‘Family dramas bore me’

But it’s still a risk?
Success isn’t guaranteed even if you make a love story. So why not deal with horror?

You once made stars out of nobodies,but of late all your lead actors seem to have faded after their first release?
I don’t make movies to launch actors. It is not my business. When a particular actor works in my film,it is because he/she has seen some potential in the script and not because I have promised to design their careers.

You have never worked with Shah Rukh Khan or Salman Khan.
There is no particular reason. I usually write a script and then do the casting. I don’t keep an actor in mind and script. So far I haven’t come across any suitable roles for them.

So you don’t really care for stardom?
Stardom is important for commercial success,not to make a good film.

So then why cast Amitabh Bachchan?
Nobody else could have done justice to the roles in Sarkar and that of Babban Singh. There is a certain amount of baggage he carries with him that makes him larger than life.

Is there a chance of Aamir Khan and you burying your differences and working together?
No,never.

Urmila Matondkar or Antara Mali too haven’t worked with you in a while.
As I said earlier,I cast actors who fit the role. If there is a suitable role for Antara or Urmila I will get in touch with them. At the moment,nothing.

Most filmmakers take around two to three years to make a film,you make two to three films in a year. How?
I am a filmmaker and all I do is make films. It isn’t that difficult.

Why haven’t you experimented with family dramas considering they do so well?
Family dramas bore me. I don’t find simple stories interesting. A film like Hum Aapke Hain Koun may have 100 takers and Bhoot may have 10. But if I try my hand at family dramas,I might lose even those 10.

What happened to the Hollywood remake of Bhoot?
I am not remaking Bhoot. I am working on a Hollywood project but that will take a while because I will have to go to the US and stay there for a few months.

What’s next?
Rann releases end of this year and a 3-D film called Warning which I am working on.

After Sholay,Ram Gopal Varma ki Aag,fared so badly,are you planning to dabble with any more remakes?
You’ve heard the popular saying: Never say never.