Mumbai:
Salman Khan, the producer of the remake of superhit film
Hero, has trimmed the movie by 30 minutes, director Nikhil Advani said.
When Nikhil was asked about Salman's influence in an interview he said: "Before the making, I called him and asked him, 'Tell me what you want'." (Also Read:
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"I also told him 'If you don't sit on the edit, I cannot finish this film. You need to sit on the edit, to tell me what is right and what is wrong, what is working and what is not'," the
Kal Ho Na Ho director said.
"He sat, cut out 30 minutes of the film. The film is now 2.04 hours. Someone recently asked me what is
Hero in one word and I said 'Salman Khan'," he added. (Also Read:
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It was recently reported that Salman had not interfered in the creative process. So did this editing satisfy Nikhil as a director?
"It totally satisfies me as a director. What it allowed me to do is while
Hero was being made, I also made
Katti Batti.
Hero is a producer's film,
Katti Batti is a director's film," said Nikhil.
The bond between Nikhil and Salman was formed when they had worked in
Salaam-E-Ishq. Nikhil considers their friendship to be good enough to seek genuine feedback from him.
Hero which stars Suraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty in the lead roles, is slated for a September 11 release.