Rohit Shetty: It’s an action film, and men will lap it up, but 'Simmba' caters to women as well

Rohit Shetty who has cast Ranveer Singh among the newer crop of actors for his upcoming film Simmba reveals the reasons for doing so. He says, " While Singham stands for morality, ethics and honesty, Simmba is the opposite. If this story didn’t take a different path, this film would have been about yet another honest cop fighting the system. He is essentially an anti-hero, but nevertheless loveable. I wanted to bring the two brands, Singham and Simmba, together and create a universe of their own. The sutradhar of the film is Ajay Devgn. It’s an action film, and men will lap it up, but Simmba caters to women as well. Ranveer brings a lot of energy on screen, and he has added a lot to the film. Also, nobody from the younger lot of actors has played a hard-core cop. Talking about Sara, we were thinking of casting a new girl and when she got to know about it, she texted me saying that she wants to do the film. But she was already shooting for

Kedarnath

and I was worried that my film will release before her debut movie. But then, Abhishek Kapoor (Kedarnath’s director) called me and said that if I wanted to cast her, I should go ahead with it. He also said that I should see what they have shot for Kedarnath. I told him that I will finish Simmba in five months and I didn’t want to take the credit for launching her, as he had already taken on that responsibility. When I met her, she was down to earth and I could see that she had a hunger in her to work.

Read the complete interview in tomorrow's edition of Bombay Times