The Fun Continues

The movie saw the birth of a star called Sonakshi Sinha,who too believes that it was the entire package that made Dabangg such a blockbuster. She is sure of the fun continuing in the sequel. “Dabangg 2 is a long way from now but I wouldn’t like to change anything about my character Rajo. The character didn’t require me to dance in this film,but if need be in the sequel I will definitely be up for a longer jig.”

In an earlier interview to this paper,Salman had predicted the movie’s success in his inimitable style. “It’s very different. Everyone will enjoy it. We have kept it simple,” he had said. True to this philosophy,the sequel too is going to a simple,yet masala film,giving the Indian audience a break from experimental ventures. “We made a movie just to entertain the masses and will carry this forward in the sequel,” says Sood. After all despite the box-office clout that Salman enjoys,his superstardom is still rooted in the masses.

Producer Arbaaz Khan too realises this. It was the rootedness of the script that worked in its favour,apart from the character sketch of Chulbul Pandey. “At some levels we get a certain character right. But Chulbul was perfect at every level. More than the cast and crew,it is the audience who wants us to make the sequel,” says Arbaaz. The sequel will take at least two years to be ready because of Salman’s prior commitments. “However,I am not aiming to make it bigger or costlier than Dabangg,just better,” he reveals.

Action director Vijayan — who had also choreographed the fight sequences in Salman-starrer Wanted last year — and cinematographer Mahesh Limaye too will join the task of making the sequel a success. “I used a warmer palate for the rustic setting in Dabangg,” says Limaye,who is now keen on experimenting with a newer tone for the sequel. Apart from them,Khan loyalists like music composer duo Sajid-Wajid will be adding more excitement to the sequel. The duo hopes that awards will finally pour in with Dabangg,while Lalit Pandit,whose Munni Badnaam Hui has made him the new ‘item number king’ of Indian cinema,is hoping for a bigger presence in the next. “In Dabangg,the story was to be carried forward through the music which had to be rustic but with a touch of urban element,so that it would have universal appeal,” says Sajid. “For the sequel,we can only promise that the sequel will hold a bigger surprise.”