24 August,2017 03:43 PM IST | Mumbai | Sonil Dedhia
Most-trolled filmmaker Sajid Khan ruminates on his past as he completes 10 years as a director in Bollywood
Sajid Khan
After Himmatwala (2013) and Humshakals (2014) turned out to be damp squibs at the box-office, Sajid Khan knew it was time was introspection. His brand of cinema was trolled widely, but, he even more so.
"The negativity surrounding my last two films got me thinking that something was as much wrong with my films as it was with me. I was being reviewed more than my films and was being panned by everyone. I decided to get a reality check as to where I was going wrong," he says.
Sajid Khan soon realised his follies - the director understood that his headline-seeking behaviour was getting the better of him. "In my personal and professional zone, I was shooting from my mouth. I was coming across as an arrogant person and trust me, I am not someone like that. I was sensationalising things not thinking of the repercussions. I have learned to curb that side of me to a great extent. I want my work to speak now."
On the work front, he is reportedly working on the script of Housefull 4. Ask him about that and he clams up, "I am working on a script, but I can't divulge anymore than that."
Most of his films have been panned, their box-office performance notwithstanding. Having faced so much of backlash, does it make him weary? "Not anymore. With bouquets comes brickbats and I am fine with it. Unfortunately, in my case, the bouquets never came. I had to collect the flowers and make a bouquet for myself. But things changed after I joined social media. It gave me a chance to clarify myself and defend my stance. And I realised that the shroud of negativity that surrounded me has diminished."
It was exactly on this day a decade ago that Khan made his directorial debut with Heyy Babyy. Recalling his first day at the shoot, he says, "Producer Sajid Nadiadwala told me to start the shoot with a song, which was choreographed by my sister Farah Khan. I think the idea worked as for the initial four days while the song was being shot, I got familiar with the crew which helped me a lot."
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