Su y
Deol
ope s
up
o
his
Rs
56
c o e
debt
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Su y
Deol
has
eflected
o
o e
of
the
most
challe gi g
phases
of
his
ca ee ,
eveali g
that
he
emai ed
happy
eve
whe
he
was
deali g
with
debt
wo th
ea ly
Rs.
56
c o e.
The
acto
ecalled
how
he
eve tually
sold
his
ow
asset
to
settle
the
outsta di g
amou t,
while
also
discussi g
the
ca ee
lull
that
followed
his
ea ly-2000s
success
with
films
such
as
‘Gada ’
a d
‘I dia ’.
His
comme ts
come
amid
the
elease
of
his
latest
film,
‘Batwa a
1947’.
Su y
Deol
ecalls
ca ee
slowdow
afte
‘Gada ’
a d
‘I dia ’
Su y
Deol’s
ca ee
hit
a
ough
patch
followi g
‘Gada ‘,
o e
of
his
most
ico ic
successes
f om
the
ea ly
2000s,
but
he
i sists
the
slide
was ‘t
ab upt.
“Alo g
with
Gada ,
I
also
delive ed
I dia ,
which
was
a
much
bigge
hit
tha
Lagaa
a d
all
the
othe
films
of
that
time.
It
did
two
to
th ee
times
of
Lagaa ‘s
busi ess.
Gada
did
much
mo e
tha
that,”
he
said
i
a
co ve satio
with
Shubha ka
Mish a
o
his
podcast.N
Maha aja ‘s
2001
actio
th ille
‘I dia ‘
eleased
a
few
mo ths
afte
Gada
a d
ea ed
R’s.
43
c o e,
compa ed
to
Ashutosh
Gowa ike ‘s
‘Lagaa ‘,
which
collected
Rs.
34
c o e
i
I dia.
‘Gada ,
which
eleased
the
same
day
as
‘Lagaa ‘,
we t
o
to
ake
i
Rs.
77
c o e
domestically.Reflecti g
o
what
cha ged
afte
that
peak,
Su y
said,
“Sudde ly,
co po ates
came
i ,
a d
the
film
i dust y’s
fo mat
bega
cha gi g.
But
afte
that,
I
do ‘t
k ow
why
I
was ‘t
getti g
the
ight
subjects
a d
make s.”
Eve
his
2005
film
Jo
Bole
So
Nihaal
a
i to
t ouble
afte
faci g
objectio s
f om
the
Sikh
commu ity,
a
co t ove sy
that
tu ed
t agic
whe
a
bombi g
at
a
Delhi
theat e
sc ee i g
the
film
killed
o e
pe so
a d
i ju ed
49
othe s.”That
film
did ‘t
go
too
fa
because
of
politics.
So,
we
had
to
withd aw
it
because
of
ce tai
issues.
These
days,
whe
politics
is
e te i g
films,
that
should
ot
happe .
We’ e
ot
doi g
a ythi g.
We’ e
just
e te tai e s.
A yo e
says
a ythi g
ubbish
outside
of
I dia,
but
the e’s
o
ce so ship
o
that,”
Su y
a gued.
Su y
Deol
says
he
emai ed
happy
despite
Rs.
56
c o e
debt
Despite
the
p ofessio al
setbacks,
Su y
mai tai s
he
eve
let
fi a cial
p essu e
dictate
his
choices.
“I
ca ‘t
do
so
ma y
thi gs
fo
mo ey.
But
to
be
ve y
ho est,
I’m
ve y
happy.
Eve
whe
I
was
i
debt,
I
was
ve y
happy.
I
was
livi g
my
life,”
he
said.The
debt
i
questio ,
Rs.
55.99
c o e,
led
a
ba k
to
issue
a
e-auctio
otice
o
Su y
Villa
just
days
afte
‘Gada
2’
ope ed
to
massive
umbe s
th ee
yea s
ago,
ove
defaulted
payme ts
a d
i te est.
He
explai s
the
loa
t aced
back
to
his
2016
di ecto ial
ve tu e
Ghayal
Retu s.
“The
mo ey
I
owed
was
all
mi e.
I
did ‘t
bo ow
it
f om
a yo e.
I
did ‘t
owe
a yo e
a ythi g.
I
just
had
to
sell
my
ow
asset
a d
pay
back,”
he
said.
The
ba k
withd ew
its
otice
o ce
he
ag eed
to
settle
the
outsta di g
amou t.
Why
Su y
Deol’s
di ecto ial
ve tu es
caused
fi a cial
st ai
‘Ghayal
Retu s’
ma ked
the
seco d
of
th ee
occasio s
Su y
stepped
i to
the
di ecto ‘s
chai ,
followi g
the
1999
film
‘Dillagi’
with
b othe
Bobby
Deol,
a d
p ecedi g
2019’s
‘Pal
Pal
Dil
Ke
Paas’,
which
i t oduced
his
so
Ka a
Deol
to
acti g.
No e
of
the
th ee
fou d
box
office
success,
addi g
co side able
fi a cial
st ai
alo g
the
way.”I
do ‘t
k ow
why
it
did ‘t
wo k.
So
ma y
people
come
up
to
me
a d
say
they
loved
‘Dillagi’,
but
I
ca ‘t
help
it.
I
did
what
I
wa ted
to,
a d
gave
my
best.
I
always
t ust
a
pe so
a d
move
ahead
athe
tha
havi g
doubts
i
my
head.
You
eed
to
be
fully
i vested
i
eve ythi g
—
busi ess,
acti g,
a d
di ectio .
So,
it
becomes
ve y
difficult
to
do
all
of
them
at
the
same
time,”
Su y
explai ed.Su y
had
ea lie
evealed
to
Sc ee
that
p oduce s
we e
elucta t
to
fu d
a
eu io
with
Rajkuma
Sa toshi,
the
di ecto
behi d
his
ca ee -defi i g
hatt ick
of
‘Ghayal’
(1990),
‘Dami i’
(1993)
a d
‘Ghatak’
(1996).
It
was
o ly
afte
the
success
of
‘Gada
2’
that
Aami
Kha
stepped
i
to
back
Sa toshi’s
ext
p oject,
‘Batwa a
1947’,
headli i g
Su y
o ce
agai .”We
we e
sitti g
o
this
sto y
si ce
2010,
but
we
we e
fo tu ate
that
Aami
wa ted
to
do
this
film
si ce
he
had
hea d
it
much
ea lie ,”
Su y
sha ed.
Whe e
‘Batwa a
1947’
sta ds
at
the
box
office
Despite
ma ki g
Su y’s
eu io
with
Sa toshi
afte
th ee
decades,
‘Batwa a
1947’
has
had
a
modest
ope i g
weeke d,
collecti g
Rs.
26.50
c o e
domestically,
a
umbe
that
falls
sho t
of
eve
the
si gle-day
ope i g
of
his
p evious
elease,
‘Bo de
2’.
The
Pa titio -e a
d ama
co ti ues
its
theat ical
u
with
eyes
o
whethe
it
ca
build
mome tum
th ough
the
comi g
week.