Filmmaker Rohit Shetty says in his upcoming movie Cirkus he has tried to current William Shakespeare’s traditional play The Comedy of Errors in a novel means.
Over the years, the Shakespearean comedy, revolving round two units of an identical twins, has been tailored by many Indian filmmakers with Kishore Kumar-led Do Dooni Chaar (1968) and Gulzar’s directorial enterprise Angoor (1982) being probably the most celebrated ones.
Rohit Shetty mentioned Cirkus, starring Ranveer Singh within the lead roles, is nowhere near the earlier movie variations of the play.
“There have been many versions of The Comedy of Errors. In Bengali cinema, it was made as a black and white film, then Do Dooni Chaar with Kishore Kumar. So, it has changed a lot over the years. Our film is a different take,” Shetty advised PTI in an interview.
The 49-year-old filmmaker added that Cirkus is a “happy, cool, breezy film” very similar to his blockbuster comedies Golmaal and All the Best.
Also starring Pooja Hegde, Jaqueline Fernandez, Varun Sharma, Siddhartha Jadhav, Johnny Lever, Sanjay Mishra and Vrajesh Hirjee amongst others, Cirkus is ready to hit theatres on December 23.
Rohit Shetty, who’s at present filming for Khatron Ke Khiladi season 12 in South Africa, mentioned he’ll resume work on his debut sequence Indian Police Force quickly after which transfer to the third a part of his much-loved cop universe movie Singham.
The director mentioned the movie, to be headlined by Bollywood star Ajay Devgn, is within the scripting stage and can go on flooring in April subsequent 12 months.
“Post Indian Police Force, all my attention is on Singham 3. It is Ajay’s due date now. Singham has not come for the longest time,” the filmmaker mentioned.
Shetty began his cop universe with Singham motion pictures and adopted it up with Simmba, starring Ranveer Singh, and Akshay Kumar-led Sooryavanshi.
The director, who’s taking the franchise to the digital area with Sidharth Malhotra-starrer sequence Indian Police Force, mentioned he’ll hold increasing his cop universe.
“We will be expanding with every film whether the time or scenario would change in reality or not. Like, Singham 3 will be bigger than Sooryavanshi. It won’t culminate. New guys, new actors will keep coming and it will keep going,” Shetty mentioned, including that Singham 3 will see Ranveer Singh and Akshay Kumar in particular appearances together with some new characters.
With a sequence of money-spinners to his credit score, Rohit Shetty is taken into account one of the crucial profitable business administrators of the Hindi movie trade.
The filmmaker mentioned he by no means takes his success without any consideration and has all the time tried to push the envelope with each challenge. “There is a saying that success is a rent that you have to pay every day. So, every morning when you get up, you have to pay the rent by working hard. I have been working hard. The kind of love you get, it makes you responsible,” he added.
The filmmaker additionally believes luck has been on his aspect.
“I feel I am the chosen one. I am the lucky one. There are many great films which have not done well. There are many great directors who people don’t know. It is also the luck factor that is working,” he mentioned.
