Rohit Shetty has been entertaining his fans not only with comedies but action-packed flicks too for decades now. After the release of his recent release Singham Again, Shetty has now opened up about whether or not ‘Lady Singham’ aka Deepika Padukone’s Shakti Shetty will get her standalone film. During a recent chat, the director not only confirmed the film but also shared an update about it.
Rohit Shetty on Deepika Padukone getting a standalone film
During a recent interaction with News18 Showsha, Rohit Shetty got candid about why it took him so long to introduce a female cop. He revealed, “The wait was to get the right script and the right kind of launch for the character. Till 2018, I wasn’t even sure if there’s going to be a cop universe.”
During the same chat, Shetty revealed it was during the making of Akshay Kumar starrer Sooryavanshi that the idea of Lady Singham came into the picture. The filmmaker said, “When Simmba worked, people accepted that we can bring in other characters and create a universe. That’s when we made Sooryavanshi and it was during this film that we thought of making a film with an out-and-out lady cop.”
Talking about ‘Lady Singham’ Deepika Padukone getting a standalone film in his cop universe, Rohit Shetty revealed that the audience would have got a Shakti Shetty spin-off much earlier had Sooryavanshi not been postponed. He said, “What happened was that we lost two years in Covid. Sooryavanshi was supposed to release in March 2019. We were very happy because the trailer was well-received and we knew that it’s going to go places. But then suddenly, the film was in cans for two years and everything got delayed because of that. According to our original line-up, Singham Again was also supposed to release in 2020.”
Rohit: We still have to write it
Talking about the standalone Shakti Shetty film, the filmmaker said, “We still have to write it. We do have a concept in mind but we don’t know where we can go with it. There’s still time for that. I know what the character will be like and her basic story arc but I don’t know her whole journey yet as a director or writer. But a female-led cop film headlined by Lady Singham will definitely happen, otherwise we wouldn’t have introduced her at all. There’s a reason why we’ve emphasised on that character and her name in Singham Again.”
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