Every blockbuster does not need sequel: Kabir Khan

New Delhi, August 20

After chatter about Kabir Khan dropping hints about the Salman Khan-starrer ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ sequel started doing the rounds, the filmmaker said that every blockbuster does not need a sequel.

He strongly believes a sequel should only be made if a worthy story is found and is worth taking it forward.

Asked if he feels that every blockbuster needs a sequel, Kabir said, “Not at all. I am the first person to say that every blockbuster does not need a sequel. That is why, I have not made sequels in my life.”

The filmmaker said that he has been told several times to make sequels of his popular films.

“Everytime I have had a successful film; people have said ‘sequel bana lo’. They told me after ‘New York’, ‘Tiger’, and ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, but I have never made it. So, I am the first one to say that just because a film is successful, a sequel shouldn’t be made.

“A sequel should only be made if you truly find a story worthy of taking that film forward," Kabir said.

He added never mentioning about “working on the ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ sequel”.

“All I have said is, yes, maybe.. Sometimes, a good script comes up that is worthy of becoming a ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ sequel. Then I would love to do it. But not only because it is one of the most successful films in the industry; therefore, it needs a sequel. No,” he shared.

‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, which was released in 2015, is currently the seventh highest-grossing Indian film and fourth highest-grossing Hindi film.

The film, which also stars debutante Harshaali Malhotra, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, tells the story of Lord Hanuman, who embarks on a journey to take a mute six-year-old Pakistani Muslim girl separated in India from her mother, back to her hometown.