Harish Shankar Admits Ustaad Bhagat Singh Failure
Director Harish Shankar has publicly accepted the failure of Ustaad Bhagat Singh for the primary time through the trailer launch of Thiruveer’s comedy movie Papam Prathap. The acknowledgment marks a serious shift in his stance after weeks of defending the movie. Ustaad Bhagat Singh, starring Pawan Kalyan, launched in theatres on March 19, 2026, with huge fan expectations. Regardless of the hype, the movie failed to satisfy field workplace targets and emerged as a industrial catastrophe.
Initially, Harish Shankar defended Ustaad Bhagat Singh and known as it his finest movie, claiming he had matured as a author with the venture. He even in contrast it favourably to his earlier blockbuster Gabbar Singh. Nonetheless, on the Papam Prathap trailer launch, the director lastly admitted the fact.
When the anchor addressed him as “Papam Harish,” Harish Shankar joked that he first thought it referred to his final movie’s failure to attach with audiences. He later realized the anchor had prefixed “Papam” to all company’ names to match the movie title.
On the similar occasion, Harish Shankar introduced a brand new collaboration with ETV Win as each author and producer. He described the OTT platform as the best house to inform tales that face industrial obstacles in theatres. The director mentioned he’s wanting to discover content-driven narratives with out the strain of theatrical mass masala calls for.
