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  • Rohit Shetty Reveals Inspiration Behind Making Singham In 2011

    Rohit Shetty’s Singham Again releases this weekend

    Rohit Shetty today is one of the biggest film directors of India. He is known for his exceptional skills in directing comedy, and family entertainers. He is the leading man who directed the RS Universe and Golmaal film franchise. Although Rohit Shetty is the biggest nightmare of Indian film critics. The critics hate him and his style of filmmaking. His films often have unscientific, illogical, and nonsense stunt scenes. All of his films except Chennai Express have received mixed reviews. But he has received immense success through such films. He has delivered over ten consecutive major commercially successful films.

    Rohit Shetty has written, produced and directed films such as Singham, Golmaal, Singham Returns, Golmaal 3, Golmaal 4, Simmba and Sooryavanshi. His upcoming film is Singham Again which is slated to release on 1st November 2024.

    The Rohit Shetty Universe is one of the biggest and most successful film franchises. It all began in 2011 when Rohit Shetty directed Ajay Devgn as Bajirao Singham in the 2011 entertainer film Singham. Singham upon its release in 2011 received positive reviews and emerged as a blockbuster at the box office. Singham (Hindi) was a remake of a Tamil film of the same name. Singham in Tamil starred actor Suriya in the lead role.

    Rohit Shetty initially had no plans of directing this film. But after watching Wanted and Dabanng, Rohit Shetty decided to make this film with Ajay Devgn. The success and reception from the audience for Wanted and Dabangg inspired Rohit Shetty to go ahead with Singham.

    Featuring Salman Khan in the lead, Wanted and Dabangg were released in 2009 and 2010 to overwhelming response. Both the films received highly positive reviews whereas Salman Khan’s performance was highly hailed by the audience, especially his character of Chulbul Pandey in Dabangg. Wanted followed by Dabangg helped Salman Khan to attain superstardom.

    Rohit Shetty Universe

    Following the success of Singham (2011) and Singham Returns (2014), Rohit Shetty planned to introduce several new characters and shape his movie franchise.

    In 2018, Rohit Shetty introduced Ranveer Singh as the new character of his Universe. Ranveer Singh was featured in the movie Simmba which was an official remake of Jr NTR’s Telugu film Temper. Simmba received highly positive reviews and emerged as a blockbuster. In the post-credit scene of Simmba, director Rohit Shetty introduced another Bollywood superstar as the new character in his Universe. We all saw actor Akshay Kumar making a short appearance as Sooryavanshi in Simmba. Ajay Devgn too featured in a lengthy guest appearance as Singham in Simmba.

    Akshay Kumar led Sooryavanshi is the first film where Ranveer Singh, Ajay Devgn, and Akshay Kumar featured together in the climax. Sooryavanshi emerged as a blockbuster in 2021.

    Future of RS Universe

    The upcoming film from the Rohit Shetty Universe is Singham Again. Singham Again is one of the biggest and most anticipated releases of the year. The film features as many as six major Hindi actors and two new entrants in the Universe.

    Actress Deepika Padukone and actor T Shroff are the two new  in the Universe.

    Deepika Padukone and T Shroff along with Ranveer Singh and Akshay Kumar make an extensive guest appearance in Singham Again.

    Singham Again is led by Ajay Devgn and Kareena Kapoor Khan in the lead with Dayanand Shetty of CID fame in a supporting role. The film is set to release during this weekend and is expected to emerge as a major commercial success. The film also stars Arjun Kapoor as the main antagonist.

    Also, one of India’s biggest superstars Salman Khan is confirmed to make a cameo appearance in the post-credit scenes of Singham Again. He will reprise the role of Chulbul Pandey.

    After Singham Again, Rohit Shetty will move to direct the fifth part of his much-loved comedy franchise Golmaal. Besides, Deepika Padukone and T Shroff will have their respective standalone films directed by Rohit Shetty.

    The upcoming films from the Rohit Shetty Universe are

    Singham Again

    Deepika Padukone film

    T Shroff film

    Simmba 2

    Sooryavanshi 2

    Singham 4

    All the films will be directed by Rohit Shetty

    Also Read: Singham Again Trailer Review: A Cringe Feast

  • Films That Don’t Really Need A Sequel

    The film industry is obsessed with film sequels with multiple sequels being announced and a few ready to be released soon.

    However, some iconic films don’t need a sequel

    Films Release Date
    D1 2006
    Dabangg 2010
    Munna Bhai M.B.B.S 2003
    GOW 2012

     

    D1 (Hindi)

    The first part of D known as D1 was released in 2006 with Shahrukh Khan as the D. D1 (2006) was an official remake of a 1978 Hindi film with the same title that starred Amitabh Bachchan as D. In 2006 Farhan Akhtar released his directional D1 with Shahrukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra. D1 (2006) was a blockbuster and received positive reviews.

    In 2011 the second part of D known as D2 was released with Shahrukh Khan reprising his role. The second part was too well received by the audience and the movie did pretty good business at the box office.

    In August 2023 Farhan Akhtar announced the third instalment of the series as D3. However, Shahrukh Khan refused to do the film, and Ranveer Singh was announced as the new D who will be succeeding Shahrukh Khan as D. Post the mammoth success of Pathaan and Jawan, SRK is looking for something big and fresh.

    The fans of SRK and the Indian audience felt that there was no need to bring the third part and that the makers should end the D series with D2 itself. Many people on social media expressed their disappointment with Ranveer replacing Shahrukh Khan in D. Though Ranveer in an interview promised to meet the expectations of fans as D.

    D3 is strictly a no from the audience. Though makers can continue their collaboration with Ranveer Singh and do the same film with a different title but not D3.

    Dabangg (Hindi)

    There is no doubt that Dabangg is one of Salman Khan’s most iconic characters. But the first part of the Dabangg series was released back in 2010. And it had opened to widespread popularity and remarkable success. Dabangg became one of the most iconic film characters in India.

    But audiences no longer desire to watch such mediocre films. The second part of Dabangg was released in 2012, again to positive reviews, and performed well at the box office.

    But the third part of Dabangg which was released in 2019 received mixed reviews and performed decent at the box office. Dabangg 3 came after Salman Khan gave some major blockbuster hits like TZH, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, and Sultan. Salman Khan is among the biggest stars in the country. The audience no longer wants to see him doing such mediocre acting films. Even his last few mediocre films such as Radhe and Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan received poor responses.

    Even Salman Khan is keen to do high-budget films that are shot in foreign areas. He is working with big directors and has signed a couple of big films such as A.R Murugadoss’s Next, Atlee’s Next, and Vishnu Vardhan’s Next. He has been signed by big production houses.

    There is no need for another sequel to Dabangg nor do the fans of Salman Khan want him to do another Dabangg film. But the Dabangg series is preserved by Salman’s brother Arbaaz Khan so Salman might do Dabangg 4 for his brother.

    Munna Bhai (Hindi)

    Rajkumar Hirani is one of the best and biggest directors in the country. His debut directional Munna Bhai M.B.B.S released in 2003 had opened to international critical acclaim and widespread popularity. The film received an overwhelming response from the audience and performed extremely well at the box office. The film won several awards to its makers and star cast.

    A sequel of Munna Bhai M.B.B.S titled Lage Rahe Munna Bhai was released in 2006 again to widespread critical acclaim and performed well at the box office. The film series mainly stars Sanjay Dutt as a local man and Arshad Warsi as his partner.

    There is no doubt Munna Bhai is still a popular character among the Indian audience. But it is too late to make Munna Bhai 3 since the last part was released in 2006 and today it is 2024. The audience won’t be able to relate to the film anymore. It’s been nearly two decades.

    But surely director Rajkumar Hirani should collaborate with Sanjay Dutt for another such comedy film with a new star cast and a fresh story. Rajkumar Hirani is known for directing some iconic and classic films such as 3 Idiots, PK, and Dunki. He has yet to taste a flop in his film career. All of his directed films are hit or blockbusters. He is highly regarded for writing, producing, and directing films with fresh and rare stories. Aamir Khan and Sanjay Dutt are two of his favorite actors with whom he often collaborates.

    GOW (Hindi)

    The GOW film franchise is highly regarded as one of the greatest film series ever made in India. The film series received a cult following over the years and became highly popular all over the world. Part 1 and Part 2 of GOW are among the greatest movies of the 21st century. GOW was originally made as a five-hour-long movie. But no filmmaker in this world would dare to release such a lengthy film. So, the film was converted into two parts. The first part was released on 22 June 2012 while the second part of released on 8 August 2012, just a month and a half later.

    Even after a decade, GOW is still a popular film franchise. But certainly, there is no Part 3 coming nor the makers are interested in making another sequel. GOW is a classic and the second part ended in a perfect role.

    The film starred an ensemble cast of Manoj Bajpayee, Nawazuddin Siddique, Jaideep Ahlawat, Richa Chaddha, Piyush Mishra, Jameel Khan, Reema Sen, Huma Qureshi, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Pankaj Tripathi and Rajkumar Rao among others. The director Anurag Kashyap might make film another film inspired by GOW but not the third part.