Mukesh Khanna is in the news after he announced that his popular character Shaktimaan is making a comeback on the screen. The actor was recently asked whether Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff can be the next Shaktimaan, but he rejected him saying that he lacks maturity.
He said, “Forgive me, but if Tiger Shroff tells a child to flush the toilet as Shaktimaan, the kid will turn around and say to him, ‘Tu baith jaa (You sit down)’.”
He continued, “He is still a child among children, that’s his image. He doesn’t have the stature that one needs to play Shaktimaan, who had a gravity not because of me, but because of the character that he is. Shaktimaan isn’t a brainless brawler. He has a seriousness, he is wise. He is an evolved person, for God’s sake. He is not an ordinary Arnold Schwarzenegger, nor does he have a suit like Iron Man, nor has he flown in from Krypton like Superman. His costume is created by combining the five elements. You can imagine the power he wields, and I don’t want someone who doesn’t have the required stature playing him.”
The character Shaktimaan made Mukesh Khanna a household name in the early 2000s. He recently announced that the character will be making a comeback and shared a teaser featuring him.
