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R Madhavan doesn't follow data blindly after past failure

Madhavan says he learnt his lesson after a catastrophic box office failure
Madhavan says he learnt his lesson after a catastrophic box office failure
11 Jun - R Madhavan recently revealed that he no longer makes movies based on "data" after having starred in a box office bomb because of it.

The actor, who recently enjoyed the success of "Dhurandhar," recalled how he was advised by industry insiders to focus on movies that would connect him with more audiences following the success of Mani Ratnam's "Alai Payuthey" in 2000.

"So the people who were coming to me were saying, 'You cannot be Rajinikanth till you do films that work in the B and C centres. The villages have to accept you. Only when they call you Thalaiva will you become a South superstar," he said.
The actor became famous after starring in 'Alai Payuthey' (2000)
The actor became famous after starring in "Alai Payuthey" (2000)
Madhavan stated that he took seriously the idea of making movies for the villages and decided to say yes to an offer of such a movie.

"So, I accepted a film where I was playing a guy who was struggling to feed himself, who was weak, uneducated, not studying, but who had a dream of becoming a cricketer. That was the film I was doing. The film flopped so badly that the whole studio closed down after that," he said.

Although he admitted that the failure was hard on him, he had since learned that he should not follow advice blindly and do things that worked for others.

"So I suddenly realised that I should never become what I've now started calling, in Hindi, 'data ke tattu,' which means idiots who do not know how to interpret data. Everybody has data. Your interpretation of that data, and the inferences you draw from those interpretations, will determine how successful you are," he said.
R Madhavan was unrecognisable in 'Dhurandhar'
R Madhavan was unrecognisable in "Dhurandhar"


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