Filmmaker Rohit Shetty has been friends with Ajay Devgn for close to 25 years and says the actor is like family to him.
The duo have worked together as an actor-director team in nine films, including the Golmaal series, Singham and Bol Bachchan.
Talking about their bond, Shetty said: “I never realised when this friendship reached such a tremendous level. We kept on working with each other and today we are close to completing 25 years of friendship.
“This continuous working together created a bond between the two of us and it developed into a relationship. It grew so much that Ajay is now like an elder brother and family to me.
“Gradually, we started involving ourselves deeply in terms of content for the films that we were doing together and also as co-producers,” he added.
The common factor between the two is that both their fathers were renowned action directors.
Despite the fact that Shetty chose to make his major hit Chennai Express with Shah Rukh Khan, with whom he is also shooting Dilwale, it hasn’t affected his friendship with Devgn.
Dilwale also stars Devgn’s actress wife Kajol.
