Hrithik Roshan‘s Krrish 3 is in the news for the last couple of weeks since the movie is all set to go on floor this November. First of all, many wonder why it is called Krrish 3; considering the last film was titled Krrish they naturally expected Krrish 2. However, the director (also Hrithik’s father) Rakesh Roshan clears the air about the confusion on the title. They plan to make this movie as a trilogy and this is the third film after Koi Mil Gaya and Krrishand that explains the name. The director also gets candid about many other things on the movie, which we all wanted to know, in the interview given to thefilmstreetjournal.com. The director set few records straight as far as couple of misconceptions about the much awaited super hero movie, which is expected to get released in Novermber 2013 (after 2 long years!). Take a look at the couple of clarifications given by the maverick director.
* “The film will start in Mumbai this December,” Rakesh Roshan clarifies. “In January, February and March I am going to shoot in Hyderabad. April, May and June will once again be in Mumbai. After small cuts in July and August, we will go to Switzerland in October 2012 for 8 to 10 days.”
* Release date locked by Rakesh Roshan: November 1, 2013, on Diwali day. “It will definitely come on Diwali. Usually I release my films either in January or June. This time I have planned a Diwali release. Even if the movie is ready, I will wait until Diwali to release Krrish 3.”
* Krrish 3 will be a Hindi, Indian film, no doubts about that. No Spanish, French or English. “But I’m going to have my film dubbed in Tamil and Telugu for sure.”
* What will be international will be the action with Tony Ching once again teaming with the Roshans. “Tony was offered a lot of films from India but he didn’t work with anybody else. When I went to him again, he said, I am going to do only your film.”
* This time Hrithik does not have to undergo rigorous training. “He got trained during Krrish, so there is no need for any more of it this time.”
* But Hrithik’s opponent in the film, Vivek Oberoi will be trained here in India for the action scenes. No, he doesn’t have to learn to pilot an aircraft (contrary to reports) since a lot of it will be done digitally.
* Hrithik, Priyanka, Jacqueline and Vivek have been cast in Krrish 3. For the first time, the Roshans have another hero in their film because, “We needed a strong opponent and Vivek is a fantastic actor.”
* And, contrary to reports that BKC was being re-created at Ramoji, “I’m making streets in Ramoji Film City because you can’t shoot on Mumbai streets. The outdoor portions are all on streets, so I am making big, huge sets over there at Ramoji.”
* Krrish 3 has a 90 per cent chance of being converted into 3D. “We will shoot in 2D and take a call in 2013, depending on how 3D works two years from now.”
* Krrish 3 has already broken all records in its selling price: reportedly, an astronomical `37 crore for just the satellite rights with Rakesh Roshan selling each territory to different distributors (not selling the film outright to one corporate house) and making a pile in the bargain. “I went for only Kites to a corporate house. Otherwise I have always given my films to my regular distributors. When they heard that I was making Krrish 3, they called me and said, we are with you and I was okay with that.”
* Reputed to be as sharp a businessman as he is creatively gifted, Roshan has not sold all the major territories. He’s still got a couple of big sales to make and he is spoilt for choice as the takers are many. This, despite Krrish 3 asking for a price which no distributor has ever paid for a Hindi film so far. But Rakesh Roshan has priced his film keeping in mind that Krrish 3 will be a 2013 release when rates will be vastly different from prevailing figures.
