Jaideep Ahlawat: ‘No point torturing oneself over An Action Hero’

• Jaideep Ahlawat was a familiar face on OTT this year with the series Bloody Brothers.
• The actor’s lone feature film, An Action Hero, released on December 2.
• The actor, in an interview, spoke about why he doesn’t have expectations for his projects.

This year, Jaideep Ahlawat was seen a lot on OTT. His shows Bloody Brothers, The Broken News, and the anthology Tryst With Destiny all started airing in 2022. An Action Hero, the actor’s only full-length movie, came out on December 2. Ayushmann Khurrana plays Manaav, a movie star who is on the run after killing someone by accident. Jaideep plays Bhoora, the dead man’s brother. Even though critics and fans liked the movie, it didn’t do well at the box office.

The actor, in an interview, spoke about why he doesn’t have expectations for his projects. While he shared that the intention when making a film is that it be seen by as many people as possible, sometimes things don’t work out. Jaideep explained, “I mean, after a movie bombs, doesn’t anyone look back and try to figure out what went wrong? People aren’t going to the theatres to see it, even though almost all of the reviews are good. It’s a little sad, and no one likes to stay in that mood for too long. So many people worked hard to make it happen, so it’s not a good feeling. No, I don’t worry about it, though.”

In the interview he added, “It’s a smart film, it is fast-paced, it has humour, it has action. Anyone who has seen it has only said nice things to me about the film, so it can get a little confusing when people at large don’t come to watch the film. But it’s okay.” Taking a philosophical approach, the actor said, “It’s a phase, sometimes it pans out and sometimes it doesn’t. No point beating oneself for it. I think as a society we’re still not at the point where we’re going to the theatres like we used to, in the pre-pandemic times. I think aadat thodi kam padh gayi hai [we’re less used to it]. It’s my personal theory, but hopefully this phase ends and we tide through it.”

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