Salman
Khan
who
is
desperately
in
need
of
a
hit
after
quite
a
few
films
of
his
have
successively
proved
to
be
duds
at
the
box
office,
like
Hello,
Yuvraj,
God
Tussi
Great
Ho
etc,
is
quite
confident
that
his
next
release
Wanted,
produced
by
Boney
Kapoor
and
directed
by
the
ace
choreographer
cum
actor
Prabhu
Deva
will
hit
the
bull"s
eye
at
the
box
office.
Salman
is
also
banking
on
his
other
releases
this
year-
Anil
Sharma"s
Veer,
Prem
Soni"s
Main
Aurr
Mrs
Khanna
in
which
he
has
been
cast
opposite
Kareena
Kapoor,
and
last
but
not
the
least
Vipul
Shah"s
London
Dreams,
in
which
his
co-stars
are
Ajay
Devgan
and
Asin.
When
I
meet
Salman
Khan
for
this
interview
at
the
Hotel
Leela
Kempinski,
the
actor
seems
quite
excited
about
the
outcome
of
the
film,
so
much
so,
that
he
tells
me
that
though
the
comedy
quotient
in
Wanted
is
nowhere
nearer
to
what
was
there
in
Boney
Kapoor"s
No
Entry,
directed
by
Anees
Bazmee,
he
hopes
that
Wanted
will
turn
out
to
be
a
hit.
Salman
also
asserts
that
Wanted
will
not
be
just
an
out
and
out
action
film,
but
also
have
content
as
well
as
great
visuals
because
for
the
first
time,
the
audience
will
be
able
to
see
a
Hindi
film
which
has
been
shot
in
the
exotic
locales
of
Greece
in
places
like
Santorina
and
Rodos.
Wanted
is
the
Hindi
remake
of
the
Tamil
super
hit
Pokkiri
as
well
as
its
Telugu
remake,
which
also
had
turned
out
to
be
super
hits.
Both
the
films
were
directed
by
Prabhu
Deva
with
Vijay
in
the
lead.
Salman
confesses
that
it
was
quite
tough
to
execute
the
steps
for
his
dance
numbers
because
he
does
not
have
a
flexible
rubber-like
body,
like
that
of
Prabhu
Deva
who
has
not
only
directed
the
film,
but
also
choreographed
the
dance
numbers.
“Yes.
I
did
try
to
copy
the
steps
of
Prabhu
Deva
Sir
but
was
shocked
when
I
saw
the
final
outcome,
because
I
realized
that
I
had
taken
an
entirely
different
step."
Salman
elaborates.
“I
would
not
say
that
the
steps
that
I
have
taken
in
the
film
are
great,
but
I
would
unabashedly
state
that
the
steps
that
I
have
taken
are
better
than
what
I
tend
to
do
normally.
In
that
sense,
I
would
admit
that
it
is
better
than
my
capacity,
thanks
to
Prabhu
Deva,
though
I
would
modestly
go
to
the
extent
of
telling
you
that
I
am
not
at
all
comparing
myself
with
either
Sunny
Deol
or
for
that
matter
Sanjubaba,
as
far
as
dancing
is
concerned."
(Laughs)
Salman
clarifies
that
the
character
of
Radhe
that
he
is
playing
in
Wanted
is
quite
different
from
the
character
of
Radhe
Mohan
that
he
had
played
in
Tere
Naam,
which
also
was
the
remake
of
a
Tamil
hit
called
Sethu.
“I
played
the
role
that
Vikram
had
played
in
Sethu
when
it
was
remake
in
Hindi
as
Tere
Naam.
In
Wanted,
I
have
essayed
the
character
of
Radhe
Mohan
that
Vijay
had
done
in
both
the
Tamil
as
well
as
Telugu
versions
of
the
film,
which
was
titled
Pokkiri
in
both
the
languages.
However,
I
made
it
a
point
not
to
observe
both
the
actors
in
the
original
versions,
because
I
did
not
want
to
be
influenced
in
any
way
by
either
of
them
when
I
set
out
to
act"
Salman
sets
out
to
explain
the
basic
nuances
of
his
character
in
Wanted.
“If
the
Radhe
of
Tere
Naam
was
a
college
kid,
the
Radhe
of
Wanted
is
a
hard
core
man,
who
is
the
most
wanted
man
in
Mumbai
by
several
people
for
different
reasons.
If
Radhe
is
wanted
by
the
innocent
Jhanvi
to
be
her
knight
in
shining
armor,
he
is
wanted
by
the
corrupt
Inspector
Talpade
for
being
in
the
wrong
place
at
the
right
time.
If
Radhe
is
wanted
by
the
dreaded
gangster
Datta
Pawle
for
coming
in
his
way,
he
is
wanted
dead
by
Don
Gani
Bhai,
because
he
knows
too
much.
Radhe
is
also
wanted
alive
by
the
Commissioner
Ashraf
Khan
because
he
wants
to
know
what
Radhe
knows".