Mumbai: Star kid Ibrahim Ali Khan, who made his Bollywood debut with ‘Nadaaniyan’, recalled how haters trolled him non-stop after his most-anticipated film bombed at the box office.
During an interview with Esquire India, Ibrahim admitted that ‘Nadaaniyan’ was indeed ‘really bad’, but added if he gives a blockbuster in future, he wants the same kind of response from haters as he got for his failed debut film.
Recalling how people waited anxiously for his debut film, Ibrahim said, “Not too long ago, they were all waiting for my launch, and after Nadaaniyan, the hype has dropped real bad. They’ve trolled me nonstop. ‘He won’t be able to do it.’ It’s a massive low… and I constantly feel bad about it. I’m just gonna go on record and say that it was a really bad film.”
He added, “It was really bad. It became a sort of culture to, ‘Oh, let’s troll that film’. There were people who were trolling it just because they heard that some other person was trolling it. That’s uncalled for, but if I now give a blockbuster in the future, I want the same kind of response. They should go mad after me.”
Directed by Shauna Gautam and produced by Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta and Somen Mishra under Dharmatic Entertainment, ‘Nadaaniyan’, a teen romantic comedy, also featured Khushi Kapoor, Mahima Chaudhry, Suniel Shetty, Dia Mirza, and Jugal Hansraj.
“Ibrahim is faithful- not to the art but to that one constant confused/disgusted expression he has on his face. It’s his first film, okay. Then he should have prepared more. Who gives an exam without preparing? It’s a disappointing debut. Khushi Kapoor fares slightly well, as she has a tougher story arc, overcoming a broken family. She handles emotional scenes well, but her dialogue delivery needs more nuance,” was how the Hindustan Times reviewed the film.
Ibrahim was last seen in Kayoze Irani’s patriotic drama ‘Sarzameen’, along with Kajol and Prithviraj Sukumaran. His next movie is in Kunal Deshmukh’s ‘Diler’, alongside Sreeleela.