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Be it action, comedy or romance, Rohit Shetty has managed to ace every genre like a pro. After starting his journey as a stunt director and assistant director, he directed his first film Zameen in 2003. In September, Rohit will clock two decades as a director, and by his own admission, 30 years in the industry, technically. The filmmaker is shooting for Indian Police Force, his debut web series featuring Sidharth Malhotra in the lead role. He is also set to get back to his Singham franchise with Ajay Devgn. “We will soon start with the pre-production. Right now, there’s Khatron Ke Khiladi, and then we have a few days’ shoot remaining for the Indian Police Force. At the same time we have already begun preparation for Singham Again. People will hear about it soon,” he told indianexpress.com.
Reflecting on his 20-year journey, Rohit Shetty shared that it has been a ‘magical one’. He also shared that he’s seen ups and down but held his honesty close to him throughout. “When I go back in time, I made my first film, but it didn’t do well. Made the second one (Golmaal) which became a brand. Made an action film that became a cult, then out of nowhere, Khatron Ke Khiladi came my way, which was earlier hosted by superstars Akshay Kumar and Priyanka Chopra. I never knew how the audience would take it but everything just worked out for me. What else could I ask for?” he shared.
The director added, “However, I must say one thing, whatever I did, I did it with full honesty. Hard work is required but you also need to be true to your work. Success or failure, whatever the result, honesty should be always intact.”
In his career, Rohit hasn’t seen many flops aside from Zameen, Sunday or the average All The Best. However, his winning streak was broken by Cirkus, his family entertainer starring Ranveer Singh in a double role. As it’s rightly said one learns more from their failures than successes, we asked him about his biggest learning. “Do not try that thing again,” he laughed.
Rohit Shetty elaborated that as one is doing so much work, sometimes things do go wrong. “If a film doesn’t work, it’s not one aspect that goes wrong. The whole film goes wrong. Everyone will talk about what was right when its a hit, and what was wrong when it doesn’t. But 90 percent of the time, now one knows what’s right and wrong. I have always maintained that if success is yours, you need also embrace your failures. You cannot blame someone else. I don’t believe in being an escapist because I am here, and I want to do a lot of work. I cannot run away from failures.”
As we wondered about his coping mechanism during Cirkus’ box office failure, Rohit Shetty smiled to say that they were a little bothered, but only for two days. “Because culturally in your head you have so many other things to do. It was just two days and the entire team was back to work soon. In about a week, we had actually flown to Hyderabad to shoot for the web show.”
Rohit Shetty, who is back as a host on Khatron Ke Khiladi 13, recently posted a video announcing ‘breaking some rules of action’ with the show. When asked about the rules he’s broken as a filmmaker, he replied, “Being over the top. I think the audience has been really forgiving with the kind of stuff that we do. Most of the time it’s been over the top and they’ve enjoyed it. I think I have never gone by the rules.”
On a final note, we asked him if he ever plans to have an all-star season of KKK with a few Bollywood stars. “No one will give me the dates. It’s a 50 days commitment they would say make a film with me in that time,” Rohit laughed to say.
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