Director Samrat Prithviraj said that director Aditya Chopra had his own vision for the film but ignored his suggestions: “After the failure, Akshay Kumar was left with tears in his eyes.” “Bollywood News
Chandraprakash Dwivedi said that Akshay Kumar had tears in his eyes after the failure of Samrat Prithviraj. The director stated that producer Aditya Chopra ignored his suggestions during the making of the film.
In 2022, Akshay Kumar played the lead role YRF’s ‘Samrat Prithviraj’, directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi, was expected to be the film to bring audiences back to theaters after the dry spell of the pandemic However, it backfired! Now, two years later, the director has opened up about the film’s debacle, saying that he raised many objections to producer Aditya Chopra during production, but that he did not have much authority and therefore could not control the situation. revealed.
In a conversation with Mukesh Khanna on his YouTube channel, director Dwivedi said that the audience had noticed and criticized many elements of the film even before its release. “They were against Akshay’s look in the film. One of the objections was that How the actress (Manushi Chhillar) was much younger than Akshay; He was 55 years old at the time and played the role of a 26-year-old king. Then there was a question about his mustache, why he didn’t have a real mustache. They even said that his body skeleton did not resemble Prithviraj at all. “Today I would like to be honest and confess that most of these objections were correct,” he said.
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Chandraprakash Dwivedi said there was “no shame” in admitting the team had failed in its responsibility to the audience. “In this movie, different people had different roles and responsibilities. I was the weakest among them. If people had fulfilled their duties, this question would not have arisen?” said this while talking about the team’s failures on various fronts.
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The director then spoke about producer Aditya Chopra and said that he is actively involved in the films he produces, but here their ideas for Prithviraj’s historical film were completely different. “Anyone who is blessed with a producer like Aditya Chopra is very lucky. He is a decent person who sees projects through to completion, but he has his own vision and that was the same with Prithviraj. He’s not just an investor, he’s also a creative person. He had some ideas that we should have discussed first. I think he and I have completely different views on history. “There was never a time when I didn’t have an opposing opinion. But despite my objections, I made the film anyway,” he said. Dwivedi added that one person even commented that “it looks like the lead actor is wearing Manyavar clothes” and shared it with Chopra. “During production, YRF believed that this film would have a phenomenal effect. No one expected this to be the fate of this film,” he said.
Chandraprakash Dwivedi said that after Samrat Prithviraj’s debacle, he and Akshay Kumar both learned that “no one should tamper with history.” He went on to say, “Even after the film, I told Akshay that this country considers you a national symbol…” When sharing the criticism the film received, Akshay said, He had “tears in his eyes.” “Akshay is a successful actor and he has a place in my life where I can criticize him face to face. , but there was no tension in our relationship after that,” he said. The actor and director later collaborated on ‘Ram Setu’ and ‘OMG 2’, with Dwivedi serving as the creative producer of the film.
‘Samrat Prithviraj’ was one of the biggest failures of 2022. The film only grossed 680 million rupees at the box office and was harshly criticized.
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Date first uploaded: September 1, 2024 19:16 IST
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