Mrunal Thakur recently spoke on the failure of Jersey at the box office. Starring Shahid Kapoor and Pankaj Kapur, the film was made on a budget of 80 crores, however, it didn’t work at the box office, and failed massively and couldn’t even reach the 20 crore mark. That being said, Mrunal has now discussed the possible reasons behind its failure.
Talking to ETimes, she said, “It is disappointing. Apart from performances, there are a number of other factors that make a film work like positioning, marketing, etc. We spared no efforts. Maybe it’s a phase. Maybe there’re so many external reasons. I have no clue what is happening. But obviously, you feel a little bummed, and a little low, that maybe it could’ve done better because it’s a good film. Honestly, I was a little low. We will work harder for the next film.”
She further added, “The film is in its third week but still some people are going to watch it, and the film is slowly growing. Maybe one of the reasons (it did not work) is that the dubbed Hindi version of the film is airing on television. It’s also available on YouTube. There can be other factors as well.”
The film could only collect 14 crores in its first week. Later in Bollywood Hungama, it was stated that the film could earn around 17 crores approx until now. The film is based on a talented yet failed cricketer who returns to bat at the age of 36 to prove his ability and fulfils his son’s wish for a jersey as a gift.