Salman Khan's Wanted Inspired Rohit Shetty To Create Singham

As Singham Again is assembling a grand star cast to move the Cop Universe forward, an interview with Rohit Shetty, the creator of the franchise, has resurfaced. According to him, it was Salman Khan’s Wanted that inspired Singham.

In an old interview, he said, “I’ll tell you what. I made Singham because of Wanted. That was a phase when multiplex had come in.” He recalled that back in 2009, PVR was a new concept in the country, and there was no one creating mass action films. He believes that Salman Khan’s Wanted was one of the first.

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“I was like, the time has come back to make mass entertainers because even, abhi multiplex mein bhi seetiya aur taali bajne lagi hain. And then, we made Singham in 2011,” he shared.

Wanted is not the only film linked with Singham and the Cop Universe. It is confirmed that Salman Khan’s iconic character, Chulbul Pandey, from the movie Dabangg, is set to cameo in Singham Again. Making Salman’s official entry into the Cop Universe alongside Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar and Ranveer Singh.

The film Singham Again will be released on 1 November in theatres, starring Ajay Devgn, Kareena Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Tiger Shroff, Jackie Shroff and Arjun Kapoor.