, we
blew up pretty much that we bought. It is
very real and all the cars too. They aren't
special effect cars, these are the cars we
bought," he said.
The film will also see Jacqueline Fernandez
and Daisy Shah doing action sequences."The
kicks they have given are lethal. They have
really, really trained for it. Both of them -
stretching and kicking and all that stuff.
They have done that. It looks like two men
fighting and it also has its humour and
slight sensuousness. It can't be this
hardcore action, so it has everything,"
Salman added.
When asked if he would like to make
women-centric action films, the superstar
said the budget should be right for it."It
depends on the script... What the casting is.
If there is action and if you can manage to
make the film in a budget, sell the digital and
satellite rights so later on, the film covers its
cost. The math has to be right. Action costs a
lot of money, it needs to stand out and look
good, otherwise it looks tacky."
Salman is the new entrant in the "Race"
franchise that was earlier headlined by Saif
Ali Khan."This part of 'Race' is slightly
different to the earlier two ones. It is 'Race'
with 'Hum Aapke Hai Kaun!' This guy is very
sharp, has humour, is ruthless and he has
suppressed all his emotions so you don't
know who this man is till the end of the
film."
With "Race 3" Salman has turned distributor
and he says the makers plan to release the
film in China, that is seen as a huge market
for Indian movies. "We need to increase our
number of theatres. Right now we are
surviving on 5,500 screens whereas China
has 38,000-40,000 theatres. Once our
theatres increase, we would be at par with
China and Hollywood. We are doing
exceptionally well in the limited screens we
have, just imagine what if we will have
10,000-15,000 theatres in five years. It will
happen." The superstar is happy that "Race
3" will be releasing in Pakistan.Also starring
Anil Kapoor, Bobby Deol, Saqib Saleem,
Freddy Daruwala the action thriller will arrive
in theatres on June 15.
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