Nikhil Dwivedi on Dabangg 3, says Salman is not an underperformer

Since 2010, Salman Khan has been treating his fans with the Dabangg franchise. He is just loved  for his ‘dhamaakedaar’ avatar, every time he appears as Chulbul Pandey. But things did not go well this time when the third installment of Dabangg did not go as expected and it underperformed at the box office. On this, producer Nikhil Dwivedi has an entirely different take. Read on further to know it.

In an interview with Nikhil Dwivedi, he was asked if Salman should be blamed for the underperformance of the movie, Nikhil replied, “Dabangg 3’s India’s theatrical business was 173 crores. That is bigger than some of the biggest hits of many stars in this country. The problem is not you and I thinking the film has not done well. This entire fault only and only lies with Salman Khan. He has set such high standards, the benchmark for himself that until and unless a film doesn’t do 300-350 crores, people start to say his film has not done well. I have never even seen what 170 crores look like. This has been one of the biggest hits of my career. What are we even talking about?”

He further said, “It is the reality. I’m not even trying to be diplomatic here. People are being unsmart here who are not seeing it like that. What are they trying to say? Suppose this was a 173 crores film I would have done with any other actor – we would all be celebrating and throwing success parties which would not be ending! Just because it’s with Salman Khan, people are saying picture chali nahi. Matlab Salman ko bola jaa raha hai ‘har baar tum beyond first aao. Agar tum 3rd aaye, matlab tum fail ho gaye.’ Aise thodi hota hai. Slaman Khan scoring 80% marks does not mean he’s scored less than 35%.”

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