<p>Hindi cinema of late seems to be in trouble as Bollywood's big-ticket releases such as 'Samrat Prithviraj', 'Shamshera', 'Laal Singh Chaddha' and 'Raksha Bandhan' have failed to impress the audience.</p>

<p>Bollywood is facing an existential crisis it has never experienced in its lifetime. In a country where the top-end model of the Mahindra XUV700 has a waiting period extending up to February 2024, and the most recent date for a U.S. visa interview is some time in June 2024, you can just walk into a Hindi film screening anytime, anywhere, because no one's watching what's coming out of Bollywood.</p>

<p>After disaster struck the two Independence Day long weekend releases -- Aamir Khan's long-awaited, mega-hyped 'Laal Singh Chaddha' and the Akshay Kumar-starrer 'Raksha Bandhan' -- a wag commented that Bollywood has become like the Congress: it has only its past to live on and stares at a dim future, unless a miracle happens.</p>

<p><strong>Bollywood movies are bombing at the box office with having no collections and this has become a worry in the industry. Akshay Kumar while interacting with the media as took the blame on himself when he said that he needs to blame for his movies not doing good.</strong></p>

<p>Vijay Varma is basking in the success of his recently released Alia Bhatt and Shefali Shah starrer Darlings co-produced by Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment</p>

<p>For Bollywood actress Bhumi Pednekar, whose film Raksha Bandhan released on Thursday, its a special day as the film was released on the same day as her Toilet: Ek Prem Katha where she co-starred with Akshay Kumar. The actress shares that Akshay has played a huge part in her career as he has always backed her to deliver nothing but the best.</p>

<p>Bollywood's very own 'Khiladi' Akshay Kumar has seen the highs of highs with films such as 'Sooryavanshi', 'Kesari', 'Baby' and 'Holiday-A Soldier Is Never Off Duty' among many others. He has also tasted failure with his recent releases such as 'Bachchhan Paandey' and 'Samrat Prithviraj'.</p>

<p>Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar starrer Anan L Rai’s Raksha Bandhan is a family drama about a brother’s promise to his dying mother that he won’t get married until his four sisters are settled in good families</p>

<p>Akshay Kumar was last seen in Rakshaa Bandhan alongside Bhumi Pednekar and has Ram Setu and Jolly LLB 3 in the pipeline</p>