Raksha Bandhan, starring Akshay Kumar, is having trouble breaking out at the box office. The movie, which Aanand L. Rai directed, competed with Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha, which further hurt its chances even if neither of the movies are doing as well as they could.
A family drama called Raksha Bandhan has likewise gotten generally unfavourable reviews and is criticised for being backwards looking. The tale drew a lot of criticism from critics who said it was misogynistic and out of touch with today’s youth.Â
The eldest and sole brother of four sisters, Lala Kedarnath (played by Akshay Kumar), is the subject of the Aanand L. Raterdirected movie. The movie revolves around the topic of dowry and Akshay’s struggle to amass dowry of Rs 80 lakh in order to marry his four sisters.Aanand L Rai explained to News18, “This cannot be disregarded. I am aware that, while we could be more forward-thinking, we already are.Â
But you can’t close your eyes since there are so many things to attend to.Â
You won’t find a solution if you don’t talk about it. I’m a maker; I can’t write or produce documentaries. I canonly express myself through movies. Therefore, it is necessary to make changes to our society if you think this is in any way retrograde.”
He is trying to keep the vow he made to his mother on her deathbed to make sure all of his sisters get married into good houses before he thinks about himself while working as a halwai.The main character of Raksha Bandhan, played by Akshay Kumar, is driven to marry off each of his four sisters before he settles down.Â
When defending the movie, Rai told News 18: “You can’t ignore this. I am aware that, while we could be more forward-thinking, we already are. But you can’t close your eyes since there are so many things to attend to. Â
You won’t find a solution if you don’t talk about it. Additionally, the trailer aroused concerns about the primary plot’s use of dowry, sexist speech, and body-shaming of one of the protagonists.Â
But once the movie came out, it simply served to reaffirm the fans’ reservations about it. The movie has come under fire for being out of date. In an interview, Aanand L Rai discussed the response tothe movie and stated, “I am aware that, while we could be more forward-thinking, we already are.Â
But you can’t close your eyes since there are so many things to attend to. You won’t find a solution if you don’t talk about it.” I’m not a maker, thus I can’t write or produce documentaries. He said that the only way he knows how to express himself is via movies, and if the movie was genuinely backward, it meant that society needed to change.
“I can claim that we are the best in the world, but are we really?
We are making every effort. The director went on, “We may be the finest in the world, but are we really? We are making every effort.
The fact that we (the performers and director) collaborated to tell you a story like Raksha Bandhan, where you perceive a retrograde element, indicates that our objective was simply to shift the focus there.
Let’s deal with it instead of ignoring it. You won’t see that kind of regression in my films the second time around.” It was previously pointed out that Aanand’s movie Raanjhanaa, starring Dhanush, Sonam Kapoor, and Abhay Deol, glorified stalking and received harsh criticism for it.
The fact that we (the performers and director) collaborated to tell you a story like Raksha Bandhan, where you perceive a retrograde element, indicates that our objective was simply to shift the focus there.
Let’s deal with it instead of ignoring it.
You won’t see that kind of deterioration in my films going forward.
After a lacklustre start, the movie continued to struggle and only slightly improved on its third day, bringing in between Rs 6.75 crore and 7.25 crore.Â
According to preliminary estimates, the movie has made a total of Rs. 21.60 crores in the last three days. After Bachchan Pandey and Samrat Prithviraj, Raksha Bandhan is Akshay Kumar’s third straight failure.Â
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