Karan Johar BLAMES This Person For Kalank FAILURE; Reveals How Alia, Varun & Others Reacted To It
We all saw how drastically Karan Johar's much-ambitious project, Kalank tanked at the box office. Made on a budget of ₹150-180 crore, the film managed to earn only ₹142.15 crore.
We
all
saw
how
drastically
Karan
Johar's
much-ambitious
project,
Kalank
tanked
at
the
box
office.
Made
on
a
budget
of
₹150-180
crore,
the
film
managed
to
earn
only
₹142.15
crore.
In
his
recent
interview
with
DNA,
when
Karan
Johar
was
probed
about
Kalank
failure,
the
director
took
the
entire
blame
on
himself
and
also
revealed
how
Varun
Dhawan
and
Alia
Bhatt
reached
out
to
him
post
the
film's
failure.
Karan
Takes
The
Blame
For
Kalank
Failure
"I
will
never
go
through
a
phase
of
delusion
where
I
will
blame
the
audience.
If
a
film
fails,
it
is
my
fault,
it
is
our
fault.
I
am
the
older
one
and
I
have
to
be
the
wiser
one.
I
shouldn't
be
making
mistakes."
Karan
Reveals
Where
Did
He
&
His
Team
Go
Wrong
"Let
me
say
this.
All
of
us
are
allowed
to
have
interpretational
errors
in
cinema.
We
may
interpret
a
subject
matter
in
such
a
way
that
may
not
go
into
your
liking.
Or
your
thinking.
But
when
you
make
a
colossal
film,
you
cannot
go
wrong.
That
means
there
was
something
we
didn't
look
at
initially
and
closely."
KJo
Doesn't
Blame
The
Director
Either
"And
I
take
that
responsibility.
I
told
the
director,
there
is
no
one
person
to
blame.
And,
if
there
is,
then
please
hold
me
responsible.
I
should
have
been
much
more
vigilant,"
asserted
Karan.
Karan
On
Varun-Alia's
Reaction
To
Kalank's
Failure
Speaking
of
Varun
Dhawan,
Karan
said
that
he
has
immense
respect
for
the
young
star.
He
was
quoted
as
saying,
"Varun
came
to
me
and
said,
‘Karan,
let's
make
this
up
to
the
audience
and
to
the
studio
which
backed
us.
Let
us,
the
same
team
get
together
and
make
it
up
to
them
by
giving
them
a
winner.
Let
us
not
get
cowed
down
by
this
failure.
Instead
let
us
move
on
to
something
more
positive.'
I
have
humongous
respect
for
Varun.
Tell
me,
how
many
lead
actors
will
do
something
like
this?
How
many
actors
will
walk
into
the
room
of
the
producer
and
not
blame
him
or
her
for
the
failure?"
"Alia
Bhatt,
Sanjay
Dutt,
Madhuri
Dixit,
Sonakshi
Sinha,
Aditya
Roy
Kapur...all
of
them
called
me
with
only
love
and
respect.
They
said,
'We
stand
by
the
film.' No
one
called
with
the
feeling,
'Why
did
this
happen
to
us?'
They
were
all
like,
'No,
this
has
happened.
Now,
let
us
make
sure
we
will
rise
above
this.'
The
spirit
of
the
cast
and
crew
is
what
gratified
me.
I
am
happy
that
the
people
I
have
surrounded
myself
with
are
strong,
happy
and
positive.
I
have
learnt
from
this
whole
experience," concluded
Karan.
On
the
work
front,
Karan
will
direct
his
upcoming
film,
Takht,
soon.
The
film
casts
Ranveer
Singh,
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan,
Alia
Bhatt,
Bhumi
Pednekar,
Vicky
Kaushal,
Janhvi
and
Anil
Kapoor.