Imtiaz Ali feels Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan's collaboration is important, here’s why

Imtiaz Ali said from"Devdas, which opened European markets, to Secret Superstar, which is doing great business in China, "we have started to wear the same clothes".

Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali, who has delivered many successful films, has said that the best way to enter a new business market for movies would be to have two superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khanas a combination of exuberance and content". The ace director was speaking at a panel discussion titled 'Chinese Dragon Market for Elephantine Indian Films' at the ongoing FICCI Frames.

"I think you need Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir as a combination of exuberance and content to break through and get into different markets. Of course, I've shot with Shah Rukh in Europe, so there hardly a place that we went and people didn't mass recognise him. That's a great thing for us," Ali said.

"What it does is, it changes the quality of your own work when you get aware of the fact that different people from all over the world are watching... I think there is a qualitative improvement in cinema as a result of it travelling abroad," the director added.

Ali said from "Devdas", which opened European markets, to "Secret Superstar", which is doing great business in China, "we have started to wear the same clothes".

"Except for language, there is no other difference," he said.

When asked if he would make a film in Mandarin, Ali said he actually has an idea which might be suitable to be made in the language.

"I quickly thought of all the films that I have made. And even though when I think about Mandarin, what comes to my mind is really exotic Chinese music and people eating with chopsticks and some pretty looking girls. When I think about the films I have made, many of them could have been a Mandarin film.

"But now, I feel I already have a lot of scripts for Mandarin films, especially the one that I have been toying with from a long time. It gives writers and directors an opportunity to tell stories with a bigger heart, to a bigger audience," he said.

Prasad Shetty, Director of China Peacock Mountain Group, was also present during the session.

Shetty, who has released Aamir's "Dangal" and "Secret Superstar" in China, said the country is a huge market for Hindi films.

So far, both the films have done exceptionally well in China.