Sanam Teri Kasam re-release: Harshvardhan Rane reflects on film’s ‘painful’ BO failure, hopes ‘it does what it didn’t do earlier’

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Thanking the trend of re-releases with his own special metaphor, Harshvardhan says with a smile, “Even after parents get divorced, they get married again sometimes. As a child, I am very happy with this marriage. I am up for remarriages and re-releases.” He hopes that the film earns more with the re-release than the original box office numbers just like Tumbbad and Laila Majnu did, “If I was good at prediction, I would have done it nine years ago. I hope so that happens.”

The actor further adds, “I was standing below my producer’s office screaming my lungs out to bring this film back. Mujhse zyada toh kaun hi hope karega? I had such an uninhibited approach to this. Many people said that you can’t be really going below a producer’s office and ask him for a re-release, that’s unheard of. But, maine kahan mujhe yahi aata hai (I only know this). This is how I am, if I am into something, I put my skin in the game.”

 

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Ask Harshvardhan if the previous box office run felt unfair, and he says, “No, it is absolutely fair. It’s fair because I myself don’t watch newcomer film, so how can I complain about that? I will be so fake and such a hypocrite if I blame them for not watching my film.”

He adds, “It’s all connected, a cycle. If you are a newcomer, there’s less awareness, which means less eyeballs, leading to less ticket sales, and less ticket sales means less shows and the movie goes out. It will be foolish of me to not look at the logical parts of it and complain how people do on podcasts. That’s why I don’t do podcasts.”

Meanwhile, Khushi Kapoor and Junaid Khan (daughter and son of late actor Sridevi and actor Aamir Khan, respectively) are newcomers, whose film Loveyapa released today. However, Harshvardhan knows and hopes that they don’t meet with the same fate as him. “Awareness hai na unka. Awareness is the key. I am very happy they don’t have to go through what I had to. They are also human beings, they might also have expectations. I hope they don’t have to go through the same void and pain that I went through. I will pray that for any actor on the planet because it’s a strange place to be in,” he says.

The sequel of Sanam Teri Kasam has already been announced, with Harshvardhan returning to reprise his role. However, he reveals that everything will come in motion only if the re-release receives a good response. “Every ticket is a step towards Sanam Teri Kasam 2. Motivation is always through commerce. When you make money, you want to make more products which make more money,” adding that the female lead actor hasn’t been locked yet.

“Step by step chalenge, nothing on the female lead yet. After seeing the final collections now, everyone will be intrinsically motivated to make part two. There’s something called a trial reel on Instagram, agar reel banaane ke lie confirmation chahie, toh film banaane ke lie toh chahiye na baba. In the real world, one needs that validation,” he shares.

In other news, Sanam Teri Kasam’s female lead and Pakistani actor Mawra Hocane recently tied the knot with actor Ameer Gilani. Ask him if they have spoken after her wedding or re-release announcement, “To be honest, I am not in touch with her. The directors, producers, actors, we all felt so much pain in the beginning, that we all lost touch. It was very painful for all of us. When you see a void in your dreams, you want to just stay quiet and be with yourself,” concludes Harshvardhan.