Alia Bhatt and Vedang Raina starrer Jigra; directed by Vasan Bala, couldn’t carry out effectively on the field workplace. In the meantime, the movie’s director had defended its box-office debacle in a current interview, attracting blended responses from web customers. Amidst all of the chaos, Bala has deactivated his X account.

The much-anticipated movie, Jigra starring Alia Bhatt and Vedang Raina was launched on October 11, 2024. Against everybody’s expectations, the movie tanked on the field workplace. In the meantime, filmmaker Vasan Bala has deactivated his X account days after he was focused by web customers for defending its failure.

At the moment, Sunday the twentieth, Vasan’s social media account, which was energetic up till Saturday, has been eliminated. If we attempt to entry his earlier tweets or replies, we’re taken to empty areas that say, ‘This submit is from an account that now not exists.’ Moreover, a notification seems on his profile stating, “This account doesn’t exist. Attempt looking for one other.”

Have a look

Pic Courtesy: Vasan Bala X

Following Vasan’s touch upon the Jigra‘s failure, web customers began calling him ‘boastful’ for not accepting the movie’s failure. After the account was deleted, a number of customers defended Bala, stating that he alone shouldn’t be singled out for the movie’s failure.

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Vasan shared that the interval following the movie’s launch has been fairly difficult for him. He acknowledged that releasing his movies has at all times been a tough journey. Nevertheless, this time, the movie made a major affect, leaving him unsure about the right way to deal with the state of affairs. The director highlighted the stress that comes with mainstream cinema to carry out effectively on the field workplace.

“The shock was the failure since you clearly don’t got down to fail. Additionally, this was not a really cussed, I-will-only-deliver-it-this-way sort of movie. I assumed it was a reasonably accessible, straight-arrow movie, and the feelings have been common,” he mentioned additional admitting that he disenchanted producers Karan Johar and Alia Bhatt.

Alia Bhatt and Vedang Raina starrer was a prison-break story that narrated the story of a sister who goes to lengths to avoid wasting her brother imprisoned in a overseas land. It additionally had Manoj Pahwa in the important thing position.

ALSO READ: Sara Ali Khan dismisses social media complaints of attempting to create a relatable picture; says she curates characters solely ‘for the digicam’