Arjun Rampal on 'Dhaakad’s failure: 'I don’t think it deserved to do the kind of numbers that it did'

Actor Arjun Rampal has for the first time opened up about the failure of ‘Dhaakad’ which was a big-budget film. Arjun believes that since the movie was released post-pandemic, people were scared to go to the theatres.

‘It was an expensive film, so yes it does hurt when it doesn’t do well. I don’t think it deserved to do the kind of numbers that it did. People were sceptical at that point in time. Dhaakad was one of the first few films to come out post-pandemic. People were maybe scared to go to the theatres,’ said in his latest interview.

‘We can’t even say that, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 did really well. Maybe we released with the wrong film. Every film has it’s destiny, and you just have to accept it and move on. The reality is the reality. But the film is there, I am proud of it, it is not a film I won’t be proud of. As long as you take that much away from a film, you are in a good space,’ he added.

The actor also talked about the pressure big-budget films face to perform well. He said that he likes to watch content-driven films. He said, ‘that’s my choice. I am very glad Pathaan has done so brilliantly, we all needed it, the industry needed those numbers. You cannot say box office numbers are not important.’

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