Sikandar star Salman Khan’s fool-proof plan to get audience back in theatres, ‘Put a cap on…’
Salman Khan fans are excitedly waiting for the release of his Eid film Sikandar. The film hits the big screen on March 30 and the advance booking is already looking encouraging. However, Salman is not oblivious to the fact that films are not doing too well at the box office and that it’s become highly unpredictable what will work and what will not on the big screen.
When asked if he has thought of a solution and if he feels that capping the ticket prices will be a good start, Salman quipped, “Cap it all. I want the ticket prices to be capped and also the prices of the popcorn and cold drinks so that more and more people can come to the theatres and enjoy watching the film on the big screen.”
The Sikandar star is also of the opinion that technically and emotionally the South directors are very advanced and they don’t make remakes but new stories. “At the end of the day, the film will work if it is good and will not work if it isn’t good. Sometimes film acchi hai lekin taqdeer acchi nahi hai, toh bhi film nahi chalti.”
He also addressed the fact that his film is sandwiched between Prithviraj – Mohan Lal’s Empuraan and Sunny Deol’s Jaat and hoped that more and more people go to the theatres and watch all these three films. On a lighter note, he said, “I hope all the offices, corporates, everyone increase the salaries od their employees so that everyone can go and watch all these three releases.”
Salman also highlighted the need for more theatres, more screens in India. “We are minimum 20000+ theatres short for our country. With just 6000 screens what can you expect and achieve? We need more theatres.”
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