Selfiee, starring Akshay Kumar and Emraan Hashmi, had a poor first weekend and earned a little bit over ₹10 crore nett. The Hindi movie is a remake of the 2019 Malayalam movie, Driving Licence, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran and Suraj Venjaramoodu. It is the newest Hindi movie of Akshay’s to underperform on the field workplace after Bachchhan Paandey, Samrat Prithviraj, Raksha Bandhan and Ram Setu final 12 months. (Also learn: Selfiee field workplace assortment day 2: Akshay Kumar-Emraan Hashmi movie refuses to rise)
Directed by Raj Mehta, Selfiee made ₹2.60 crore on Friday and earned ₹3.75 crore on Saturday. On Sunday, it solely managed to earn ₹3.85 crore. According to commerce web site Box Office India, its first weekend collections stand at ₹10.20 crore web roughly.
The decrease than anticipated numbers for the movie is alleged to be Akshay’s lowest opening in a decade. The actor can be a producer on the venture. Besides Akshay and Emraan, the movie additionally stars Nushrratt Bharuccha, and Diana Penty. The lead actors are working with each other for the primary time. Akshay had beforehand labored with director Raj in his directorial debut Good Newwz (2019). The comedy movie additionally starred Kareena Kapoor, Diljit Dosanjh and Kiara Advani.
In a current interview with Aaj Tak, the actor spoke about taking accountability and in addition shared that this had occurred to him earlier in his profession as nicely. He mentioned, “This is not happening with me for the first time. In my career, I have had 16 consecutive flops at a time. There was a time when I had eight films in a row that did not work. Now, I have had three-four films in a row that did not work. The thing is that it happens due to your own fault, film ka na chalna (a film not working). The audience have changed, you need to change, you need to dismantle yourself. You have to start again because the audience require to see something else.”
Akshay is headed out to the US for a live performance tour known as The Entertainers with Nora Fatehi, Disha Patani, Mouni Roy and Sonam Bajwa. He may also be seen in OMG 2 – Oh My God! 2, the Hindi remake of Soorarai Pottru, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and the Jaswant Singh Gill biopic later this 12 months.
Source web site: www.hindustantimes.com
