Rohit Shetty discusses ‘Cirkus’ failure, says ‘There is no point shying away from it’

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Rohit Shetty's film Cirkus was released on the occasion of Christmas 2022. The film had an ensemble cast including Ranveer Singh, Jacqueline Fernandez, Pooja Hegde, Varun Sharma, Tiku Talsania, Johnny Lever, Sanjay Mishra and Vrajesh Hirjee, among others. To everyone's surprise, the film bombed at the box office and was labelled a flop. Now in a recent interview, the action film director openly talked about the failure of his movie and didn't hesitate in taking the ownership of film's poor performance at the box office. When asked about Cirkus' failure during the interview, Shetty stated that he accepts and owns both his successes and failures.

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While talking with India Today, Rohit Shetty said that he makes sure he surrounds himself with people who are always honest with him. He further added that there's absolutely no point in shying away from either his successes or his failures. "I make sure to surround myself with people who are honest with me. So, when a film doesn't do well, I know it. Hence, I have always believed that both my successes and failures are mine. There is no point shying away from it. When a Singham or a Golmaal did well, that was also mine, so when a Zameen, a Dilwale or a Cirkus failed, that was also mine. I don't see a point in blaming anything else. I know what we did. We, obviously, went wrong somewhere. It was made right after Sooryavanshi and in the middle of the (Covid-19) pandemic for the workers. It was a small film meant for the audience of that time."

Rohit Shetty in the same interview said that he might make ‘Cirkus' again. "The same audience made Sooryanshi a blockbuster despite a 50 per cent occupancy, and if it didn't work for Cirkus, I must take ownership of failures as well. That's not to say that I won't bounce back with the Singham franchise again or Golmaal or any other film, and I might make Cirkus again, too. And that's okay. My team tells me every 5 years, you are grounded by such failures. I ultimately aim to live up to the expectations of the audience and I do feel a sense of responsibility to give them back the love they give me," he added.

The director is currently busy working on his upcoming spy-thriller 'Indian Police Force'.