Salman Khan said, ‘If Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan would have released today, the numbers would have been a lot more than what they were.’

Salman Khan has defended the failure of Antim and Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan.

Salman Khan is basking in the success of his latest, Tiger 3, which is all set to pass the Rs 450 crore mark at the global box office. In a recent roundtable interview, the actor addressed the failure of his films Antim: The Final Truth and Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan. Salman said that if these films had released now, they’d end up doing ‘double the business’. Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan was released only a few months ago, after Shah Rukh Khan’s Pathaan had done business of over Rs 1000 crore globally, and Salman had received fresh publicity thanks to his cameo in it.

Salman said, “When these films were released, people were not going to theatres. Moreover, we didn’t do blockbuster prices, we were going for popular prices. Our box office numbers were lower in those films but we focused on saving the audience’s money. How much did you watch Tiger 3 at? Rs 600, 1000?”

Salman also said that while the box office collection for these two movies was low, he made sure that the audience’s money didn’t go to waste. He said, “For Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan and Antim, our prices were not over Rs 250. Ek toh acha karo bhai. Humare number kam aa rahe hai, lekin audiences ka paisa bach raha hai (We earned less, but we saved the audiences money in that process. We did a good deed). If Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan would have released today, the numbers would have been a lot more than what they were.”

Salman then spoke about tasting success and how he feels it is “important to get the bitter taste of failure” to be able to come out as the “real winner”.

He said, “I don’t taste success at all. I think success has made more failures than failure itself. What is important is to get the bitter taste of failure, so that it gets you to work your best. Sometimes, to succeed, you have to change everything about yourself. You have to work harder, be more sincere, more dedicated, more motivated. Failure is something we all have gone through and anybody who has made it after that is the real winner.”

In an interview with ABP News, Salman also looked back on the failure of his film Tubelight, and admitted that it was the wrong decision to release it on Eid. He said that the audience was in a celebratory mood, and didn’t want to see him getting beaten down on screen.