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While Mohit Suri’s Saiyaara took a bumper opening, the other two films failed to create any kind of buzz at the box office.
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Sonakshi Sinha’s brother Kussh S Sinha, who made his directorial debut with Nikita Roy featuring his sister and Paresh Rawal, shared that his supernatural thriller failed at the box office of Saiyaara wave.
For the unversed, three Bollywood films arrived together on 18th July – Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda starrer
_Saiyaara_, Anupam Kher’s Tanvi The Great and Nikita Roy.
While Mohit Suri’s directorial took a bumper opening, the other two films failed to create any kind of buzz at the box office.
“We tried to get more screens, but sometimes, some films are swept along by a wave. At the same time, whichever theatre chains we’ve spoken to, they’ve seen the merit in the film and they’ve held on to it. Three films were released on the same day, and while everybody knows that the film had a record-breaking performance, the other film was pulled back from theatres and our screens have increased by 40%–50%,” said Kussh in an interview with Dainik Bhaskar.
He also responded to Saiyaara being accused of being a copy of a Korean movie, A Moment to Remember, and added, “Nobody anticipated this wave, and box office results aren’t in our hands. I’m happy that a romantic film starring two newcomers has done so well. There have been discussions, but that is for them to answer. It’s up to them to clear their names. But I’ve always been clear that I want to tell original stories, and if I ever do a remake, it will be an official remake. Others might not share this point of view, and that’s up to them.”
Also starring Arjun Rampal and Suhail Nayyar in prominent roles, Nikita Roy turned out to be a box office disaster with a collection of below under Rs 1 crore.