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Hate, rage, blood and tears and

‘Shamshera’ bombs at box-office

Sanjay Dutt has come to the fore and extended support to the film,

Ranbir Kapoor and director Karan Malhotra

OUR BUREAU resolute with the film, the memo-
ries we created, the bond we shared,
New Delhi
the laughs we had, the hardships we
s Ranbir Kapoor-starrer went through,” wrote Sanjay in a long
‘Shamshera’ bombed at the box note he posted on Twitter. Sanjay ad-
Aoffice, the film’s director Karan dressed all the hatred directed toward
Malhotra penned a lengthy note on Ranbir Kapoor also. Here’s what he
Instagram, saying he “could not han- wrote, “It’s a movie made up of blood,
dle the hate and rage” that came his sweat, and tears. It’s a dream that we
way in the last few days. “My Dearest brought on screen. Movies are made
Shamshera, you are majestic the way for the audience to relish. And every
you are. It is important for me to ex- movie finds its viewers, sooner or lat-
press myself on this platform because er. Shamshera found a lot of people
here is where all the love, the hate, the hating on it; some of the hate came
celebration and the humiliation exists from people who didn’t even watch
for you. I want to unimaginably apol- it. I find it horrible that people don’t
ogise to you for abandoning you for respect the hard work we all put in.”
these past few days as I could not han- He added, “It pains to see how
dle the hate and rage,” Karan wrote. people are so eager to spew hatred
“My withdrawal was my weak- on the work of one of the most hard-
ness and there are no excuses for it. working and talented actors of our
But now I am here, standing beside The leading actors of ‘Shamshera’ at a promotional event in Lucknow (ANI) times. Art and our commitment to it
you hand in hand feeling proud and transcend the hate coming our way.
honoured that you are mine. Will The love we feel for the film and its
face everything together, the good the people goes beyond everything that’s
bad and the ugly. And a huge shout being said.” He also expressed grat-
out to the Shamshera family, the cast itude towards Karan Malhotra and
and crew of Shamshera. The love, the said that he’s like family to him. He
blessings and the concern that has wrote, “Karan is like family and suc-
been showered upon us are the most cess or failure aside, it will always be
precious and nobody can take that an honour to work with him. I stand
away from us. #Shamsheraismine by him always.”
#Shamshera,” he concluded. Ranbir Kapoor played a larger-
Released on July 22, ‘Shamshera’ than-life quintessential Hindi film
is backed by Yash Raj Films and di- hero in Shamshera. Karan Malhotra
rected by Karan Malhotra of ‘Agnee- crafted some unique never seen be-
path’ fame. fore action set pieces. One such mas-
The story of Shamshera is set in sive action sequence featuring Ranbir
the fictitious city of Kaza, where a war- happens on a train for which Karan
rior tribe is imprisoned, enslaved and has to construct a 400-foot train from
tortured by a ruthless authoritarian the 1800’s.
general Shuddh Singh. This is the sto- Karan reveals, “From our set de-
ry of a man who became a slave, a slave sign to action set pieces, everything
who became a leader and then a leg- was crafted to ensure Shamshera
end for his tribe. He relentlessly fights gives audiences a visual extravaganza
for his tribe’s freedom and dignity. that is unforgettable. However, we
The period film features Ranbir Ranbir Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt at the trailer launch of ‘Shamshera’ (ANI) were clear that whatever we did, it
in a double role for the first time in had to look like it was from the era
his career and was widely anticipated, Apart from Ranbir, Sanjay Dutt es and trolling, Sanjay Dutt has come that the film was set in. One such
given it is Ranbir’s first release since and Vaani Kapoor are also a part of to the fore and extended support to larger-than-life action sequence hap-
Sanju in 2018. The film is said to be ‘Shamshera’. the film and director Karan Malhotra. pens on a train. There were challeng-
made on a massive budget of approxi- As the film couldn’t perform well “Shamshera will find its tribe es because getting a train from the
mately 150 crores. in cinemas and amid a lot of backlash- someday but until it does, I stand 1800s wasn’t possible.”

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