Actor and producer Deepak Raj Giri has addressed the box-office performance and boycott campaign surrounding Chha Maya Chhapakkai 2, which was released in Nepal on Asoj 31 for Dashain and has earned around Rs 3 crore. Giri said that, despite positive audience response, his priority is to protect the producers’ investment. He also objected to remarks and videos circulated on social media by the leader of the “Kharaane Gang,” arguing that his earlier comments had been edited and taken out of context. Giri claimed the group’s campaign to boycott the film had, in fact, helped increase its business.
Giri says protecting the investment comes first
The film’s reported earnings have become a point of discussion following its Dashain release. Giri has acknowledged the box-office figure of around Rs 3 crore while drawing a distinction between audience response and the commercial result. According to his comments, viewers have responded positively, but he remains focused on whether the producers can protect the money invested in the film.
That concern places the producers’ financial exposure at the centre of Giri’s response. Rather than presenting audience goodwill as the only measure of the film’s performance, he has emphasised the need to safeguard the investment. His remarks also reflect the tension between positive reception and the box-office total reported so far: the two can coexist, but they do not answer the same question about a film’s commercial outcome.
The available information does not provide a detailed accounting of the film’s costs, revenue share or final returns. Giri’s stated concern is therefore about protecting the producers’ investment, rather than a claim that the reported collection has already covered costs or produced a profit. The figure of around Rs 3 crore is the box-office amount cited in connection with the film’s performance.
Dispute over remarks circulating online
Giri also responded to statements and videos circulating on social media from the leader of the “Kharaane Gang.” He objected to the way his earlier remarks were being presented, saying they had been edited out of context. His response centres on the difference between an original statement and a shortened or altered version shared online, although the information available does not specify which comments were edited or provide the full recordings.
The dispute has added a public argument about Giri’s remarks to the discussion of the film’s box-office run. His objection is not simply to criticism, but to what he describes as the circulation of edited material that changes the context of what he said. The details of the exchange are limited, so the precise content of the statements and videos cannot be established from the information provided.
Giri’s comments also link the online dispute with the film’s commercial performance. He has claimed that the group’s boycott campaign has actually increased the film’s business. That is his assessment of the effect of the campaign; no separate figures have been provided to measure how much, if at all, the boycott affected ticket sales.
Boycott claim and the film’s box-office conversation
The boycott campaign has become part of the conversation around Chha Maya Chhapakkai 2, alongside its reported earnings and the positive response from audiences. Giri’s claim presents the campaign as having helped rather than harmed the film’s business. However, the available information does not include a comparison of sales before and after the campaign, nor does it identify a specific amount of revenue attributable to it.
For now, the key points in Giri’s response are that the film has earned around Rs 3 crore after its Asoj 31 Dashain release, that he considers protecting the producers’ investment his priority, and that he disputes the context of material circulating online. His further claim that the boycott boosted business remains his account of the campaign’s effect.
The film’s performance is therefore being discussed through both commercial figures and public reaction. Giri has pointed to positive audience response while acknowledging the reported collection, and he has challenged the social-media portrayal of his past remarks. As the debate continues, the reported total and the producers’ investment remain central to his comments, while the scale of any effect from the boycott has not been independently quantified in the information available.
