Director
Indra
Kumar
says
it
is
important
to
reinvent
if
one
wants
to
survive
in
the
film
industry.
Kumar,
who
started
his
career
with
romantic
dramas
Dil
and
Beta,
switched
his
focus
to
comedies
with
Masti
and
Dhamaal
franchises.
"Survival
is
essential.
If
you
have
to
survive
you
have
to
change.
You
have
to
change
after
sometime.
I
have
learnt
from
noted
lyrics
writer
named
Shyamalal
Babu
Rai,
professionally
as
Indeevar,
who
told
that
one
should
change
themselves
every
five
and
ten
years.
"I
learnt
from
him
that
I
should
break
away
from
my
style
of
working.
You
may
have
ruled
ten
to
12
years
by
making
same
kind
of
films
but
then
I
started
tumbling
so
I
came
back
with
'Masti'
and
'Dhamaal'
franchise," Kumar
told
PTI.
Both
the
franchises
have
minted
money
at
the
box
office
but
have
not
received
favourable
response
from
the
critics.
Kumar
said
negative
critics
review
do
not
bother
him.
"My
films
right
from
'Beta'
to
'Dil'
to
'Ishq'
and
'Masti'
and
'Dhamaal'
have
not
got
good
reviews.
Today
people
say
'Beta'
is
a
cult
film
but
the
review
then
was
not
good,
similar
was
the
case
with
'Dil'.
"I
don't
think
I
will
ever
get
good
reviews
for
my
films.
In
my
case
it
is
not
just
about
commercial
comedy
films
but
the
other
ones
too
haven't
been
liked
by
the
critics.
There
is
fault
in
my
stars."
Kumar
said
that
when
he
started
the
Dhamaal
franchise,
he
was
clear
that
he
wanted
the
story
to
revolve
around
four-five
men
minus
the
heroine
and
romance.
"A
travel
film
with
ensemble
actors
gave
me
the
inspiration
to
make
'Dhamaal' and
then
subsequently
second
and
third
part
happened.
I
did
not
want
any
heroines
in
the
film
and
everybody
thought
I
have
gone
mad.
"There
is
no
hero-heroine
thing
in
this
series.
Every
time
our
attempt
is
to
make
it
much
larger," he
added.
The
2007
film
starred
Sanjay
Dutt,
Arshad
Warsi,
Ritesh
Deshmukh,
Aashish
Chaudhary
and
Javed
Jaffrey
in
the
lead
roles.
The
sequel
"Double
Dhamaal"
(2011)
featured
the
same
cast.
In
the
third
part
Total
Dhamaal,
only
Ritesh,
Arshad,
Aashish
and
Javed
will
be
seen
reprising
their
roles,
while
Ajay
Devgn,
Anil
Kapoor
and
Madhuri
Dixit
Nene
are
the
new
entrants.
Kumar
said
he
wants
to
make
more
movies
in
the
"Dhamaal"
franchise
but
would
take
the
final
call
depending
on
the
fate
of
the
film,
which
will
hit
cinema
halls
on
February
22.
Credits
-
PTI