Aamir recommended me... | ||
Tiger Shroff reveals Khan put forward his name for Kung Fu Yoga | ||
Nayandeep Rakshit | ||
Aamir Khan and Jackie Chan had initially come together for an Indo-China film, Kung Fu Yoga. As the name suggests, it would be expected to be a fusion of the two nations' cultures and art forms. Aamir had to cop out, owing to his Dangal commitment and not much was heard about the project after that. Tiger Shroff stepped into Aamir's shoes for Kung Fu Yoga. Aamir and his dad Jackie Shroff are both Bandra boys old friends and they'd worked together in Rangeela. Aamir is very fond of Tiger and that's why he suggested his name for the film and had also launched the trailer of his debut film Heropanti. Tiger is all smiles. "Yes, the makers had come all the way from China to meet me and we discussed the project. I am really excited about it. We are very keen to work with each other. But I am shooting two films at the moment. So, if I can sort out the dates, everything will fall in place. They want to start sometime in September which will be a little difficult for me. I will shoot for either Sajid sir's Baaghi or Remo sir's Flying Jat that time. Depends on who my dates are allotted to," he told us. And while Aamir was offered all three films announced by the Chinese delegation, Tiger has been offered only one. In a long conversation, Tiger also made some other interesting revelations! Read on.. FLYING WITH CHAN! A self confessed Jackie Chan fan, the prospect of getting to share screen space with him has already got Tiger charged. "It's a big opportunity and it has my childhood star Jackie Chan in it. How can I miss this chance? I don't want to, but I can't say much as of now. And if I do, I'll be flying! Not as much as him but I'll try to keep up," he says. THANKS TO AAMIR Tiger reveals, "They have seen a lot of my footage and Aamir sir was very kind to put in a word for me. He was in China and had referred my name to the makers. That's how it happened. They looked at my previous videos and were quite impressed with my agility and my skills." NO COMPARISONS, PLEASE! Tell him that there are bound to be comparisons given that he is taking over from Aamir and he argues, "Not really, because the way he would have portrayed it, would be totally different. If I do it, they will change the character slightly. So there can be no comparisons!" DATE KA CHAKKAR Tiger can only move forward with Kung Fu Yoga if Sajid and Remo give him the go-ahead. He says, "I have to talk to both Sajid Sir and Remo Sir both because there have already been so many problems with their dates clashing. There are a lot of actors who have given their dates to the films. So I have to speak to them about it. I don't think they are aware of it yet," Tiger signs off. http://epaper.dnaindia.com/story.aspx?id=80022&boxid=41123&ed_date=2015-06-24&ed_code=820004&ed_page=6 |
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