Filmmaker AR Murugadoss showcased the trailer of August 16 1947, his upcoming film as producer, at a pre-release event in Mumbai on Friday. At the event, he quashed reports that the sequel of Aamir Khan and Asin-starrer Ghajini is on the cards. There were reports that Murugadoss was planning to make a sequel to the film.
When asked for an update about Ghajini 2, Murugadoss said, “I don’t know of any idea about Ghajini 2, the girl (Asin’s character Kalpana) died, and he (Aamir Khan’s Sanjay) had short term memory loss… I will do something fresh. I have a couple of scripts, I will do something new for Hindi.”
Even though several Tamil, Telugu and Kannada films, such as Baahubali 1 and 2, Ponniyin Selvan: 1, KGF 1 and 2, and RRR, have been successful across the country, Murugadoss said that people are “fed up with the tag pan-India.”
He said, “I am happy to be in Mumbai, and to see you all after a long time, this time as a producer. I know you are all fed up with the tag pan-India. But this one will surprise you, you will enjoy it. When we started the film, we wanted to make it as a Tamil film, once the shoot was finished, one of the producers watched it and said, ‘This film has the capacity and potential to reach a wider audience, why can’t we dub it in other languages’? Then, we discussed that we Indians got independence on the same day, felt the same emotions, so we should do it. You will enjoy the film. The director of the film came to me eight years ago. He worked as an AD. I read his script and decided to produce it. He has a unique point to a wonderful story", reports Indian Express.
Murugadoss’ last few films including Rajinikanth’s Darbar and the Mahesh Babu-starrer, and even his last Hindi feature, the Sonakshi Sinha-starrer Akira, did not perform well at the box office. Addressing his films flopping, the filmmaker said, “We are doing our best for all the films. With every film, we are trying something new, some films will work, some will not. So, I try to learn, I will correct it and I will come back.”
