Actor Vicky Kaushal has finally opened up on the clash between his film, Sam Bahadur and the Ranbir Kapoor starrer Animal, acknowledging the inherent differences between the two films by bringing the reference to a test match. 

Last year, on December 1, the Meghna Gulzar film on Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw and the Sandeep Reddy Vanga directorial were released. 

During an interview with The Week Magazine, Kaushal explained, “With Sam, we always knew it was a test match; we knew it was not the quintessential masala film that Animal was; it had the shock value, and one knew it would create waves at the box office.”

He added, “If Sam Bahadur would not click with people, it would not do well no matter when it was released. People started talking about it more and more as the weeks went by. We saw that through January, Sam shows kept going on, and that gives me tremendous happiness.”

Kaushal further expressed that Gulzar too mentioned that audience connection ultimately determines a film’s success, regardless of its release date. “If it did not click with people, it would not do well no matter when it was released. People started talking about it more and more as the weeks went by,” the actor added.