‘Dabangg 2’ is way beyond action and comedy: Arbaaz Khan

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Dec 172012
 

The film, which will hit theatres on December 21, is the sequel to ‘Dabangg’ with Salman and Sonakshi reprising their characters of Chulbul Pandey and Rajjo respectively while Prakash Raj is the main antagonist.

Arbaaz Khan

‘You would see a lot of style coming along with the action and it would be in the kind of space that Chulbul Pandey as a character and ‘Dabangg’ as a brand stand for. ‘Having said that, while action is an integral part of the film, it would be not more than what is necessary. There is a story running behind all the action.

You just can’t have action and more of action. None of it would hold if there is no emotion behind it; for that you need to have a story in a scene or a sequence,’ Arbaaz told PTI. The sequel has a sizzling item number ‘Fevicol Se’ by actress Kareena Kapoor and other numbers are also topping the charts.

Music-composer duo Sajid-Wajid have been roped in this time too for the compositions. ‘There are five songs in the movie and while the music of ‘Dabangg’ was outstanding, Sajid-Wajid have gone ahead and churned out something even better; I genuinely believe that.

The composers have done a fabulous job,’ Arbaaz said. He is happy that the film has created quite a buzz before its release. ‘I had to be conscious about the fact that the brand and the character stood for their true worth in the sequel and had something good to offer as well. I wanted to put the film in a very interesting way and give entertainment along with it. I could never lose sight of the entertainment quotient since that’s the most important aspect here,’ he said. 

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Malaika is my sounding board: Arbaaz Khan

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Dec 152012
 

 Mumbai,Dec 15:Actor-filmmaker Arbaaz Khan says his wife and co-producer Malaika Arora Khan has been his constant pillar of support throughout the making of Dabangg 2, which he directed.”She is my wife and she is the co-producer of the film. Right from the time I started making the film – from the subject of the film, to finalising the actors, where I will be shooting… I used to discuss everything with her,” Arbaaz told IANS.

“She was there as more of a sounding board. I wouldn’t say she was creatively involved in the films, because that’s not her job, that is not her domain and that is not what I wanted her to do. She is my wife and she is as much as the producer as I am,” he added.

Arbaaz says it is a natural progression for him to turn director.

“It’s a very natural progression in the film industry. People want to do different things. I always wanted to make a movie.

It is just that there was an opportunity to be an actor early in my career, but I always at some stage wanted to make my movie, produce and direct a film and when the opportunity came to me, I had to avail it,” he said.

Dabangg 2, releasing Dec 21, features Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha and Prakash Raj.