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Director Anubhav Sinha’s film Bheed released earlier this year and despite a hard-hitting storyline, didn’t create much impact on the audience. Actor Kritika Kamra, who played the role of journalist Vidhi Prabhakar in the film, wondered if the audience wasn’t ready to revisit the Covid times.
Bheed, starring Rajkummar Rao in the leading role, was set against the tough times of COVID-19 when, during lockdown, immigrant migration had started across states.
In an interview with Bollywood Bubble, Kritika said that Bheed wasn’t the kind of film which would create historical box office numbers.
Asked if the failure of the film at the box office upset her, Kritika said, “No, because I think the purpose, the intention behind the film was different. I don’t think that even Anubhav sir made it thinking he would make Rs 300-400 crores. It’s not that kind of a film.”
But the actor often wonders if the audience was ready to re-live the trauma of the pandemic through the film so early in their lives,
She said, “It’s an importat film and may be, I don’t know its just a guess, it was too soon for people to revisit that traumatic time. To watch it again and its a hard-hitting film and it talks about realities of our society, and the differences in our society and that’s what connected with me.”
Bheed was backed by a talented ensemble cast including actors like Bhumi Pednekar, Pankaj Kapur, Ashutosh Rana and Dia Mirza.
Kritika, who was a popular face on Indian television before entering films, explained why she chose to be a part of the hard-hitting drama. “I think any opportunity that I get as an artist to say something through my art, I will do it. I will be a part of it because its larger than box office numbers. I didn’t do the film expecting that or anything else. When we look back to this time in our lives, Bheed is going to be the film that chronicled the times and going to be a good account of the stories of these people.”
She concluded by saying, “All cinema is not just to entertain and make numbers. I know that it’s a business but films are also meant to be engaging and to make you think and it did that.”
Kritika was recently seen in web series Bambai Meri Jaan, in which she played the role of Habiba Kadri.
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