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”Humshakals is an out and out clean and wholesome family comedy” – Sajid Khan

en Bollywood News ”Humshakals is an out and out clean and wholesome family comedy” – Sajid Khan

Humshakals releases today and Sajid Khan is back with an out and out comic timing. Word in the town is that he is all set to strike back with the film that not just brings him back into an expected and familiar genre but also warrants that there is not a single dull moment in the narrative with something happening practically every minute. We get into a quick tête-à-tête with the man of the moment.

”Humshakals is an out and out clean and wholesome family comedy” – Sajid Khan

How tough was it for you as a filmmaker to make Humshakals?

It was toughest to direct Humshakals not for any other reason but the fact that it is a very complicated plot that had to be told simply. In the right sense, this one is a situational comedy. I have made sure that every frame of the film makes audience laugh, smile and enjoy. I enjoyed doing it and same was the case with the star cast too. The screenplay is quite interesting and I had to manage the triple role of Saif, Riteish and Ram Kapoor, what with the same names adding to the confusion. To have one pair of Saif and Riteish with brains of a five year old kid was super fun.

After an action drama like Himmatwala, you could have tried a thriller or a romantic musical. What made you go ahead with a comic outing like Humshakals?

My name is synonymous with comedy as was the case with both Housefull and Housefull 2. I believe that's what went completely wrong with my previous film Himmatwala; people didn't enjoy it because they thought they will see comedy, but then clearly it was not. So I believe this is my bread and butter as people love me for comedy and have given me love and success over the years on TV as well as feature films. I don't want to disappoint them again so this time around I will give them exactly what they expect from my name. In this regard, Humshakals is an out and out clean and wholesome family comedy.

For a film like Humshakals, you need actors with impeccable comic timing. It must have been quite an effort to get the best out of your cast, right?

When you get the best actors for the job on board, it makes a director's life relatively easier to get the best. With Saif, Riteish and Ram, we had great camaraderie on the sets. Practically in every shot of the film, all three of them are together. As for our bonding, it happened pretty much in the first two days of the shoot itself. Trust me, without that it would have been very difficult to finish the movie's shoot in 71 days flat. There was so much of budget involved in managing expenses and that too in various countries and city hopping that we did across the globe.

While with Saif this is your first ever film, Riteish appears to be a continued straight forward choice in your films, isn't it?

I think it is an amalgamation of personal relationship and solid understanding as a director-actor that he is a compulsory part of every film that I make. Not just is he my best friend, there is also a great comfort feel that he gives me as an actor. He supports my sense of comedy which makes our whole communication process faster. He is one of the best comedians around in Bollywood and I would go to the extent of comparing him with Govinda.

As for Ram Kapoor, I have heard that there were quite a few other actors who were being considered earlier.

No, it was always Ram Kapoor for the film. Whatever else you may have heard is just a rumor or gossip. He has been my friend for many years. When compared to a routine character actor, he brings in certain urban freshness to a role. When he is there on the poster, the film looks cooler. Even otherwise, if Heyy Babyy was my coolest film till date then Humshakals is 20 times cooler than that. Coming back to Ram, this is a dream role for him; after all he is one of the very few people in the industry to have played a triple role.

Meanwhile Chunky Pandey returns with you too after Housefull and Housefull 2, though not quite as 'Aakhri Pasta'.

(Laughs) Well, his role isn't as big as 'Aakhri Pasta' but still it is meaty enough. I like working with him and in Humshakals he adds on to the humor element. He is very important to the film's plot.

How has Vashu Bhagnani been as a producer with whom you are returning after Himmatwala?

The best part about him is that he never interferes. He is a very open and large-hearted person. The beauty of working with Vashu is that he gets you to a point where he makes you believe that it is your film. He keeps it very clear that he is a producer and you are a director. It has been a great working relationship with him. He is a wonderful human being in whose dictionary the word 'no' doesn't exist.

With the film releasing today, what is the promise that you have made to the cast?

First and foremost let me acknowledge that this is a wonderful bunch of people that I worked with since they were ready to jump off the mountains if I would have asked them to. That is the very reason I hope Humshakals does very well as that would be my way of saying 'Thank You' to them for trusting me blindly.

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