Zayed Khan Says Blue Was ‘Fast & Furious ka Baap’ — But Here’s Why It Flopped
Actor Zayed Khan recently reflected on his time working on the 2009 action-adventure Blue, expressing surprise at its box-office failure despite its grand ambitions. Speaking on Siddharth Kanan’s podcast, Zayed Khan revealed how, upon reading the script, he believed it was on par with—or even greater than—the Fast & Furious franchise.
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“If you’d read the script of Blue, you’d have felt ye Fast & Furious ka baap hai (this is superior to Fast & Furious). It was fantastically done… I felt it’s going to go in the direction of a franchise,” he said.
The film, produced by Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision, featured a high-powered ensemble including Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta, Katrina Kaif (in a cameo), and Zayed himself. With substantial underwater sequences and a claimed budget of ₹100 crore, the project even secured a song by Kylie Minogue, underscoring its global aspirations.
However, despite its scale, Blue failed to strike the right chord with audiences. Reflecting on what went wrong, Zayed Khan said, “The failure surprised me because I don’t think we caught the script like how it was written… You can shoot amazing things and feel like a badshah (king), but when you don’t stitch the narrative correctly with thehrao (poise)… The action scenes can be done well without even a fist being raised; it can all be in the screenplay.”
The film was initially envisaged as a franchise, with director Anthony D’Souza later announcing a sequel titled Aasman in 2012. However, the sequel never materialized, and Zayed Khan hinted at creative friction on set: “I wouldn’t want to say because there were some creative differences between people on set, but doesn’t that happen all the time?”
Unlike his cousin Fardeen Khan, who has recently enjoyed a resurgence with appearances in Heeramandi, Khel Khel Mein, and the hit film Housefull 5, Zayed’s career has largely stayed on the periphery since his last onscreen role in the TV show Haasil (2018).
Zayed Khan also emphasized that many of his films, including Shabd (2005) and Love Breakups Zindagi (2011), were simply ahead of their time and failed to find a mainstream audience at the time.
As audiences revisit Blue and its troubled legacy, Zayed’s candid reflections offer insight into why a film with such potential—and a hefty ₹100 crore investment—failed to ignite an entire franchise.
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