Vikram Bhatt on Emraan Hashmi's 'Mr. X' - "Law is only meant for the weak and powerless"

46 year old Vikram Bhatt started making films way back in 1992. After a modest debut with Pooja Bhatt and Rahul Roy starrer Jaanam and then following it up with the likes of Mithun Chakraborty (Gunehgar) and Saif Ali Khan-Kajol (Bambai Ka Babu), it took a 60 lacs film Fareb (with a relatively unknown cast comprising of Faraz Khan, Suman Ranganathan, Milind Gunaji) to bring him his first success. A couple of years later, he proved that he was made for bigger things when he delivered a huge success with Aamir Khan (Ghulam). 

With a career that has seen lows and highs, he went on to deliver biggest horror film of all times, Raaz 3. Three years since the film's release, he returns with Bhatt brothers and Emraan Hashmi for Mr. X. So what really was the genesis of Emraan being turned bad for Mr. X?

"Well, I wanted to have a bad invisible man in Mr. X. All these years you have seen a good invisible man where his motto is do so something the kids or the world. What fascinated me was that what if power went to the wrong side? I had that thought for long. Then Bhatt saab and I got into many debates and discussions, which is where we came up with this adult thought that how much of justice should you believe in," questions Vikram.

He goes on to add.

"When a common man sits back, he says that 'arrey yaar, iss par case hai, yeh politician hai, industrialist hai, par phir bhi bahar ghoom raha hai. Toh kya kanoon sirf mere liye hai kya? Maine kya soch kar iss politician to elect kiya hai? Yeh toh Raja ban gaya hai'. While everyone says that law is equal for all, it is actually not true. We have seen cops and judges being transferred, cases being shut down and all. What does a frustrated person do in that situation? I guess law is only meant for the weak and powerless. When law is actually needed, it is not working. We wanted to bring this important point in the film," he says.

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