"Naqaab is a romantic thriller and does not have any similarity with Humraaz" : Abbas-Mustan
Features
-Staff
By Staff
By:
Reshma
Kelkar,
IndiaFM
Friday,
June
22,
2007
Abbas-Mustan
are
miffed
with
rumours
that
their
latest
thriller
Naqaab
is
similar
to
their
2002
release
Humraaz.
Mustan
defends,
"Naqaab
is
a
romantic
thriller
and
does
not
have
any
similarity
with
Humraaz
as
is
being
speculated.
It
has
it's
on
own
mystery
which
we
have
tried
to
solve
through
three
prominent
characters.
Bobby
Deol
and
Akshaye
Khanna
are
in
prominent
roles
and
since
We
are
directing
this
movie
people
have
this
feeling
that
Humraaz
and
Naqaab
are
same.
But
once
these
three
characters
will
be
revealed
onscreen,
you
will
know
what
is
happening,
why
is
it
happening
and
for
what
is
it
happening?
Naqaab
has
shaped
up
totally
different
from
Humraaz."
The
director-duo
has
already
started
working
on
their
next
film
Race
which
happens
to
be
their
most
star-studded
film
so
far
featuring
Saif
Ali
Khan,
Akshaye
Khanna,
Bipasha
Basu,
Katrina
Kaif,
Sameera
Reddy
and
Anil
Kapoor
in
lead
roles.
The
other
brother
from
the
director
duo
reveals,
"Race
was
supposed
to
start
in
January
but
before
that
Ramesh
Taurani
offered
us
Naqaab.
Akshay
had
already
committed
for
this
project
and
since
it
was
a
romantic
thriller
Mr.
Taurani
wanted
us
to
work
on
it.
We
liked
the
subject
and
decided
to
work
on
it.
We
had
already
worked
with
Bobby
Deol
and
Akshaye
Khanna
during
Humraaz
and
we
get
along
well.
Besides,
they
could
manage
the
dates
easily.
We
would
have
opted
for
Amisha
in
Naqaab
but
then
it
would
have
looked
like
Humraaz
sequel.
We
wanted
someone
who
didn't
have
any
particular
image
as
such
and
whom
people
won't
anticipate
in
that
role.
I
remember
during
Gupt,
Kajol
didn't
have
any
negative
image
but
she
did
pull
off
that
character
so
well."
Speaking
about
their
favorite
actors
Akshaye
Khanna
and
Bobby
Deol,
Mustan
says,
"Our
last
film
with
Bobby
was
Humraaz,
before
that
we
worked
in
Soldier
and
Ajnabee
and
both
the
films
were
hits.
I
think
Bobby
has
turned
out
to
be
good
performer." Mustan
has
all
praise
for
Akshaye
Khanna.
He
states
"Akshaye
is
very
good
actor.
He
is
playing
an
important
role
in
our
forthcoming
film
Race.
This
will
be
his
fourth
film
with
us.
We
have
worked
together
and
shared
a
good
rapport
with
him
therefore
we
know
which
role
will
suit
him.
He
gives
his
best
to
every
character
that
he
plays.
He
is
all
rounder
and
we
know
he
is
very
talented
to
pull
off
any
kind
of
role."
Urvashi
came
into
the
picture
when
we
were
looking
for
a
new
girl
and
Mr.
Taurani
told
us
that
he
knew
this
girl.
We
met
Urvashi
and
after
talking
to
her
we
realized
that
she
has
the
potential.
She
is
a
good
artist."
Abbas-Mustan's
last
release
36
China
Town
failed
on
Box
Office.
So
what
went
wrong
with
that
film?
"Many
people
blamed
the
climax
of
the
film
saying
they
didn't
like
the
humorous
end.
But
we
had
come
up
with
ten
endings
for
36
China
Town
before
we
came
up
with
a
humorous
ending
like
this.
Though
audiences
were
disappointed
by
the
humorous
climax
of
36
China
Town,
Naqaab
will
not
disappoint
them
for
sure" he
quips.
Being
admirer
of
Vijay
Anand,
Mustan
says,
"We
have
seen
suspense
drama
many
times
and
we
know
that
once
the
suspense
is
revealed,
people
lose
interest.
But
there
are
some
films
which
have
combination
of
suspense
and
thriller.
We
have
seen
Goldie
Sir's
(Vijay
Anand)
Teesri
Manzil.
We
admire
him
a
lot.
Though
we
know
the
suspense
of
that
film,
we
have
seen
it
around
10
times.
We
analyze
that
there
are
some
other
factors
as
well
which
we
didn't
realize
for
the
first
time
and
explored
it
second
or
third
time.
We
always
keep
in
mind
that
after
the
release
of
a
film
the
suspense
element
is
going
to
be
revealed,
so
overall
there
should
be
something
that
will
entertain
people
and
compel
them
to
watch
it
again
and
again."
So,
now
when
the
remakes
are
current
trend
in
Bollywood,
would
you
like
to
follow
the
bandwagon?
"I
don
think
we
can
remake
any
suspense
film.
But
yes
we
can
make
sequels
too.
We
are
thinking
on
same
lines.
Among
our
hit
films
we
are
planning
to
make
Khiladi
2
with
Akshay
Kumar,
Baazigar
2
and
Badshah
2.
We
are
yet
to
think
about
the
storyline
but
we
will
surely
be
planning
sequels
of
these
films.
We
are
also
planning
to
announce
our
own
production
house
soon
after
we
finish
these
films.
We
may
even
produce
these
sequels.
But
everything
is
in
the
planning
stage
now."
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