K artik Aaryan-starrer Chandu Champion opened to critical acclaim when it arrived in theatres this June. However, the film failed to bring in the big bucks and underperformed at the box office. Actor Bhuvan Arora, who played Garnail Singh in the film, calls its collection a “loss for the industry”.

Talking about the current scenario at the box office, Arora says, “It’s become very unpredictable for makers to understand what will work. What really matters is if people are giving a film a fair shot or not.”

He continues, “I feel it’s a loss for the industry when a film is made and received well but doesn’t get massive numbers at the box office. It demotivates filmmakers from making similar films.”

Despite his disappointment, the actor feels the discussion around box office numbers needs to stop. “It’s high time we, as an audience, stop talking about numbers. Everyone is just talking about numbers; no one is talking about the art, it has taken a back seat because of this. Why do you need to know how much money a film is making?”

Arora, who is still getting a lot of love for his character, two months after the film released, asserts, “We knew from the word go that it was going to be a good film as it is a story that needed to be told. Kabir sir (Khan) is a fabulous filmmaker and everything that should have been right, was right.”