Nobody supported Dhurandhar: Kunal Kohli on expecting ‘greatest directors’ to fail
Director Kunal Kohli reveals how top filmmakers doubted Dhurandhar: The Revenge and expected it to falter after the opening weekend. However, the film turned the tables with a surprise surge at the box office.
Filmmaker Kunal Kohli has revealed that many in the film industry were expecting this Dhurandhar: Revenge To fail at the box office. talking to ScreenKohli said that even some of the biggest directors had predicted that the film would lose momentum after its opening weekend. Contrary to these expectations, the Aditya Dhar directed film gained momentum from Monday.
After the preview shows on Wednesday, the Ranveer Singh-starrer opened with a stellar collection of Rs 102.55 crore on Thursday. It then went on to earn a record Rs 65 crore on its first Monday and established itself as an iconic film. big success at box office Within the first week.
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“Even when the industry doesn’t support a film, the film still works. No one supported it,” Kohli said. stalwart. The big directors I talked to said, ‘‘She will sit on Monday.’ we will go further on Monday (It will stop performing from Monday. But instead, it started working better from Monday).”
The director highlights a similar situation with Anurag Singh’s period war drama border 2Starring Sunny Deol. Despite industry doubts and expectations of failure, the film performed exceptionally well and grossed over Rs 300 crore. Kohli said, “Nobody supported border 2. People said second week I sat down for a bit. It has become more than Rs 300 crore. What are you saying! That’s a blockbuster. end of discussion. It doesn’t matter whether the industry supports you or not.”
Kohli recalled his experience I we (2004), which also lacked support from fellow filmmakers, but was commercially successful and became a notable romantic comedy. He shared how producer Aditya Chopra had advised him not to attend the preview shows as industry insiders were unlikely to appreciate the film. Kohli went anyway and got a disappointing response. “I was so sad that I called Adi. He said, ‘I asked you not to go because I know it’s not his kind of film.’ So, 99 percent of the people in the industry don’t want you to succeed,” he said.
When Hum Tum was rejected by the industry
Despite this, I we Gradually gained acceptance. Kohli recalled, “On Monday at 1 pm, Adi, I and Rani were sitting in the office, still wondering whether it would fall or stay on Monday. Mr. Rakesh Roshan called me and said, ‘Kunal, your film is a houseful at the 12:30 pm show on Monday in Indore! Most big films fail to do that. Congratulations, your film is a big hit.'” Kohli recalled.
Kohli praised Rakesh Roshan for personally calling him and congratulating him despite it being Kohli’s first film. Will you be my friend! (2002) is not doing well. Kohli laughed and said, “He could have called Yash ji, Adi or Saif, but he called me, the filmmaker. Out of 100, there are one or two people like this, but thankfully there are only one or two.”
Addressing whether the film industry’s support is genuine or transactional, Kohli laughed and said, “I have very few scratches on my back. Because if you let someone scratch your back, they’ll probably stab you in the back.”
Dhurandhar: Revenge The theatrical run continues and has entered its fourth week at the box office. The film has earned Rs 1,718.62 crore globally, while the domestic collection stands at Rs 1,088.62 crore.