I don't think the failure of one film means the end of your career.
If the script is not good, the film will not work.
I made peace with 'Tevar' not doing well and moved on.
It's not a happy time when a film drops dead on your doorstep.
My first film 'Saawariya' was a flop; I don't regret it.
Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can't be done.
To be honest, my first film Akhil' was a disaster and to come out of the negativity it brought, it took a lot of time.
If my film fails, I never think it was because the script was weak.
'High Stakes' was a very bad movie that I was cast in as a lead.
At the premieres, I always watch the audience. If a child asks to go to the bathroom, I know I've failed.
Yeah, a few of the films I made were so bad they didn't get released - they escaped.
The script's always important, but there are some things that have come out in the past year that, when we read them, everyone was like, "Oh my god, this is going to be the next best thing!" Then the movie falls completely flat on its face.
'Karzzz' was a mistake.
If you screw up five films straight, then you're done. It's a business, the producer invests money and you need to make sure his money is recovered and in the process you give out the best film.
The poor show of a film can be crucial in an actor's career. Maybe that is why some actors choose to act in a lot of films, so as not to be affected by a single hit or a flop.
When 'Fitoor' didn't work, it affected me a lot. It hurts when a film doesn't do well.
For me, utter failure is to make a film that people pay their money to go see and they don't like.
I'm the world's greatest apologist for Brian De Palma but his version of Ellroy's 'The Black Dahlia' is a disaster.
The failure of 'OK Jaanu' hit me hard.
I think a film is a failure if it doesn't have an emotional effect. That's the film's failure. Not if it doesn't deliver a message, but if it doesn't have emotional effect or visceral effect.
I didn't know I was a good director, and I mean that sincerely. I had done a film a long time ago called 'Cold Around the Heart.' Nobody saw it, and it didn't turn out the way I wanted to.
If a film does not do well, there is a certain period when you do feel low. It affects you because you put in a lot of effort.
My mother was keen that I complete my graduation and never ever wanted me to be in the movies, as my father had made five films that lost money. One of the films he made was 'Agneepath,' which was hugely hyped but underwhelming at the box office, and I remember that my dad had to sell my grandmother's flat to pay off the loan.
If your first film does badly, there's no guarantee of the second film.
I've got a lot of examples about moments where I thought something would work on film and it didn't work, but I never came to that decision with the film half shot, where I was stuck on a runaway train and couldn't jump off. On those occasions where I have admitted defeat, that this is not going to work, I haven't embarked on that project and made that movie.
