Mahesh Manjrekar: Didn't want any Salman-giri in the film

Updated On: 16 November, 2021 12:49 PM IST | Mumbai | Uma Ramasubramanian

Stating that his sensibilities don’t align with masala films of Bollywood, director Mahesh Manjrekar discusses making Khan-led Antim raw and gritty

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Salman Khan in Antim: The Final Truth

It’s surprising, and might we add refreshing, when Mahesh Manjrekar opens the conversation with: “I didn’t want any Salman-giri in the film, or what people typically expect from him.” This, when many filmmakers in Bollywood are happy to sell their movies on a singular factor — Salman Khan. But Manjrekar had envisioned Antim: The Final Truth as a gritty and honest film. “I wanted [Salman to play] a regular cop who wants to do his duty, but is handicapped due to the forces above him. I wanted that helplessness in him, and Salman brought that on [screen].”

Mahesh Manjrekar