Dulquer Salmaan on pan-India movies: Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth and Shah Rukh Khan went past borders way back

Actor Dulquer Salmaan is again with yet one more romantic drama, Sita Ramam. Directed by Hanu Raghavapudi, the film marks his second undertaking with manufacturing home Vyjayanthi Movies after Mahanati. Also starring Mrunal Thakur, Rashmika Mandanna, Sumanth and Tharun Bhascker in pivotal roles, the movie is slated for a worldwide launch on August 5 in Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam.

Ahead of the movie’s launch, Dulquer interacted with the media in Hyderabad. Here are excerpts:

What is the USP of Sita Ramam?

It’s a really unique story. I don’t suppose persons are writing these sorts of tales anymore. I liked the thought of the movie. It is one thing I haven’t finished earlier than.

You lately stated that you’ll cease doing romantic movies.

The viewers has been seeing me as a romantic hero for a very long time. So, I wish to break that picture. I get older. I wish to transfer away from the kind of movies I do. Now I wish to do extra mature tales and experiment.

Tell us about your function in Sita Ramam.

I’m enjoying a military officer named Ram, who’s an orphan. He is a contented and optimistic soul.

Sita Ramam is your second movie with Vyjatanthi Movies after Mahanati. How was it collaborating with them once more?

Vyjayanthi Movies is like my household. Producer Ashwini Dutt garu is my favorite human being. Vyjayanthi Movies all the time provide you with particular issues for me.

Do you and your father Mammootty discuss motion pictures?

If I like some scripts, I share them with him in fast one-liners. He additionally suggests I do good cinema and never miss good scripts. He is my idol. I wish to make him proud.

You have finished over 30 motion pictures up to now in several languages. How do you have a look at it?

I nonetheless really feel like I’ve finished much less. If you are taking any of my contemporaries in Malayalam, a few of them are doing 10 to 12 movies in a yr. My father even acted in additional than 30 motion pictures in a yr. So, I nonetheless really feel like I’m not doing sufficient.

You don’t just like the phrase ‘pan-India’. What would you counsel as a substitute for it?

When one thing is overused, we get uninterested in listening to it. Now I don’t see an article or an interview with out this pan-India phrase. I don’t suppose it’s a brand new concept or idea. The motion pictures of stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth and Shah Rukh Khan went past borders way back. Now I really feel there isn’t any want to emphasise {that a} film is a pan-India movie.

If you weren’t into movies, what would you’ve been doing?

I fear about that (laughs). I like investing and stuff. I went to a enterprise faculty