'Karzzz' was a mistake.
We, as a team, failed with 'Mister,' as the film failed in many aspects. I clearly know that my fans were deeply hurt, and that is the reason I told them during the audio launch that I will only do films that suit my age and image.
After about nine blockbusters, I had forgotten how to deal with a failure when 'Jaan-Emaan' released. I was shaken.
Farz' proved to be a flop for the first 10 weeks. I remember buying tickets worth Rs 5000 myself, just so the film would run in theatres longer. And in the 11th week the film miraculously picked up and ran for 50 weeks!
No, Hal Needham without Burt Reynolds has not done well. 'Megaforce' went right in the toilet.
Every movie I touched bombed.
Sometimes Hollywood manages to knock a movie in its teeth so hard that it never manages to get back up.
I acted in 'Aap Kaa Surroor,' which did well. But after that, films didn't work for me.
Some movies run off the rails. This one is like the train crash in The Fugitive. I watched it in mounting gloom, realizing I was witnessing something historic, a film that for decades to come will be the punch line of jokes about bad movies.
I got to make 'Trishakti' with Arshad Warsi, who was a newcomer at that time. The movie took three years to complete and became dated by the time it was released. The movie did not even get a proper release and bombed at the box office. It was a very bad patch of my life and a big disaster for my career.
I am not saying 'Dum' flopped only because of piracy. But the money which went to the offenders could have gone to the producers of the film.
'The Room' came out in 2003, really to crickets. Nobody showed up to see it. It made $1800 at the box office. Everyone assumed it was going to disappear.
