Sabbir Khan says Heropanti, Baaghi films have ‘lost its audience’

Filmmaker Sabbir Khan, finest identified for Tiger Shroff-led motion entertainers Heropanti and Baaghi, believes franchise stemming from each the movies didn’t work because the sequels weren’t “organic”.

Shroff’s debut film Heropanti and 2016’s Baaghi had been remake of Allu Arjun’s 2008 movie Parugu and Prabhas’s 2004 film Varsham, respectively.

Khan stated each the movies weren’t made with an intent to show them right into a franchise.

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“When we made the films initially, we did not make it as a franchise. They were organic films. For me a sequel is something where you take the story and characters forward. If you are making a completely different story, then it is a different film. It is just a business move to use the title. I was not leaning towards that,” Khan advised PTI in an interview.

“I have not seen those films (the sequels of Heropanti and Baaghi). It has lost its audience,” he added.

Sabbir Khan’s subsequent directorial enterprise is Nikamma, a Hindi remake of 2017 Telugu movie Middle Class Abbayi, starring Nani.

The director believes making a remake is hard as there’s a preset benchmark.

“When you remake a film, it is very tough because the original has worked and there is a benchmark set. I liked the core story of the original but the screenplay is mine. We have added our touch and flavour to the story. For me as a director, Nikamma is a slightly different film from my past work. Apart from action, it has a strong story and family values,” he added.

Nikamma stars Abhimanyu Dassani, Shirley Setia and Shilpa Shetty.

Produced by Sony Pictures Films India and Sabbir Khan Films, the film is scheduled to hit the theatres on June 17.