Actor-filmmaker Ajay Devgan says he always keeps his fans in mind when making films.
“I think they are the one who makes you a star so their opinion should be considered. They really love you and they know what they want from you, so I think their opinion should matter,” he said.
Devgan was speaking at a media interaction for the film Baadshaho where the rest of the film’s cast and crew — including Emraan Hashmi, Ileana D’Cruz, Esha Gupta, Vidyut Jammwal and director Milan Luthria — were also present.
Baadshaho is set against the backdrop of the 1975 Emergency period in India.
Within two months, another film Golmaal 4 is also releasing, but Devgan doesn’t think it will affect their business.
“Both the films are in different genres so the audience will get a chance to watch two different films. I am not worried about that,” he said.
Producer Bhushan Kumar said the audience is looking for films that are entertaining and Baadshaho is one such project.
“We have to make films as per the reliability factor of the audience. There have been commercial films that have come out [this year], but were too imaginative and they have not worked,” Kumar said.
“Baadshaho is not an imaginative film, it’s real and made it an entertaining way,” he added.
“In Baadshaho, we have taken a topic that is relatable and we are hopeful people will connect with it. We are showing what has happened during the Emergency period. Milan Luthria has given a great visual to the film,” Kumar said.
According to Kumar, the selling point of Baadshaho is its genre — a period action film.
“Recently so many films have come — both big and small — and nothing really has worked and there is always a change that is needed. The audience is open to all kinds of films but the content has to be good,” he said.
Baadshaho was earlier set to release on January 26 but as the film was incomplete, the makers changed the date. Bhushan says the delay was because the shooting was not complete and some scenes had to be reshot.
“We were looking for the right date with no competition. Though we had announced it earlier that we will release the film on January 26, we were not ready. That time Rakesh Roshan ji [producer of Kaabil] and Ritesh Sidhwani [producer of Raees] had called me to ask if our film was releasing on January 26,” he says.
Produced by T-series and Luthria, Baadshaho is scheduled for a release in India on September 1.
