Bigg Boss 16: After stepping away from the spotlight for four years, filmmaker Sajid Khan discussed the failure of his films Humshakals and Himmatwala on Saturday night when he appeared as a contestant on Salman Khan’s reality series Bigg Boss 16.
The filmmaker also discussed being fired from the popular Housefull franchise while Salman and Sajid made jokes about the movies.
Sajid Khan talked about being depressed and jobless, but none of them brought up the sexual misconduct accusations made against him.
Sajid told Salman on the Bigg Boss 16 grand premiere stage, “I did not have much work, have been at home for past four years. So, when the Colors team called me up, I decided I should come here and maybe learn something about myself.”
Bigg Boss 16: Sajid Khan enters the show, reveals his ups and down in life
He also talked about having no work and said, “I have seen many ups and downs in my life and been very low in past four years.” When Salman interrupted to say Sajid only saw one low while it has been all an upside ride, the filmmakers added, “And that one low was a huge one.”
Salman then pointed out the A-list actors that Sajid had collaborated with before they both started listing them off. “It is said that failure destroys people. But in my case, my success destroyed me. I became very arrogant with three back-to-back teen hits. So, I thought I had become infallible, I can never make a wrong film,” said Sajid.
The filmmaker added, “Arrogant statements de raha tha, upar wale ne phat karke jhapad maara ‘Himmatwala’ niche… thoda sa humble hua phir se jhapad maara aur ‘Humshakals’ niche. Humshakal ke baad to maine apni shakal hi chhupa di (I started giving arrogant statements so the almighty slapped me and Himmatwala was down. I became slightly humble but got another slap and Humshakals was down. After Humshakals, I hid my face.”