Salman Khan: I don’t select films for myself
01/08/2014
The Kick actor during an interview stated that he selects films on the basis of what he likes to watch and doesn’t choose them for himself
Salman Khan and Eid have a close connection. Even though the actor isn’t biased towards any particular festival, Salman has had a successful streak of releases around Eid. This year, Sajid Nadiadwala’s Kick has been the attraction at the ticket window for the festive season. While the film opened to positive numbers over the weekend, Salman didn’t want to claim any ownership of breaking or making any records. In fact, he welcomed the idea of Hrithik Roshan’s Bang Bang, his good friend Aamir Khan’s PK, and surprisingly enough, even Shah Rukh Khan’s Happy New Year to cross the figures made by Kick. We sat down with Salman on a rainy day, and got him to share his reaction on the film’s opening, his recent obsession with singing (he did an acapella version of his song Tu Hi Tu during this interview!) and his association with Eid. Read on…
You seem to have taken quite a liking for singing. How did this come about?
You know when you do a show, they ask you to sing? I wanted a reference of my voice to be singing on a minus-one track. So I went to record, it sounded good and they used it in the film. I also wanted everyone to know that if I can do it, anyone can do it. There is this notion that singing is very difficult, yes you need to have a bit of a singer in you, but once you have that little bit, there is technology available that can make your voice sound like a professional singer. I think it’s very important for everyone to start singing a little but it’s the biggest stress buster. If you can train for as long as it takes for you to know how to sing, you can divert your mind from any situation. Singing is good to feel emotion, it is good to get out of any sort of emotion, it’s the best thing ever.
Is there any particular genre of music you enjoy more than the others?
I enjoy all kinds of music, I enjoy R&B, I enjoy hip-hop, 80s, retro feel, I enjoy old Hindi songs, today’s Hindi music… whatever gets my feet tapping. I love it.
As an actor, what is your biggest gratification when a film releases…
My biggest gratification is the journey of the film and then, getting to know that the journey of the film was in the right direction – it’s appreciation, or the enthusiasm and eagerness to see the film. Now it has come to level where we talk about the lifetime business of the film, about the star-power on Friday-Saturday-Sunday to pull in the audience, and also how the film turned out overall. I don’t select films for myself. I am always selecting films based on what I would like to watch. If I see some other heroes’ films, I say ‘This is what I would like to watch’, as a fan of that person. So the lifetime business of the film has become very important. If it’s a huge number, it means the film has been appreciated, if it’s average business, it means that the film has not been appreciated. Also, it’s very good for the industry, it keeps the competition going, it keeps everyone on their toes, it makes everyone try harder to break records. Records are made to be broken, kisi ki jagir thodi hai? If somebody sets a record, you have to break it or at least make a damn good effort at it. You might or might not break it, but the fact that your are striving to do it, means you might reach somewhere close. Somebody else might come and break the record and I hope that they do, so we can break it again. Bang Bang is there, Shah Rukh’s Happy New Year, then Aamir’s P.K. All these films should come and break our record.
Your fans on social media have called this your best-looking film.
I trained extremely hard for this film. The advantage of Kick was that as soon as I finished the climax of Jai Ho, I dived straight into this film and it got over in three-and-a-half to four months. As soon as I left training, I realised Prem Ratan Dhan Payo required the same kind of fitness level, it has me bare-chested, I am doing some fencing, so I just got a two-week break and now am back on to that training again.
Is it a conscious effort to have a release around Eid?
It is to do with any festive week not just Eid, people watch films during Diwali, Christmas… the best period is when there is no big film before or after these festivals. That’s a damn good period for this film to release, plus you have Republic Day and Independence Day. Gandhi Jayanti has also become a big day. Bang Bang is releasing on that day. Thank God we have so many festivals where we can use them. Today, the festivals are known because of the release of the film. People discuss the film because it falls on a certain holiday or a festival day. I am glad that all these festivals are making the films do well.
What is your most favourite Eid memory?
The fact that a Maharashtrian lady makes the best sheer korma and biryani in the world and her name is Salma Susheela Charak Khan. Maajhi aai!
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