After rumours began doing the rounds about Kabir Khan dropping hints about the sequel to Salman Khan-starrer ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, the filmmaker said that not every blockbuster needs a sequel.
He firmly believes that a sequel should only be made if a valuable story is found and is worth pursuing.
Asked if he thinks every blockbuster needs a sequel, Kabir told IANS: “Not at all. I am the first to say that not every blockbuster needs a sequel. That is why I have not done sequels in my life.”
The filmmaker said he has been told several times to make sequels to his popular films.
“Every time I have made a successful film, people have told me, ‘There is no sequel! ’ I was told that after ‘New York’, ‘Tiger’ and ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, but I have never made one. That is why I am the first to say that just because a film is successful, a sequel should not be made.”
“You should only make a sequel if you actually find a story worth continuing.”
Kabir said he never said he was “working on the sequel to ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan'”.
“All I have said is that yes, maybe… Sometimes a good script comes along that deserves to be made into a sequel to ‘Bajrangi’. Then I would love to do it. But not just because it is one of the most successful films in the industry; therefore, it needs a sequel. No,” he shared.
“Bajrangi Bhaijaan”, which was released in 2015, is currently the seventh highest-grossing Indian film and the fourth highest-grossing Hindi film.
The film, which also stars newcomer Harshaali Malhotra, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, tells the story of Lord Hanuman, who embarks on a journey to bring a six-year-old mute Pakistani Muslim girl, separated from her mother in India, back to her hometown.
Kabir recently shared the Best Director award for “Chandu Champion” with Nithilan Swaminathan at the 2024 edition of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM).
Speaking about the honour, he said, “Any award is a validation of your work and an appreciation of your work by other professionals, the film audiences, and in case of an international festival like IFFM, the kind of credibility of the award is very high because the jury is made up of people who are not from the Indian film industry but are outside it, and that just makes the credibility higher.”
“You are judged only by the quality of the film. Unfortunately, many awards in my country have been turned into television programmes. We all know how that credibility has been affected. So it is somewhat satisfying to receive an award for your film from a completely international jury.”
—IANS—
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