Sajid Khan on completing 10 years as a filmmaker in the industry
The moniker ‘funnyman’ has often been used to describe Sajid Khan. However, if you check out his track record of the last two films he directed, Himmatwala and Humshakals, and go by the negativity surrounding them, you would probably wonder why. But the filmmaker, and sometimes actor, is genuinely funny. The ‘perception’, a word that springs up often as he tells me, sitting in his Juhu apartment, is that he’s no more the guy he used to be. “But that’s the thing about perceptions. They aren’t facts and that’s why they aren’t permanent,” says Sajid, who recently completed 10 years in the film industry as a director. “Ten years of Heyy Babyy, the first film I directed. Ten years of me as a filmmaker. All thanks to Sajid Nadiadwala. He should get the credit. Or the blame!” he guffaws loudly. See what I meant about the funny business. Over to the filmmaker…
How did you deal with the aftermath of Humshakals?
Humshakals chali, but the large perception was to make you believe that it was a disaster. It made Rs 63 crore, so box-office wise, it’s not a disaster. It’s Saif’s highest grossing film in the last four years, but somewhere the …read more
