Akshay Kumar Praised by Ekta Kapoor as She Slams ‘Insensitive Tabloid Culture’

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Akshay Kumar was lately lauded by producer Ekta Kapoor as she slammed ‘insensitive tabloid tradition’ amid ‘Selfiee’ field workplace failure.

Akshay Kumar Praised by Ekta Kapoor as She Slams ‘Insensitive Tabloid Culture’: ‘Most Dependable Actor’

Akshay Kumar Praised by Ekta Kapoor: Akshay Kumar’s mega-budget action-dramedy did not impress the audiences on its second day. In-spite of all of the hopes, after the success of Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva (2022), Drishyam 2 (2022) and Pathaan (2023), there have been hopes with Selfiee. However, the Raj Mehta directorial raked in lesser earnings than Kartik Aaryan-Kriti Sanon starrer Shehzada. The second day assortment estimates of Selfiee stood at Rs 3 Crore which is sort of low for an Akshay starrer. The film is an official remake of the Malayalam hit Driving Licence that includes Prithviraj Sukumaran. While Driving Licence was made inside a managed finances of Rs 4 Crore, Selfiee has costed producers round Rs 110 Crore inclusive of the quantity spent on promoting. As Akshay is being criticised for the failure of his movies, Ekta Kapoor has come ahead to his rescue and praised the actor.

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The producer took to her Instagram tales and captioned her publish as “Akshay Kumar is the most reliable, dependable actor to work with!!! Depressing tabloid culture of bringing someone down to highlight his lows is a hugeeeeee low in itself!!!” She additionally added “Insensitive” on the finish of her quote. For the unversed, film enterprise analyst Taran Adarsh had expressed his disappointment by referring to Selfiee’s poor efficiency on the field workplace on Day 1. He tweeted, “#Selfiee at national chains… Fri / Sat biz…#PVR: 64 lacs / 87 lacs #INOX: 43 lacs / 60 lacs #Cinepolis: 23 lacs / 36 lacs⭐️ Total: ₹ 1.30 cr / ₹ 1.83 cr Nett BOC. DISAPPOINTING.” Referring to the film’s Saturday assortment he wrote in his publish “#Selfiee struggles on Day 2… The big jump – so essential after a disastrous start – is clearly missing… The poor biz continues to shock, sadden and demoralise the industry… Fri 2.55 cr, Sat 3.80 cr. Total: ₹ 6.35 cr+. #India biz.”

Selfiee additionally stars Emraan Hashmi, Diana Penty, Nushrratt Bharucha, Mahesh Thakur, Meghna Malik, Abhimanyu Singh, Adah Sharma and Kusha Kapila in essential roles.

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Published Date: February 26, 2023 4:15 PM IST