Mumbai, December 14: Actor Arjun Kapoor, while speaking openly on box-office failures, said that he can control his efforts and honesty, but it is not possible to control the box office.
Actor Arjun Kapoor started his acting career with the film Ishaqzaade. After that, he has given many hit films like ‘2 States’, ‘Gunday’, ‘Ki and Ka’.
Recently his Hindi language crime thriller film ‘The Lady Killer’ was released. The film was released in theaters on 3 November 2023. Which Bhumi Pednekar was with him and this film was directed by Ajay Bahl. The film was made on a huge budget of Rs 45 crore. But it could not earn anything at the box office.
Karan Johar and Arjun Kapoor discussed how they overcame box office failures in Karan Johar’s famous chat show ‘Koffee with Karan Season 8’.
Talking about this, Karan Johar said that we all have people’s perceptions and Instagram which shows a part of our personality. Sometimes this may be true, sometimes not. But today in this time of increasing competition, we are also facing the dynamics of the industry, box office pressure, etc.
Karan Johar asked, “Fubu, I want to know from you that if the box office goes away from you, what option is left for you? I always want you to be excited. The sense of humor that you have within you makes me think that you can laugh at yourself in the face of failure and adversity. Tell me, how do you deal with such a situation?”
Arjun Kapoor spoke openly about it and said, “Karan, there have been a lot of problems in my life which I have faced. Further, about coming to this show earlier and sitting on the couch and talking about many things, he said that I have talked about many aspects of my life earlier also while sitting on this couch.
Arjun Kapoor said, “I am the first actor in my generation to do the Rs 100 crore film ‘2 States’ with Dharma and Sajid Nadiadwala. Apart from this, he has also done better performing films like ‘Ki and Ka’. From which I have seen the height. I played the role of a house husband in the film ‘Ki and Ka’. I have worked with many people and done many types of work. Further, giving the example of Akshay Kumar’s box-office failures, he said that there was a time when Akshay Kumar had thought of leaving this profession. I think he has seen 11-12 flops.”
He further said about Saif’s film career that Saif’s film career took a different turn from ‘Dil Chahta Hai’. Before that, they were on a different path. My audience is connected to me because of my work and has given me love. So I also have to give them a good film, only then they will remain connected to me and will not get separated.”
He further said that, unfortunately, you cannot control the box office, I can control my efforts and honesty.
Chat show Koffee with Karan airs on Disney Plus Hotstar.
