Ajay roots for Rohit’s cop universe

Ajay Devgn believes Indian audience, especially the ones who are familiar with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will lap up director Rohit Shetty’s cop universe in no time. The actor fronts the Singham series that gave birth to the filmmaker’s potential multi-film universe, which was followed by Ranveer Singh’s Simmba; the latest addition to it is Sooryavanshi, to be led by Akshay Kumar.

Devgn said Bollywood has a lesson to learn from the box office performance of the studio’s most recent Avengers: Endgame. “Universes have a massive scope in Bollywood. Singham is a strong franchise and then Simmba has become another important series, and now if Sooryavanshi goes to become something like that, which I’m sure it will, it’s the same thing as Avengers. The film got such a big opening worldwide. Either you are an Iron Man fan or any other Avengers’, now that all of them came together for a film, one will definitely go. Every superhero’s fan would go, it’s as simple as that. If these characters

also go on to become that strong, then people would wait for something like this. Having a good script is extremely important. If it’s not justified, anybody will fail,” the actor said.

However, Devgn reiterated Shetty’s concerns that the Indian film industry currently is not in a position to give a competition to Hollywood due to financial constraints. The actor said MCU picked up superheroes, but in India, cops like Singham and Simmba are the superheroes. “So we’re trying to make our world. We are taking it into a more realistic zone,” he added.

The actor also said any female actor can play the role of a cop in the film franchise, adding Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif and Kareena Kapoor Khan would fit the bill. “Who cannot play? Any female actor can play the role. Any woman can play a cop. All our actresses are doing so well. All the new girls at least are doing so well — Deepika, Katrina, Kareena and anyone can do it,” he said.