Ajay Devgan on Himmatwala remake: We were aware... we knew about it (failure of the film)

Bollywood’s Singham Ajay Devgan finally spoke out on his last venture, the remake of Himmatwala, which proved a dud at the box-office. He revealed that he was pretty aware that it would not fare well at the box-office because the 80s era was not portrayed in a contemporary style in the film.

As told by Ajay, "We were aware... we knew about it (failure of the film). When we had seen the film there was a feeling that something had gone wrong.” Ajay continued saying, "I think it will be critical to my director. But I think 80s were shown and shot like 80s while when we did Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai we had shown 70s and 80s in a contemporary manner. So I think that's what did not work very well for the film."

Ajay played the role of veteran Jitendra in the remake version of the 1983 Hindi blockbuster directed by Sajid Khan. Ajay said about the box-office failure of the film, "Box office success is very important... somebody puts money and they do it only when there is box office success to it.” He also said about his never-dying excitement about his work, "The excitement for work should be there. If you are excited to go for work... then things become easy. But sometimes you realise while working that this film is not going to work... then its difficult for you to wake up and go to work.”