Salman wants movie ticket prices to go down
Mumbai:
Superstar Salman Khan, who is now gearing up for the release of Jai Ho, says he does notbelieve in breaking box-office records but definitely wants his films to fare well.
Considering that the industry has been obsessed with the money that a film earns at the box-office, Salman too wants that the producers, distributors and exhibitors of his films should not lose money.
"I just don't want my films to flop because that would mean my thinking is going wrong and that would be the worst thing. I don't care about the Rs 200-300 crore club. I don'twant to be a part of this number game. I am there (in that bracket) but it is not likeI want to break that record. I want to make a good film. As long as my films run and makedecent money, I am happy," Salman said in an interview here.
But the kind of films that Salman opts for are often categorised over the top and lacking in logic.
"Now you call it bakwaas (mindless) cinema or whatever but that is the kind of cinema I want to do because that is the kind of cinema I have seen. As a child I have gone to theaters, stood on chairs, whistled for the heroes," he said.
"Movies should be such that if a hero falls downaudience should feel the urge to scream and say 'get up'. Youcome out of the theatre. You want to be the hero. That isthe feeling you should get," added the 48-year-old actor.
Salman wants movie ticket prices to go down between Rs150-200 but unfortunately he does not have a say in that.
"It is in the hands of the theater owners and distributors. Wewanted to get the ticket prices down," he said.
His actor friend Aamir Khan had once said that the Dabangg star can bulldoze any logic with his films.
On this, Salman says, "Aamir and I do different kind of cinema. My cinema is more about going to the theaters,whistling, enjoying. And within that space I do and say whatever I have to".
"I think the only reason why a film would do well is because it is emotionally correct", he added.
Directed by brother Sohail Khan, Jai Ho also features newcomer Daisy Shah, Tabu, Suniel Shetty, Danny Denzongpa and others. It releases on January 24.
Considering that the industry has been obsessed with the money that a film earns at the box-office, Salman too wants that the producers, distributors and exhibitors of his films should not lose money.
"I just don't want my films to flop because that would mean my thinking is going wrong and that would be the worst thing. I don't care about the Rs 200-300 crore club. I don'twant to be a part of this number game. I am there (in that bracket) but it is not likeI want to break that record. I want to make a good film. As long as my films run and makedecent money, I am happy," Salman said in an interview here.
But the kind of films that Salman opts for are often categorised over the top and lacking in logic.
"Now you call it bakwaas (mindless) cinema or whatever but that is the kind of cinema I want to do because that is the kind of cinema I have seen. As a child I have gone to theaters, stood on chairs, whistled for the heroes," he said.
"Movies should be such that if a hero falls downaudience should feel the urge to scream and say 'get up'. Youcome out of the theatre. You want to be the hero. That isthe feeling you should get," added the 48-year-old actor.
Salman wants movie ticket prices to go down between Rs150-200 but unfortunately he does not have a say in that.
"It is in the hands of the theater owners and distributors. Wewanted to get the ticket prices down," he said.
His actor friend Aamir Khan had once said that the Dabangg star can bulldoze any logic with his films.
On this, Salman says, "Aamir and I do different kind of cinema. My cinema is more about going to the theaters,whistling, enjoying. And within that space I do and say whatever I have to".
"I think the only reason why a film would do well is because it is emotionally correct", he added.
Directed by brother Sohail Khan, Jai Ho also features newcomer Daisy Shah, Tabu, Suniel Shetty, Danny Denzongpa and others. It releases on January 24.
