Would love to do Ra One 2, but industry lacks technicians: SRK

Shahrukh KhanSuperstar Shah Rukh Khan, who set new benchmarks in Indian cinema with the use of new technology in “Ra.One”, says he would love to do “Ra.One 2”, but that could take time as the country lacks trained technicians.

He says technology and equipment alone aren’t enough to make a technologically high-end film.

“We have the latest technology and the equipment, but we lack trained technicians. For ‘Ra.One’, we had hired 50 foreign-trained technicians. I would love to work in ‘Ra.One 2’, but it’s not easy. For a film with a different genre like ‘Ra.One’, I’ll need at least two to three years for preparation,” Shah Rukh told IANS in an interview.

“Ra.One”, released in 2011, was an ambitious Rs.150-crore ($30 million) project high on world class VFX. It reportedly had 3,500 VFX shots and Shah Rukh had collaborated with Jeffrey Kleiser, co-founder of US-based Synthesian Studios, to supervise the work done by SRK’s Red Chillies VFX team.

Red Chillies VFX, a subdivision of Shah Rukh’s motion picture production banner Red Chillies Entertainment, also provides the necessary technology and special effects to other filmmakers in the country.

One of the forthcoming projects his special effects team has worked on is Rakesh Roshan’s “Krrish 3”, the trailer of which has already received kudos for its visual imagery and technology-induced action sequences.

“For Rakesh Roshan’s film, ‘Krrish 3’, the equipment is from our company. We have trained over 200 technicians in the last five years. They are very good, but the vision has to come from Rakesh Roshan. If you have the vision and technology, the technicians can be changed,” added Shah Rukh, stressing on the importance of filmmakers thinking beyond what’s easy.

The change is already setting in, King Khan felt. It reflected in films like Anurag Kashyap’s “Gangs of Wasseypur” and Anurag Basu’s “Barfi!”.

“There have always been all kinds of filmmakers who make films like ‘Iron Man’, ‘Batman’ and ‘Chak De! India’ at the same time. It’s always parallel. When I did ‘DDLJ’ (‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’), there was ‘Maya Memsaab’ too. There are ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ and ‘Barfi!’, all kinds of films being made. It is good,” said Shah Rukh.

His mantra is to reinvent himself by working in different genres.

“I always try to work on a different genre. I feel the industry has given me name, fame and money and I won’t ever forgive myself if I won’t do anything beneficial for Indian cinema and my fans,” he added.

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26 Comments

  • Rock on Srk!
    Do Chennai express 2…
    Ra.one 2 shuld NT be the type of film tht u shuld be doing again.
    U already go an Atbb then y snt doing its sequel!
    Congo to srk n team for beating every possible record.
    3idiots record will be history now!

  • # Respect# for the only king of Indian cinema
    guess u need to try ra one 2
    haar ke bhi jeetne waale ko log baazigar kehte hain.
    its always nyc to come on top all the the time. but some times its nyc and courageous to try something different nand come out of safe zone

  • technicians ko maar goli…film me achi story daal bus..n Firse Ra.1 “Dobara” banane k baare me sochna b math.

  • Ra.one2 should be made because its a completely different genre
    and every one is busy with masala these days
    so good story good vfx thats ra.one needed

  • if the sequel is to be made then u certainely need a more competent director than Anubhav Sinha and a much believable story atleast like krrish’s story, the technical work won’t be a big problem as the only good thing about Ra1 was the VFX and then its songs!

  • srk is competing with hollywood ra one had better vfx than avatar and don 2 was much better thriller as well.. waiting for don3 ra.1-2

  • ra one was a worst film of indian cinema ever it was a flop film dont now how it is declared as hit.if srk do raone sequel then it will be even worst and crappiest movie of all time.

  • A sequel of Ra.1 can be interesting (by they way why not Ra.2? Random Access Version 2??). But a better director and much better script is a must. Also for that genre … expectation has to be managed, as that kind of film is unlikely to be a 200 cr grosser.

    Don 3 is a much better idea and SRK should do 2 films a year.

  • Ra.one part 2!.. go people kill urselves.. but i would like to ask a question that here it is written that bra.one’s budget was 150 crores n at some places its written 177 crores..watever it may be, it collected just a few over 100 crores.. how is it a hit??? dont tell me music rights, satellite rights, worldwide collections blah blah blah.. a verdict of a movie is judged solely on indian box office collections.. hence it is an all time disaster

  • We say acting, thet say record.
    We say story, they said record.
    We said emotions. They said record.
    Ab bna liya na CE nay b record to ab wo ro rhay hen k ye masala hay. Bhai 1 masala nay itnay kamaal kiye, 5 ki hoti to kya banta records ka.

  • Please do Ra one-2. Include some hardcore jaw dropping action scenes. Include blood and gore to a little extent, little romance nad most importantly emotion, real emotion. and history will be made. first 400cr worldwide movie on cards

  • How abt rohit shetty directing it waisa bhi his film have larger than life character except CE aur joh action super hero karta woh toh normal insan se kara tha ha Its would be really intersting if he directs it

  • U shd make ra.one 2 wid a btter story…
    Failures r meant to b pillars of success
    Btw ra.one waznt azz bad azz drona or lovestory 2050 but neither waz az gud az krissh.
    If ra.one 2 wil b wellmade it can do wonders even 500 crores izz possible domestically n overseas wil b a cakewalk but wid a ‘fantastic script’
    Btw first u shd make don 3… N plzz carry dat long hair n beard look.it wazzz terrificcc.
    Farhan akhtar where r u yaar.plzz takesome time off n write don 3’s script n dis time even bigger n better

  • @romance express, we hrithik fans don’t wish anything bad for any actor but all other fans wish bad for hrithik such as you, that just shows what kind of sadist human you are. why can’t you concentrate on your own favorite ?? who told you to bother about hrithik’s films ??

  • @King: omm shanti omm was not masala film? kabhi haan kabhi na was not kabhi alvida na kahna was what? duplicate was what? this film run because of good time and huge film promotion nothing read the critics reviews about CE talking about quality what JTHJ quality Raone quality? all SRK fan should thanks to Jeetu ji by pulling OUATIMD for week this was the biggest mistake done by BALAJI PRODUCTION.

  • “srk is competing with hollywood ra one had better vfx than avatar and don 2 was much better thriller as well.. waiting for don3 ra.1-2”

    What an idiot

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