Guess Who: The real reason why a top filmmaker refused to direct

They have made many blockbusters together (including their last one) so it was natural that the super star would approach his BFF in his time of crisis. But instead of bailing him out, the filmmaker dumped him.

Written By Pinkvilla Desk 72400 reads Mumbai Updated: September 13, 2019 03:08 am

The filmmaker has been telling people around him that directing the super star would be a waste of his time and last time he had suffered enough.

There have been speculations about the super star’s next release. He was keen to do an action drama (and a sequel of one of his other film’s) with one of his close filmmaker pals, but was turned away, saying that the script wasn’t ready. Apparently, that was not the real reason.

When the super star’s big release did not happen as planned, he approached many directors, for a script and one of them was his best friend of years. They have made many blockbusters together (including their last one) so it was natural that the super star would approach his BFF in his time of crisis. But instead of bailing him out, the filmmaker dumped him. he told him he had no script ready when in reality it was far from the truth. While some people in the super star’s camp felt that it was the filmmaker’s close proximity to another star made him back out, that too wasn’t true.

The real reason why the filmmaker turned down the much-in-demand sequel was because he didn’t want to be at the super star’s beck and call. The filmmaker has been telling people around him that directing the super star would be a waste of his time and last time he had suffered enough. Turns out that when a director is directing the super star, he expects him to cater to every demand. The filmmaker would be called by the super star – anywhere from Dubai or drive down to a random city, at odd hours of the night, at the drop of a hat, even if he was busy with something else or sleeping at home. The super star would ask to hear the script and give his inputs or change it the way he felt best. The filmmaker has many films to do and doesn’t have the time to sit and party at the super star’s home whiling away their time till early morning as he has many releases lined up.

The filmmaker told his close friends that the super star doesn’t want a director but a ‘Yes man’ who will keep agreeing to whatever he says and that can have a damaging impact on the movie later. The filmmaker told people that while his sequel was ready, he didn’t want to start it now as its better he does three films with other actors than block one movie with the super star for a year. Nobody can do any other project except the super star’s as he is very demanding and wants complete control of the director and script whereas other actors are much more professional and complete films on time. Long ago, the filmmaker had approached one of the super star’s arch rivals. Though the project didn’t happen, it proved that the filmmaker wasn’t averse to working with other actors too.

It’s time the super star realized that times have changed and he can no longer function the way he earlier used to. BFF’s too can move on…

Is it Farhan and SRK for Don 3 ? But they were never close friends, were they ?

Or is it kjo and SRK....

Seems like the blind is mixing up the directors and the superstars too as Aamir is known to be the nosey kinds while SRK is having a career crisis...

This is Salman and Sajid Nadiawala - Kick 2.

Originally posted by: Anony-mouse

This is Salman and Sajid Nadiawala - Kick 2.

Oh I thought the film maker was a director..

Nadiadwala n Salman. Fair weather dosti. He has his padosi whose star is on the rise anyways so thinking why bother doing khidhmath of an ageing superstar!! but what he is forgetting is that it was salman who was with him n helped him during his bad days.

Originally posted by: anjs

Oh I thought the film maker was a director..

Sajid directed kick