Ayushmann Khurrana On Dealing With String Of Flops After Vicky Donor: You Become A True Man When…

Ayushmann Khurrana was last seen in the film Dream Girl 2. The film, also starring Ananya Panday, was one of the most successful movies of his career. In a new interview, the actor shared his journey on how three of his movies failed one after the other after a smashing debut with Vicky Donor. 

Ayushmann Khurrana on dealing with failure 

In an interview with Forbes, Ayushmann Khurrana spoke about the time when his movies failed to do well at the box office. The actor’s debut film Vicky Donor was a hit, but the other films failed to reciprocate the success. The dry spell continued till his film co-starring Bhumi Pednekar, Dum Laga Ke Haisha released. 

Ayushmann shared, “I think you become a true man when you can deal with failures. Success is a very lousy teacher and your failures are your friends, philosophers and guides. if you haven’t experienced failures during your early years, it becomes difficult to deal with them when you are at a certain age. Life is like that.” 

Ayushmann Khurrana credits Dum Laga Ke Haisha for his box-office revival 

Ayushmann Khurrana, in the same interview, shared that Dum Laga Ke Haisha broke his dry spell at the box office. After his debut in Vicky Donor, the actor featured in Nautanki Saala, Bewakoofiyaan, and Hawaizaada, which did not do well at the box office. However, following Dum Laga Ke Haisha, his luck changed. 

The actor shared, “After my first film, I saw 3 back-to-back unsuccessful films and it's just the kind of films that I was getting. After Vicky Donor I had a certain benchmark but I wasn’t getting films of that ilk. That journey started again with Dum Laga Ke Haisha. Then there were 8 back-to-back super hit films after that. So, it's not about the actor. It's the kind of scriptwriters you get in touch with and the choices you make, it isn’t about personal craft, it’s a collaborative effort.”