Renowned Telugu director S S Rajamouli has expressed his desire to
make a Bollywood film with superstar Aamir Khan. "I love all actors from
here. But I love Aamir Khan the most. I adore him and treat him as a
guru. I like the way he makes films, the way he promotes them. If there
is a chance, I would jump to direct him because I would learn so much
from him," Rajamouli told PTI, adding that from 'Sarfarosh', he loved
all of Aamir's films.
The director's 2006 film 'Vikramarkudu' was remade in Hindi as 'Rowdy Rathore'. The film, starring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead, was a huge hit. His comedy thriller 'Maryada Ramanna' has been remade as 'Son of Sardaar' in Hindi. The film, released this Diwali with Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha and Juhi Chawla in the lead, is doing well at the box office. "I would love to do a Bollywood film. I would like to make a historical or a mythological movie. But again when time will come I don't know what I will do," Rajamouli said. "Our mythology and history have strong and powerful content.
Like the story between Rana Pratap and Akbar, Shivaji and Aurangzeb. It takes a lot of effort to bring that on screen. But I would love to take that challenge," he added. So, will Aamir be the best and immediate option for his Bollywood debut, Rajamouli says, "That depends on the story, even though I would love to work with him.
Though Rajamouli's films have been remade in Hindi and have been quite successful at the box office, the director is not keen on remaking his own movies in Hindi. "I don't like remakes. I spend one to two-and-half years to make a movie. By the time it is done I am exhausted with the story. I do everything for it. So again spending two years or so on same story is not an exciting option," he said. "I want to make a Hindi movie as I want to grow bigger, tell the story to a larger audience.
I wouldn't do that by remaking a movie I would rather go with a new story," he added. Most of Rajamouli's films have been dubbed in Hindi like his Telugu flick 'Student No. 1' as 'Aaj Ka Mujrim', 'Chatrapathi' as 'Hukumat Ki Jung' and 'Eega' as 'Makkhi'. "In the beginning of my career I was making a lot of action movies. There is a business section in north where they buy action movies from south, dub it and release it in some parts of Rajasthan, UP and Bihar.
The director's 2006 film 'Vikramarkudu' was remade in Hindi as 'Rowdy Rathore'. The film, starring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha in the lead, was a huge hit. His comedy thriller 'Maryada Ramanna' has been remade as 'Son of Sardaar' in Hindi. The film, released this Diwali with Ajay Devgn, Sanjay Dutt, Sonakshi Sinha and Juhi Chawla in the lead, is doing well at the box office. "I would love to do a Bollywood film. I would like to make a historical or a mythological movie. But again when time will come I don't know what I will do," Rajamouli said. "Our mythology and history have strong and powerful content.
Like the story between Rana Pratap and Akbar, Shivaji and Aurangzeb. It takes a lot of effort to bring that on screen. But I would love to take that challenge," he added. So, will Aamir be the best and immediate option for his Bollywood debut, Rajamouli says, "That depends on the story, even though I would love to work with him.
Though Rajamouli's films have been remade in Hindi and have been quite successful at the box office, the director is not keen on remaking his own movies in Hindi. "I don't like remakes. I spend one to two-and-half years to make a movie. By the time it is done I am exhausted with the story. I do everything for it. So again spending two years or so on same story is not an exciting option," he said. "I want to make a Hindi movie as I want to grow bigger, tell the story to a larger audience.
I wouldn't do that by remaking a movie I would rather go with a new story," he added. Most of Rajamouli's films have been dubbed in Hindi like his Telugu flick 'Student No. 1' as 'Aaj Ka Mujrim', 'Chatrapathi' as 'Hukumat Ki Jung' and 'Eega' as 'Makkhi'. "In the beginning of my career I was making a lot of action movies. There is a business section in north where they buy action movies from south, dub it and release it in some parts of Rajasthan, UP and Bihar.
