I don’t feel the pressure: Salman

Come Eid this year, and Salman Khan may just complete his hattrick at the box office with the Malayalam hit Bodyguard’s Hindi remake My Love Story. The actor is paired with Kareena Kapoor in the film, which will be directed by Siddique.

Come Eid this year, and Salman Khan may just complete his hattrick at the box office with the Malayalam hit

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Bodyguard

’s Hindi remake

My Love Story

. The actor is paired with Kareena Kapoor in the film, which will be directed by Siddique.

His 2009 release,

Wanted

, directed by actor-director Prabhu Deva’s set the cash registers ringing. It was followed by Abhinav Kashyap’s directorial debut

Dabangg

in 2010, which became the biggest commercial hit of the year. Both the films released around Eid.

Can’t decide

Given that

My Love Story

is also expected to release around the same time this year, does Khan feel the pressure to deliver a hit third time in a row? “No, I don’t feel the pressure. In fact, I don’t want anyone including the actors, producer or director to feel any pressure. If a film has everything that the public wants in an entertaining movie, it will work, regardless of the weekend it opens in,” he says.

released during a relatively no-competition week. Is he planning the same for

My Love Story

? “That’s something that I didn’t decide. We set a date and stuck to it. Even this year, I’m not going to decide which other film or films will release with mine,” says Khan.

“In any case, the number of films we produce in a year, and release in a week doesn’t vary with a common man’s income. It will increase at its own pace. So he will watch only those films that promise him

paisa vasool

entertainment. If my film promises that to him, it will work — whether it comes from one, none or many films at the box office that week.”

Back to small screen?

During both years when Khan rocked the box office, he was also on the small screen with

10 Ka Dum 2

in 2009 and

Bigg Boss 4

in 2010. In fact, the latter was announced in the week that

Dabangg

released.

“Again, something that I didn’t plan and would not be planning this year too,” asserts Khan. “If any show works out, whether it’s

10 Ka Dum 3

,

Bigg Boss 5

or any other show, since I am a very flexible host, and the on-air dates are such that I’m on TV and on the big screen at the same time, it will be a pure coincidence.”