And while his movie is not short on talent, Sajid made sure he motivated his team to the highest level. The actor, for the first time, reveals to us what he wrote in his handwritten letters to his star cast.

“It said Dear Akshay or Dear Deepika..Welcome to the first of the shooting of your career’s biggest hits. I know this sounds a little pompous, but believe me, just as you had faith in saying yes to this movie and trusting me to guide you out…just like that, have faith in what I am saying,” reveals Sajid.

“Let’s have a great time making this film. But let’s promise each other one thing - that we are not making this film for ourselves. We are making it for a ticket-buying audience, and we will give them exactly what they expect…and a little more,” read Sajid’s letter to his star cast, “For that, you have to have blind faith in me – your director – who is also your friend. And let’s just go out there and have fun. But just remember - we work for an audience… and we will not work without them.”

Khan says it wasn’t essential for him to give a letter to his cast, who are already so talented. He feels it was just his way to motivate them to give a performance which he thinks will be a complete superhit.

“When they have immense faith in you, I feel they are also working with you not because of the assurance that they are going to get a hit film, but somewhere they also feel that he is a nice guy to work with. And that is so important! You have to enjoy each other’s company when you are working for 60-70 days at a stretch. You have to.. otherwise I don’t see that chemistry coming on screen. Like, I can give you an example – Ritesh and Akshay are genuinely very good friends in real life and it makes my life much easier to project their chemistry on screen,” says the director.