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oi-Aakash Kumar
The
Hindi
film
industry
must
be
elated
as
2022
is
ending
super
soon.
We’re
saying
so
because
the
year
proved
to
be
unlucky
for
Bollywood
with
only
a
handful
of
films
succeeding
at
the
box
office.
While
movies
like
Gangubai
Kathiawadi,
Bhool
Bhulaiyaa
2,
The
Kashmir
Files,
and
Drishyam
2
performed
very
well
commercially,
majorly
of
the
films
were
commercial
failures.
While
stars
like
Aamir
Khan
and
Shahid
Kapoor
had
only
one
release,
many
big
actors
witnessed
multiple
releases.
From
Akshay
Kumar
to
Jacqueline
Fernandez,
several
Bollywood
celebrities
delivered
multiple
failures
in
2022.
Let’s
take
a
look
at
the
list
here.
Akshay
Kumar
After
delivering
Bollywood’s
first
post-pandemic
hit
with
Rohit
Shetty’s
Sooryavanshi
last
year,
Akshay
Kumar
started
the
year
2022
with
Farhad
Samji’s
Bachchhan
Paandey
co-starring
Kriti
Sanon,
Jacqueline
Fernandez,
and
Arshad
Warsi.
Later,
he
was
seen
in
Samrat
Prithviraj,
Raksha
Bandhan,
Cuttputlli,
and
Ram
Setu.
While
Cuttputlli
had
an
OTT
premiere,
all
of
his
theatrical
releases
failed
to
perform
well
commercially.
Rakul
Preet
Singh
Lakshay
Raj
Anand’s
Attack
co-starring
John
Abraham
and
Jacqueline
Fernandez
was
Rakul
Preet
Singh’s
first
release
of
the
year.
Her
other
theatrical
releases
were
Runway
34,
Thank
God,
and
Thank
God.
However,
all
of
her
films
failed
commercially.
Ayushmann
Khurrana
Counted
among
the
most
talented
stars
of
her
generation,
Ayushmann
Khurrana
had
three
releases
in
2022.
He
featured
in
films
like
Anek,
Doctor
G,
and
An
Action
Hero.
Despite
getting
favourable
reviews
from
critics,
Ayushmann
failed
to
deliver
even
a
single
hit
this
year.
Jacqueline
Fernandez
On
the
personal
front,
Jacqueline
Fernandez
made
headlines
mostly
for
the
wrong
reasons
this
year
due
to
her
connection
with
conman
Sukesh
Chandrashekhar
in
a
Rs
200
crore
money
laundering
case.
Sadly,
her
professional
life
wasn’t
great
too.
In
2022,
she
played
pivotal
parts
in
Attack,
Bachchan
Paandey,
and
Ram
Setu.
Neither
these
films
earned
rave
reviews
nor
performed
well
commercially.
She
is
now
waiting
for
the
release
of
Rohit
Shetty’s
Cirkus
with
Ranveer
Singh
and
Pooja
Hegde.
Amitabh
Bachchan
While
Big
B
played
a
pivotal
part
in
Ranbir
Kapoor
and
Alia
Bhatt’s
hit
film
Brahmastra:
Part
One
–
Shiva,
his
other
releases
including
Jhund,
Runway
34,
and
Goodbye
turned
out
to
be
underperformers
at
the
ticket
window.
Story first published: Monday, December 12, 2022, 20:55 [IST]
