I
Hate
Luv
Storys
has
taken
a
fantastic
opening
at
the
box
office,
something
which
the
entire
team
including
Karan
Johar,
Imran
Khan
and
Sonam
Kapoor
were
quite
sure
of
once
they
wrapped
up
the
film.
Now
that
youth
is
patronising
the
film
in
a
big
way
and
spreading
good
word
of
mouth,
Imran
is
expectedly
pleased.
More
so
because
after
the
non-performance
of
Kidnap
and
Luck,
it
was
Karan
Johar
who
stood
besides
him.
"Karan
offered
I
Hate
Luv
Storys
not
after
the
release
of
Jaane
Tu
Ya
Jaane
Na
but
once
Kidnap
and
Luck
came
and
went.
Now
that
states
a
lot," says
Imran
who
took
things
in
stride
even
as
the
going
wasn't
too
good
after
the
twin
debacle,
"Obviously
he
must
have
felt
that
I
had
something
to
offer.
Besides
that,
I
feel
people
within
the
industry
are
smart
enough
to
know
that
one
or
two
films
flops
don't
mean
anything
in
one's
career."
But
industry
as
well
trade
has
its
own
way
of
perceiving
things.
While
after
Jaane
Tu
Ya
Jaane
Naa,
he
was
marked
as
the
next
big
thing,
he
was
brought
down
with
a
thud
after
Kidnap
and
Luck.
"Well,
all
I
can
say
is
that
those
who
feel
that
a
couple
of
flops
can
impact
an
actor
in
a
big
way
obviously
don't
have
much
understanding
about
the
business,"
he
says
with
a
straight
face,
"I
have
had
two
films
that
have
not
done
well
but
then
this
is
nothing
in
one's
career.
Aaj
meri
picture
hit
hai,
kal
ek
flop
hogi
aur
uske
baad
phir
ek
hit
hogi.
I
know
that
in
my
life
there
would
be
100
hits
and
200
flops."
However,
one
wonders
though
that
over
the
year
gone
by,
when
he
was
billed
as
someone
who
couldn't
quite
repeat
the
magic
of
JTYJN,
did
he
actually
get
impacted
or
stayed
on
to
be
cool
because
he
had
started
working
on
newer
films?
"Actually
I
had
not
signed
anything
new
till
the
release
of
Luck,"
informs
Imran,
"IHLS
was
offered
to
me
only
around
August/September
last
year.
I
don't
really
have
much
to
say
on
what
took
it
so
long
for
me
to
sign
a
new
film.
I
don't
know
and
I
have
no
explanations.
However,
the
positive
part
was
that
I
managed
to
spend
enough
time
in
the
industry
and
saw
my
family
more
closely.
I
got
a
firm
understanding
that
everyone
has
ups
and
downs."
Continuing
in
the
same
vein,
he
adds,
"We
have
seen
that
any
and
every
actor
in
the
industry
has
had
flops
as
well
as
hits.
Of
course
you
do
feel
bad
when
your
film
fails.
You
start
introspecting
on
what
is
it
that
you
have
done
wrong.
All
I
could
think
of
then
was
that
audience
has
a
certain
expectation
from
me
and
I
can't
let
them
down."
"I
want
my
audience
to
be
happy.
For
me
it
is
a
very
relevant
thing
that
based
on
my
name
someone
is
buying
a
ticket.
If
they
don't
like
a
film
then
they
have
the
right
to
say
that
I
have
cheated
them",
elaborates
Imran,
"However,
this
is
not
something
that
I
would
like.
I
have
always
felt
very
edgy
about
this.
I
know
that
I
have
to
satisfy
my
audience
and
make
them
happy."
Well,
looking
at
the
kind
of
response
that
IHLS
is
currently
fetching,
Imran
can
be
rest
assured
that
audience
is
on
his
side
this
time
around.