Akshay Kumar’s Raksha Bandhan is struggling to make an affect on the field workplace. The movie, directed by Aanand L Rai, clashed with Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha, which hampered its probabilities additional although neither of the movies are performing as much as expectations. Raksha Bandhan, which is a household drama, has additionally acquired principally unfavourable evaluations and is criticized for being regressive. Raksha Bandhan revolves round Akshay Kumar’s character, who is set to get all his 4 sisters married, earlier than he can cool down, himself.
Rai, talking to News 18, defended the movie and mentioned, “You can’t ignore this. I know, we should be very progressive, we are in many ways. But there are many things that need to be taken care of and you can’t shut your eyes off. Not talking about it will not give you a solution. As a maker, I can’t write articles, I can’t make documentaries.”
He added that his solely means of expressing himself is thru movies, and that if there was certainly one thing regressive in regards to the movie it signifies that it’s time to make modifications in society. “I can say we are the best in the world, but are we? We are trying our best. This thing of us (the actors and filmmaker) coming together and telling you a story like Raksha Bandhan where you feel there is something regressive, that means our intention was just to take the focus there. Let’s not ignore it, let’s deal with it. So next time when I make a film, you’ll not find that kind of regression.”
After a lacklustre opening, the movie continued to carry out poorly and confirmed a minor development on its third day, amassing Rs 6.75 crores to 7.25 crores. The complete earnings of the movie within the final three days has been Rs 21.60 crores as per early estimates. Raksha Bandhan is the third flop in a row from Akshay Kumar, after Bachchan Pandey and Samrat Prithviraj.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
