These 4 statements by Saala Khadoos R Madhavan on Ritika Singh, Rajkumar Hirani are bunch of intelligence

They won't accept the crap I am serving. I wanted someone who looked like a national level boxer but could also act. This film could not be made without Ritika. Finding Ritika and convincing people that she is the lead actress of our film was the main challenge."

Maddy also revealed that despite having a strong script and a star cast in place, many leading producers were apprehensive to invest in the project.

"Despite getting the physique right and casting a boxer, I did not have any investors. No one was willing to take the risk. So many producers backed off at the last moment and finally Rajkumar Hirani came on board," explained the Tanu Weds Manu Returns actor.

Madhavan also spoke about the trend of categorising successful genres in Bollywood and force writers to commercialise things:

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"The easiest thing that happens in Bollywood is that people figure out why the industry is working and quickly categorise it. Unless you categorise, you don't feel safe because it is an industry which has 93 percent failure rate; only seven percent of the films work. I don't think there is a need for categorisation. The need of the hour is to make an intelligent film which will make the audience want to watch your film on Friday.