04 August,2023 10:13 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Hrithik Roshan as Krrish
Come November and it will be a decade since the release of Hrithik Roshan's superhero film 'Krrish 3'. Father-son and director-actor duo of Rakesh Roshana and Hrithik Roshan gave Hindi cinema one of its first superhero franchise with Krrish. While 'Krrish 4' has been in the making for a while now, Rakesh Roshan says that the film will take some more time. The director credits the current state of cinema and theatre business the reason for delay.
In an interview with India Today, Rakesh Roshan shared that while Krrish 4 will be the biggest film in the franchise he has concerns regarding the current situation of the industry. "What is happening is that the audience is still not coming back to the theatres, so that is a big question mark for me. 'Krrish' is going to be a big film. The world has become smaller and kids today are used to seeing Hollywood superhero films that are made on budgets of like 500-600 million dollars. Meanwhile, we have a small budget of Rs 200-300 crore in comparison."
Post the pandemic, films have not been able to generate pre-pandemic numbers at the box office. Raising concern over this and its impact on filmmaking, he said "How to give that look to the film? I can, of course, decide to have 4 action sequences instead of 10, but that action has to match up with the quality. The VFX quality needs to be good. We are seeing how the budget and production costs can all be maintained. Big films that are released these days are not doing so well."
Despite the concern, Roshan said that 'Krrish 4' is definitely on the cards but the team will hold back for some time. "However, looking at the situation today where films are not doing well and collections are not matching the production costs, we are not immediately looking at it. It is going to happen, but not for a year. Probably after that."
The first film in the franchise- 'Koi...Mil Gaya' was released in 2003. On August 8, the film will complete 20 years. To celebrate the occasion, the film will be re-released in theatres.
