AM LUCKY ON BALANCE OF HEROISM, EMOTIONS IN MY FILMS: SALMAN

Fresh from the success of Dabangg 3, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan says there are times when the makers go overboard with “heroism” but believes he is lucky to have struck the right balance in his films. Dabangg 3 saw Salman reprise his role of Robin Hoodlike cop Chulbul Pandey and the film released on December 20, minting over Rs 90 crores in its opening weekend. The actor, who has cemented his image as a larger-than-life hero with films like Wanted, Kick, Bharat and the Dabangg series, said heroism is here to stay. “I feel when fans go to theatre they should want to be you and they should come out happier. Basically that is my funda to do movies. I don’t think heroism can ever die. It can never die. There are times when you feel there is too much of it (heroism) so you try and control it, to get the right balance is difficult. I am lucky on cracking it,” Salman said.

Salman said no star has the power to hold the audience in the theatres if the film is not good.

“...Till the time the emotion is correct...If you do something selflessly for someone — it could be your mother, family or wife or dog or country — that emotion works. You say star power (works), but if the film is not good, then it doesn’t hold at all,” he said. “The subject is important. The scenes and music have to be good. If a boring scene comes, people get busy with their phones,” he added. Salman is currently busy shooting for Radhe. “I am hearing scripts from Farhan (Akhtar) when something comes up, we will see,” he added. The actor also has Kick 2 and Veteran, the Hindi remake of 2015 South Korean film.