Even as Aanand L Rai is basking in the success of his latest romantic drama Tere Ishk Mein, starring Dhanush and Kriti Sanon, he’s cognizant that he went terribly wrong with his last directorial, Akshay Kumar-starrer 2022 family drama Raksha Bandhan. That film, also produced by his banner Colour Yellow Productions, earned only Rs 48.63 crore at the domestic box office during its lifetime.

“I totally faltered there. This is for the first time in my entire journey of filmmaking I decided that this is the kind of story needed by a certain section of the audience where we’re not telling them great stories. I never decide. I make films. I like a story, I make a film. Raksha Bandhan was the only film where I actually judged my audience,” confessed Rai.

Aanand L Rai believed that with Raksha

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