NOT Salman Khan, Imtiaz Ali Feels Shahrukh Khan & Aamir Khan's Collaboration Is Important!
Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali said the best way to enter a new business market for films would be to have superstars "Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan as a combination of exuberance and content".
Filmmaker
Imtiaz
Ali
said
the
best
way
to
enter
a
new
business
market
for
films
would
be
to
have
superstars
"Shahrukh
Khan
and
Aamir
Khan
as
a
combination
of
exuberance
and
content".
At
a
panel
discussion
titled
'Chinese
Dragon
Market
for
Elephantine
Indian
Films'
at
the
ongoing
FICCI
Frames,
Ali
said
when
a
local
content
is
consumed
globally,
it
makes
storytellers
enhance
their
own
work.
Why
Imtiaz
Wants
To
See
SRK
&
Aamir
Together?
"I
think
you
need
Shahrukh
Khan
and
Aamir
as
a
combination
of
exuberance
and
content
to
break
through
and
get
into
different
markets.
Of
course,
I've
shot
with
Shahrukh
in
Europe,
so
there
hardly
a
place
that
we
went
and
people
didn't
mass
recognise
him.
That's
a
great
thing
for
us," Ali
said.
Why
Traveling
Abroad
Is
Important?
"What
it
does
is,
it
changes
the
quality
of
your
own
work
when
you
get
aware
of
the
fact
that
different
people
from
all
over
the
world
are
watching...
I
think
there
is
a
qualitative
improvement
in
cinema
as
a
result
of
it
travelling
abroad," the
director
added.
Imtiaz
On
Devdas
&
Secret
Superstar
Ali
said
from
"Devdas",
which
opened
European
markets,
to
"Secret
Superstar",
which
is
doing
great
business
in
China,
"we
have
started
to
wear
the
same
clothes".
"Except
for
language,
there
is
no
other
difference,"
he
said.
Imtiaz
On
Making
A
Film
In
Mandarin
When
asked
if
he
would
make
a
film
in
Mandarin, Ali said
he
actually
has
an
idea
which
might
be
suitable
to
be
made
in
the
language.
"I
quickly
thought
of
all
the
films
that
I
have
made.
And
even
though
when
I
think
about
Mandarin,
what
comes
to
my
mind
is
really
exotic
Chinese
music
and
people
eating
with
chopsticks
and
some
pretty
looking
girls."
Isn't
It
Interesting?
"When
I
think
about
the
films
I
have
made,
many
of
them
could
have
been
a
Mandarin
film."
"But
now,
I
feel
I
already
have
a
lot
of
scripts
for
Mandarin
films,
especially
the
one
that
I
have
been
toying
with
from
a
long
time.
It
gives
writers
and
directors
an
opportunity
to
tell
stories
with
a
bigger
heart,
to
a
bigger
audience,"
he
said.
Prasad
Shetty,
Director
of
China
Peacock
Mountain
Group,
was
also
present
during
the
session.
Shetty,
who
has
released
Aamir's
"Dangal"
and
"Secret
Superstar"
in
China,
said
the
country
is
a
huge
market
for
Hindi
films.
So
far,
both
the
films
have
done
exceptionally
well
in
China.
He
insists
that
it
is
not
just
that
only
Aamir's
films
are
turning
out
to
be
blockbusters,
it
is
the
content
that
works.
"No
one
kind
of
actor's
film
is
a
hit,
it's
the
content
that
works.
People
love
stories,
which
are
human
dramas
and
have
emotions
unlike
the
big-budget
Hollywood
films,
which
they
keep
watching
anyway
and
that
also
do
well."
"But
at
the
same
time
it
doesn't
mean
only
one
particular
kind
of
genre
or
stories
work.
We
can't
define
what
works
and
what
doesn't.
There
is
no
set
formula
for
it.
India
and
China
are
similar
in
lot
of
ways
like
culture,
values
etc,"
Shetty
said.
Ajit
Thakur,
Head
of
Trinity
Pictures,
revealed
that
China,
which
has
51,000
screens,
has
a
unique
way
of
marketing
Hindi
films.
"They
(Chinese
distributors)
use
the
star-power
of
Chinese
superstars
to
promote
Hindi
filmsin
China.
It
is
working
well,"
he
said
Filmmaker
Shoojit
Sircar,
known
for
films
like
"Vicky
Donor",
"Piku"
and
"Pink",
said
he
does
not
understand
market,
but
"only
knows
how
to
tell
stories".
"I
would
love
to
explore
the
Chinese
market,
be
it
teaming
up
with
actors
over
there
or
working
there,"
he
said.