According to a report in Variety, Ajay Devgn reacted to the box office slump in 2022 and how Drishyam 2 has served as a tonic to revive it.
“To talk about tonic, I feel it needs three or four Drishyams — that is what is required, I hope this is the beginning. The bottom line is all about entertainment. Also, when I watch a film, I really need to enjoy it, whatever the kinds of emotion it has.” He further added, “I feel it is not very easy to make entertaining films — you have to keep the audiences engaged for two and a half hours. And audiences have become very smart, so you can’t just give them bullshit. Even when you talk about entertainment in commercial cinema, you have to give them something new.”
Devgn will next be seen in his directorial venture Bholaa, a remake of the 2019 Tamil-language Lokesh Kanagaraj hit Kaithi. The film is in post production and due for a March 2023 release. The actor also has Maidaan, a period biographical soccer film based on the life of the legendary Indian coach Syed Abdul Rahim. The film, which has Priyamani, Rudranil Ghosh and Gajraj Rao in other lead roles, and the music by A.R. Rahman, is scheduled to be released on February 17, 2023.
