Alia Bhatt and Vedang Raina starrer Jigra; Directed by Vasan Bala, the film did not perform well at the box office. Meanwhile, the film’s director had recently defended its box-office failure in an interview, which received mixed reactions from internet users. Amidst all the uproar, Bala has deactivated her ex account.
The much-awaited film Jigra starring Alia Bhatt and Vedang Raina was released on October 11, 2024. Contrary to everyone’s expectations, the film failed at the box office. Meanwhile, filmmaker Vasan Bala has deactivated his X account, days after being targeted by internet users to defend his failure.
Today, Sunday 20th, Vasan’s social media account which was active till Saturday, has now been deleted. If we click on their earlier tweets or replies, they direct it to an empty slot and read, ‘This post is from an account that no longer exists.’ A notification also appears in the message on their profile, saying, “This account does not exist. Try finding another.”
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After Vasan’s comment on the failure of Jigra, internet users started calling him ‘arrogant’ for not accepting the failure of the film. After the account was deleted, many users defended Bala and said that he alone should not be held responsible for the failure of the film.
In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Wasson said that things have been “tough” since the film’s release. He admitted that releasing his films has always been a struggle for him. Still, this time the film was released on a large scale, and he wasn’t sure how to process it. The filmmaker stressed the responsibility of belonging to the mainstream to perform at the box-office.
“The failure was surprising because you clearly were not prepared to fail. At the same time, this wasn’t a very stubborn, I’ll-only-deliver-it-this-way kind of movie. I thought it was a very accessible, straight-forward film, and the emotions were universal,” he said, further admitting that he disappointed producers Karan Johar and Alia Bhatt.
Starring Alia Bhatt and Vedang Raina, it was a jail-break story that told the story of a sister who does anything to save her brother imprisoned in a foreign land. Manoj Pahwa was also in the lead role in this.
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