Aanand L Rai on the failure of Akshay Kumar’s Raksha Bandhan: ‘I used to be making an attempt to place it in a bracket’

Aanand L Rai, the proficient filmmaker had a bumpy profession with some large successes and a few main failures. Nonetheless, this has not prevented the filmmaker from establishing himself as some of the sought-after abilities in Bollywood. Aanand L Rai’s final outing Raksha Bandhan, which featured Akshay Kumar within the lead function, ended up as a essential and business failure. The film was criticised by the audiences for its outdated content material and excessively melodramatic narrative. 

Aanand L Rai opens up concerning the failure of Raksha Bandhan

 In a latest interview with the brand new company PTI, Aanand L Rai acknowledged that Raksha Bandhan failed as a result of he tried to place the movie in a bracket. “I used to be incorrect whereas making Raksha Bandhan once I thought let me give them one thing which is extra of India and let me cater to the viewers within the B and C tier cities. I used to be incorrect in differentiating between the audiences. That isn’t my job. I ought to have targeted extra on the story fairly than choosing the viewers to whom I wish to cater,” stated the famend filmmaker.

“That is my studying from the movie. We’re looking for out what story will interact the viewers at this second and on this part. Submit-pandemic we’ve got failed the viewers with that. Possibly, I went too sensible with Raksha Bandhan. I used to be making an attempt to place it in a bracket and that is what went incorrect. It was my quickest movie however I relished it. I by no means made this movie in a rush. I had enjoyable. I used to be at all times gutsy and by no means performed protected. However I feel subconsciously I attempted to try this with Raksha Bandhan and failed miserably. I realized that I ought to carry on doing my work, with out considering of the field workplace.” added Aanand L Rai.

Anand L Rai’s upcoming initiatives

The filmmaker is now set to launch his upcoming manufacturing enterprise An Motion Hero, in December. The motion thriller, which options Ayushmann Khurrana within the lead function, and Jaideep Ahlawat in a pivotal function, is directed by beginner Anirudh Iyer. The director can also be engaged on the script of his upcoming directorial enterprise, which is touted to be an action-packed love story.

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