Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, and Saif Ali Khan starrer Kal Ho Naa Ho’s director Nikkhil Advani may additionally have commenced his profession with YRF and Dharma films, however after a fallout with Karan Johar, they parted methods. The second he stepped out of KJo’s camp, Salman Khan supplied to assist him restart his career. The director unfolded about this in a recent interview.
Talking to Galatta Plus, Nikkhil Advani stated that people suspected he had no longer directed one of the most-loved films of the Dharma camp, Kal Ho Naa Ho. Hence, he wanted to prove to the sector and went directly to direct Salaam-e-Ishq. He himself known as it an ‘final results of conceitedness’ and said that on the grounds that people experience he did not direct the Shah Rukh Khan, Preity Zinta, and Saif Ali Khan starrer Kal Ho Naa Ho, he’s going to direct six love stories.
“One will be a Mani Ratnam type love tale, one might be a Gulzar kind, one might be Karan Johar kind, one may be a Kundan Shah kind. So, I said I will direct six love stories. Sunil Manchanda (manufacturer) gave me the choice. He said, ‘Let’s make some thing like Love Actually’,” brought the filmmaker.
Unfortunately, Salaam-e-Ishq did now not do nicely at the box workplace after which he were given a call from Rohan Sippy to make Chandni Chowk To China which again flopped. But Nikkhil admitted that he had turn out to be buddies with Akshay Kumar by means of then who offered to paintings with Nikkhil on his next film as properly.
“Akshay known as me and said, ‘What are you doing next? I am doing all your subsequent movie. I love your energy. We were given it wrong but we’ll get it proper’. We started out doing Patiala House. Beautiful movie, lovable father-son tale, Akshay had four flops, one in every of them being Tees Maar Khan. Nobody got here to look at Patiala House. Today, whilst it performs on satellite tv for pc, Akshay calls me up and says what a movie he shared.
Talking approximately his destiny projects, Nikkhil Advani is all prepared for the discharge of his upcoming film Vedaa starring John Abraham, Tamanaah Bhatia, and Sharvari Wagh.