Rohit Shetty broke his silence on the disappointing performance of his last release, Ranveer Singh starrer Cirkus in a recent interview.
Rohit Shetty who brought the cine-goers back to the theatres post COVID-19 with Sooryavanshi, failed to create a similar magic with his last release Cirkus. The Ranveer Singh starrer upon its release, not only received poor reviews from the critics but it also tanked badly at the box office.
Finally in a new interview, Rohit has now opened up on the box office failure of Cirkus. The filmmaker said that he accepts and takes ownership of his successes as well as failures.
In a conversation with India Today, the director said that he makes sure to surround himself with people who are honest with him.
“So, when a film doesn’t do well, I know it. Hence, I have always believed that both my successes and failures are mine. There is no point shying away from it,” Shetty told the publication.
He further added, “When a Singham or a Golmaal did well, that was also mine, so when a Zameen (2003), a Dilwale or a Cirkus failed, that was also mine. I don’t see a point in blaming anything else. I know what we did. We, obviously, went wrong somewhere. It was made right after Sooryavanshi and in the middle of the pandemic for the workers. It was a small film meant for the audience of that time.”
Rohit further promised to bounce back with the Singham franchise, Golmaal or other films. He also shared that he might make Cirkus again.
The news portal quoted him as saying, “The same audience made Sooryavanshi a blockbuster despite a 50% occupancy, and if it didn’t work for Cirkus, I must take ownership of failures as well. That’s not to say that I won’t bounce back with the Singham franchise again or Golmaal or any other film, and I might make Cirkus again, too. And that’s okay. My team tells me every 5 years, you are grounded by such failures.”
The filmmaker signed off by saying that he ultimately aims to live up to the expectations of the audience and feels a sense of responsibility to give them back the love they give him.
Besides Ranveer Singh, Cirkus also featured Varun Sharma, Jacqueline Fernandez and Pooja Hegde. On the work front, Rohit Shetty is making his return as a host for Khatron Ke Khiladi 13.
