A Cop Film Will Always Be Compared To Dabangg & Singham: Rohit Shetty
Rohit Shetty says cop films such as Dabangg and Singham have set the bar so high with their box office success and popularity that it is obvious for any police-centric movie to be compared with them.
Director
Rohit
Shetty
says
cop
films
such
as
Dabangg
and
Singham
have
set
the
bar
so
high
with
their
box
office
success
and
popularity
that
it
is
obvious
for
any
police-centric
movie
to
be
compared
with
them.
The
filmmaker,
whose
next
project
Simmba
will
see
Ranveer
Singh
don
the
khakhi
uniform
as
Sangram
Bhalerao,
said
he
is
confident
the
film
will
be
original
in
its
character.
Chulbul
&
Singham
Have
Become
Iconic
Characters
"What
usually
happens
is
that
Chulbul
Pandey
and
Singham
have
become
the
iconic
characters.
When
we
were
making
Singham,
a
lot
of
people
told
us
are
'you
trying
to
make
a
Dabangg
kind
of
a
film',
but
the
film
has
its
own
identity.''
On
Comparisions
"This
will
always
happen.
Whenever
a
cop
film
will
be
made
people
will
either
draw
comparisons
with
Dabangg
or
Singham.
If
the
look
and
part
is
serious
then
Singham,
if
entertaining
then
Chulbul
Pandey.
Our
cop
(Ranveer)
is
not
a
Chulbul
Pandey
kind
of
a
character," Shetty
said,
who
has
directed
Singham
and
Singham
Returns.
Rohit
Talks
About
Simmba
While
Dabangg
and
Singham
have
mushroomed
into
a
franchise
in
the
action-drama
series,
the
director
said
it
is
too
early
to
say
the
same
about
Simmba.
"Let's
see
how
the
first
one
does
(referring
to
its
commercial
success).
The
first
one
has
to
work
and
then
we
will
think
(for
the
second
one)."
Karan
Talks
About
Simmba
Presented
by
Reliance
Entertainment,
the
film
is
produced
by
Rohit
Shetty
Picturez
and
Karan
Johar's
Dharma
Productions.
Simmba
is
the
first
collaboration
among
the
three
top
guns
of
Bollywood.
"Ranveer
is
a
unique
personality.
With
Rohit,
he
will
make
his
own
character.
There
is
no
actor
like
him
that
I
have
seen
so
far.
He
is
an
energy
ball,
the
way
he
will
explode
is
going
to
be
good.
I
don't
think
anyone
would
show
the
explosion
like
him
on
screen,"
Johar
said.
Meanwhile,
the
director-producer
duo
will
be
seen
judging
India's
Next
Superstars,
which
goes
on
air
from
January
13
on
Star
Plus.The
tagline
of
the
show
is
'Na
Khaandan
Na
Sifaarish'
(Neither
family
line
nor
recommendation).
Asked
if
this
is
an
answer
to
the
nepotism
debate,
Johar
said,
"It's
better
if
I
don't
speak
anything.
I
have
already
said
a
lot
of
things
on
the
topic."
Shetty,
however,
believes
some
words
make
headlines.
"Two
years
back
intolerance
was
the
word,
now
there
is
nepotism.
It
will
fade
out
in
sometime.
If
a
reporter
and
I
know
each
other
and
that
reporter
refers
his
son
or
siblings
who
want
to
assist
me
and
I
can
help
them,
there
is
no
harm
in
it.
If
there
is
no
talent
in
him
or
her,
they
will
be
able
to
do
only
one
film.
"If
Karan
had
no
talent
he
would
not
have
reached
this
far.
There
is
no
harm
in
giving
anyone
an
opportunity,"
he
said.
PTI