After Vaastav, Mahesh Manjrekar has yet to prove himself at the box office. In the last six years, all his 11 films have bombed.

Yet, people wanted to believe in Viruddh. After all, it starred -- and was even produced by -- Amitabh Bachchan.

While the critics were undecided about the film, the audiences had no doubts about giving it a miss.