AR Murugados, who directed Aamir Khan Ghajini And now he has collaborated with Salman Khan in the upcoming film AlexanderIt is said that a filmmaker can not be true for the script completely by increasing a film with a superstar, “as is important to complete his fanbase.”
As a storyteller, Murugados has also worked with the biggest superstar of South Cinema including Rajinikanth (Court), Victory (Government, Taithi And Thupery), Suriya (Ghajini), Ajit Kumar (Dheena), Mahesh Babu (Spider) And Chiranjeevi (Stalin,
There is no option to make a regular film with a superstar, Murugdos said, because someone has to ensure that the film has all the elements that will appeal to the fans. “When you are working with a superstar, you cannot be 100 percent true for the script. We have signed a compromise for the audience, for the fan base, for the opening. We can’t go with the 100 percent real as a director. We have satisfied fans and think about them. It is difficult to think about them.” PTI in an interview.
He said that superstars with whom he has collaborated is “honest” and his fan is very emotional about the base. “They want to keep their stardom very strong, they want to make it, they want it to grow. So, we have to learn from them.”
AlexanderWho marks his first cooperation with Salman, designed for superstar’s staunch fans, he said. “The film, however, is different from Salman Sir’s previous films. It has some unique points. GhajiniThere was a beautiful love story. Similarly, the film has a love story of a husband and wife, ”Murugados said about the film, including Rashmika Mandanna.
In AlexanderWho presents Khan as an action hero, the director said that he has underlined the importance of the family amidst the movement of life. “Today, people do not have time to spend with their family, whether they are their father, mother, or friends. We always focus on work … although it is a commercial film, a beautiful message.”
His dream of working with Salman returned in 2014, when he collaborated with Akshay Kumar Holiday: A soldier is never duty“While making HolidayI met Salman sir. We were shooting on Madhu Island, and he was there for a courtesy trip. I went and said hello. Then I said, ‘I want to make a film with you.’ He replied, “Even I want to do a film with you.”
“A few years later, he called me because he wanted to remake a Korean film, and I said,” I don’t want to do it. If I want to do a film with you, it should be something that I want to write myself. “
During the Kovid -19 epidemic, producer Sajid Nadidwala reached Murugdos for a “good” script, which to cooperate. After hearing the initial view, Nadidwala felt that Salman was perfect for the film. After months of development of the script, there was a meeting with Salman at his Galaxy apartment in Mumbai.
“Within 30 minutes of the statement, he went a little away, smoked, and then asked, ‘Do you know how I work’, I said, ‘No.’ He replied, ‘I work from 2 pm to 2 pm and are you fine with it?’ I was so, ‘This means that he likes the script’, “Said the director.
Murgados said that they often had different interpretations of how a scene should be revealed. “When we could not come to a conclusion, we would shoot in both ways and then decide during editing.”
Asked about roping in Mandanna – who has made a name for himself in Hindi cinema Animal And Chorus – as female leadership AlexanderThe director said that he is a suitable choice for the part despite the age difference between the two stars. “He is late in his life and it is appropriate in the story,” the director said.
In addition AlexanderMurugados was also doing a film to film MadarasiStarring Shivkarthikeyan. Originally, the director intended to complete Madarasi Previously but Salman expresses his desire to give priority Alexander On their other upcoming projects.
“I shot two schedules here, and there, I was flying for Bombay between Chennai. It started raining and both schedules were postponed, then I called Shivkarthikeyan, and the producer, and requested them saying, ‘they (the creators (the creators (the creators ( Alexander) Date decide, please give me time, I will finish it and come back ‘, “Murugdos said, has left about 20 days of work. MadarasiWhich will be released this year.
Alexander Apart from this, Kajal Aggarwal, Satyaraj and Pratic Babbar are also in great roles. The film is scheduled to release in theaters on March 30, which matches the festival of Eid.
Published – March 21, 2025 10:40 am IST
