Failures learning curves, success a lousy teacher: Riteish Deshmukh

Coming from a political family, Riteish Deshmukh always knew it was important to accept defeat and bounce back, which he says is an ideology he has tried to implement in his film career. actor, who has had fair share of success and failure in his 16-year-long career in movies, said he believes if audience is t on same p as makers film will t perform well.

"I have seen ups and downs politically, where you have to accept defeat with dignity and move on and come back again, similarly, in films one has to accept that you and audience were t on same p," Riteish told PTI in an interview.

actor had three releases -- "Total Dhamaal", "Housefull 4" and "Marjaavaan" -- this year and he hopes to continue doing good work.

"This year has been wonderful, so far so good. It is important to understand that before se three successes re have been three to five flops. Before those five flops, I had given a few successes. It is a phase where you sometimes give successful films and sometimes films don't work. It is important that you keep doing good work and hope that choices that you make end up being right one."

Calling failures a learning curve, Riteish, 40, said he is proud of all choices he has made in his career.

"...Like, y say, success is a lousy teacher, it absolutely is, because success doesn't teach you anything. re are scars that are meant to be proud of. I have never blamed any of my films. In 16 years, I have never detached myself from a film that has been unsuccessful. Those were my choices, one had put a gun on my head to make those choices."

Read | Riteish Deshmukh: 5 Best Comedy Movies By This Bollywood Actor

actor believes critical appreciation is something he always aspire, but it is also important to take box office numbers in consideration.

"We are here to serve people. So let people decide what content y like and y don't like. A content with critical appreciation as well box office is an ideal combination that one can wish for. re are two or combinations, one where it works with critics and doesn't work at box office and or it doesn't work with critics but works at box office. I would choose latter. Keeping in mind, if given a choice, critical appreciation is something one always looks for but one shouldn't undermine box office."

Citing an example of his last three releases, Riteish said, that even though reviews were brutal, y were successful commercially.

"When a person is paying money for a ticket, he has every right to criticise you. And fair eugh. However, brutal y are you can choose to igre and move on. "Anyone who has a particular point, like some don't like it, or someone hated it, re is a stronger reaction, like what were you thinking? Some people abuse, etc. That's ok. Every kind of reaction is ok."

Read | Akshay Kumar And Riteish Deshmukh’s Films That Are A Must Watch

Gifted with a spontaneous sense of humour, some of Riteish's table performances were in light-hearted films like "Masti", "Bluffmaster!", "Malamaal Weekly", "Dhamaal" and "Housefull" franchise. But films like "Ek Villain", "Lai Bhari" and his latest "Marjaavaan", gave him an opportunity to explore or side of his personality.

" films that came my way be it 'Ek Villian' or 'Lai Bhari' or 'Marjaavaan' were something different from comedies that I have done. se films have helped change perception of an actor, who does comedies and that re is more to him than just comedy films. fact that se films have worked well at box office play a huge role in perception building. As a producer, choices that I made of producing Marathi films, that has also helped somewhere. People take me a bit seriously than y used to."

aim, Riteish said, is to do films where re is a marri between content and commerce, as both are equally important.

"I am in a zone where I go out re to do what I love, that is act and produce content that appeals to me. When it comes to producing, I get attracted to newer ideas. "I look at stories where content can meet commerce. re are fascinating ideas and stories and it might excite some people but it is important numbers start coming in. Commerce is extremely important as content."

Riteish's next film is Tiger Shroff-fronted "Baaghi 3". He is also working on his ambitious Marathi film on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

Read | Riteish Deshmukh And Genelia D'Souza's Cute And Adorable Pictures

Watch | Riteish Deshmukh Dances With His Sons In This Cute Video