Rohit Shetty: 'Critics are my lucky charm'

Published Jul 4 2012, 16:18 BST  |  By Priya Joshi

Rohit Shetty has insisted that he doesn't make films for critics and isn't concerned if they trash his films.

The Golmaal director said that his primary focus is always entertaining the audience.

Speaking to IANS, he said: "Critics are my lucky charm. I am fine if critics thrash my film, but the audience likes it. The day I make a film for critics I'll lose a lot of money and I don't want to do that.

"Yes, I target the audience. I just want to make people happy and entertain them and that is the most important thing for me."

The 39-year-old director, who also made action film Singham, denied having any "formula".

"It should come from my heart more than anything else. I am happy making the films I am making because it is loved by my audience. They are happy watching my kind of a film," he said.

"Ten years down the line, I will be making the same stuff, but I am happy that the audience likes it. There is a smile on their faces when they watch my films."

Son of the legendary fight master, Shetty made his Bollywood debut as a director with 2003 film Zameen.

Shetty's Bol Bachchan starring Ajay Devgn, Abhishek Bachchan, Asin Thottumkal and Prachi Desai, releases this Friday.

Watch the trailer below for Bol Bachchan below: