Bollywood stars who distanced themselves from dud films

When a film works everybody remotely connected with the project loves to take credit However when it bombs the tone changes drastically Itrsquos pretty obvious that the faultfinding system in the industry is not as developed as its PR machinery No wonder one finds postrelease statements by the actors that have very little to do with introspection and much more to do with boxoffice figures In such a scenario Ranbir Kapoorrsquos decision to stand by his latest debacle called Besharam comes across as a lesson in professionalism Over the years there have been cases when his counterparts reacted differently to their filmsrsquo failure We take a look at few Katrina Kaif Film Boom 2003 Premise One of the biggest contenders for the worst films ever made in the country this multicast movie provided a rather forgettable platform for the future big star of Bollywood Katrina However that didnrsquot stop the actress from stating in an interview that the Kaizad Gustad film was a mistake and something she isnrsquot very proud of Akshay Kumar Film Joker 2012 Premise The lead actor of this scifi comedy directed by Shirish Kunder refused to promote the film And neither did the lead actress Sonakshi Sinha Creative differences were said to be the reason behind these decisions The movie went on to become a commercial dud creating a muchpublicised rift between Akshay and the filmrsquos coproducer Farah Khan Ajay Devgn Film Himmatwala 2013 Premise Director Sajid Khanrsquos misguided clairvoyance of his remake touching Rs 200 crores certainly didnrsquot help the case On top of that its lead actor reportedly went on record suggesting that he felt something was amiss even during the making of the film Apparently it was too late a phase to make any amendments to the set structure of the film Hrithik Roshan Film Kites 2010 Premise Though the Krrish star later acknowledged the debacle he never stated anything against the director On the other hand his dad producer Rakesh Roshan apparently had unflattering views about Anurag Basu after the completion of first schedule The buzz doing the round then was that Basu had even admitted that all was not well between him and Rakesh Govinda Film Deewana Main Deewana 2013 Premise The maverick actor once went on say that shunning the film industry to join politics was the worst decision of his life Going by the time this film in question took to release about seven years and Govindarsquos reluctance to promote it didnrsquot add brownie points to his repertoire either Interestingly Priyanka Chopra was gusto about the film despite the extensive delay Abhay Deol Film Aisha 2010 Premise Apart from disagreeing to promote the film because of his beliefs Abhay put forth his dismay with the final outcome of the whole project His stand against arguably Indiarsquos first thorough chickflick didnrsquot go well with neither costar Sonam Kapoor nor her dad Anil A long verbal battle ensued which eventually fizzled out A tale retold Dilip Kumar is rumoured to have interfered with the shooting of his film Dil Diya Dard Liya No surprise that director AR Kardar was unhappy with what was going on on the sets To add insult to injury the legendary actor was eventually dissatisfied with the outcome and is said to have kept his distance from the project The turning point In Hollywood too there have been instances where actors have expressed opinions against their own films or simply disassociated themselves from the projects gtgt Sean Penn was reportedly mortified with the way Terrence Malickrsquos The Tree of Life 2012 turned out to be He made his disappointment public at Cannes Film Festival itselfu00a0 gtgt Edward Norton wasnrsquot happy portraying the villain in the remake of Italian Job 2003 Nevertheless the studio used legal provisions to make him work He disowned the filmu00a0 gtgt Megan Fox had a lot going against Transformers 2 Revenge of the Fallen 2009 when she blasted director Michael Bay for being quotlike Hitlerquot and for using ldquotoo much SFX and not enough acting opportunitiesrdquo gtgt Halle Berry chose to do Catwoman 2004 just after she won the Oscar She later admitted that it was a terrible error of judgmentu00a0 gtgt Even though she was appreciated for her performance in Knocked Up 2007 Katherine Heigl went on to blast the film as antiwomen and humourlessu00a0 gtgt Jackie Chan recently stated that the next installation of Rush Hour may never happen because he found the previous three editions ldquoway too Americanisedrdquou00a0