Rakesh Roshan: Saif Ali Khan, Hrithik Roshan are on par with each other

Updated On: 28 September, 2022 06:56 AM IST | Mumbai | Upala KBR

Asserting that Vikram Vedha is distinct from Tamil original, Rakesh Roshan says thriller scores because of directors’ fresh voice and leads’ performances

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Saif Ali Khan and Hrithik Roshan

In his decades of experience as a filmmaker, Rakesh Roshan has firmly held on to a belief — for a film to be successful, it must reflect the director’s unique voice. “If people come out of a screening and say, ‘Kya picture banayi hai’, it means the director has put his stamp on it. If you don’t see that, the movie won’t do well,” he asserts. He is happy to observe that Pushkar-Gayathri’s next, Vikram Vedha, fulfils that criterion. The noir thriller is among the most anticipated Hindi movies of the year. It not only brings Hrithik Roshan and Saif Ali Khan together, but also sees the south directors foray into Bollywood with an adaptation of their acclaimed 2017 Tamil offering of the same name.

The Tamil original released in 2017