Salman
Chaya Unnikrishnan (DNA; November 5, 2015)

After two feel-good films — Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo — Salman Khan is itching to get back into the action mode with Sultan. The actor has started training for the film that has him playing a wrestler. Ask him if there’s any other genre of films that he wants to explore like horror-comedy or a sex comedy, and he says he would like to stick to nice, romantic and family films. “I will do anything that will justify the ticket price that a fan pays to watch the film, whether it is Rs 500 on weekends or Rs 150 on weekdays. A person should come out of the theatre saying the film is superb and not feel paise barbaad ho gaye. I need that larger film and am going to be very careful about what I sign now.”

He, however, adds that all genres of films are good. “People should do films that attract the audience. Like Hate Story 3 which has two girls I have worked with — Daisy Shah and Zarine Khan — playing the lead roles. It has music and yes, there will be some steamy scenes, here and there, but as long as it is getting an ‘A’ certificate, it’s fine. If having all these things it does not get an ‘A’, it’s messed up.”

But it’s the action films being given an ‘A’ certificate that flummoxes Salman. He says, “Action films getting an ‘A’ certificate is weird, especially when action is shown on TV all the time. Wanted was given an ‘A’ certificate, but it was all over television.”