Jackie Shroff on Baby John’s box office failure: Feel bad for producers

Actor Varun Dhawan’s mass actioner, Baby John, was anticipated as the big Christmas blockbuster.

However, the film soon fizzled at the ticket counter. Jackie Shroff, who played the antagonist in the film, recently reacted to its failure and said that he does feel bad for the producers. Speaking exclusively to India Today Digital, the actor discussed whether the dismissive performance of a film at the box office affects him. He shared, “The producers do get affected.

They put in a lot of money with trust in these projects. And when they do not recover it, that is sad. As actors, of course, you want to be liked for your performance but you also want it to work well.”

When asked if, after so many years as an actor, a film’s failure brings pain, Shroff dismissed it by saying, “Dukh hota hai par khud ke liye nahi, producers ke liye (You do feel bad but not for yourself, but the producers). You tend to do your job with sincerity, but the people who have put in the money, you have to think about them too.”

Made on a budget of over Rs 180 crore, Baby John opened to Rs 11.25 crore in cinemas. The film’s numbers drastically fell on the second day, earning Rs 4.75 crore. As per a Sacnilk report, the film’s daily earnings have dipped below a crore now. It is struggling to touch the Rs 40 crore mark domestically.

In a recent interview with Bollywood Bubble, actor Rajpal Yadav also addressed Baby John’s failure and spoke about Varun Dhawan’s reaction to it. Reasoning the failure of the film for it being a remake, he said, “If this wasn’t a remake, then this would have been the most well-made film of my 25-year career.

But since Vijay had done it, the audience had already seen it and because it was a remake, it affected the box office of the film. Varun is such a sweet boy, very hardworking. He has always tried to do something different, and his attempts must be appreciated because it’s a big deal to take risks.”

Baby John is the Hindi remake of Thalapathy Vijay’s Tamil film, Theri. It also stars Keerthy Suresh and Wamiqa Gabbi in pivotal roles.