Saturday Jan 12 8:40 PM
Joginder Tuteja, Bollywood Trade News Network
Known for making films at a grand scale with good technical finesse in place, Rohit has ZAMEEN and GOLMAAL behind him. Surprisingly, he is still waiting to get his due.Though people woke up a fortnight after the release of GOLMAAL to finally acknowledge that this comedy was indeed turning out to be a hit, his ZAMEEN never had such luck. In spite of making decent money (over 10 crores just from India), it was labeled as flop by many in the trade.
"And to think of it, this was quite some money 5 years back when the film released. Unlike the economy of today, things were different in 2003", says the young film maker who can always be seen bubbling with excitement. "But I guess that's life, everyone involved with the film made money. So what if the film didn't get the kind of recognition it deserved; audience liked it."
In fact while ZAMEEN was one of the Top-15 grossers in 2004, GOLMAAL went many a steps ahead and was placed at #11 in the list of biggest success stories of 2006. He must be aiming for Top-10 with SUNDAY, right? "If only such things could be predicted so easily, life would have been quite easy, isn't it", laughs Rohit.
