Director Vasan Bala has finally reacted to Divya Khossla’s claims about Jigra. At the time of the Alia Bhatt starrer’s release, Bhushan Kumar’s wife claimed that Jigra was a copy of her recently released film, Savi. She also accused the film’s makers of manipulating the box office numbers. In a new interview, Vasan opened up about the plagiarism claims. He said that since both the films are out in the public domain, people can watch and form their own opinions about Divya’s claims.
Speaking with Times Now, Vasan said, “Both films are out, it’s in the public domain, please watch and make up your own minds, also free speech, so everyone is entitled and has the right to say what they want even without watching both films. Can’t stop any of that.”
He also opened up about taking the blame for Jigra’s failure. He said, “The Box Office let us down. As a director, if 100% faith is put on me in every department of the creatives then Box Office also needs to be taken care of by me. In that department, it’s clearly a letdown on my front.”
He was also asked if he would ever change anything about Jigra. Vasan said, “It’s a film made with complete faith and convention, didn’t make a project, and put in pieces that would retrofit existing sensibilities and box office sentiments. The learning will be long term and if anything unlearn everything from this and start afresh. Easier said than done, will definitely try.”
Jigra was expected to do well at the box office. However, following its release and mixed reviews, the film failed to draw the expected audiences into the theatres. The film recorded an opening day box office collection of Rs 4.55 crore and took over a week to hit the Rs 25 Cr mark. The film is co-produced by Alia Bhatt and Karan Johar’s production houses.
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