Akshay Kumar on consecutive flops: 'It is 100% my fault' | Bollywood – Hindustan Times
As his newest movie Selfiee opens with dismal figures on the ticket home windows, Akshay Kumar says he believes it’s his fault if a movie doesn’t work.
Akshay Kumar has mentioned that when his back-to-back movies don’t work, it’s time to sit again, mirror and alter himself. He additionally mentioned that this isn’t a brand new section for him and owned up the accountability of the failure of his movies on the field workplace. (Additionally learn: Selfiee field workplace assortment day 1: Movie opens to ‘shockingly low numbers’)
The final movie that includes Akshay Kumar that labored effectively on the field workplace was the fourth movie in Rohit Shetty’s ‘cop universe’, Sooryavanshi . It launched in 2021 and paired him reverse Katrina Kaif. The movie additionally had cameos by Ranveer Singh and Ajay Devgn.
Reminded that he has given three-four flops in a row, Akshay instructed Aaj Tak, “This isn’t taking place with me for the primary time. In my profession, I’ve had 16 consecutive flops at a time. There was a time after I had eight movies in a row that didn’t work. Now, I’ve had three-four movies in a row that didn’t work. The factor is that it occurs because of your personal fault, movie ka na chalna (a movie not working). The viewers have modified, you must change, you must dismantle your self. It’s a must to begin once more as a result of the viewers require to see one thing else.”
Akshay added, “It’s a nice alarm, aapki movie nahi chal rahi to galti aapki hai (In case your movies will not be working, it’s your fault). When your movies flop in a row, it’s an alarm for you that it’s time so that you can change. Mai koshish kar raha hun, wahi kar sakta hoon (I’m attempting to alter, that’s all I can do).” He additionally mentioned that he’d like to inform everybody that when movies do not work, the viewers should not be blamed. “Don’t blame the viewers or anybody else. It’s my fault, 100%. Aapki movie na chalna is just not due to viewers. It’s due to what you chose. Possibly you haven’t given the suitable substances within the movie.”
After the field workplace lull because of the pandemic-induced lockdown and restrictions, Akshay Kumar’s BellBottom was the primary main movie to launch in theatres. His movie with Rohit Shetty- Sooryavanshi was additionally the primary Hindi field workplace hit post-pandemic. Nevertheless, all his movies that launched in theatres since 2022 have didn’t file large numbers. Final 12 months’s Raksha Bandhan and Samrat Prithviraj had been field workplace duds. His newest outing, Selfiee launched on February 24 and made a disappointing opening assortment of beneath ₹3 crore on the primary day.
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