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Mumbai, Aug 11 (PTI) Sonu Sood is disappointed with the reception to his last released film “Samrat Prithviraj” and the actor says one must accept failures and learn from them.
Fronted by Akshay Kumar, the historical drama was released in theatres on June 3 and did not receive favourable response from critics and audience.
The 49-year-old actor, who played the role of Prithviraj Chauhan"s court poet Chand Bardai, said he wishes the film had fared better.
“I wish the film could have done well because there was a lot of hard work put in.
As an actor, it is important that you give your 100 per cent and it is up to the audience to decide what is right and what is wrong in it.
“You have to accept your failures and learn from them and next time you can be better, you can deliver better.
I, as an actor, do that.
This time we failed but next time we will do well,” Sood told PTI in an interview.
Directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi and produced by Yash Raj Films, the movie was mounted on a budget of Rs 175 crore and reportedly raised around Rs 90 crore at the ticket window.
Irrespective of the box office fate of the film, Sood said “Samrat Prithviraj” will always remain one of the most special films of his career.
“‘Prithviraj’ was very special and the role of Chand Bardai was very special.
Whatever role I will be offered, I will keep on working hard for it and try to entertain people,” he added.
The Moga-born actor"s next project is his debut podcast “Commander Karan Saxena”, based on author Amit Khan’s novel series “Hamladar Commander Saxena”.
Lending his voice to the action-thriller audio series was the most challenging task, said Sood.
“It was challenging because you have to be right as the visuals don’t support you and just by your voice you have to create a world people can feel in a way that it stays longer in their memory,” he said.
The actor said he made some notes where he had to be mindful about how he would speak his lines.
“I had made some pointers about certain scenes like, sometimes the character is climbing up or is breathless or is lying down or has woken up or is hurt, you can’t just say lines, the voice has to change accordingly.