India, July 13 -- T he box office performance of the film Bharat Bhagya Vidhata may have been underwhelming, but actor Girija Oak Godbole believes that while filmmaking is a business, actors should not be preoccupied with box office numbers. She acknowledges that the box office is crucial for the industry as "everybody has to take home a sum of money", but insists a film's commercial performance should never dictate an actor's approach to their craft. "We can't shy away from the fact that movie making is an industry and it's a business. So yes, box office does matter to a film because finally it has to sustain the people that are involved in it," she shares. However, Girija draws a clear distinction between a film's commercial outcome and an actor's job: "Does it matter to me as an actor? No, because box office comes after I've finished my job. When I'm working on a film, box office is so far away from me at that point in time that it actually doesn't affect me at all." She further says that a film's box office performance can never be predicted. "I'm still going to do my job the way I see fit, and then that's slightly beyond my purview because it's (box office performance) is a reward that you can hope for, but you can never really predict. So is it connected? Yes, because I'm also part of the same industry. It pays my bills. Box office does. But does it affect my job? No," she ends....