Rohit Shetty reveals details about Sara Ali Khan's entry into Simmba
Rohit Shetty's latest directorial venture Simmba is shattering box office records. Ranveer Singh starrer has ended the dry spell on ticket counters in the month of December last year. The cop drama has all the ingredients, of a typical Bollywood masala movie, be it action, comedy, drama, emotions or dance. Simmba has so far minted over Rs 173 crore and will soon touch the mark of Rs 200 crore. Simmba has become Rohit Shetty's eighth movie to enter the coveted Rs 100 crore club.
Simmba is Sara Ali Khan's second movie. She debuted in the same month with Kedarnath, co-starring Sushant Singh Rajput. Reports said that Sara used to message Rohit Shetty as she desperately wanted to be a part of the movie. In the latest interview with DNA, the director has confirmed the same. Shetty revealed that Sara sent him 'numerous' messages and he used to think, ''this kid doesn’t realise that she is doing Kedarnath''. Later, after talking to Kedarnath director Abhishek Kapoor, Shetty agreed to take Sara in his project. Shetty says he is happy that Kedarnath released first.
''Yes, she sent me numerous messages. And I was like this kid doesn’t realise that she is doing Kedarnath. Unfortunately, it was going through a rough patch at that time and got stuck. I knew I could finish my film in five months. And I was like, I don’t want my movie to come first and Gattu (Abhishek Kapoor) to feel bad. Ethically, that wouldn’t be right. And the next call was from Gattu. He said if you want to cast Sara, you see her work in Kedarnath,'' said Shetty.
He further added, ''I told him that if I shoot and complete my film while his movie is on hold, then Simmba would end up releasing first. I felt it would be wrong on my part if that happened. He said that nonetheless, I should go ahead. So, it’s because of Gattu that I decided to cast Sara. Eventually, I was happy that Kedarnath released first. Somewhere, karma worked for Gattu also, he was ready to help a kid to move forward when things were going wrong, and I’m very happy with the end result. Sara used to always ask me if I’m going to put ‘Introducing Sara Ali Khan’ in the Simmba credits, and I told her that I’d never do that. Even if Simmba comes first, credit has to go to Gattu because he started such a big film with her''.
Rohit Shetty's next is Akshay Kumar starrer Sooryavanshi. He gave a glimpse of it at the end of Simmba. The director says he will finalise the script shortly.
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