Arjun Kapoor responds to box office setbacks, says 'I have faced so much adversity...'

Bollywood actor Arjun Kapoor, popular for his various movies like 2 States, Ishaqzaade and Mubarakan, celebrated the new year with a positive thought after getting tattoed on his calf. It reads - "RISE". The tattoo has taken the inspiration from a Phoenix. Sharing the process of the tattoo design on Instagram on Tuesday, he wrote in the caption, "For only from the ashes of who we were, can we rise up to become who we are to be."

Arjun Kapoor's witty reply to box-office failures

Previous to this, the actor, who appeared on the streaming celebrity chat show spoke about the box office failures with the show host.

Posing a question about the same, the show host asked, "We all have public perceptions, we all have Instagram that shows a part of our personality that may or may not be accurate at times, but we are also combating box office pressures, and industry dynamics. I'm gonna ask you sometimes when box offices have evaded you. What is the way I always know that you have been upbeat and have a sense of humour which I think is there that in the face of failure, you can laugh yourself. How do you deal with it.”

Responding to the same, Arjun said, "There is so much adversity I have faced in my life, ya Karan, I think I have spoken on this couch before about many aspects of my life. I am the first actor in my generation to deliver a 100 crore film, with Dharma and Sajid Nadiadwala that was 2 States. I have seen the high, I have done a film like Ki & Ka that did well, where I was a house husband, I have done all kinds of work, I have worked with so many people".

Arjun Kapoor talks about other actors' career graph

Shedding light on other actors' professions, he said, "I mean Akshay Kumar has spoken so openly about the fact that he almost considered leaving the profession at one point of time, 11-12 flops I think he has seen. When you look at Saif's career, till Dil Chahta Hai didn't happen, he was on a different trajectory. If my audience has loved me and connected with me because of the work that I did, they are not going to disconnect if I give them a good film. You can't control the box office, unfortunately, what I can control is the effort and sincerity," he added.

On the professional front, in 2022, his only release in Mohit Suri's Ek Villain Returns with John Abraham, Disha Patani, and Tara Sutaria, was released on 29 July. In 2023, his first appearance in Aasmaan Bharadwaj's directorial debut Kuttey alongside Tabu, Radhika Madan, and Naseeruddin Shah was released on January 13. His second appearance in The Lady Killer alongside Bhumi Pednekar was released on November 3.