Following “Wanted”, “Dabangg”, “Ready” and “Bodyguard”, all of which crossed the Rs.100 crore mark on the Bollywood box office, Salman is now ready with “Ek Tha Tiger” that releases Aug 15. He isn’t nervous one bit because all he desires to do is to entertain.
“I don’t feel the pressure. If a movie doesn’t do well, it doesn’t do well. Let’s see within the next film… If a movie is a hit, it’s an even film, this can be a terrific film. But when it flops, it’s a nasty film. (Whatever it is), audience is usually right,” Salman, looking relaxed in a white T-shirt despite being under the weather, told IANS in an interview.
“When I hear the script, I just need to be entertained. I just want twists and turns in order that the audience must have some more or less entertainment – be it in romance, action, drama or any roughly entertainment.
“When the audience comes out of the theatres, they ought to say ‘Wow, what a film’,” he said of what he considers his reward as an actor.
In his over two decade career, Salman has dabbled in all genres – romance, action and comedy. But right now, the 46-year-old, who's recovering from a flu, admits he doesn’t know what is going to click with the audience.
“It is an excessively dangerous position to be in presently because with next film, I don’t know what to do.
“If I absorb action, it'd be like ‘Again action!’ If I AM GOING for a romantic film, then it is going to be like ‘How is it going to work?’. If a script comes up which has a larger-than-life character, then people will say ‘Isko koi mar hi nahi sakta hain kya (Can nobody beat him or what?)… It's going to get boring.”
However, he only believes in following his heart and, more importantly, his passion for acting.
“It is the eagerness. It’s my job. I REALLY LIKE my job, it’s my hobby and that i enjoy doing it,” he said. “There is often a gut feeling (that) the script sounds superb, and so we opt for it.”
Salman is the rare star who has reopened the doors for single screens in today’s multiplex culture. But he says quite categorically that he doesn’t believe within the masses and classes culture.
“I only believe that it's about being to your comfort zone. You probably have a theatre near your home and you have got been watching films there since childhood, you’ll go there only. There's no question of mass or class. You'll afford and one cannot afford multiplexes because single screen tickets are cheaper,” he said.
He may be some of the few Bollywood actors to have revived the old charm of a theatre filled with cheering, whistling and hooting audiences. He brushes it off, saying he’s just plain lucky.
“I’m only a simple person. Logon ne sarr pe chada diya hai (People have made me a celebrity.) (I'M) just being lucky. It’s just that i'm within the right place on the right times, and plenty of a times I'VE BEEN within the wrong place at a wrong time,” said the actor. – IANS
