People have still not forgiven him : Prachi Desai

Actor Emraan Hashmi expected a lot from his movie Azhar, but this film was not able to do good at the box office. Actress Prachi Desai told reason behind Azhar's bad performance at the box office was that people couldn't forgive former Indian cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin, for fixing scandal in 2000, his fans have not forgotten that. Prachi said, 'People have made there views about Azharuddin. Although court have him clean chit, but still people have not forgiven him. So that's why film faced loss. People before seeing the film decided that they know everything.' Let me tell you, Cricketer Azharuddin was trapped in fixing scandal in 2000. Film Azhar was based on Azharuddin's life and Emraan Hashmi played his character. Prachi Desai in the film played role of Azharuddin's first wife. Azhar was based on up and downs in Indian Cricket Captain Mohammad Azharuddin, this film was written by Rajat Arora. Producers of the film are Shoobha Kapoor and Ekta kapoor. Nargis Fakhri, Prachi Desai and Lara Dutt played important role in the film. Axhar was directed by Tony D'souza. This film was released on 13th May, 2016. Azhar collected 30 crores from the Indian Box office collection. Emraan Hashmi will be next seen in film 'Raaz Reboot', this film is directed and written by Vikram Bhatt, this is a Bhatt camps film. Kriti Kharbanda will be seen opposite Emraan Hashmi in this film. This film is expected to release on 16th September, 2016. You May also know : Box office collection 2016 Superhit Movies List