‘Himmatwala’ has been making headlines even a year after its release. Director Sajid Khan used this movie to torture patients in his recent movie ‘Humshakals’. And has quite often blamed himself for the failure of the movie, but Ajay Devgn thinks otherwise.
In an interview with Filmfare, the actor said that he does not want to blame Sajid for the failure of the movie, but he mentioned that the movie would have worked if it was made in today’s style.
In the interview when asked to comment on Sajid, Ajay said, “Sajid is a fool. He’s a friend of mine. I’ll call him up and tell this to him right now. 80 per cent of the times my films haven’t worked, I’ve known it while shooting the film. I haven’t seen Himmatwala till today. I haven’t even seen Rascals. I haven't even seen Humshakals. But an actor can’t leave a film in the middle because there’s so much at stake. You have to realize that you have goofed up and you have to suffer. You can’t walk out of a film, it’s unethical. You can ask your maker to stop and make something else but every director won’t listen to you. Then you just shut up and do your work.”
“I'll give you an example of Himmatwala. The idea of that film was good. I thought we’ll shoot it like Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai. I don't want to blame Sajid. Everyone has their own thinking. He picked up a 80s film and shot it like 80s. Himmatwala would have worked today if it was styled like today. I heard he has made fun of it in his new film but that’s his humour,” he added.
Ajay is gearing up for the release of his ‘Singham Returns’. The movie is a sequel to the 2011 movie ‘Singham’ and also features Kareena Kapoor Khan in the lead role.
‘Singham Returns’ will hit the theatres on August 15.