Mahesh Manjrekar feels SRK is doing roles that Ranbir Kapoor & Ranveer Singh are doing, he should do something out of the box!
Antim: The Final Truth, starring Salman Khan and Aayush Sharma, is Mahesh Manjrekar’s next film. The filmmaker has already begun promoting the movie, and in a recent interview, he spoke candidly about acting and actors in today’s Bollywood. Manjrekar claimed that Ranbir Kapoor is his all-time favourite among the present generation when asked who he feels is his favourite.
Speaking to ETimes, Mahesh Manjrekar said, “My all time favourite actor is Ranbir Kapoor because he’s a phenomenal actor. Salman I don’t need to even say because of the relationship I share with him and I love him as my brother. There is something very honest about him. One actor who I feel has not done justice to his talent is Shah Rukh Khan. The problem is that he doesn’t want to break that shell. They want to live in that shell of comfort that my this film worked, that film worked, lover boy image. They need to break that shell now.”
Manjrekar feels so strongly about SRK, he said, “Today, people would say SRK ki chali I would say nahi re. Shah Rukh Khan is doing what Ranveer Singh or Ranbir Kapoor is doing. So why will people see a Shah Rukh Khan movie? They would want to see Shah Rukh in a role where they would say, ‘Yeh role Shah Rukh ka tha. Age bhi right hai, sab right hai.’ Somewhere I feel, he should do something out of the box. And he will do a brilliant job. He is a fantastic actor.”
The filmmaker also feels that Salman Khan’s brother in law, Aayush Sharma will go a long way. “Ranveer Singh is a good actor but he is still in the mould of thoda sa Sanju lagta hai thoda sa. He does both – commercial cinema and character-driven. One actor who will go a long way is Aayush Sharma.”
Antim will hit the theatres on November 26, 2021.
