At a time when comedies are raking in the moolah for filmmakers, comedy king David Dhawan’s lighthearted movie “Do Knot Disturb” wasn’t received well at the box office. He laments that the genre is very much undervalued.
“Comedy is very much undervalued in Bollywood. This is because every person today stands up and makes a comedy. People feel it is the easiest to make so everyone is making it. But that’s just a perception,” Dhawan told IANS.
Released Oct 2, “Do Knot Disturb” starred Dhawan’s favourite actor Govinda along with Lara Dutta, Sushmita Sen and Riteish Deshmukh.
Some of the big hits made by Dhawan are “Shola Aur Shabnam”, “Saajan Chale Sasural”, “Deewana Mastana”, “Biwi No.1?, “Jodi No.1?, “Hero No.1? and “No Entry”.
Dhawan’s next will be “Hook Ya Crook” starring John Abraham, Kay Kay Menon, Shreyas Talpade and Genelia D’Souza.
David Dhawan’s Do Knot Disturb looks all set to go against Karan Johar’s Wake Up Sid
Way back in 1998, Karan Johar’s directorial debut Kuch Kuch Hota Haiclashed with David Dhawan’s much-hyped Bade Miyan Chote Miyan – both released on the same day. Now a little more than a decade later, history is repeating itself with Wake Up Sid coming face to face with Do Knot Disturb on October 2.
And Vashu Bhagnani, who has produced both Do Knot Disturb and Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, is surprisingly happy that his film is hitting theatres on the same day as Karan Johar’s production.
"I am really very pleased that both our films are releasing on the same day," Bhagnani said.
Doesn’t he feel that two much-hyped films should not clash with each other?
"I am someone who believes a lot in coincidences. When Bade Miyan Chote Miyan and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai were released on the same day, there were murmurs even then around which film would eventually succeed. We all know that both the films not just survived each other at the box office but also registered huge numbers. They both met with blockbuster success," he said.
"Isn’t that a coincidence that earlier our film was supposed to release on September 25, but then it got postponed by a week to come along withWake Up Sid? Such things just happen and I like to call them happy coincidences," the producer said.
While Do Knot Disturb is directed by Dhawan and stars Govinda, Sushmita Sen, Lara Dutta and Riteish Deshmukh, Wake Up Sid is Ayan Mukherjee’s directorial debut with Ranbir Kapoor and Konkana Sen Sharma.
