Bhubaneswar: Bollywood action king Sunny Deol Monday said bollywood producers should take lessons from their southern counterparts on how to make cinema with love.
Deol-starrer Jaat is produced by Hyderabad-based Mythri Movie Makers – the makers of the box office record holder Pushpa franchise starring Allu Arjun
The Sunny starred film Jaat will be releasing on April 10. The film has been directed by Gopichand Malineni ("Veera Simha Reddy"). The film is also backed by People Media Factory.
PAAJI FELL IN LOVE: GIVES BOLLYWOOD A PEACE OF MIND
Sunny Paaji praised the producers of the upcoming movie at its trailer launch event on Monday.
"My producers are so good. I want producers of Bombay to learn (from them). You all call it Bollywood, but first refer to it as Hindi cinema, and learn how to make cinema with love (from south filmmakers). They focus and enjoy the subject, rope in the director, show trust in his vision, and leave no stone unturned in achieving that. The story is the hero (for them). I thoroughly enjoyed working with all of them," he told the reporters there.
"I told them (makers), ‘Let's do another film'. Maybe I shall go and settle there (in the South)" he then quipped bursting into loud laugh all around.
To a query on where Hindi cinema was lagging behind, the actor said:
"Earlier, the producer used to like a story when the director narrated it. Then they would commit themselves to making it. Later, the corporates came in and then it became very commercial. In all of this, people lost interest (in filmmaking). Everyone became a victim. The people who had hunger (for filmmaking) were left behind."
Producers in Hyderabad gave all the freedom to the director.
"There is no misuse of directors. Yes, the money being spent is more, but it is because they want to uplift the scenes. That patience is important."
BOLLYWOOD TRYST WITH WEST
Paaji said Hindi filmmakers sometimes forget their roots and get influenced by the West.
"The south films retain all of those things and that's how their films become pan-India. Every person across the country relates to them. I believe we should also follow this thing in Hindi (cinema) and get back to our roots. For instance, my films like Ghatak, Damini and Arjun... We should make these kinds of films again," he added.
WILL SUNNY PLAY BOBBY’S ANIMAL ROLE?
When asked would he like to play negative characters like his younger brother and Animal star Bobby Deol?
Sunny replied:
"I won't call it negative. I will just call it a character. If I get that kind of character, I would definitely love to do it. But the director and producers need to have the guts to do that with me... When I joined the industry, I had little choice.”
"Even if I go on to do that kind of cinema people will say the work was good but they didn't enjoy it. Image also takes over everything, that's the problem with me. But I'm doing one-two films like that. If we stop measuring cinema by the box office yardstick, any good film will become a hit."
DHARAM, SUNNY, BOBBY IN ONE FRAME
Speaking at the trailer launch event, Sunny said said all three Deols, Sunny, Bobby and their father and cinema veteran Dharmendra would love to co-star in a film again.
"The story needs to be good so we can come together," he added.
The deols have worked together in movies like Apne and Yamla Pagla Deewana franchise.
