Salman Khan confirmed the film with Aatley delay, cited high budget

Mumbai: Bollywood actor Salman Khan during the trailer launch of the upcoming film ‘Sikander’ in Mumbai on 23 March 2025. Photo Credit: PTI

Bollywood actor Salman Khan turned 60 this year, meeting Mumbai Press before the release of his latest action potobiler, AlexanderDuring the conversation, Salman left several updates about his upcoming projects, including a big action film with Tamil director Atley. It was estimated that Tamil megastar Kamal Haasan would act in the film with Salman.

When asked about his film with Atallie, Salman said: “It is delayed. The budget is an issue for that film. He (Atley) has written a very big, big budget film.”

Salman said, “I don’t know whether Rajinikanth or Kamal Haasan will be in the film.”

Cooperating more often on Bollywood and Southern Superstars, Salman said that the budget of such films disabled. “The matter is, money becomes a factor. They also charge and we also charge. Creating such a film is a big responsibility and you need to do a script that suits it. For example, now ‘Ramayana’ is doing. In such a film, they can put all the boards.”

Salman said that, compared to regional stars, their films do not do this in the south as well, theaters are evident in the lower legs.

“I have worked with South technicians, directors, actors and actresses many times,” Salman said, “said Salman. “But when my film is released there, this number will not be found because their fan is very strong. I will walk on the road, and they will shout, ‘Bhai, Bhai, Bhai’, but they will not go to theaters. We will not accept them here, and do not have films. The films,” Salman expressed.

He argued that the budget of Pan-Indian films becomes “too much”, which makes recovery difficult in view of the number of theaters in India. “If we had 20,000 to 30,000 theater, we would have killed Hollywood,” Salman said.

Salman also revealed that he is doing a big action film with Sanjay Dutt, describing it as a ‘rustic’, next level film. The actors collaborated on films in famous form Sayan And Chal Mere Bhai.