After delivering a blockbuster hit this year, Housefull 2, filmmaker Sajid Khan is now gearing up for his next project. Khan's next film will be the remake of 1983 release Himmatwala and will star Ajay Devgn and South actress Tamannaah Bhatia in the lead roles.
Sajid will film the mahurat shoot of the movie, at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad, on Wednesday and is planning to screen it live on YouTube. However he maintains that it is not a publicity stunt but just a way to involve the audiences.
He further added, that at the moment, he doesn't need to promote his film, but will interact with the audiences all through the making of the movie.
On being quizzed if any celebrity has been invited for the mahurat, the filmmaker stated that it's not a party and there are no guests. He said that he makes films for the audience and wants to involve them from the very first shot.
The remake is expected to hit the theaters early next year.
In today's age, when Bollywood films get delayed for some reason or the other, director Sajid Khan seems determined that his Himmatwala remake starring Ajay Devgn will not suffer the same fate.
It seems that in order to to avoid production delays, filmmaker Sajid Khan has reportedly decided to adopt the Hollywood policy of announcing the release date of his upcoming Himmatwala remake even before the shooting starts! Confirming the news, funnyman Sajid Khan was quoted saying that the idea is to announce the date first and then work backwards so as to avoid delays. Khan further added that it was high time filmmakers became more serious and practical in their approach to filmmaking.
The original Himmatwala starred Jeetendra and Sridevi whereas the remake version, which is Khan's ambitious project, will have Devgn in the main lead. Sajid Khan was recently in the news after his personal email account was hacked and misused to send lewd emails to aspiring female actresses, including the latest 'Playboy' sensation Sherlyn Chopra.
A computer hacker, who hacked filmmaker Sajid Khan's personal email account and sent lewd mails to some aspiring female actresses, including the controversial sex siren Sherlyn Chopra, has left funnyman Sajid fuming with anger and anguish, claim sources.
It seems that Khan, who is not a very tech savvy person, recently discovered that his personal email account was hacked and misused by someone to send obscene mails to female actresses, asking them to mail their nude photographs. Khan revealed that he has filed a cyber crime complaint with the Bandra-Kurla Police station, which has a cyber crime unit.
Sajid Khan's last release Housefull 2 was a major hit and the filmmaker is gearing up for his Himmatwala remake, which stars Ajay Devgn in the lead role.
