Filmmaker Farhad Samji is awaiting the release of his directorial, ‘Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan’, which stars Salman Khan in the lead. The film is slated to release during Eid on April 21, marking Salman’s return to the big screen since his 2019 release ‘Dabangg 3’. His last 2021 release ‘Radhe’ released on ZEE5.
Now the filmmaker says that when a Salman Khan film releases, the trade and his fans expect that the film would take the box office by storm. “Salman Khan’s stardom is so huge, it does play on your mind. His fans are also like a bouncing board. You have to leave no stone unturned and play all your cards accordingly, because that pressure is there,” Samji told Indian Express.
The filmmaker, who has previously directed films like ‘Housefull 4’, ‘Bachchhan Paandey’, both starring Akshay Kumar, added that all eyes are on him since ‘Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan’ should do does justice to the stardom of Salman while staying true to the script
“Whenever you direct Salman Khan, you need to be aware that the chair you are sitting on shouldn’t be the director's chair but the seat of a cinema hall. As an audience member, if I am sitting on that chair in a theatre, what do I want? If Salman sir is about to deliver a dialogue, then I need a buildup and for that a high-speed shot, a back shot. This thought process is required, especially when you shoot an action sequence,” he stated.
Samji added, “Salman Khan is a megastar, but at the end of the day, he is also playing a character in the script. We can’t always try to only do fan service because then the story will go flat. There has to be an amalgamation, where we handle the stardom and be true to the character. Like when you see the film, you will realise why Salman has three looks in it–long hair, bearded, clean shaven. There is a proper reason for it. It is not used as a gimmick at all, it was the need of the story.”
The film also stars Shehnaaz Gill, Raghav Juyal and Siddharth Nigam, and is a remake of the 2014 Tamil movie, ‘Veeram’.
