'Dhaakad was too Westernized', Kangana Ranaut opens up about film's failure

Kangana Ranaut: Actor Kangana Ranaut has finally opened up about the failure of her action-flick Dhaakad. Attending an event in Mumbai, Kangana the failure has helped her understand what audience wants. The concept of the film Dhaakad was perhaps too westernised for the audience to accept it. They failed to connect with the concept, she said.

However, she looked at positive side and said it showd that people were becoming aware of their Indian roots.

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Poor performance

Dhaakad was directed by Razneesh Ghai. Released on May 20, Dhaakad had a poor opening at the box office and earned less than Rs 1 crore on its first day. In fact reports said distributors took down the film from theatres due to "extremely low audience turnout".

This was the first time that Kangana openly talked about Dhaakad’s poor performance. Before this, the actor has always defended the film on her social media handle several times.

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South film industry

She was also asked about the trend of South films doing extremely well on the box office when compared with Bollywood films. Kangana said, “There are various kinds of analysis about films’ performance. If you look at hit films, all of them have Indian roots. Look at Kantara. These films show India on a micro level, based on devotion and spirituality. Ponniyin Selvan-1 is also about Cholas.”

“Bollywood has gone far away from its Indian culture and they have westernised films. With the trend to make westernised films, I think people are unable to relate themselves to the film. Meri bhi iss saal ek film nahin chali hain. Usse bhi mujhe yehi seekh mili ki sayad bohot hi westernised character tha jisse log identify nahin kar payein (Even one of my films didn’t work this year I have learned that may be my character was too westernised, which Indian couldn’t identify),” the actor said.

Kangana's next outing will be in her upcoming film Emergency.

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