Imran Khan says he was ‘tarred and feathered’ after ‘horrible, shameful’ film Luck flopped, but his perspective on the film has been reshaped

Actor Imran Khan looked back on his career with gratitude, as he articulated how his true feelings for the film Luck were reshaped by how his fans responded to a post about it.

By: Entertainment Desk

New Delhi | December 1, 2023 10:02 AM IST

3 min read

Imran Khan has made a resurgence on social media after staying out of the limelight for several years.

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Former actor Imran Khan, who recently returned to public life after spending several years under the radar, spoke about his career in a new interview. Imran remains best known for the romantic comedy Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and the edgy crime comedy Delhi Belly, and looked back on both movies fondly. But he also didn’t sugarcoat his feelings about the film Luck, even as he admitted that he has gained a new perspective on the movie because of how others view it.

In an interview on the IFP YouTube channel, Imran said that he recently rewatched his past work, and was surprised to observe how progressive and actively non-toxic Jaane Tu and Break Ke Baad were. But he didn’t have too many kind things to say about Luck, which was released in 2009. He said that his resurgence began with an Instagram post about the film, and that he didn’t expect to get the kind of response that he did.

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“You don’t understand how weird this is to me. When the film released, it was a disaster. They tarred and feathered me, they took me out back to shoot me behind the latrines for taking part in such a horrible film,” he said. Briefly checking himself, he continued, “To hear someone say ‘woohoo’ about the film is weird. I assume you’re not being facetious?” He added, “It’s quite a journey to reshape your perspective on something like that, where to me, this was a horrible, shameful film, and I should be ashamed of it. But yet, someone says, ‘Hey, I like it, I enjoy it’. That’s remarkable, it makes me feel like that wasn’t time wasted.”

Asked why he decided to resurface after so many years spent under the radar. “All of this assumed that I’ve got a plan and I know what I’m doing. I don’t have a plan, I don’t really know what I’m doing. I’m just winging it,” he said about his Instagram journey, which has since inspired the the #LautAaoImran campaign among his fans.

In his Instagram posts, Imran has opened up about the ups and downs that he experienced as someone earmarked to be the next big Bollywood star, and how that affected his mental health and personal life. His last release came in 2015, just seven years after his debut.

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