Paradoxically, the film was a commercial failure. It earned approximately ₹34 crore against a budget of ₹32 crore, largely due to its complex plot, slow-burn pacing, and lack of song-and-dance routines. Mainstream Indian audiences expecting a Bang Bang! or Happy New Year found the film too "cerebral."
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Yash Raj Films (the production house) and various cybercrime cells have conducted raids and blocked domains. However, the legal framework struggles to keep pace with the technological agility of piracy sites. The "John Doe" order (Ashok Kumar order) is often used in India to block specific URLs, but the hydra-headed nature of sites like Filmywap renders this partially ineffective. Paradoxically, the film was a commercial failure