Siddique's 'tuta-futa' Hindi!
After spending more than two decades in Malayalam, director Siddique is debuting in Bollywood with upcoming Salman Khan-Kareena Kapoor starrer Bodyguard, remake of his own Malayalam super hit with the same title. (Notably, Bodyguard was remade in Tamil as Kaavalan by the original director and is being remade in Telugu as Ganga - The Bodyguard.)
While the film is releasing on August 31, the director said that he found Bollywood creatively satisfying. "The market of the Hindi film industry is bigger in comparison to the South. Here one can think big and execute it as well. There are no limitations. It is a creatively satisfying place for any filmmaker. One does not need to worry about funds. The bigger you imagine, the bigger your dreams are, the bigger a film can be," Siddique said.
"I am very happy to enter Bollywood, that too with Salman Khan. I feel very lucky to have him in my first Bollywood project. One does not need to give him briefing. He understands all the aspects of film making," he added.
Though the director is of the opinion that language is not a barrier, it certainly posed problems for him when he had to interact with people during the shooting. "It wasn't that easy for me to make a film here because I was out of my comfort zone and my working style. I was also among new people. The most difficult part was that I didn't know the language and so it became a little difficult to make others understand with my 'tuta-futa' (broken) Hindi."
He also said before foraying into Bollywood, he saw over 60 Hindi films to understand how Bollywood movies are made.
