Amitabh Bachchan is one of the biggest actors in the Bollywood industry. It has been over 5 decades that the actor has been in Indian cinema. While the majority of his films are hits there are times when the actor gave flop movies. Today we will discuss one such film of Amitabh Bachchan which did not even recover its budget. Not just that even Amitabhs wife Jaya couldnt stand the film. This film was released in 1997 and featured Karisma Kapoor in the lead role. Amitabh wanted to make a comeback with the film. However little did he know the movie he thought would be a hit would eventually become a flop. If you are wondering which film we are talking about then the movie in discussion is Mrityudaata. About Mrityudaata The movie was made for Rs 14 crore and was directed by Mehul Kumar. However the performance was so poor that it could not even recover the budget. The film was produced by Amitabh Bachchans company ABCL. Opposite Amitabh was Dimple Kapadia. In one of the interviews Amitabh Bachchan said that during the screening of the film his wife Jaya told him that the movie would not work. And whatever the veteran actress said turned out to be true. In another interview Amitabh accepted that his film Mrityudaata did not work and was a huge flop. He also said that for the failure he held himself responsible. According to reports Mrityudaata only earned Rs 8 crore—literally half of the budget.