Ameesha Patel says Yeh Hai Jalwa failed due to media’s obsession with Salman Khan’s hit-and-run case

Actor Ameesha Patel just lately talked in regards to the failure of her movie Yeh Hai Jalwa, co-starring Salman Khan. She was just lately requested in an interview with Bollywood Hungama to call a movie of hers that she thinks ought to have finished nicely and she or he picked Yeh Hai Jalwa. She believes that the movie didn’t get the precise consideration because of the frenzy round Salman Khan’s hit-and-run case in the identical yr. Also learn: Here’s why Sanjay Leela Bhansali requested Ameesha Patel to retire after Gadar

Ameesha on failure of Yeh Hai Jalwa amid Salman’s controversy

Ameesha stated, “Yeh Hai Jalwa was one of David Dhawan’s best films. Salman has never looked more handsome and the music and everything was good. But I think because earlier the media gave news the audiences were not so open about accepting some negative news about their favourite actors. Salman’s accident had newly happened so Yeh Hai Jalwa got sidelined. Had the audience been open to it…that is one film that would have done really well.”

Salman Khan’s hit-and-run case

Yeh Hai Jalwa was launched on 3 July 2002. Later, on 28 September 2002, Salman was arrested for rash and negligent driving after his automobile ran right into a bakery in Mumbai. The incident killed one who was sleeping on the pavement exterior the bakery whereas three others have been injured. Initially, prices of culpable murder have been laid in opposition to the actor. However, later it was dropped.

Failure of Zameer

Meanwhile, Ameesha additionally named one other movie which could not work regardless of excessive hopes. “There was a film called Zameer with Ajay Devgn where he is my professor. It was a remake of Tamil film, which was a national award-winning film. Unfortunately, the producer passed away when the film was about to release so it couldn’t get to the audience correctly, the way it would have if the producer have been alive. I didn’t think Mangal Panday needed to be written off so badly the way they wrote it off,” she stated.

Ameesha just lately returned to movies with Gadar 2. Directed by Anil Sharma, the movie reunited Ameesha and Sunny Deol as they reprised their iconic characters Tara Singh and Sakina from their hit movie.