MUMBAI: Ranveer Singh starrer ‘83’ movie was director Kabir Khan’s dream project and after waiting for almost four years, the film was released last year. The filmmaker is very disappointed with the film not doing well at the box office and the filmmaker blamed it at the third wave.

Kabir Khan had a lot of expectations with this film but the pandemic spoilt it all. In an interaction with Bollywood Hungama, he spoke about the film's poor performance at the box office, he expressed his disappointment as his film became a huge victim of the third wave,

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He said that the day the film was released, two states announced night curfews. By day two, six states had cancelled the night shows and by the fourth day, Delhi had shut down the theatres. He acknowledged the adverse effect it had on the film and understood the paranoia of the audience as the cases were increasing. “…there’s a sense of disappointment that our timing was all wrong".

He further added, " I still believe that had conditions been alright, even with lesser marketing, we would still get the numbers. I hate to say this myself because it’s my film, but the word of mouth of this film is unbelievable… But that word of mouth will really not be able to lead to anything unless there is access to theatre."

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The film receives appreciation from every member of Bollywood. In fact, south superstar Rajnkanath too appreciated the film and called it a masterpiece. Recently Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone who played the leads and who were the face of the film were brutally trolled for giving a flop film and throwing an attitude despite it, while they returned from the holiday. 

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