How did back-to-back flops affect Imran Khan?

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Back in 2010, Imran Khan talked about seeing box office failure after his debut and second guessing his career in films.  : Disney+ Hotstar

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00:00I kind of stumbled into acting at the last minute.

00:03It wasn't my lifelong dream.

00:04It wasn't something that I really planned to do.

00:06And it's something that I'm kind of finding my way in.

00:08I'm still kind of finding my feet.

00:10So when I had two failures back to back, I did honestly question whether I was doing

00:15the right thing.

00:16Yeah.

00:17And did you think you made mistakes?

00:18No.

00:20Because I kind of, I pulled myself out of that very quickly.

00:22I said, no, this is a trap.

00:23Don't fall into this.

00:26You can't brush off failure, but you can't let it drag you down either.

00:56Clearly, both of you are contemporaries.

01:04Is there a driving kind of force with you that wanting to achieve and be the leader

01:07of your generation?

01:08I don't.

01:09No.

01:10I've never been a person who thinks of competition, of competing.

01:14I want to do the best that I can, and it doesn't really bother me if someone else is better

01:19than me.

01:20Do you think Ranbir is better than you?

01:21I think so.

01:22Oh, okay.

01:23I do feel he's a better actor than I am.

01:27I kind of stumbled into acting at the last minute.

01:30It wasn't my lifelong dream.

01:31It wasn't something I'd really planned to do.

01:34And it's something that I'm kind of finding my way in.

01:36I'm still kind of finding my feet.

01:38I think there's a lot of times that I watch him on screen, I say that, dude, he's damn

01:42good.

01:43I wish I could do that.

01:44Do you lose any sleep over a failure?

01:46I don't lose sleep, no.

01:49I don't know.

01:50I've seen it.

01:51You actually have been through a very strange graph, Imran.

01:52You had a huge hit in your first film, as opposed to you, actually, who had your success

01:56much later.

01:57And then you went through two films that really shook you up, I'm sure, in terms of both luck

02:02and kidnap.

02:03Yeah.

02:04Both in succession failed.

02:05Yeah.

02:06What was your headspace post that phase in your life?

02:09That was a very low time.

02:10Yeah.

02:11Did you actually question your place in the movie business?

02:13I totally did.

02:15As I said, I had never planned to act.

02:17It's something that I kind of stumbled into.

02:18So when I had two failures back to back, I did honestly question whether I was doing

02:23the right thing.

02:24Yeah.

02:25And did you think you made mistakes?

02:26No.

02:27Because I kind of, I pulled myself out of that very quickly.

02:30I said, no, this is a trap.

02:32Don't fall into this.

02:34You can't brush off failure, but you can't let it drag you down either.

02:37You have to say, okay, fine.

02:39I failed.

02:40How do I get back?

02:42And I think it was after luck, actually, that my second consecutive failure, that you

02:48called me for I Hate Love Stories.

02:49Right.

02:50Correct.

02:51And I don't know.

02:53I saw great potential in that.

02:55All right.

02:56And when that clicked and it did well, that was a big relief for me.

02:59It was kind of a vindication.

03:00Kind of validated that you're here to stay.

03:02Yeah.

03:03I said, okay, fine.

03:04I know what I'm doing.

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