My Father is My Sikandar: Salman Khan

Who is your Sikandar in real life?

There is only one person, and that is my father, who stays on the first floor.

You have done so many iconic movies in your career; how do you define the term ‘mass movies’?

The fine line between mass and class films has faded now. People watch these films at single theatres as well as multiplexes. People who whistled in theatres do so in multiplexes too. Mass movies were only connected to single screens earlier. That feeling of watching a film on a single screen is different.

Have you paid homage to Salim Javed dialogues through this film?

I have used them because they were popular, and yes, it was a homage of sorts. They were Salim-Javed dialogues, and we used them with a twist in our film.

Empuraan is also releasing on the same day as Sikandar. What are your thoughts?

Oh, the Mohanlal film. I love him as an actor, and I love Prithviraj, who is the director. Jatt is also releasing on the same day. I hope they all do well.

South actors have always looked up to you and Amitabh Bachchan. How important is this sense of brotherhood to you?

They have all grown up in front of me. Taarak (Jr NTR) and Ram Charan started their careers in front of me. Venkat and Chiranjeevi have been old friends. I did a Thumbs Up commercial with Chiranjeevi earlier. In fact, I was the first of my generation who started working in the South. I have done this way before others in Bollywood started the trend.

What do you think about the unpredictability of films at the box office?

Good films run well, and if the film is not good, it won’t do well. If you are lucky and the film is not good, then again it will do well.