By Hindustan Times
Director Shirish Kunder, who has apparently postponed the discharge of his ambitious sci-fi film, Joker, from August 31 to September 14, because it was clashing with actor Salman Khan’s Ek Tha Tiger, says that he's directing the actor’s next film, Kick, on Salman’s own recommendation. “The offer came
from Salman himself,” says Kunder. Kick is the Hindi remake of the Tamil superhit Thillalangadi, which was remade in Telugu and titled Kick. The Telugu version starred actors Ravi Teja and Ileana D’Cruz. The Hindi remake is being produced by Sajid Nadiadwala. “I have worked with Sajid Nadiadwala before,” says Kunder, who will start the film by the top of this year. “It’s a ready script, so everything came on a plate. I just must do the creative work.”
Salman appears to be on a South film remake spree — and doing rather well at it. He struck gold, back-to-back, with the Hindi versions of 2 films, Ready (2011) and Bodyguard (2011). Kunder himself says he's open to remakes.
“Writing a movie and making it takes an extended time,” he explains. “I am seeking to be flexible enough to work on other people’s scripts in order that I WILL make more films.” However, he claims to be instilling the script of Kick together with his own sensibilities and elegance in order that the film has a larger appeal.
“We will make it much better,” he says. “There is action but I WILL BE ABLE TO installed my style, not follow their style. We can give a more universal method to it.”
