Overview
- Aamir Khan, speaking at a SCREEN Academy Masterclass in Mumbai, said the film followed a Sholay-style setup where his character was not the core of the story.
- He admitted he chose the project for Firangi’s flashy, unpredictable role and called that choice a fundamental error.
- He said the team kept changing Vijay Krishna Acharya’s script to fit casting, so the version released was not the original draft.
- He recounted warning producer Aditya Chopra and director Acharya for months that the writing was structurally wrong.
- Released in 2018 by Yash Raj Films with a reported ₹300 crore budget, the film earned about ₹151 crore net in India and became a high-profile flop.