Director Milap Zaveri’s romantic action flick 'Marjaavaan', starring Sidharth Malhotra, Riteish Deshmukh, Tara Sutaria and Rakul Preet Singh in lead roles, may have received stiff competition at the domestic box office, but the film emerged as a surprise hit at the United Kingdom box office. It is heading towards £300,000 in the United Kingdom and will end its theatrical run around £310,000, which will be similar to Shahid Kapoor's 'Kabir Singh'. It has beaten films like 'Badla', 'Super 30', 'Chhichhore' and 'De De Pyaar De' in this market.
Sidharth Malhotra, who has received a much-needed success with the film after delivering a few flops, says he is happy that people have accepted him as an action hero once again with 'Marjaavaan'. "Ek Villain and Brothers introduced me as an action hero. I did not cater to this audience and today I am happy that they have given this kind of response to Marjaavaan," Sidharth said. In Marjaavaan, Sidharth plays a larger-than-life hero who breaks bones and utters dialogues that reminds of the Angry Young Man image of Bollywood's retro era. He plays a hot-headed young man who falls in love with a girl who cannot speak.
Filmmaker Nikkhil Advani has co-produced the film and has given the complete credit of Marjaavaan's success to its director. "I cannot take credit for Marjaavaan. It is entirely Milap's (Zaveri) film because I don't make such films. At the trailer launch of 'Marjaavaan', too, I said I don't want to take credit for this film because it is Milap's conviction. He believes in certain kind of audience and certain kind of films. I still make films like 'Batla House' and 'Airlift'. So, Milap loves audiences and I love telling stories – that's the difference between us. I think it is completely his victory," said Advani.
