Ranbir is very excited about his upcoming film Jagga Jasoos
Mumbai:
Actor Ranbir Kapoor plans to makehis maiden co-production venture Jagga Jasoos into a bigfranchise with a series of films, a show on television andcomic books.
Despite having a banner like RK Films, Ranbir is co-producing film Jagga Jasoos jointly with Anurag Basu and hasfloated a company with him called Picture Shuru Productions."In RK Films there are four partners - my father, bothmy uncles and my grandfather. Whenever we have a gooddirector... we will produce a film for that banner. I am veryexcited about Jagga Jasoos, it is a detective film and amusical," Ranbir told PTI in an interview.
"I think we (Anurag Basu and him) both thought ofproducing together as we had the same thought process. AnuragBasu is a big name. I want to make interesting andentertaining films and give them a right platform not only inIndia but abroad as well," he said.The project will kickstart in November and Ranbir, whoplays a detective in the film, is looking forward to it.
"We are planning lot of big things for this film. Likewe are planning a TV show called Jagga Junior, we will startcomic books, we will start animation and cartoons," he said.The actor said they are trying to build a brand ofJagga Jasoos, so by the time the film releases, people willbe familiar with what Jagga Jasoos is about.
Ranbir is also likely to make sequels of JaggaJasoos.
"We are making franchise films, we are trying to makea big film like Sherlock Homes meets Austin Powers... itis going to be an entertaining film," he said.Though Ranbir plans to make this franchise big likeHollywood films, he wants to make use of Indian talent only."I think India has enough talent to make great films.
The least we can do is be honest to the story and characters.I don't think you need help from Hollywood to make big films,"he said.
"There is enough talent in India, like we have Krrish3 releasing now and they have used Indian talent for specialeffects. I think it is testimonial of the fact that we canalso try and do something like them or even better," he added.There are reports that Katrina Kaif has been signed asthe leading lady opposite Ranbir for the film, but nothing isconfirmed yet.
Despite having a banner like RK Films, Ranbir is co-producing film Jagga Jasoos jointly with Anurag Basu and hasfloated a company with him called Picture Shuru Productions."In RK Films there are four partners - my father, bothmy uncles and my grandfather. Whenever we have a gooddirector... we will produce a film for that banner. I am veryexcited about Jagga Jasoos, it is a detective film and amusical," Ranbir told PTI in an interview.
"I think we (Anurag Basu and him) both thought ofproducing together as we had the same thought process. AnuragBasu is a big name. I want to make interesting andentertaining films and give them a right platform not only inIndia but abroad as well," he said.The project will kickstart in November and Ranbir, whoplays a detective in the film, is looking forward to it.
"We are planning lot of big things for this film. Likewe are planning a TV show called Jagga Junior, we will startcomic books, we will start animation and cartoons," he said.The actor said they are trying to build a brand ofJagga Jasoos, so by the time the film releases, people willbe familiar with what Jagga Jasoos is about.
Ranbir is also likely to make sequels of JaggaJasoos.
"We are making franchise films, we are trying to makea big film like Sherlock Homes meets Austin Powers... itis going to be an entertaining film," he said.Though Ranbir plans to make this franchise big likeHollywood films, he wants to make use of Indian talent only."I think India has enough talent to make great films.
The least we can do is be honest to the story and characters.I don't think you need help from Hollywood to make big films,"he said.
"There is enough talent in India, like we have Krrish3 releasing now and they have used Indian talent for specialeffects. I think it is testimonial of the fact that we canalso try and do something like them or even better," he added.There are reports that Katrina Kaif has been signed asthe leading lady opposite Ranbir for the film, but nothing isconfirmed yet.
