Kabir Khan

Chandu Champion reportedly made Rs 87 crores at the box office. The director admits that box-office figures matter to him, but not as much as the audience’s love does. “Any filmmaker who says that box office doesn’t matter is not speaking the truth; it does. But it’s not the only parameter to judge a film. The most important for me is how much the film is remembered and spoken about, after some time passes. With Chandu Champion now and 83 [2021] earlier, there have been repeat viewings on OTT. People kept going back to the film. That shows a film’s legacy and how long it stays in people’s memory. In terms of box office numbers, my first film, Kabul Express [2006] was the lowest out of all my films. But after 18 years, people come up to me and say they loved it. So, there are lots of different parameters today through which you judge how deeply has a film connected.”

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 Even as Khan is working on several film ideas, including one with Katrina Kaif, he says he hasn’t zeroed in on his next. Is there a reunion with Salman Khan in the cards, considering Babbar Sher is not working out? “Salman is somebody who I’ve had a great association with. We’ve done three films together and two characters we created—Tiger and Bajrangi—have become truly iconic. I’d love to reunite with him. We keep discussing ideas when we meet, but nothing is locked.”