{"id":267791,"date":"2025-03-27T07:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T07:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/salman-khan-exclusive-south-is-very-evolved-but-not-like-all-the-films-they-make-are-good\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T07:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T07:35:12","slug":"salman-khan-exclusive-south-is-very-evolved-but-not-like-all-the-films-they-make-are-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/27\/salman-khan-exclusive-south-is-very-evolved-but-not-like-all-the-films-they-make-are-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Salman Khan Exclusive: &#8220;South Is Very Evolved, But Not Like All The Films They Make Are Good&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2025-03\/g6pkqktg_salman-khan-_625x300_27_March_25.jpg?im=FeatureCrop%2Calgorithm%3Ddnn%2Cwidth%3D1200%2Cheight%3D738&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Salman Khan Exclusive: &#8220;South Is Very Evolved, But Not Like All The Films They Make Are Good&#8221;\" title=\"Salman Khan Exclusive: &#8220;South Is Very Evolved, But Not Like All The Films They Make Are Good&#8221;\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"ignorediv\">\n                                        <!-- Story Text --><br \/>\n                                                                                <b class=\"place_cont\">Mumbai: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Salman Khan is making his much-awaited Eid comeback with <em>Sikandar<\/em> on Sunday (March 30). Last year, Salman Khan didn&#8217;t have an Eid release. He was last seen in<em> Tiger 3<\/em>,\u00a0in 2023, which also released on a Sunday, coinciding with Diwali that year. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Salman Khan met the press in Mumbai on March 26, ahead of the release of <em>Sikandar<\/em>. To ensure Salman Khan&#8217;s security amid the constant threats from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, no camera was allowed during the interview.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--MIDTABOOLA--><\/p>\n<p>Salman Khan&#8217;s <em>Sikandar<\/em> is expected to face a tough competition from Mohanlal and Prithviraj Sukumaran&#8217;s<em> L2: Empuraan <\/em>this week.\u00a0The film released in theatres today.<\/p>\n<p>When NDTV asked Salman about the South vs Bollywood battle, Salman had an interesting take.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q<\/strong>. <em>L2: Empuraan<\/em> is releasing just three days before your film. Prithviraj [Sukumaran] wished you good luck. What do you have to say about <em>Empuraan<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Salman Khan:<\/strong> I love him as an actor. Prithviraj is directing it, and I know that it&#8217;s going to be an excellent film. There&#8217;s <em>Jaat<\/em> also coming post <em>Sikandar<\/em>. I wish all of them do well.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[Wishing us good luck] That&#8217;s really sweet of them. I&#8217;ve known Charan (Ram Charan) and Tarak (Jr NTR). They grew up in front of me. Most of them started doing films a year or two after I began my journey as an actor. I know Venky [Daggubati Venkatesh] really well. We&#8217;ve worked together and have been friends for 30-35 years now. I know Chiru Garu [Chiranjeevi] because I did a Thumps Up commercial with him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!--#VuukleAD--><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve worked with a lot of South actors. In fact, I was the first Hindi film actor from my generation to start working with South directors. I&#8217;ve worked with four-five South directors at one point of time.\u00a0 Even the heroines share this sense of brotherhood with me; it&#8217;s really nice <em>(laughs)<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q:\u00a0<\/strong>How are the South directors different from Hindi filmmakers?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Salman Khan:\u00a0<\/strong>Technically, they&#8217;re very advanced and emotionally they&#8217;re very evolved. They don&#8217;t pick up ideas and stories from elsewhere. They conceive their own stories.<\/p>\n<p><!--#MIDAD1--><\/p>\n<p>Having said that, it&#8217;s not like all the films that they make in the South are good. In Bollywood, you only remember those films that work well at the box office. <em>Wahaan bhi hafte mein 2-3 picture picture banti hai but woh kuch khaas karti nahi hai <\/em>(2-3 movies are released every week in the South too, but they all don&#8217;t do too well).\u00a0The mantra is the same everywhere. If you make good films, they&#8217;ll work.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sikandar <\/em>marks Salman Khan and Rashmika Mandanna&#8217;s first collaboration. Apart from Salman Khan and Rashmika, the project also features Kajal Aggarwal, Sathyaraj and Sharman Joshi in important roles. <em>Sikandar<\/em> hits the theatres this Sunday, March 30.<\/p>\n<p><!--#MIDAD2--><br \/>\n                                        <!-- Featured Video --><br \/>\n                                                                                                                        <!-- Recommended Widget -->\n                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/salman-khan-exclusive-interview-south-is-very-evolved-but-not-like-all-the-films-they-make-are-good-8021656#publisher=newsstand\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai: Salman Khan is making his much-awaited Eid comeback with Sikandar on Sunday (March 30). Last year, Salman Khan didn&#8217;t have an Eid release. 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