Jackky Bhagnani Opens Up About Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’s Failure: ‘We Mortgaged Properties’

Jackky Bhagnani reflected on the aftermath of Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’s underperformance. He revealed that his family made significant sacrifices to back the project.

Jackky further stressed the emotional impact of the ordeal and said the team had placed its trust in the content.

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Once positioned as the most anticipated entertainer of 2024, 'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan' ended up being one of the year’s biggest disappointments. With a staggering budget and a high-profile cast, the action film starring Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff struggled to make an impact at the box office. Now, producer Jackky Bhagnani has broken his silence on the film’s commercial failure and the personal cost it came with.

In a candid conversation with SCREEN, Jackky reflected on the aftermath of the film’s underperformance. He revealed that his family made significant sacrifices to back the project, even going as far as mortgaging their properties to secure funding.

Jackky Bhagnani says they mortgaged  properties to make the film

“For me, it has been a huge learning. We invested a lot of money and I realised that just scale is not good enough. Somewhere, we felt that the content that was made didn’t resonate with the audience at all. The public is always right. If didn’t resonate then I have to go back to the drawing board and understand why did this piece of content didn’t resonate with the audience. I have to take that with a pinch of salt and not make that mistake in the future. I would like to say that the returns are not even less than 50%. I don’t think anyone can understand what our pain was. As a family, we have mortgaged our properties to make this film. We realise that there is no point in saying anything or speaking anything,” he said.

Jackky further stressed the emotional impact of the ordeal and said the team had placed its trust in the content. “We invested with faith, hoping a good piece of content is made and the audience will like it. The honest truth is all of this is noise, if the film did well, no controversy would have happened. It is not my nature to take sides but all I would like to say is it was tough times and it is very important that we should all be very conscious of each other’s money.”

About Bade Miyan Chote Miyan

Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, 'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan' brought together Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff for the first time. Despite an ambitious ₹350 crore budget and a star-studded cast including Prithviraj Sukumaran, Alaya F, and Manushi Chhillar, the film failed to attract sustained footfall in cinemas. It closed its box office run at around ₹111.49 crore, falling drastically short of expectations and becoming one of the year’s biggest flops.