‘Jigra’ director Vasan Bala deletes Twitter account amid poor reception

Vasan Bala
| Photograph Credit score: PRASHANT WAYDANDE

Filmmaker Vasan Bala has deleted his Twitter (X) account following the disappointing field workplace efficiency of his newest movie, Jigra, and the controversies surrounding it. Bala had been actively defending the Alia Bhatt-starrer on social media, partaking with critics and trolls who focused him over the movie’s failure. Up till lately, Bala was responding to posts about Jigra, earlier than seemingly deleting his Twitter account.

Jigra, which launched amidst vital buzz, has underperformed on the field workplace, accumulating solely ₹25.35 crore in 9 days, regardless of being made on a funds of ₹80 crore. The movie, which stars Alia Bhatt as an elder sister preventing to save lots of her brother from a international jail, confronted stiff competitors from Vicky Vidya Ka Woh Wala Video, one other launch that includes Rajkummar Rao and Triptii Dimri. Whereas each movies struggled, Vicky Vidya managed to fare higher on the field workplace.

Bala’s determination to delete his Twitter account comes after he confronted criticism for dismissing field workplace numbers as the only real measure of a movie’s success. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he said that business returns weren’t his major focus. Nonetheless, his feedback have been perceived as vanity by some on-line, with many accusing him of ignoring the viewers’s destructive reception of the movie.

Controversies have additionally plagued Jigra. Actress Divya Khosla Kumar publicly accused Alia Bhatt of manipulating the movie’s field workplace figures, alleging that Bhatt had bought tickets to inflate the numbers. Kumar even shared a picture of an empty theatre, mocking the movie’s reported earnings.

In the meantime, Manipuri actor Bujou Thaangjam, identified for his roles in Mary Kom and Shivaay, claimed he was handled unprofessionally by Jigra‘s casting crew after being promised a task that by no means materialized.

With the movie struggling to interrupt even and dealing with criticism from a number of quarters, Jigra additionally marked Alia Bhatt’s lowest opening since Freeway (2014).