Nothing is going right for Ranveer Singh
Ranveer Singh has been fortunate to stay popular and eminent since the beginning of his Hindi film career. He has been well-off to make headlines since his debut film. He has been privileged to work with big directors early in his movie career. But the past few months have been worrying for him. He has lost several films in the past few months.
Ranveer Singh Bhavnani professionally known as Ranveer Singh comes from a filmy background. His parents are not exactly from the film industry. But he has quite a few families interrelated to the Bollywood industry.
In 2010, YRF Head Aditya Chopra was awe-struck watching Ranveer Singh’s audition footage and immediately signed him in director Maneesh Sharma’s directional ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’ opposite Anushka Sharma. The film became a commercial success at the box office and Ranveer Singh was awarded the Filmfare Award for the best debut male.
Following the popularity of Ranveer and Anushka, YRF head and producer Aditya Chopra produced another movie with Ranveer and Anushka in the lead and Maneesh Sharma as the director. The film was titled ‘Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl’ and the film performed well at the box office. Both the films ‘Band Baaja Baaraat’ and ‘Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl’ happened to be a breakthrough project for Ranveer Singh and as well as Anushka Sharma.
Ranveer Singh has consistently managed to grab the eyeballs and stay in the headlines due to his unique flamboyant fashion sense and his relationship with then girlfriend now wife Deepika Padukone.
In 2013, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, one of the most admired filmmakers in India signed Ranveer Singh opposite Deepika Padukone in a romantic tragedy movie titled ‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela’. The film had opened to positive reviews and emerged as a major commercial success. Post Ram Leela, Ranveer and Deepika starred in two more blockbuster movies for Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Bajirao Mastani (2015) and Padmaavat (2018). In between, Ranveer Singh starred in many box office hits such as Dil Dhadakne Do, Gunday, and Gully Boy.
Besides, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Ranveer Singh was signed by another big director of Hindi Cinema Mr. Rohit Shetty. Rohit and Ranveer collaborated for cop action film Simmba in 2018. Simmba was birth of Rohit Shetty’s cop universe. After Simmba, Ranveer was seen doing a guest appearance in Rohit Shetty’s 2021 directional Sooryavanshi starring Akshay Kumar. Ranveer Singh once again will be seen doing a guest appearance as Simmba in Rohit Shetty’s 2024 Diwali release Singham Again starring Ajay Devgn.
One of the most important films in Ranveer Singh’s career was 83 which was supposed to emerge a major success for its makers. 83 (2021) is a biographical film about the Indian Cricket Team led by Kapil Dev which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup as underdogs. The film was written and directed by Kabir Khan. The film starred an ensemble cast of Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Pankaj Tripathi, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Jiiva, Saqib Saleem, Jatin Sarna, Chirag Patil, Dhairya Karwa, Ammy Virk and Harrdy Sandhu among others. Upon its release 83 received widespread critical acclaim but the film underperformed at the box office which came as a huge shock for everyone.
After 83, Ranveer Singh starred in two more commercial films which happened to be box office bombs upon its release, Jayeshbhai Jordaar and Cirkus.
In 2023, Ranveer Singh managed to hit the box office with Alia Bhatt in Karan Johar’s directional ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani’. The romantic comedy-drama film also starred Jaya Bachchan, Dharmendra, Shabana Azmi, Aamir Bashir, Churni Ganguly, and Tota Roy Chaudhary among others. Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani was one of the most hyped films of the year because of its songs and amusing trailer. The film received positive reviews and performed well at the box office.
Ranveer Singh has no release in 2024 besides doing a guest appearance in Singham Again. A few of his recently signed films have been shelved whereas he was heavily criticized for replacing Shahrukh Khan in Don 3.
Ranveer was supposed to collaborate with Sanjay Leela Bhansali for another periodic drama film titled ‘Baiju Bawra’ following their successful collaboration in Ram Leela, Bajirao Mastani, and Padmaavat. However, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has shelved ‘Baiju Bawra’ for now and announced another big project with Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, and Vicky Kaushal.
A few years ago, Ranveer and famous South director Shankar announced a film together. However, that film is also dropped due to creative differences.
Ranveer Singh was announced to play the character of Shaktimaan in a Hindi superhero film. Shaktimaan was the most popular superhero TV Show played by Mukesh Khanna. A film on Shaktimaan was announced with Ranveer Singh but that film too has been shelved.
Earlier the year director Prasanth Verma delivered a special film called Hanu-Man. The Telugu superhero film received widespread critical acclaim and grossed over 350 crores globally becoming one of the highest-grossing Telugu films of 2024. Soon after Hanu-Man, Prasanth Verma announced a collaboration with Ranveer Singh. But recently the news broke out that this film too has been shelved due to creative differences.
Ranveer Singh has lost five to six films in the last six to eight months while Don 3 has generated a lot of hullabaloos for him.
Following the mammoth success of Pathaan and Jawan, Shahrukh Khan has dropped the plans of doing Don 3 and is looking to do something fresh. While the makers of Don 3 signed Ranveer Singh to replace Shahrukh Khan and star as Don in Don 3. This, of course, didn’t go well with the SRK fans who showed their disappointment on social media and asked Ranveer Singh and director Farhan Akhtar to shelve Don 3. Ranveer is free to do any action film with Farhan Akhtar with another title but not Don 3. According to the reports, the makers of Don 3 are still muddled with the film. While some reports also suggest that Kiara Advani will be playing the female lead in Don 3.
As of now, Ranveer Singh has no films in hand. Also, he has taken maternity leave as he and Deepika Padukone are expected to become parents soon. But the actor is planning a big comeback.