Amitabh Bachchan to receive Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan to be honored with the prestigious Lata Mangeshkar Award for his outstanding contributions, joining a distinguished list of recipients.
Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan starrer Thugs of Hindostan, which released on Diwali earlier this month, disappointed the audience big time. The high budget film neither garnered positive reviews nor did well at the Box Office. Though the film started off shattering records, its decline began quite early.
Aamir Khan, who played the role of a thug named Firangi in the film, apologised to the audience for failing to entertain them, and took full responsibility for the debacle.
At the second edition of Cinestaan India’s Storyteller Script Contest 2018, the Dangal actor spoke to the media. “I think we went wrong and I would like to take full responsibility for that. We tried very hard to make a good film and we didn’t hold back from putting in our entire effort, but somewhere or the other we went wrong. There are people who have liked the film and we are thankful to them, but they are in a minority. Most people didn’t like our film — we are aware of that,” he said.
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Acknowledging his fans’ expectations from him and the film, the actor said, “I want to apologise to my audience also as this time I wasn’t able to entertain them. I know people came in theatres with a lot of expectations but they didn’t enjoy the film. Audience is free to say what they feel about the film. What I can say is that we certainly tried our level best and I am feeling really bad that we didn’t succeed in entertaining the audience. So, next time we will try harder.”
Aamir’s previous films Dangal and Secret Superstar were super hits in India and broke records across the borders in China. Thugs of Hindostan too is scheduled to release in China next month.
Produced by Aditya Chopra under his banner Yash Raj Films and directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, the film released in India on 8 November.
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