20 February,2024 09:15 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Sohail Khan (Pic/Yogen Shah)
Back in 2012, actor-director Sohail Khan had announced his jungle-adventure film 'Sher Khan' with Salman Khan and Kapil Sharma in the lead. The film was meant to be a VFX-heavy film with superstar Salman Khan playing the role of a lion-hearted He-Man. According to reports, the film was later postponed due to VFX-related reasons. It seems like Sohail Khan is now ready to go ahead with the film.
Talking to News18 at the promotional event of Celebrity Cricket League season 10, Sohail Khan spoke about getting back to larger-than-life Hindi cinema with 'Sher Khan'. Talking about why he had to put the film on the backburner back in the day, he said, "That's (VFX) one area where technology is growing by bounds. Every time we would finish the scripting of Sher Khan, I would watch another Marvel film and that used to make me feel backdated in terms of what I've written and how I want the action to be. I knew that by the time the film comes out, it would look backdated."
He added, "That fear of thinking about creating something that would release three years later is something I needed to tame. I realised that I've to think of something that's the future and not the present. That's exactly where Marvel and DC films score".
"They pre-empt what's going to happen. Our action is more human, so when we go into technology-based action, there's a slack. We think of the present times while the rest of the world keeps moving on," he said.
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About CCL:
On Monday, stars including Bobby Deol, Sohail Khan and Saqib Saleem held a press conference regarding the new edition of the tournament in Mumbai. Jordy Patel and Adil Jagmagia were also present.
The grand league begins on February 23 in Sharjah and runs for three weekends in India, featuring 20 action-packed and entertaining matches. CCL Season 10 will feature over 200 film superstars across eight teams representing India's major film industries, including Hindi, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. Among the celebrities involved with CCL are Salman Khan, the brand ambassador of Mumbai Heroes, Riteish Deshmukh, the Captain of Mumbai Heroes, Sohail Khan, the Owner of Mumbai Heroes, Venkatesh, the Brand Ambassador of Telugu Warriors, Akhil Akkineni, Captain of Telugu Warriors, Arya, Captain of Chennai Rhinos, Sudeep, Captain of Karnataka Bulldozers, Mohanlal, Co-owner of Kerala Strikers, Indrajith, Captain of Kerala Strikers, Manoj Tiwari, Captain of Bhojpuri Dabbangs, Sonu Sood, Captain of Punjab De Sher, and Boney Kapoor, Owner of Bengal Tigers along with team Captain Jissu Sengupta.The adrenaline-pumping tournament will be live-streamed on Sony Sports Ten 5 and Jio Cinema along with multiple regional channels.
