Filmmaker and producer Siddharth P Malhotra has had an excellent 2026. His Netflix movie Ikka, starring Sunny Deol and Akshaye Khanna, grabbed numerous eyeballs earlier this 12 months. Now, his internet present Shaque: Belief No One on the identical platform has been doing effectively too.
EXCLUSIVE: Siddharth P Malhotra reveals Ikka sequel and Shaque Season 2 are within the works; additionally shares happiness on the response to Parineeti Chopra starrer present: “Haven’t obtained so many requires a sequence earlier than”
In an unique chat with Bollywood Hungama, Malhotra revealed that each the initiatives can have a second half. “Ikka has damaged information. There’s Ikka 2 being labored on. Shaque has now damaged information and Shaque Season 2 is being completed. It has been an excellent 12 months. Shaque Season 2 received’t proceed the identical story. Will probably be a brand new story. However a season 2 is within the works. We’re writing it,” he mentioned.
Malhotra additionally shared that director Rensil D’Silva had earlier envisioned Shaque as a film when he got here up with the concept years in the past. “It was a narrative Rensil had cracked about 8-9 years in the past,” he mentioned. “Initially, it was a characteristic movie. Then we labored on it and we mentioned that permit’s see if we will make it into sequence. After writing it as a sequence, we realized that it has legs and potential. Then I bought it to Netflix. They appreciated the concept.”
Malhotra is pleased with the response the present has generated in little over every week. “Now we have been getting numerous suggestions. It’s completed very well. Even after one week, it’s at primary. In my complete profession, I haven’t obtained so many requires a sequence. Even folks from South Bombay are calling and saying that they binged and loved it. It’s an excellent feeling. Netflix may be very glad. It’s completed very effectively for them. It’s within the prime 10 in 20-30 nations. Whenever you go into a celebration or operate, individuals are willingly saying that they discovered it excellent. They’ll say it saamne se solely once they really appreciated it. In the event that they didn’t, they’d say that they haven’t watched it but,” he mentioned.
Shaque is a whodunit the place the id of the perpetrator is revealed on the finish. In immediately’s occasions of social media, there may be each likelihood of somebody or the opposite revealing the climax. Malhotra mentioned that one can’t management that. “Social media is nice and dangerous. If anyone needs to disclose the climax, you possibly can’t cease that particular person. So far as individuals are speaking and commenting in regards to the present, we’re very glad. Now, even after revealing the climax, if individuals are nonetheless watching the present, it’s the writing workforce’s victory,” he mentioned.
Throughout the trailer launch of Shaque, lead actor Parineeti Chopra shared that she got here to know after beginning the shoot that she is pregnant. Therefore, the makers ensured that she stayed on the similar place the place they had been capturing, in order that she doesn’t should journey. Malhotra mentioned that this wasn’t difficult for them. “It’s the accountability between Sapna (Malhotra) and me to deal with her. She might have mentioned that she is pregnant and she or he received’t have the ability to shoot. However she is sustained the shoot. So, we must always deal with her, respect her and do the most effective we will,” he mentioned.
As a director, Siddharth P Malhotra has made movies on diversified topics like We Are Household (2010), Hichki (2018), Tribhanga (2021), Maharaj (2024) and Ikka (2026). When requested whether or not it has at all times been a aware determination for him to not repeat genres, he mentioned, “It’s not a aware effort to not repeat a style. It’s really an effort to try to discover a story I can resonate to. Really, for me the style is identical as they’re all (tales of) human relationships. The worlds may be completely different however the tales are of human relations and sophisticated conditions.”
Malhotra has had a profitable and lengthy collaboration with Netflix with a sequence of initiatives like Tribhanga, Maharaj, Ikka and now Shaque. “I’ve recognized Monika (Shergill, Vice President, Content material) from the time I did Sanjivani (TV present) and earlier than that. Their workforce may be very co-operative and collaborative. All of the success of any present or movie of Netflix is a collaborative effort. Their names don’t seem however they put in numerous exhausting work. No single particular person can take credit score of successful. It’s at all times a workforce work. Netflix has been an excellent collaborator and we’re collaborating loads now,” he mentioned.
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