Tiger Zinda Hai Director Ali: Recovering YRF's Enormous Budget Is My Biggest Pressure Over This Film
In an exclusive chat, Tiger Zinda Hai director Ali Abbas Zafar opens up about the various pressures on him while directing thr Salman Khan-Katrina Kaif starrer. Read on to know what he considers as his biggest pressure...
Director Ali Abbas Zafar is collaborating with Salman
Khan for the second time after Sultan (2016) in Tiger Zinda Hai, and there is
enormous pressure on him to deliver a blockbuster.
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The film, which is a sequel to Kabir Khan's Ek Tha
Tiger, will be a Christmas release and is hyped to be one of the costliest made
in Bollywood till date. There is also the pressure of repeating Sultan's
success. Plus there is the added responsibility of giving Salman a blockbuster
after the dud Tubelight (2017).
With so much on his mind, does Ali feel the pressure?
"Definitely, there is pressure," says the
ever-so-calm director.
But, what has been the biggest pressure of all?
"As a director, you are answerable to the
producer, YRF in this case. So every penny that has been spent by them is my
responsibility. I have to make sure that my producers get it back. This is
actually my biggest pressure on the film more than anything else.
Sets Of Tiger Zinda Hai
The good thing is when you see the film, every penny
spent will be seen. But let me tell you that the big budget was required by the
story because when you mount a film of such a scale like TZH, you need to make
the audience believe that you were in a war zone country and this is how it
functions in this scenario. Every detail in camera gets registered. This
gives you extra pressure and pushes you to make a film that people would notice
the hard work you have put in, identify the efforts and then like the
film," adds Ali.
On The Sets Of Tiger Zinda Hai
Does the pressure of YRF not having had a blockbuster
since many months bother him?
"Well obviously, it’s a part of your job. Definitely
when things don’t work well you are under pressure. But I think we know how to
be a part of this game. It’s not new to us. We are fighting back," Ali
adds.
YRF definitely has given Ali a freehand on the budget and
not tried to pull him down. We shall know what happens on December 22.
We will come back tomorrow with the FULL
interview of Ali where he reveals a lot of more details about Tiger Zinda Hai,
Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, YRF and of course, Ek Tha Tiger's director Kabir
Khan. Stay glued to SpotboyE.com.
