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Actordirector pairs set to dazzle in 2019
Each time a successful actor has teamed up with a skilled filmmaker, the outcome has been a brilliant cinematic experience. And 2019 may have plenty of them with fresh actor-director pairings that are sure to rock the box office.
Filmmaker Rohit Shetty reportedly announced his next project will be with Akshay Kumar, news which took social media by fire. Trade analyst Atul Mohan says, “When new directors and actors come together, there are a lot of expectations in terms of new ideas and presentation.”
Other new pairs that have movie buffs excited include Karan Johar and Vicky Kaushal (Takht), Raj Kumar Gupta and Arjun Kapoor (India’s Most Wanted), Ashutosh Gowarikar and Sanjay Dutt (Panipat), Marjaavaan (Milap Zaveri and Sidharth Malhotra).
Much like their fans, actors, too, are excited to be collaborating with their dream directors. Vicky says, “I’ve been looking forward to working with Karan for long. Now that I am, I don’t have words to express my happiness. He’s making a period film, so my excitement has doubled. I’m working hard so that I don’t disappoint him.”
Excited to work with Arjun, Raj Kumar however cautions he can’t predict the box office result. “That would be going too far. We just tried to make a good film and are hoping it does good business,” he says.
Film critic Omar Qureshi says though the pairings look interesting, everything boils down to the script. “If the story isn’t good even the powers of all the avengers coming together can’t help,” he explains.
Mohan adds in agreement, “Looking at some films that worked October (Shoojit Sircar and Varun Dhawan), Pad Man (R Balki and Akshay), Raazi (Meghna Gulzar and Alia Bhatt) and Sanju (Rajkumar Hirani and Ranbir Kapoor) did well because of both the pairing and the story. And some of these pairings are also because of the demand of the script.”