Actress Kangana Ranaut took to her Instagram handle and slammed filmmaker Karan Johar co-produced film ‘Selfiee’ on its release day. Starring Akshay Kumar and Emraan Hashmi in the lead, the film is directed by Raj Mehta of ‘Good Newwz’ fame. Reacting to a box office report of the movie which compared Kangana with Akshay, the ‘Queen’ actor lauded Karan Johar mockingly.
Comparing the first-day business of her last outing ‘Dhakaad’ indirectly with ‘Selfiee,’ Kangana wrote, “Karan Johar movie Selfie has hardly made 10,00,000 on the first day I don't see even one trade or media person talk about it forget mocking or bullying him the way they harass me…”
In her next post, Kangana re-shared an article, the headline of which read, “'Male version of Kangana Ranaut!' Netizens react as Akshay's ‘Selfiee’ fails to impress viewers, maybe his 6th flop film in a row.” Adding to it, the actor said, “I was looking for news about selfie flop I found all the news is about me…yeh bhi meri hi galti hai,” with some laughing emojis. She added, “Wah bhai Karan johar wah (Congrats).”
‘Selfiee’ is the official Hindi remake of the Malayalam film ‘Driving License.’ The original film featured Prithviraj and Suraj Venjaramoodu. Akshay Kumar and Emraan Hashmi have reprised their roles as superstars and a cop, respectively. The film also stars Nushrratt Bharuccha and Diana Penty. Karan Johar's Dharma Production backs it along with Magic Frames, Prithviraj Productions, Cape of Good Films and Star Studios.
Trade experts predicted that ‘Selfiee’ would record a collection ranging between £400,000 to 500,000 on its opening day, Friday. If it turns out true, it will be among the lowest openers for Akshay Kumar in the last 10 years of his career. The film has got a limited release with just 1,200 screens across India.
Meanwhile, Kangana's last outing, ‘Dhaakad’ was among the low-performing films of 2022. Directed by Razneesh Ghai, it was released on 20 May 2022. The film started poorly at the box office, with less than £100,000 on its opening day.