Filmmaker Sajid Khan, known for making films like Heyy Babyy, Housefull, Himmatwala, Hamshakals and more, recently appeared in a conversation with comedian Bharti Singh and her husband, writer Haarsh Limbachiyaa on their YouTube channel Bharti TV. During the chat, he spoke about how there are no longer \u2018heroes\u2019 in Bollywood\u2014just lead actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sajid Khan says Bollywood doesn\u2019t have heroes today<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While discussing the lifestyle of heroes in earlier times, Sajid said they lived a luxurious and fun life. He then explained why there are no real heroes in Bollywood today and said, \u201cHero nahi hai aaj ki date mein. Leads hain. Hero bhut kum hote hain. Jo pehle heroes the ab leads hain. Ab koi bhi picture kar sakta hai. Because hero ki mayne bhut kum hote hain. Hero ke mayne sirf South mein bacche hain. Tabhi unki entry dhamakedaar hoti hai. Isliye voh film mein kabhi kuch aisa step nahi utha sakte jo galat hoga society ke liye kyunki voh hero hai. That\u2019s why we haven\u2019t ever heard the word superlead, but superhero. Hero bhut kum bache hain humare pass (There are no heroes in today\u2019s time. There are leads. Heroes are very few. The ones who used to be heroes are now just leads. Nowadays, anyone can do a film because the value of a hero has diminished. The concept of a hero only really remains in the South. That\u2019s why their entry is so grand. That\u2019s also why they can never take a step in a film that would be wrong for society, because they are heroes. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve never heard the term \u2018super-lead\u2019, only \u2018superhero\u2019. We have very few real heroes left with us).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He further explained that actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Jeetendra and Mithun Chakraborty were heroes, even when they occasionally played negative or offbeat characters. He called them true crowd-pullers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When Bharti mentioned how today\u2019s actors focus on gym workouts for a good physique, Sajid said, \u201cEarlier heroes didn\u2019t need a good body. Vinod Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan didn\u2019t have a good physique, but the anger was in their eyes\u2014the action was in the eyes, not in the thighs. Salman Khan brought the craze of bodybuilding to Bollywood. People were shocked to see his six-pack abs in Maine Pyaar Kiya\u2019s first poster. But he didn\u2019t become a hero because of the six-pack abs. Now it has become common. Now it\u2019s mandatory to have six-packs. Intensity should be in the eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He went on to give examples of actors like Ranbir Kapoor, who trained extensively to build a certain physique for Animal. However, he added that even if Ranbir hadn\u2019t done so, the film would still have been a hit because the anger needed for the role was in his eyes. He also cited Sunny Deol\u2019s physique in Gadar 2 as a \u201cdesi body\u201d\u2014not gym-sculpted, but still powerful and convincing in action scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About Sajid Khan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sajid is a popular filmmaker and the brother of filmmaker-choreographer Farah Khan. He made his directorial debut with the 2006 film Darna Zaroori Hai, which featured Amitabh Bachchan, Suniel Shetty, Anil Kapoor and others. He then delivered three back-to-back hits with Heyy Babyy (2007), his first full-length film, Housefull and Housefull 2. However, his next two films\u2014Himmatwala and Hamshakals\u2014performed poorly at the box office. Since then, he has been away from direction. He was last seen as a participant in Salman Khan\u2019s reality show Bigg Boss 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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