Rajkumar Hirani speaks on 'Dunki' Box office numbers: ‘Happy with response, don't make movies with…’

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PTI, the director further said that he is happy that people have praised his efforts to tell a human story at a time audiences are flocking to action movies. Dunki is based on the illegal migration of people who travel through the dangerous ‘donkey route’ in search of a better life. The film also stars Taapsee Pannu, Vicky Kaushal and Boman Irani and has so far earned ₹176.47 crore net in India collection.

Speaking of worldwide collection, the film has so far collected ₹340 crore. In a Zoom interview with PTI, Hirani said, "Of course, commercial success matters to me but I try not focus on it at all because the moment you start focusing on it, then you start colouring the kind of film you want to make.…" "I take three or four years to make a film. This time I took five years to make a story.

It should be like... let me make this film whatever the fate of the film is. Sometimes you will get a universal audience, sometimes you will get an audience which is in smaller pockets.

India is a massive country and there will be all kinds of audiences liking all kinds of films," Hirani added as quoted by the agency. Further adding, he said that he was not scared at all while making “Dunki" and added that one should ever worry about box office numbers. "It's an Indian story which in Hindi cinema no one thought about.

I’m happy with the response. Sometimes it will be massive, sometimes it will be different. It is a successful film and people are going for it and people are liking it.

I don’t think one should ever worry about box office numbers. If the attention is there, then it’s a big trap," he said. “What scares him", he said, is audience expectation.