Vicky Kaushal is happy with the success of 'Zara Hatke Zara Bachke'
Mumbai: Vicky Kaushal said that he always knew that a ‘simple story’ like ‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ would connect with people, which is why the love that the movie is receiving theatrically is ‘beyond numbers’ for the team.
Directed by Laxman Utekar, best known for ‘Luka Chuppi’ and ‘Mimi’, the Kaushal and Sara Ali Khan-starrer film was released in theatres on June 2. It has earned Rs 30.60 crore in India.
Kaushal said that the film, about an Indore-based couple struggling for privacy in a joint family setup, was narrated to him during the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, when theatrical releases were not doing well.
“The film was narrated to us right after the second wave of COVID when the situation was a lot more tense. It was like, ‘What will happen to Bollywood? What kind of films are coming and not coming?’ Then a simple story like this came to me. I just knew this will connect with people,” Kaushal told reporters at the success event of the movie.
The actor said that despite their belief that the family film would connect with the audience, there were times when the team was unsure.
“In between a lot of mind-play also happens that this film has released and worked, so only that kind of film will work and others won’t. In between all of this, maybe we forgot that we began with the thought that this film will connect with people. In the last five days, we have realised that this is what we would feel in all our meetings that people will connect with it. Now, that people are loving it, for us, it’s even beyond numbers. To see families coming and watching the film is the real joy. Now that the film has worked in cinema halls, we are here to thank all of you.”
Kaushal said that Utekar was ‘most confident’ about the film’s theatrical potential.
“More than us winning, this is the victory of the audience. They have reiterated that only their power matters,” he added.
Co-produced by ‘Maddock Films’ and ‘Jio Studios’, ‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke’ also stars Inaamulhaq, Sushmita Mukherjee, Neeraj Sood, Rakesh Bedi and Sharib Hashmi.
