'Radhe – Your Most Wanted Bhai' released theatrically in international markets on Friday (May 14) opened to a thunderous response from the audience. Right from fans cheering for the film in theatres overseas, to massive bookings on streaming platforms, the fans of the superstar Salman Khan watched the film as soon as it was released making it the most-watched movie on the day itself sending the servers crashing while making it a total Eid blockbuster.
Radhe emphatically demonstrates the success of a hybrid release and shows an effective model of releasing a film during these very tough times. This would be important not just to the stakeholders of Radhe but to the entire film industry of the country that is reeling under the impact of the pandemic. In a virtual interaction with media about the film, Salman said his characters are not really fit to be role models.
Salman said, “'Dabangg' is a character, I can't take that character back home. 'Radhe' is a character, I can't take back that character. I can't walk around in front of my parents as Chulbul Pandey. My dad would hit me, my mom would slap me and my brothers and sisters would be embarrassed of me. So, I am at home as a son and as a brother. I would rather be somebody like 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan'.”
He added that he “does not take the flirting and the love story back home with the heroines, nor do I take all the action, beating up 50-60 people, chopper sequences. I don't have that in my. That's a self obsessed or egoistic person. I know what my capacity is, I know how much I can do and I know how much the stunt double can do. I don't take that back home but I take a bit of the goodness back.”
