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Rani Mukerji: Star’s gender has no role in film’s success
Updated On: 30 May, 2023 07:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
With Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway dropping online, Rani says movie’s strong BO run busted myths that only male stars and R100-crore collections make a hit
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A still from Mrs Chatterjee
In the two weeks since it dropped on Netflix, Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway has reached audiences far and wide, consistently finding a spot in the streamer’s top 10 movies in India. It only echoes the Rani Mukerji-starrer’s successful run at the box office. The March release, said to be made on a modest budget, earned Rs 37 crore, becoming one of the few Bollywood hits of the year so far. With it, Mukerji is happy to have busted one of the Hindi film industry’s myths — that only a Rs 100-crore earner is a true box-office hit. “There are misconceptions about what a hit means. A film is a hit when producers make money from it. It’s not only about how much it collects at the box office; one should also factor in the film’s cost,” emphasises the actor.
So far, 2023 has witnessed a blockbuster in Pathaan, and hits in Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway, and The Kerala Story. The strong run of Ashima Chibber’s directorial venture also shut down detractors who had doubts about the prospect of women-led films, in the post-pandemic scenario. Mukerji asserts, “There is constant chatter about whether women-centric films are box-office draws. Of course, they are! A good film will always bring people to the theatres, and a star’s gender has no role to play in a film’s success.”
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