The new Bollywood film 'Baby John' has flopped at the box office despite aggressive promotions and high expectations.
This Varun Dhawan-Keerthy Suresh starrer is a remake of the Tamil film Theri, which released eight years ago.
The original ran primarily on Vijay's star power, as its storyline and narrative were nothing extraordinary.
However, casting a comedy hero like Varun Dhawan in a mass-centric role, combined with an enormous budget of Rs 200 crore, seems to have backfired.
If the film had featured a mass hero, the outcome might have been slightly different.
In today’s era of digital revolution, where every film is readily available online at the click of a button, remaking old hits is proving to be a risky choice.
Audiences now have access to the originals, which often makes such remakes less appealing.
This miscalculation seems to have contributed significantly to Baby John's underwhelming performance.