As the release date of Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s upcoming movie godfather Getting closer, the actor interacted with the media on Saturday and spoke about working at South Films, according to news agency PTI.
The actor spoke at the launch of the Hindi trailer for megastar Chiranjeevi’s film. godfather, marking Khan’s debut in Telugu cinema. Khan appears in a pivotal cameo appearance in the film.
He fought to get the country’s film industries to work together and said Indian films have the potential to take off €3,000 to €4,000 crore at the box office. He also added that the actors should try their hand at various Indian films instead of going to Hollywood for better opportunities.
“People want to go to Hollywood, but I want to go south. The main thing is, if we all start working together, imagine the numbers we’re going to have. His (Chiranjeevi) fans go and watch me. My fans become his fans, his fans become my fans, so everyone grows and grows, and the number becomes very large €300-400 crores if we all get together we’ll get across €3000-4000 crores,” Khan told PTI.
In the early 90’s, Chiranjeevi also acted in Hindi films like Pratibandh, Aaj Ka Goonda Raaj and The Gentleman. He said that cinema was not differentiated as “regional and national” during this period.
After that I was away from Hindi films and engaged in Telugu films. I believe there should be a film that has an Indian feel to it. There is no regional, but an Indian film, said Chiranjeevi.
Featuring Khan’s debut in the Telugu industry with godfatherChiranjeevi hopes for further cooperation in the future.
The 67-year-old actor added: “The audience is much more advanced. That’s one of the reasons I came to take you. So I asked Sallu Bhai why don’t you get through this film? We will introduce you and movies will come automatically. So that’s the first step.”
Salman Khan also gave examples of his past collaborations with his contemporaries such as Sanjay Dutt, Jackie Shroff, Sunny Deol, Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar.
Chiranjeevi said that Khan immediately agreed to come on board for this new film (godfather) and didn’t ask for any money.
The Political Action Thriller godfatheris a remake of actor Prithviraj Sukumaran’s 2019 Malayalam directed film Lucifer, which starred Mohanlal. Also with Nayanthara and Satyadev Kancharana, “godfatherDirected by Mohan Raja. Produced by Konidela Production Company and Super Good Films, the film will hit theaters on October 5th.
(With PTI inputs)
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