Sunny Deol praises Jaat’s makers at trailer launch; SLAMS Bollywood filmmakers: “Bombay ke producers inse seekhe”; jokes, “I might settle down South” : Bollywood News

Sunny Deol, Randeep Hooda, Viineet Kumar Siingh, director Gopichandh Malineni and producers Naveen Yerneni, Ravi Shankar Yalamanchili and T G Vishwa Prasad attended the trailer launch of their film Jaat at a multiplex in Mumbai. Sunny Deol spoke highly of the workings of the South film industry and made some headline-worthy statements.

Sunny Deol praises Jaat’s makers at trailer launch; SLAMS Bollywood filmmakers: “Bombay ke producers inse seekhe”; jokes, “I might settle down South”

Sunny began by saying that he met Gopichandh Malineni after Gadar 2 (2023) and they were supposed to make a film on a different subject. This is when Gopichandh happened to narrate Jaat’s story to Sunny. The superstar said, “I told him that we should work on the ‘Sorry bol’ story! That’s because inhone ‘Sorry bol’ bol bol ke mujhe andar kheech liya and I believed in his vision.”

He then said, “Our producers have been so, so, so good. I really want to say that Bombay ke producers inse seekhe. This industry is addressed as ‘Bollywood’; aap Hindi cinema banao isko pehle! They should learn how cinema is actually made (from them). They make films with love. They enjoy the subject; they hire a director and trust him completely. After all, the biggest hero is the story. And it’s the director who’ll get the story on celluloid. The producers trust the director so much that woh kisi cheez ki kasar nahin chhodta.”

He continued, “I had great fun working with all of them. I want to tell them to start another film; itna maza aaya. Who knows, I might settle down South!”

At another point, Sunny Deol remarked, “Sometimes, we tend to forget (our roots). Since we live in cities, we tend to get influenced by foreign content aur desh ko thoda peechhe chhod dete hain (laughs). South films always retain the essence of our country. And when it gets associated with Hindi cinema, then the result is huge and these films achieve Pan-India success. Everyone relates to it. We should resume the same in Hindi films. We should go back to our roots, the way we did in my earlier films like Ghatak, Damini, Arjun, etc.”

Jaat releases in cinemas on April 10.

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