Akshaye
Khanna,
noted
for
his
versatility,
says
it
is
never
easy
for
actors
to
handle
the
audiences'
dislike
or
indifference
towards
their
work.
The
benchmark
of
an
actor
or
a
filmmaker's
capability
is
how
successful
their
movies
are
at
the
box
office.
Khanna
made
his
debut
in
1997
with
Himalaya
Putra
which
didn't
do
well
at
the
box
office,
but
months
later
he
got
a
breakthrough
with
JP
Dutta's
Border.
Since
then,
the
actor
has
been
part
of
several
hit
films
like
Taal,
Dil
Chahta
Hai,
Race,
among
others.
"My
first
film
was
a
failure.
I
had
many
failures
too.
It's
not
easy
dealing
with
it," says
Khanna
in
an
interview
to
PTI.
"If
I
am
running
a
business
and
making
a
loss,
nobody
really
knows
about
it.
Our
success
and
failures
are
public.
To
have
your
films
not
liked
or
not
watched
or
failed,
is
not
an
easy
thing
to
handle,"
he
says.
At
the
same
time,
the
Ittefaq
actor
feels
it
is
far
more
difficult
to
deal
with
success
than
surviving
a
failure.
"Having
said
that,
I
honestly
feel
in
our
line
of
work,
it's
more
difficult
to
handle
success
than
failure.
To
handle
success
maturely,
especially
over
a
long
period
of
time
sometimes
is
more
difficult
to
maintain,"
he
says.
On
the
deciding
factors
of
success
of
an
artiste,
Khanna
says
a
hit
movie
is
the
best
measure.
"There's
only
one
barometer
for
the
commercial
success
of
a
film
and
that's
the
box
office.
The
obsession
with
box
office
doesn't
annoy
me.
It's
the
main
part
of
the
business,
if
you
get
irritated
with
the
main
part
then
you're
in
trouble,"
he
says.
The
actor,
who
in
a
way
began
his
second
innings
in
Bollywood
with
the
2016
hit
comedy
Dishoom,
is
now
seen
mostly
doing
strong
supporting
parts.
Khanna
says
he
doesn't
fear
losing
out
on
work.
"You
can
do
the
best,
work
hard
but
at
the
end
of
the
day
the
audience
decides
whether
you
are
relevant
to
them
as
an
artiste
or
not.
These
things
are
completely
out
of
your
hands.
The
audience
will
of
course
give
you
a
shelf
life,"
he
says.
"That's
a
very
scary
part
of
being
an
artiste
in
whatever
art
form
you
are
in.
One
has
to
make
peace
with
it.
There's
no
second
option,"
he
says.
Khanna
is
elated
his
first
film
this
year
-
"Mom"
-
was
successful
and
people
took
note
of
his
character
as
a
cop.
Directed
by
Ravi
Udyawar,
Mom
was
a
revenge-drama
featuring
Sridevi
and
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
along
with
Khanna.
The
film
is
now
gearing
up
to
have
its
world
TV
premiere
on
November
18
on
&Pictures.
"I
knew
the
film
and
the
role
will
stand
out.
I
sensed
we
were
making
something
of
a
high
quality,
which
would
have
a
lasting
impact.