Rohit
Shetty's
latest
release
Sooryavanshi
has
given
the
film
industry
a
major
reason
to
cheer
with
his
successful
run
at
the
box
office.
Featuring
Akshay
Kumar
and
Katrina
Kaif
in
leading
roles,
the
cop
film
is
inching
closer
towards
the
200-crore
mark.
In
a
recent
interview
with
a
news
portal,
Rohit
talked
about
how
people
were
betting
against
his
film's
success
even
a
day
before
its
theatrical
release.
Rohit
told
Masable
India,
"Upaar
wale
ne
izzat
rakhli,
audience
ne
bhi
izzat
rakhli.
Itna
pyaar
diya
hai
(God
saved
my
reputation,
audience
also.
They
showered
so
much
love)."
He
further
went
on
to
share
how
he
got
to
know
that
some
people
from
industry
thought
he
was
'mad'
for
releasing
Sooryavanshi
in
theatres
and
were
betting
against
the
film's
success.
He
said
that
no
one
told
him
directly
because
they
were
scared,
but
he
eventually
got
to
know
about
it.
Shetty
was
quoted
as
saying,
"Thursday
night
tak
betting
chal
raha
tha
industry
mein
bohot
logo
ka.
Apne
ko
pata
chal
jaata
hai,
apne
ko
koi
bolta
nahi
darr
ke.
But
malum
tha.
(The
betting
continued
till
Thursday
night,
amongst
a
lot
of
people
in
the
industry.
I
got
to
know,
nobody
told
me
because
they
were
scared.
But
I
knew)."
Speaking
about
what
was
being
discussed
in
the
showbiz
circles,
he
continued,
"Release
hoyega,
yeh
pagal
ho
gaya
hai.
Theatre
mein
koi
nahi
aayega.
(Film
will
release
but
he's
gone
mad.
Nobody
will
go
to
the
theatres
to
watch)."
On
being
asked
why
he
was
so
keen
to
have
a
theatrical
release
for
Sooryavanshi,
the
filmmaker
explained,
"Mera
yeh
tha
ki
basic
life
shuru
ho
gayi
thi
nah.
50
percent
pe
business
ho
raha
hai.
But
ho
raha
hai,
touchwood
(Basic
life
had
started.
Business
was
running
at
50
percent,
but
was
running.
Touchwood)."
Sooryavanshi
revolves
around
Akshay
Kumar's
cop
character
Veer
Sooryavanshi
who
set
out
to
thwart
a
terrorist
plot
in
the
city.