In an industry that generally doesn’t think twice before casting off a failure, a bunch of film-makers were fortunate enough to get producers to invest in a second film, in spite of their first film being a disaster at box office.

Bhushan Patel

Debut film: Starting out as a cameraman in Bollywood, Patel worked in the industry for nearly two decades before getting his first break with the 2012 film, 1920 Evil Returns. A flop.
Second chance: His second film, Ragini MMS2, released last week, and has done well so far at the box office. Sanjay Gupta has now signed him on to direct a film; a supernatural thriller.