Sriram Raghavan says he needs to make ‘Johnny Gaddar 2’

Mumbai: After the critically acclaimed warfare drama ‘Ikkis’, filmmaker Sriram Raghavan is eager to return to the world of caper dramas and revisit the story of his 2007 hit ‘Johnny Gaddar’ for a doable sequel.

“I’m truly eager on doing ‘Johnny Gaddar 2’. It will likely be 20 years of ‘Johnny Gaddar’ subsequent yr. We’re going to give it a small launch in 4 cities and some screens. I’d like to do a movie like that, which is a caper type of movie,” Raghavan advised PTI in an interview.

He joked, “Lastly, it’s the story. If I don’t get that, then I can take the signing quantity and run. That could be a completely different factor.”

Raghavan’s 2007 movie ‘Johnny Gaddar’, a neo-noir crime thriller about greed and betrayal, has developed a cult fan following through the years. It was Neil Nitin Mukesh’s debut movie and featured Dharmendra, Vinay Pathak, Rimi Sen and others.

Raghavan later forged Dharmendra in ‘Ikkis’, which ended up being the actor’s ultimate display screen outing. Dharmendra died in November final yr.

The director is open to the thought of constructing sequels to each ‘Badlapur’ and ‘Andhadun’ however mentioned that may occur provided that he will get a good suggestion. “It isn’t about (these movies being a) protected house. It’s lastly getting a superb story. I’ll fortunately do ‘Badlaput 2’, if I get the fitting story. In any other case, you find yourself s****ing up the primary movie, which isn’t price it. Likewise, there’s ‘Andhadhun 2’ and all people has been asking me to make it,” he added.

Raghavan, whose filmography additionally boasts of thrillers resembling ‘Ek Hasina Thi’ and ‘Merry Christmas’, mentioned he’s conscious of the business benefit of sequels however believes that shouldn’t be the only motive to make a movie.