Rakesh Roshan is not retiring from direction, is open to directing ‘Krrish 4’

Most accurate observation in RoshanA four-part documentary on the famous Roshans clan of Hindi cinema, produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali. Speaking of actor-turned-director Rakesh Roshan, Bhansali, one of the many celebrity talking heads, says, “I thought he was a very intelligent person who was not uncomfortable doing films made in those times. “

Rakesh Roshan acted in all types of films through the 1970s and 80s. With his charming looks and inquisitive manner, he kept himself in business, often playing second fiddle to more established stars like Rajesh Khanna and Rishi Kapoor. Despite his lineage (his father was music composer Roshan Lal Nagrath), he had a rough start in the industry, assisting director Mohan Kumar and, as he explains in the documentary, organizing house parties for the industry’s bigwigs. . “I will set the tables and chairs and order the food. I was always in the background,” he recalls in an interview. Hindu.
Roshan made his first directorial debut, selfishA rerun of Jeffrey Archer’s ‘Cane and Abel’ in 1987. His second film, Bloody Mang(1989), starring Rekha and Kabir Bedi, was even more iconic – a campy, darkly compelling croc thriller that shocked audiences and left a lasting bite mark on popular culture.

The famous crocodile scene from ‘Khoon Bhari Maang’
“If you notice carefully, there’s a trick shot where it looks like the line and the crocodiles are in the same frame, which they weren’t,” says Roshan, now 75, frilly but articulate, with a twinkle. . The crocodile was shot separately in a 3-feet deep lake in Chennai; The actors filmed their parts at Abbey Falls in Coorg.
“There used to be a guy who supplied animals for film shoots: horses, camels and the like. He was surprised by my request for a crocodile,” Roshan chuckles. Ajay Devgan’s father Veeru Devgan was the action director on the film, while Sanjay Verma, a longtime collaborator of Roshan’s in 2023, handled the editing.
“I shot the crocodile from multiple angles – underwater, from above, mouth open, grabbing meat – and we mixed it all in the edit.”
I ask him if this was his hardest trick to pull off. “It was actually in Jaadoo Someone…got it (2003), “He counters. James Colmer, an Australian special effects man, designed the animatronics head for the gentle blue alien who befriends Hrithik. Its movements and facial expressions were controlled remotely, via remotes, which made it a challenge to explain the workings of the scene with real actors. “My solution was to take a wide shot and then only do the close-ups. In short, this was a similar editing solution Bloody Mange,

Stills from ‘Koi…Mil Gaya’
Roshan cited David Lean and Raj Kapoor as his biggest influences. “I saw Dr. zhivago 28 times in a theater in my youth,” he shares. His is the definitive Raj Kapoor film shree 420“I must have watched it 500 times. To this day, whenever I start a new movie, I start it again. It was a wholesome, forward-looking film for its time, showing all the exciting changes in the stock market and our society. ,
Roshan’s films emphasize scale and scenic locations; For example, however, in Nainital, the music is set in sequences Someone…got it Shot in Alberta, Canada. “The movies they make today…they are very dark and couped. I feel claustrophobic watching them. “A picturesque setting does not diminish a film’s realism, he argues. “All my films are about a common man and some injustice he is fighting. There is a form of radical truth in them. ,

Roshan’s two biggest blockbusters, Karan Arjun And say no…it’s loveThe reunion was released in theaters recently. During this time, Krish 4, The next chapter in their successful sci-fi superhero franchise is expected to debut this year. In an earlier interview, Roshan had hinted at his retirement from Disha. He now walks back his statement.
“I’m open to directing krrish 4It is an extremely special effects-heavy film. with age, I am running out of patience (I’m growing less patient with that stuff). But I want to continue as a director, maybe more hands-on.
published – January 25, 2025 05:56 PM IST
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