Saif Ali Khan has no time for Kabir Khan?

Many Bollywood actors are trying their hands in the web space, and even Saif Ali Khan will be doing that with the web series titled ‘Sacred Games’. Apart from ‘Sacred Games’, Saif was reportedly going to star in Kabir Khan’s web series titled ‘The Forgotten Army’ which is about the Indian National Army’s soldiers and infantry units. However, according to a report in DNA After Hrs, the actor doesn’t have time for the series.

A source told the leading daily, “Saif has several films lined up. He is in talks for a few more — some have been announced, some are yet to be signed on the dotted line. He’s also doing another web series titled ‘Sacred Games’. So, in all probability, he won’t be doing the series. Unless it’s pushed ahead.”

Saif has films like ‘Kaalakaandi’, ‘Chef’, and ‘Baazaar’, and web series ‘Sacred Games’ in his kitty. So, it looks like the actor might be finding it difficult to collaborate with Kabir again after ‘Phantom’. (Also Read: Saif Ali Khan’s ‘Kaalakaandi’ gets 73 cuts by CBFC!)

Well, while talking about entering web space, Kabir during the promotions of ‘Tubelight’ had stated, “It is the future. We tend to say web web web , but ultimately it’s the content. Our films are being watched much more on the web through piracy unfortunately. Anyway, in the West, they have changed the game. Today, Hollywood makes two million dollar films like ‘Spotlight’, ‘Moonlight’ and they make two hundred million dollar films like ‘Avengers’ and the big franchises. The middle ground of drama story-telling has completely shifted to the web platforms like HBO, Netflix and Amazon. That’s the future what’s going to happen here also. For me, I am basically the content creator and it doesn’t matter where you watch my content. 70% consumer of my products are anyway on the web. The subject which I have the story about the Azad Hind Fauj is better said as a mini-series than as a film. Two, it’s an international story, through Amazon it’s going to release in 204 countries worldwide on day one. There is certain liberation of story-telling. Whatever boundaries we push, there is a certain Bollywoodisation of the story. In web-series, a Japanese character has to speak Japanese I don’t have to think isko main Hindi kaise bolvau.”

When he was asked about casting Saif, the filmmaker had said, “Nothing has been locked as yet. I am in talks with a lot of people. But, only after ‘Tubelight’ release I will start locking.”

Murtuza Iqbal

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