‘Happy Ending is a Spoof on Romcoms’ : Saif Ali Khan

In his career spanning over two decades, Saif Ali Khan has found his niche in the genre of romcoms. While he has had an Omkara or Being Cyrus, Saif has been a part of quite a few romantic comedies like Kal Ho Na Ho, Hum Tum, Love Aaj Kal and Cocktail. After trying his hand at a zombie comedy (Go Goa Gone), heartland masala (Bullet Raja) and slapstick comedy (Humshakals), the actor is back to romcoms with Happy Ending.

“What made Happy Ending interesting for me was how well written the characters are and their relationships with each other,” Saif explains, adding, “There is an obsessive ex (Kalki) who you can’t figure out if you are or aren’t in a relationship with; Ranvir (Shorey) plays a henpecked husband; and Ileana is a writer who is very competitive and thinks like a man.” He describes Happy Ending as “a spoof on romcoms”. “That is what makes it unlike other romcoms.”

The film pairs Saif with Govinda and their sensibilities couldn’t be more different. “We are two very different planets. It was hysterical to work with him. Through the shoot, I think, we just kept trying to figure each other out. His ease in front of the camera is just something else.”

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Full calendar for Saif Ali Khan

Saif Ali Khan has been shooting in Michigan US for his upcoming anti-love story titled Happy Ending co-starring Ileana D’Cruz. It is directed by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK and has special appearances by Preity Zinta, Govinda and a number of other “friendly” stars include Kareena Kapoor, so the buzz goes. the film is scheduled for a March 28 2014 release. Saif is also gearing up to act in a Kabir Khan thriller that is on the post 26/11 counter-attacks and will be shot in Beirut, Boston and London among other locales.

Also in the pipeline is Sajid Khan’s Humshakal in which he is playing a double – or may be a triple role opposite Bipashau Basu and as yet untitled musical with Prabhudheva is also pitched for a 2015 opening. Meanwhile Dimple Kapadia has been signed on for Finding Fanny Fernandes for Saif’s next production. Another Eros-Illuminati joint production directed by Arif Ali, starring Armaan Jain has locked February 21 2014 as D-day. The film is yet to be titled.

Budget woes force Saif to cut down on Europe shoot

Saif Ali Khan who was keen to shoot at some of the unexplored locations of eastern Europe for the film Agent Vinod , had made it clear that his production should include some of the exotic locations, particularly Latvia. Besides Latvia, the crew had also travelled to places such as Moscow, Morocco and Paris, and the director of the film, Sriram Raghavan, had taken pains to seek permission for some exotic and rare locations, not shown in Hindi films till date.

Director promises “Love Aaj Kal” a complete family entertainer

Imtiaz Ali, director of “Socha Na Tha” and superhit “Jab We Met” has promised that his upcoming love story “Love Aaj Kal” will surely be a complete family entertainer.

Although his film is much in talk at present because of Saif and Deepika’s bold kissing scenes.

On this Ali defended saying, “nobody will feel inhibited watching “Love Aaj Kal”. No one will hesitate walking into the film with his family.