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Ayushmann: Had to reach out to wider audience so I could do my kind of films
Updated On: 07 September, 2023 10:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Athulya Nambiar
Ayushmann Khurrana reflects on why box office success matters to him and how he plans to continue doing disruptive and unique cinema
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The month of August 2023 saw three franchise films dominating the box office. Gadar 2, OMG 2, and ‘Dream Girl 2’ helped in reviving the Hindi film box office and helped bring in a lot of people back to the theatres. For Ayushmann Khurrana, it was double celebration as his film `Dream Girl 2` also gave him his career`s highest opening. The film sees Ayushmann cross-dress as a woman named Pooja which leads to a lot of chaos and comical confusion. The film, as suggested by the title, is the sequel to its successful prequel ‘Dream Girl’ that was released in 2019. Talking to mid-day.com, Ayushmann says there are largely pros to being part of a sequel. “You have the credibility of the previous one. It’s a franchise and people go with that credibility and it reflects the opening of the film, if you carry that nostalgia forward. and con would be offcourse there are heavy expectations. And those expectations need to be reached and that benchmark needs to be reached. But I am glad that opeople are loving the sequel as well,” he said.
Ahead of the release of the film, Ayushmann had said that they were clear about the target audience of the film. This was not for the `woke` audience but the team believes they never crossed a line with the jokes in the film. "With the ‘Dream Girl’ franchise, we were clear in our heads that this is not for the woke audience. This is not for the intelligent audience. It’s like `apne ghar par dimaag rakho aur bas film dekho`. Just laugh out loud, comedy, very massy and just the opposite of progressive and the kind of cinema I am known for. But we were clear about that, it was supposed to do whatever was happening right now, to get the box office numbers," he said,
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