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When the Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff-starrer film Bade Miyan Chote Miyan was released back in 2024, it made a lot of noise for its whopping reported budget of Rs 400 crore. However, the film failed to resonate with the audience and couldn’t even reach its break even point. According to industry tracker Sacnilk, the film earned just Rs 111.49 crore worldwide in 56 days of its theatrical run. Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’s failure was also notable, with several members of the film’s crew alleging non-payment of dues from Vashu Bhagnani’s Pooja Films. The producer filed an FIR against film’s director, Ali Abbas Zafar, for alleged financial fraud and mismanagement of funds. Around the same time, it was also reported that Vashu Bhagnani had sold Pooja Films’ Mumbai office to repay a debt of Rs 250 crore.
Now, Vashu Bhagnani’s son, actor-producer Jackky Bhagnani, has opened up about the film’s failure. In an exclusive conversation with SCREEN, Jackky revealed his family had to mortgage their properties to make the film.
Speaking about the film’s failure, Jackky said, “For me, it has been a huge learning. We invested a lot of money and I realised that just scale is not good enough. Somewhere, we felt that the content that was made didn’t resonate with the audience at all. The public is always right. If didn’t resonate then I have to go back to the drawing board and understand why did this piece of content didn’t resonate with the audience. I have to take that with a pinch of salt and not make that mistake in the future.”
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Addressing the controversies around the film, the actor-producer shared, “I would like to say that the returns are not even less than 50%. I don’t think anyone can understand what our pain was.” He further revealed, “As a family, we have mortgaged our properties to make this film. We realise that there is no point in saying anything or speaking anything.”
Without taking Ali Abbas Zafar’s name, Jackky shared, “We invested with faith hoping a good piece of content is made and the audience will like it. The honest truth is all of this is noise, if the film did well, no controversy would have happened. It is not my nature to take sides but all I would like to say is it was tough times and it is very important that we should all be very conscious of each other’s money.”
The film, also starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Manushi Chhillar, Alaya F, and Ronit Roy, revolved around two former soldiers racing against time to save India from and imminent attack by a vengeful scientist. Promoted as a science fiction action film, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan failed to resonate with the audience. It was given the same title as the 1998 film starring Amitabh Bachchan and Govinda. However, it failed to recreate the magic from 25 years ago.
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