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#Stree scores in Week 2… Gets a boost on second Thu due to #GaneshChaturthi holiday… Will cross ₹ 100 cr in Weekend 3… [Week 2] Fri 4.39 cr, Sat 7.63 cr, Sun 9.88 cr, Mon 3.31 cr, Tue 3.22 cr, Wed 2.95 cr, Thu 3.76 cr. Total: ₹ 95.53 cr. India biz.
“The trailer of the film is expected to release on September 27 or 28. The makers are going to release the first look on Monday and trailer will be out around Yash Chopra’s birth anniversary — September 27. So, recently the cast and crew were seen at the studio watching some footage of the trailer. Earlier too, Aamir had arranged a special screening of the film’s trailer for his non-industry friends to get reactions on the look and the film,” says a source.
It is said that Aamir is keeping a watch on how the final cut of the trailer is shaping up. He has already mentioned that he is going to start work on other projects only after the release of Thugs of Hindostan. Ddirected by Vijay Krishna Acharya, the film stars Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif, Fatima Sana Sheikh and Amitabh Bachchan.
Big daddy of uselessness Anurag Kashyap all set to deliver his 18th consecutive flop in Manmarziyaan. The only folks who seem to like his junk are the 25 odd armchair critics & their 125 odd cronies.
lil disheartening….. as how reviews have appeared till now thought it should open with decent numbers… atleast 6crs…
hmmm lets see how things go from here…
Spookily both Namrata Joshi of The Hindu and Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express expressed the same feelings about being exhausted after watching the film.
We spoke to Trade Expert, Editor, Super Cinema Amul Vikas Mohan about how the films are faring on the first day. As expected Manmarziyaan has taken a lead. Interestingly, it’s Mitron which took the second spot in the tally.
Manmarziyaan movie review: Abhishek, Taapsee and Vicky deliver solid performances in a film that tugs at your heart and leaves you emotional
Amul informs that Manmarziyaan is doing the best in the lot. The opening day occupancy is somewhere near 15-20 per cent which he thinks is good. Mitron takes the number 2 spot with morning occupancy of around 5-7 per cent to 10 per cent at a few places. Amul is positive that Manmarziyaan will show more growth by the end of the day. He also mentioned that the films are expected to pick up slowly, probably in the evening shows.
Coming to the other film which is doing wonders at the box office, Stree is expected to make Rs 100 crore this weekend. Amul is confident if not for this weekend, the film will most definitely hit the target next Monday or Tuesday.
Are they comparing Manmarziyan with 100% washouts and declaring it a winner? Don’t you find this stuff laughworthy? If not then its ok but if yes, then why to post it here?
Manmarziyan has opened in the range of 10-15% which is disastrous but on expected lines..It needs a strong word of mouth to pick up and have any impact on boxoffice which seems unlikely. Looking at this kind of opening, i think game is over for Abhishek.When you open a film in the same range as that of your father who is 75 plus, you should quit the acting at the very moment. In case film shows some legs and holds well at ticket window still the credit will go to content not to actors particularly Abhishek who is more familier to audience than others starring in the film.
I dunno why you wud expect an opener here. Neither kashyap nor abhishek are at their best draw at present. Vicky and pannu are decent actors but not stars. If this was to work, it wud be thru wom and a long run at theaters.
I was expecting a decent opening here just because of Abhishek. He is around since 18 years and had worked in some really good films.This time he came after a long time and the film taking 10-15% opening is a shocker.. Don’t you think so?
#ThugsOfHindostan first official poster featuring @SrBachchan will be out on Sept 17… This will be followed by the release of character posters featuring Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Saikh respectively as per reports. And the trailer to be unveiled on 27th Sept!! https://t.co/mX3qVE124w
#Dhoom4 Is Getting A Complete Makeover….!! Heard the new franchise is going to be a hell exciting ride for the lovers of #Dhoom series. The developments are happening at fast pace and is likely to roll in the third quarter of 2019! Looking forward to more information…
I don’t think they’re going to have SRK or Akshay or any of those guys then. Probably an entire new young cast (I.e.Tiger vs Ranbir). However from a dates point of view, and considering all the young stars are working on a Yrf film during that time period, it seems like the only person available is SRK? He still hasn’t signed anything post Zero
Manmarziyan Low Start – Mitron Love Sonia Very Dull
Friday 14 September 2018 13.30 IST
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There were three main Hindi releases this week with Love Sonia, Manmarziyan and Mitron as well as other films like 22 Hours and Turning Point which have no awareness.
Manmarziyan had a slow start of 10-15% but was the best of the lot. The film actually had good music but the way it was shown in trailers left a lot to be desired and the music basically goes to waste. The film is a love story and this could have really given the film a lift but music can only really work for a film if it is presented correctly on screen.
The director has had an awful year coming of a big flop with Mukkabaaz and a huge disaster Sacred Games in the digital space but this is said to be his most commercial venture. The thinking here is that probably the likes of Mukkabaaz and Gangs Of Wasseypur and others have failed because they were less commercial when the truth is they were bad films. The box office is a simple process in that if something entertains it will do well and if you bore you will be out.
Not the biggest Kashyap fan but he deserves to be defended against this crappy commentary and sadakchaap view on cinema. There should be some limit to someone’s ignorance
LOL if “Mukkabaaz” is a bad film I’d love to see their view of what a good film from the industry is. This isn’t bad commentary — it’s unhinged. Among other things, the view on Sacred Games would be news to Netflix!
BOI have been on the warpath ever since Raees failed to deliver the ‘massy’ blockbuster they ‘promised’ as a result of their tirade against ‘european’ cinema. And since then they’ve had to sit in the dumpster while films like Raazi and other medium budget flicks crack the ‘100cr’ club when they shouldn’t. All against a backdrop of Race 3, JHMS and Tubelight disasters. Their golden geese have failed them and they always pounce on anything Bachchan if it’s moving just like Salman with a shotgun or in a car.
Just came back from Manmarziyan , This is very much Anurag Kashyap style love story minus cuss words. And this is not his first attempt in this genre , Dev D was the one where principle characters were very impulsive and flawed. Here also Vicky and Rumy are similar characters from Dev-D .. madly in love , but spiritual connection is quite shallow, at same time not responsible for self actions , just living the life in moments without any future plans. But here important addition in their mad word is a very mature and well balanced guy Abhishek , he brings a lot of sanity in proceedings. Dev D lacked such character, so Manmarziyan has a plus here. Kashyap presented on screen a complete psychological process behind every movement of these characters , the decisions they take, the emotions they are going through. Everything is so relatable. He displayed all the confusions they went through before taking a final decision. This is something new which we have not seen before. But here lies the problem also, their confusion irritates the audience. Going back and forth on same thing (Like Tapsee and Vicky planned to flee from home twice … she came back to him twice, Though she moved on and got married to Abhishek , she keeps on going back to Vicky .. and regrets every time. Audience don’t want to see such psychic characters , despite the fact that their actions are relatable .. still you don’t want to invest in their confusion (even though I loved this entire journey). Biggest plus of movie is Music and Performances , Tapsee stole the show and Abhishek was just perfect in every sense, Vicky was good too .. but Abhishek was more likeable.
I thought this movie will at least connect with youngsters , but no … in my show (which was houseful noon show) a group (10+) of young guys(and gals) wanted to leave the show at interval .. but they came back .. ‘Bore kar diya yaar’ was their reaction by end of movie. I am not sure of rest of audience, but surely not everyone enjoyed the show. It will get extremely mixed reactions … though I liked it.
Reading the reviews, it’s pretty much evident that this is a feminist story, and not in a good way.
People can respond to a film like Pink because it certainly doesn’t push feminism too far. But supporting a truly liberated woman, in all senses of the word, is going to be a difficult thing to digest for the majority.
I’m really looking forward to it but I don’t hold high hopes at the Box Office. Anything above 50 Crores would be astounding!
I am still not sure why AB Jr. did this movie with relative newcomers. I don’t see what’s in it for him. Working with Kashyap? I am sure he could have come up with something much better for him. I mean just the age difference seems weird (Kaushal is 30, Pannu 31 and AB 42) in the context of the trailer. Not saying that a 42 year old can’t play a 20 something guy but a seasoned actor like AB who is now extremely choosy with his movies….something is off here. This is not even a cheap easy hit like HF3 where one can be forgiven to get an easy paycheck!
I am not entirely clear on where AB winds up from here or what role will he do next. I think a solo movie with someone like Sriram Raghavan would be a great idea…..I would have loved to see him Badlaapur.
Why he did this? He chose the best option available to him, thats all. It had boiled down to either Paltan or this. At least its getting decent reviews. Whereas Paltan …
Saturday will be crucial for the film. It needs at least 17-18crrs weekend to have any legs to push towards 40crrs and average status. 4-4.5crrs Friday, Saturday 6-6.5crrs and Sunday 7.5crrs. Let’s see. Also Stree kind of stole it’s thunder as it is a massive recent hit still going strong.
Watched Manmarziyan. Absolutely love it. Every single minute.
Will say this very emphatically: Amitabh Bachchan’s response is appropriate. This is Abhishek Bachchan’s best performance to date. Better than Yuva & Guru.
And I’m not even an Abishek fan. Loved Vicky Kaushal too; he’s ridiculously talented and Tapsee is so good as well.
Either I’m a sap who gets moved by emotional dramas very easily (and I just pretend to like hard-hitting dramas for fun!) …or this is a seriously good love story. Like the twin girls in the film, I’m really not sure…
It has shades of Richard Linklater’s Before series… and I’m a great fan of Linklater!
Overall, as a love story, I think Lootera is better. The music in Lootera is for the ages, so there isn’t really a comparison with Manmarziyan…. but the latter is also a terrific soundtrack, beautifully woven into the storyline. I’m sure you will like it a lot!
I love the Before trilogy. The last one is probably my absolute favorite. Next would probably be the first film. I read in one of the pieces that this might have been where Kashyap wanted to go in terms of an ending but obviously in a commercial venture he had to compromise. Don’t know whether this is such speculation or not. A lot of critics and viewers have loved the closing moments of the film and even without seeing it I can kind of understand the link. But Before Midnight certainly ends beautiful. It’s just pitch perfect. A better ‘ending’ couldn’t have been devised for it.
@ Saket: ‘Either I’m a sap who gets moved by emotional dramas very easily (and I just pretend to like hard-hitting dramas for fun!) …or this is a seriously good love story.’
Yup you are a sap and so am I.
I watched MANMARZIYAN too tonight. I haven’t been as moved by you but yes, it’s an interesting take where Kashyap actually tries to ‘tone’ down his DEV D fervor. Abhishek tries hard in some of the initial scenes but whenever he breaks down with ‘dignity’ he’s truly superb in this movie. [ And it is proof here how Hrithik fares so miserably as an ‘actor’ when compared to him; and I don’t even consider Abhishek a strong actor at all.] Kaushal is frenzy-personified but this movie is Tapsee’s all the way. She ‘owns’ these two – of course I will attest to it that Kashyap has devoted a finely well-etched characterization to Tapsee’s Rumi..
If possible, will write something; else, something from Satyam/Q is assured!
Yes that I did see. He said he was in tears and overwhelmed but wouldn’t say what it was about. That very day he and some Bollywood figures had attended a screening of the film. In any case he’s maintained pin drop silence on the subject throughout. Hasn’t said a word on the film. Did send handwritten notes to the writer, the other two actors, they all talked about it. Not sure if he sent one to Kashyap.
He’s in a catch-22 situation. He’d be criticised if he openly praises Abhishek — but man, in this case it’s more than well deserved.
Everything about Abhishek’s performance is pitch-perfect. The pauses between the lines (his dialogue delivery was never perfect earlier), the maturity in facial expressions (the economy, rather) and just relying on his ‘presence’ to create an impact. It’s a performance worthy of all accolades. A very Mohanlal like performance, if I have to add more.
No doubt Kashyap has a role to play in this but Abhishek can damn well be proud of this one!
On the whole, Manmarziyaan is an all-out entertainer with hit music and lovely performances. It will score very well at the box-office. Ladies and family audiences, besides youth, will patronise the film.
agree totally, the trending is really important. But it does matter if the afternoon and specially evening shows picked up or not because that too indicates trending and looks like they did.
Abhishek I think has certainly achieved his goal here of re-establishing credibility as an actor. But now the film also needs to do well, to get that other half of the equation.
On day one its usually the college kids in the morning and afternoon shows. Those working and with families show up in the evening. From Yakuza’s feedback it looks like that its not too attractive for the young crowd.
Not a fan of Linklater or his ‘Before’ series. I found them all quite juvenile. Anyways, those kind of hollywoodish chick-flicks dont work with indian audience. So I doubt if the youth or the plex audience will go gaga over this.
Between Stree and Manmarziyan I am expecting 30 cr nett business over this weekend. Lets see.
Man those were nothing compared to this. That was personal stuff. This is just incredible. That you’d consider Linklater’s glorious trilogy ‘juvenile’ or a ‘chick flick’. It’s truly appalling. Not trying to be insulting, just shocked..
I don’t think Abhishek lost any credibility as an actor. I think he’s lost a significant amount as a star though. MM goes a long way to showing this again unfortunately.
His film choices post Bol Bachchan have been very poor and he’s gone off the radar. No one can question JBJ (post BNB), Sarkar Raaj (post Sarkar), Delhi 6 (post RDB), Raavan (post Yuva/Guru), KGJJS (post Jodha Akbar), Dum Maro Dum (post Bluffmaster) – these were logical decisions. The directors either gave there best box office performances in their previous films or had success with Abhishek previously. So I don’t question many choices between 06-12 except the odd Game or Players plus Drona.
Where I think he has made a big error is not following the Paa model for himself. He can surely produce films – I mean freaking John Abraham is! Practically everyone is!
Also the 6 films above are kind of (post mortem) neither arthouse or purely commercial. For some reason his films are just not interesting mainstream audiences completely. He had a critical phase in 06/07 when he could have cashed in. 09 with Paa he could have created a new model. 12 with Bol Bachchan again an opportunity. 15 a failed comeback with All is Well. Every 3 years he’s had a chance. This won’t keep happening but then he seems cool and content with his path. All that matters in the end.
What can be a person’s motivation to work if he knows that his almost 80 yr old father will leave behind an estate worth at least 1000crs for his only son?
JrB has tried to the extent that was possible for his skillset, was given more than a fair share of breaks (courtesy BigB off course) as compared to his peers, but was barely able to register a few modest successes.
When faced with middling success, most people born with oral silver spoons hardly kick it up a notch. He can never have the motivation or incentive to work as hard or as smart as even a John Abraham who came from a lower middle class family. John has to keep building up on his modest successes, one brick at a time.
Even a Ranbir knows that he has to work hard, despite being a Kapoor. There just weren’t that many millions left behind by Raj or even will be left by Rishi.
JrB on the other hand knows that there are 1000crs waiting at the end of the rainbow, in about 10-12 yrs max.
To believe that everyone is motivated by the same thing isn’t just cynicism, it’s so cynical as to risk naïveté. Even amongst politicians, much less actors or sportsmen, one can see that motivations are pretty complicated.
I think, and with all due respect to Nykavi, this kind of thinking has deeper roots. The idea that every motivation is at bottom an ‘economic’ one. So much of human history, so many human actions become incomprehensible if you follow this view. Getting back to Abhishek I will also say bluntly that this is a rather shallow if not silly reading. Not a minority view by any means when it comes to contemporary ‘New India’ but that’s another discussion.
I think a sort of complacency sets in when one is too comfortable either with money or without money when one wants to be out of rat race. It also maybe an indication that one does not take something too seriously and enjoy life on one’s own terms. An occassional splash does not mean much. Deepika P has taken a big break inspite of a big success ceding ground for alia and others.
Too much expectations lead to some disappointments among fans besides putting undue pressure on actors. Or on any other professional or businessman or student for that matter.
Sneak peak at the interview … hard to miss the ‘Krishna’ bit.
Episode 3 of Starry Nights 2.Oh! with the one and only Aamir Khan will be telecast on Sunday, September 16, in Thailand and Singapore. Don’t miss it for anything in this world. Why? Take a look at the promo and you won’t ask, ‘’Why?’’ https://t.co/TCsx53Rl1h
Well-researched, well-written, well-made and well-enacted… that's Love Sonia! But it is such a depressing fare that its box-office chances are bleak. Read my review at https://t.co/tUNFqMs84G
No idea. Outcome is difficult to predict. We have seen great teasers and trailers turning out to be average fare and bad/average teasers becoming good/great cinemas.
That 2point0 will remain a hyped movie till its release is a certainty.
I think the teaser has created expectations. I for one was sure this will be a turkey but this might turn out to be a surprise. It will do around 100 cr in Hindi I think even if it is very good but Telugu Tamil Malayalam Kannada and Overseas can take it to 500 crs..
They will need a theatrical trailer focused on Akshay rather than Rajini for this to work in hindi belt. Then maybe 100 cr nett is possible from hindi version.
Rajini films are not working big in south anymore. Lingaa was like Tubelight, Kabali was like Race 3 given all the controversy over fraud BO reporting. Kaala was average in TN, flop in hindi and telegu. So I will be surprised if 2.0 goes crazy in south.
Its a Shankar and Rajni movie…Shankar is a huge brand in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. Even I did record business in Kerala..Shankar brand is big there. So I wont go by what Kaala did…Kaala was affected in its opening due to Rajnis ill advised speeches before the movies release. Here Shankar will command an opening on his own..This will open bigger than Rajnis last 2 movies.
After Endhiran, Shankar had made only one movie – Ai. It was a washout in Hindi. All versions reportedly made 135 cr nett in India on a budget of 100 cr (Endhiran had made 190-220 cr nett in all versions in India depending on whom you believe, on a budget of 160 cr). ‘I’ was called a BO ‘success’ in the end, but was hardly at par with other Shankar hits.
Neither Shankar nor Rajini has delivered a clean hit since Endhiran released 8 years back.
To be confirmed… It’s probably a small film. I think that that Joginder Tuteja made Housefull 4 announcement sound like the biggest thing since sliced bread.
Thugs of Hindostan to be introduced through motion posters
“The first character poster will be out on Tuesday. Looks like Adi, Aamir and Viktor have finalised 6 motion posters featuring 6 key characters of the film. They are keeping this plan close to the chest and no one knows which character will be introduced first. They want to start building the curiosity of the audiences for the trailer through these motion posters. No one has seen the world of Thugs or the outstanding looks of the characters and this out of the box introduction will surely get the buzz on the film to go through the roof,” says a source close to the development.
A source told mid-day, “The final poster will see all the four thugs together. Aamir and Adi want to make a splash on the very first day of promotions. While most films kick off their promotional plan with a teaser, the duo felt that revealing the looks of the characters would make the film a talking point among fans. It will set the stage for the trailer launch that will follow 10 days later.”
On the anvil is also Kaif’s solo song, which is touted to be one of the most expensive numbers coming out of Bollywood. “It is titled Suraiyya Meri Jaan and comes at an interesting juncture in the film. Mounted on a grand scale, it is arguably Katrina’s hottest song to date.”
Aamir Khan shelves his ambitious Mahabharat?
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Says a source in the know, “After weighing all pros and cons, Aamir Khan has decided not to make the Mahabharat. For one it would willy-nilly become controversial. More importantly the scale on which he planned the project was commercially not viable. Also, setting aside five years of his precious time for the Mahabharat meant losing out on doing at least three feature films. So no. No Mahabharat.”
So next its likely to be Mogul, cameo in Kiran’s next and Advait’s FG remake. And maybe 3I sequel with Hirani too within next 5 years. There are already talks of ToH sequel …
I am also relieved. Thought it was being done for a digital platform. Maybe Aamir backed out once Rajamouli became unavailable. Mogul becomes more of a certainty now
Manmarziyan Mitron Love Sonia First day Business
Saturday 15 September 2018 11.30
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New Hindi releases Love Sonia, Manmarziyan and Mitron could not make much of an impact on day one at the box office with the biggest film of the three Manmarziyan outpacing the others by a distance.
Manmarziyan had a low first day with collections of 3.25 crore nett with Delhi NCR and East Punjab doing the best business. The last Abhishek Bachchan solo film All Is Well had grossed 2.37 crore nett and that film was a bit of a disaster.
In this film the music was far better (though not utilized properly) and it had support from younger actors also and has not even done 1 crore nett better and its come three years later. Manmarziyan had some growth in the evening but it was the normal growth that comes in the evening. The collections of the film are similar to Hichki but that film was not targeted at the youth like Manmarziyan.
There should be some growth today but it will be tough road ahead. The film is set in Amritsar and that city has hardly collected 3 lakhs nett so the locals have not even come where the film is set. This happened with another film of the same director when Gangs Of Wasseypur had a Bihar setting and local characters but was a disaster in Bihar.
Mitron had a very poor day as it collected around 40-50 lakhs nett on day one. The film has not even done well in Gujarat where it had better chances. The concept was decent but the audience was juts not interested possibly due to the actors or just lack of awareness.
Love Sonia was the worst of the three with collections in the 25 lakhs nett range. Both Mitron and Love Sonia will also grow but from these low numbers the films hardly have much chance even if they to double up.
Manmarziyan 3.25crr Friday – BOI
This opening kind of kills any chance for the film to emerge success now. Unless it shows huge jumps on Sat/Sun which I doubt will happen. Weekend may hardly do around 14-15crrs now.
#Manmarziyaan has a low Day 1… Started on a dull note in the morning, but picked up towards evening… North circuits were better… Biz will scale upwards on Sat and Sun [a norm these days], but real test will be on weekdays… Fri ₹ 3.52 cr. India biz.
ya marcus. thought seeing the reviews atleast 5 crs would be good reach… now all depends on weekend collections n from there on… next week bgmc is coming so that too will take many screens out from mm.. if it doesn’t does a respectful collection till it’s end then abjr should do very small tight budget script driven movies.. my bet n advice for himvwould be to select action with comedy movie set in rural or small town.. or star in multistar movie with good role of his..
again these should be made with very tight budget.. one thing bothers me to T as why he is not producing n acting in movies in his own production house 🤔🤔🤔🤔
So, before we get into ToH’s promotional over-drive (to be inaugurated by the incorrigible Komal Nahata tomorrow), here is my so-called ‘reasonable’ take on ToH’s BO:
D3 (despite all the bashing and lashing it received) opened at 36 cr in 2013 and went on to make 284 cr all india nett. 5 years later, a similar big opening will amount to 46 cr opening. From there, D3 like trending will take it to 360 cr nett total. I think that is what D3 would do today considering inflation and GST. Its nothing absurd since TZH and Sanju both did something near to this in the last few months.
With Aamir devoting 2 years to ToH (instead of his 6 months spent on D3), i would expect ToH to do 400+ cr.
It is good he had a Dangal in between . Else D3 would have harmed TOH chances . But agree this would also be more on WOM rather than the public going all out in the first three days.
Trailer and the movie better be good. In a way it is good that nothing much is known about the movie. They have kept the buzz alive by just floating rumours on everything under the sun
Trending is more difficult when you are bound to take a real big opening due to hype and nature of the film.
Irrespective of whether it releases on 7th or 8th Nov, I want first sunday (11th Nov) to be comfortably beyond 50 cr nett mark to feel at ease about the trending.
Talking about the promotional campaign of the film, the source added, “The trailer is being worked on currently, and we plan to launch it anywhere between Dussehra and Diwali. Ajay Devgn believes in keeping the marketing campaign short and Total Dhamaal will be no different. The trailer will be introduced to the media and audience in a grand manner, and we also intend to attach it to the prints of Aamir Khan’s Diwali 2018 release, Thugs of Hindostan.”
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What a knockout performance by @tapseepannu in #Manmarziyaan.She inhabits the world of a difficult character and makes her totally credible @vickykaushal09 is 1st rate @juniorbachchan is in fine form Kudos to Kanika Dhillon’s writing and the madness of @anuragkashyap72 direction
they’re providing some occupancy numbers here.. the number did go up in the later shows. Today the numbers look a lot better too but again off that low first day number it will need big jumps today and tomorrow and then remarkable consistency.
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#Manmarziyaan opens in the expected range at the Box-Office – Rakes in Rs 3.52 crore on its opening day and the biz from hereon should escalate at the metros. The film would head towards a healthy weekend in the range of Rs 14 to 16 crore!
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And this Monday will witness the beginning of the marketing campaign of a film that is not just the biggest of 2018 but also the biggest that our industry has seen till date – #ThugsOfHindostan starring @aamir_khan, @SrBachchan, #KatrinaKaif and @fattysanashaikh! BRING IT ON
Javed Akhtar collaborates with Ashutosh Gowariker for their eighth film together… Poetry sessions and brainstorming begins for #Panipat… Stars Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Kapoor and Kriti Sanon.
Stree makers, Dinesh Vijan and Amar Kaushik join hands for the remake of this Marathi film
ByBollywood Hungama News NetworkSep 15, 2018 – 12:31 pm IST
After the stupendous success of Stree, if you are wondering if Dinesh Vijan and Amar Kaushik are planning a return with the sequel, then you may be wrong. Although a sequel is indeed on the cards, the director-producer Jodi is keen on exploring a different subject this time, a rather serious one. The duo is planning to make a film on the tabooed topic of surrogacy and it will be a remake of 2011 Marathi drama Mala Aayi Vhaaychay [I Want To Be A Mother].
Featuring Urmila Kanitkar, Stacy Bee amongst others, the film not only approaches the topic of surrogacy but also the practice of many foreigners coming in search of poor Indian village women as their surrogates. The film throws light on how poverty forces Lavani dancer Urmila to agree to surrogacy under Mary’s persuasion. But after the doctor reveals that the child will be born with medical complications, Mary leaves the pregnant Urmila in a lurch. Years later, the kid, with his mother’s foreign genes is growing up with Urmila as his caretaker and is very fond of his mother. However, a guilt driven Mary returns to find her child and decides to take him away with her. The film deals with the trauma of women and the biggest question – if the child will live with his blood-related mother or the mother who has given birth to him and taken care of him?
Coming back to the Hindi remake, director Amar Kaushik stated that he loves ma-bachchon ki kahani [mother-children stories] and also revealed that this one is based on a true story. He added that the cases came to a practicing lawyer named Samruddhi Porey who practices at Bombay High Court.
Mala Aai Vhaaychay bagged the National Award for the Best Marathi Film in 2011. Producer Dinesh Vijan mentioned that the work on the Hindi remake has already kicked off with his writer Sita Menon working on the script for the past one year. He concluded in reports adding that the story is currently being written taking new surrogacy laws under consideration. The actors for the Hindi version of the film are yet to be finalized.
SCOOP: Akshay Kumar – Vidya Balan to star in R. Balki produced first ever INDIAN SPACE FILM
The film will be about sending a crew of chosen people to Mars.” Further talking about details of the film, the source goes on to add, “The said project is yet to be titled, but it will be directed by Jagan Shakti who has earlier been an associate director on films like Pad Man, Holiday, and Akira to name a few.”
Now we hear that Akshay Kumar is all set to star in what will be the first ever Indian astronaut film that will be produced by R. Balki, Viacom and Akshay.
Precisely why Aamir excused himself out of salute. Also, note how his MB plans got shelved as soon as Shankar delivered a turkey teaser with tacky vfx after spending 75m $ on 2.0.
To be honest I’ve never been too excited about the MB idea anyway. The truly interesting film on the subject would be hard to pull off in the current environment. The lesser film would be great entertainment but I personally expect more from Aamir than just a BB version of MB. When you tackle this sort of epic you should try and create something for the ages. But with the budget that would be involved here it would be hard to take too many risks. Of course I’ll show up for Aamir at the theater either way but none of the currently rumored projects excite me. I think at this point in time he should really take on something like Lagaan. Not that film but something epic for the ages, a period piece of some sort. I really wish he had been completely in charge of TOH. In fairness to him he’s probably learnt from the MP experience. If you make an authentic film the risks are greater (even though any such thing would be safe with him, just on the initial), and the stuff everyone else pulls where it’s really all about hype, making a killing in the first week or two and running away, isn’t his style. It’s one thing to act in these films for other production outfits, he would never make this sort of thing on his own. Because otherwise he’s really attempted everything in site from small films to the biggest ones. From Lagaan through TOH an incredible journey to say the least. But there is really nothing left to do in the existing Bollywood system. The smaller Talaash-like stuff is still worthwhile, anything with a true prestige director like Mehra would be ok too, you probably never want to say no to Hirani but really he should now do something defining once again. He has such unique and unquestioned box office credibility at the moment he should put this capital to use for something special. Mogul doesn’t quite cut it for me, nor does MB (for the reasons I just described). But there’s still so much that could be explored in an ambitious production. Really hope he does something of this sort. There’s really nothing left for him to prove otherwise, he can keep adding big hits but he could really be covering new ground.
TOH seems a halfway house between a Lagaan type epic and a D3 out and out commercial film (that is just purely box office). The issue is the director – I don’t mind that it’s YRF as if they had an in-house director of ROM’s ability it would be fine. Unfortunately we haven’t seen enough of the good things from VKA to bank on this being an epic film.
This is a bit in the Eklavya field of script it feels and that film was promising but it had VVC as director. There aren’t a pool of directors who have this skill it seems.
I don’t think there is an Eklavya-like danger here but you’re on the money on the Lagaan-D3 thing. The other way to see it is that you can make a masala epic or you can do the more Hollywood low key version. BB was the former. Lagaan is the latter. Both completely appropriately. If you do Lagaan like a masala epic you won’t do as much justice to the subject and the opposite wouldn’t work with BB at all. With TOH the former option has to be chosen as much as possible. You can have the great set pieces and so on (they were working on a huge ship set in Malta at one point) but there has to be masala glue here. Or emotionally pitched at those registers. To be fair you can do this one in somewhat more low key mode as well but then it would have to be a very strong script. In a way this was the issue with D3. Or the reason it didn’t satisfy people like the first two ones. Those are ‘stupid’ films not pretending to be anything more. But here with the more masala script (the two brothers etc) it became harder for the film to do double duty. They couldn’t have gone more masala than they did because that’s not what the genre is about. But by raising these elements they also couldn’t just do business as usual. Again this isn’t just a Yashraj or Acharya problem. Bollywood just doesn’t have people anymore who really understand some of these genres. In the South it’s a very different story. But then Bollywood also refuses to hire people from the South. There’s a reason Aamir worked with the original director for Ghajini! No one in Bombay could have directed Ghajini the way it was meant to be made and we see the results in all the other masala attempts. On that note Yashraj’s Shamshera with Ranbir is a case in point. Hard to pull off ‘designer masala’ (leaving aside the fact that Ranbir seems unsuited for this terrain.. though this might be masala-comedy)!
The political angle notwithstanding, I think Aamir knows he cant invest 1000-1500 cr on production budget for first MB film itself to ensure vfx is not as tacky as Rajamouli or Shankar’s films. Going by the current business scenario of big budget bollywood films, its not a feasible proposition at this point.
There is no other reason to explain why MB gets shelved right after 2.0 teaser gets released. The co-incidence is too convenient to ignore.
When you are trying to mash Lagaan in Acharya/YRF’s overblown masala melodrama style, its difficult to expect the overall texture to be any better than D3.
Only silver lining is that Aamir had supervised the reworking of Acharya’s initial script (that was offered to hrtitk) and then has devoted 2 years fully to the execution of the same. So the narrative may turn out to be better than D3.
BB films had gripping narrative (within the limitations of masala mishmash) – ToH can perhaps turn out to be like that. Stunts may still be like men flying around with tacky vfx work, the dramatic moments may well be reaching heights of melodrama, or the dialogues may be as corny as in southern masala. It is an everything goes scenario when you try to combine the brains of Lagaan, Tashan and Dhoom 3.
Hearing such good things about #Manmarziya @juniorbachchan @taapsee @vickykaushal09 @anuragkashyap72
It’s so rare when everyone, the media,our fraternity, the audience,everyone wants a film to do well.
Great Going Guys.
(Am shooting so gonna catch it on my next break)
this isn’t an exaggeration, I too have been surprised by how overwhelmingly positive it’s been in this sense. Would be amazed if this didn’t translate into real numbers and trending.
After an unprecedented run at the BO and seeing the response to the Hindi version, #AvengersInfinityWar is being re-released in India in *only Hindi version* on 2 Oct 2018 across the country.
#ThugsOfHindostan official logo on Monday and motion posters introducing the lead characters from Tuesday onwards… Let's begin the countdown for the most exciting cinema of the year!!
for once I think the film will live up to the hype. I mean in terms of breaking all records initially. The rest of course depends on the film. In other words don’t think this is the kind of film that is possible to overhype.
MB is such an interesting concept to go full fledged and appeal to an all India audience but people will be scared to touch it by a mile because we have idiots in power who are ready to get offended at every single chance. But the joke is on even bigger idiots who support the government even on this forum 😝
When it comes to star actors I really think Its high time SRK gets his hit. In his past few films he has delivered good performances even in less than average films. In favt it won’t be wrong to say that him along withAbhishek are the best star actors who are performing very well when others have consistently been strictly average
On the contrary, Srk’s facial contortions look much worse on his wrinkled and aged face. It is this Dorian Grey phenomenon that is causing his films to flop left and right. He is definitely the best star-overactor of his generation while his buddy Salman is the best star-nonactor. For the rest of it, here is a cartoon straight on the money:
Just finished watching Manmarziyan.
Manamaziyan = HDDCS + Sex – Journey of female character for change of heart
It is anurag kashyap’s version of hddcs same of Dev D was his of Devdas.
I dont understand what Tapsee change her mind suddenly, Full Second half of HDDCS focuses on this journey throughout, and that makes it beautiful. This movie focuses only on sex.
Have you watched the film? If so, tell me what made her change her mind in just one scene unlike HDDCS which takes whole second half for this transformation, and here her decision and acts were not convincing. Even their finale walk and talk doesnt explain anything, though she mentions she finds him hot now.
@anuragkashyap72 @juniorbachchan Really liked Manmarziyaan. It’s structurally and tonally a very interesting film. In a very precise sense there are Godardian traces in your [Anurag] effort but at another level it is also somewhat reminiscent of Rathnam’s late mode. Even otherwise one of your best films (in some ways it offers an intriguing and instructive contrast with the superb Mukkabaaz). In a longer note perhaps I’ll quibble with the last minute of the film and offer friendly debate on some other aspects of the work. Abhishek, truly appreciated your pause and poise here. A very assured performance where you strike a very delicate balance throughout. Of course I loved all the actors but to my mind Taapsee (who has one of the very significant female performances in Hindi film history here) and you are the film’s contrapuntal forces. Hers drives the energy of the film, she’s electric throughout, Vicky Kaushal wonderfully keeps up with her, but it is ultimately your contained economy that is as necessary to the film, that anchors its wild drives somehow. It’s very difficult to pull off a role where you somehow have to resist the film’s more naturally chaotic energies. And certainly the change of pace, the transitions, are skillfully handled as a directorial matter. There is simply too much else to say here. Ultimately an auteur’s work in a commercial format and therefore equally one that reconfigures everything. A lot to admire but enough to argue with as well. This will have been my shorter preface to that longer note!
5 crore would be a more ‘hopeful’ number for Sat. But here’s the thing, it either needs to show a much more significant jump on Sun or remain very stable at a somewhat lower level.
Looking at the reports it is not going to sustain from Monday onwards. Even 25 cr life time seems to be an uphill task now. Abhishek should concentrate on production rather than acting.I think he is good at that as he handled Paa smartly.
Surprised to see why random tweets of some fans are being posted here jto analyse boxoffice performance of films. These guys have no source and they are throwing the numbers without any proper research. I think by posting such random tweets crediablity of this blog is being eroded either knowingly or unknowingly..Hope admins will take note of it and stop the practice henceforth.
A valid criticism that holds for Abhishek (and Ranbir too) is that perhaps due to being born with silver-spoon they dont have the motivation to become producers, which is a lot of more work and effort than acting (in case of Abhishek) or parading as a star-heart-throb (in case of Ranbir).
‘ Abhishek should concentrate on production rather than acting’
Performances of all actors are great in this film, direction is godd too though not great. Music is good. But, Energy should be focused on better story. Such unfriendly to family audience movies have no chance at boxoffice just like all Anurag kashyap movies.
Why Indian movies character are so alienating, so European that Indians cant connect.
In search of being realistic, Some directors just portray so negative and disgusting characters as lead, that people wont accept and their movies keep failing at bo. I dont think Kashyap or Vishal bhardwaj ever gave a genuine hit in their life.
We cant club them together. VB is more content oriented and relatively less quirky. I liked many VB films. I watched only BV on TV and that too because of Ranbir. Watched parts of GOW. Will try to watch this also when it comes on tv and write about it.
Why Indian movies character are so alienating, so European that Indians cant connect.
In search of being realistic, Some directors just portray so negative and disgusting characters as lead, that people wont accept and their movies keep failing at bo.
This is an issue I could foresee. The movie doesn’t judge its characters but the viewers will!
Unapologetic feminism, I thought, will restrict the film’s base to a very select audience.
62.5 cr for SS, 22.5 cr for Manmarziyan – this is the aukaad of indian audience to absorb feminism in modern india. All the pseudo-stuff like Dangal, Padman or Toilet can do well though …
VDW is also abt pseudo-feminism or lets say opportunistic feminism. Domestic violence is targeted towards women as far as my knowledge and experience goes …
And Dangal is a biopic. Whats your problem with Dangal which had a different kind of theme of girls taking to sports at the behest of their strict father?
In Dangal, Padman and Toilet you have a ‘man’ promoting feminism. It works for indian audience. In SS, you have a girl and her mother fighting for a better ‘free’ life. Such ‘feminist’ stance is hardly acceptable to the indian audience. If Kashyap shows Pannu as a truly liberated woman (not VWD type fluffy stuff), then it will hurt more sentiments than find much appreciation. That is the state of feminism in current India.
Not as a fan. But you are completely wrong with your analysis. Here I am not defending Mela! Or Fanaa! though I liked the latter for the unusual pair and songs.
You are forgetting many smaller movies like Lipstick under my Burkha. You cannot expect superhit business from such films and start blaming the audience.
It is laughable that you are comparing SS which had a completely different premise with MM. MM is more about confusion than any life threatening feminist problem! And SS had only aamir rooting like mad while MM is backed by the entire film industry and KRK.
LOL … you just cant take anything negative on Dangal because its Aamir’s best film. But Dangal its not without its flaws. Legit essays can be written and argued why its not. But that was not even my point! Ironical?
I was talking about what kind of feminism is acceptable to indian audience by large, and Dangal’s BO numbers exemplifies it. You read comments from ‘indian’ johns and if you still cant figure out what i am referring to, then just keep praising Aamir and dont bother to reply to my comments.
Whether he does Mogul or not, i really dont care. Well choosing MB would have shown some ambition, but its obvious he just wants less risky hits in more numbers at this point. The pathetic state of indian vfx work does not help either.
ToH can get tons of criticism for me (depending on how it turns out to be). Ignoring them by thinking I am saying it because he MAY do Mogul … well that is your prerogative.
Jeeves – If you can read, I grouped Dangal with Padman and Toilet because they all have a Man preaching feminism. Never said they are all equally good films, did I?
One thing I admire about Jeeves is his consistency. Being a great fan is not a crime. Flaws are everywhere and inspite of flaws a film should be a good experience to savour. And making fun of others is not in good taste. It is Jeeves’s goodness that he is not retaliating in the same coin. Make your point but dont make personal comments and make fun of others calling them narrow minded and make other insinuations. The comment shows what you become when others point flaws in your argument.
Sanjana – Pointing flaws in arguments is actually welcomed.
BUT talking nonsense WITHOUT even reading the comment properly or understanding the context, need not be encouraged, unless you want constant drivel in a blog. In such scenarios its better you restrict yourself as you said. No point in arguing without understanding …
And sorry if i disagree with your ‘let it be’ policy for disgusting male chauvinistic sexist comments left by some members in this blog, like the one I referred to.
I have said this before, it is a shame that such stuff is ignored by owners/moderators in the name of liberalism. Sad state of affairs, unless you actually agree with such comments.
No any other film for Shah Rukh Khan this year… He apparently doesn't want to take up any shoot before #Zero releases… His #Salute, earlier planned to roll from October, has been delayed and will now go on floors only next year!! https://t.co/76gAM8HDA4
I sort of saw this coming given that they had random shooting schedules even in August. This means they messed up Zero and it will most likely be a flop now regardless of when it releases. I think SRK interfered too much and diluted Anand Rai’s orignal vision, because there were way too many foreign location filming schedules for an Anand Rai film. Delayed SRK movies in the recent past have been ones that are VFX heavy flops (i.e. Ra. 1 and FAN).
Sad, I thought this film would be the one that gives SRK some sort of comeback. Looks like we will have to wait even longer for SRK and Abhishek to bounce back!
Oh wow I completely did not read this correctly lol it’s saying that Salute’s filming has been postponed to next year, not Zero’s release date, whoops.
It really does seem no one cares about an SRK release now, at least none if the current crop of actors.. SRK’s BO clout has exposed himself in front of his peers
The reality is since Son of Sardaar clashed somewhat successfully with JTHJ (a Yash Chopra film) it has shown that competition is no longer afraid. Bhansali’s Bajrao Maatani continued it and Sultan would have but Raees shifted. He can no longer do the OSO/Saawariya savagery through the media. A guy like Devgnn seems fearless and happy to take him on.
Yes, OSO was the last time that SRK could dictate terms based on his BO clout and make competition suffer. But hey, that was 10 years back! Since then he had been playing catch up game with his overdose of fake PR news and numbers. And after a while he started delivering so much trash (read HNY) that he soon became irrelevant. Zero will further add to his plight.
Since Badshah (1999), he deliberately chose to stick to that title as his PR alias. Now 20 years later ‘Zero’ will unintentionally get stuck to his name … and perhaps forever. And frankly he derves it. “Only sex and SRK sells in India”, right?
It is not like that tonymontana. If you analyse Srk’s career, you’ll find clashes faced by him since early 90’s. He has delivered biggest hits of his career in clashes only. Have you forgotten when he took shit out of Bachchan and Govinda during KKHH vs BMCM clash? JTHJ had a sizeable lead over SOS despite being a crap/ boring movie. Yes, Dilwale had lesser nos compared to BM but still check the opening where it crushed BM..Had the content being good, that would have destroyed BM completely.If you see worldwide boxoffice collection, then Dilwale was a clear winner.
Srk has always faced clashes and there is nothing new or you can’t project it as if its due to lack of Boxoffice clout. And don’t worry about Golmal and Simba releasing around zero..Golmal is releasing on 7th December and Simba won’t come on 28th and thats 100% sure.So relax and enjoy all these film without any bias.
LOL Saket don’t waste your time. Easy to suss out what’s going on here. Mission Kashmir, Indian? It’s all academic, people tend to remember the marathon winner i.e. KKHH & BM in these things.
And #Stree hits a century… Crosses ₹ 💯 cr mark… [Week 3] Fri 2.14 cr, Sat 3.76 cr. Total: ₹ 101.43 cr. India biz… This one’s a LOTTERY for its investors.
Day Two Manmarziyan
Sunday 16 September 2018 11.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Manmarziyan showed good growth of around 50% on day two as it collected 4.75 crore nett but it should really have been more considering the first day was low. Despite doing its business in Delhi NCR and East Punjab the collections are not really as strong as they should be. In Delhi city its certain multiplexes collecting well and in East Punjab its mainly Gurgaon which is giving close to one third of the business in the circuit.
The first two day busines of Manmarziyan is as follows:
Friday – 3,25,00,000
Saturday – 4,75,00,000
TOTAL – 8,00,00,000 apprx
Marcus ..be sure Simba won’t come on 28th. Don’t expect more information in this case from me..You can take screenshot of my comment for record and reference. Total Dhmaal release date is 7th December not 14th..In case it really comes on 14th still it won’t harm zero as Total Dhamaal is not a big deal like Golmal Franchise.
Saket ..lol kch b..KKHH was a hurricane at boxoffice from day one and BMCM struggled in front of it. You should check facts before commenting like this..When i mention facts i dont mean Jayshah’s boxoffice column or Yakuza’s bollybusiness.
Jay Shah. Indian was a winner against Asoka and nobody is denying that. Mission Kashmir and Mohabatein took almost equal opening but after weekend it was Mohabatein that came out as clear winner. That is the only clash which Srk lost whereas he has won all other clashes whenever happened. If you analyse Amir’s career and see whenever he has clashed with other actors, he has lost.
Not that I want to re-engage in these stale debates over here but BMCM had the bigger week 1 against KKHH. The latter of course was the bigger grosser by far eventually but not in week 1.
Better option would have been had you provided a link from any geniune source in support of your comment.I asked Saket for the same if you read my comment.
Anurag Kashyap and Amit Trivedi may be the most exciting collaborators today in terms of not just the music but the WAY it is used in a film. The first time, "Dariya" is used in Vicky's context. The second version, more muted, is used wrt Robbie. #Manmarziyaan
So Noida plex data was somewhat representative, Manmarziyan did 5 cr nett yesterday.
#Manmarziyaan witnesses a healthy 45.17% growth on Day 2, although after a low Day 1, the jump in biz should’ve been higher… North circuits are performing better… Fri 3.52 cr, Sat 5.11 cr. Total: ₹ 8.63 cr. India biz.
Who would have thought that oneday John Abraham’s movie against the strong competitor hava a bigger opening day then Abhishek ‘s 3.5* reviewed movie’s weekend. Being a Abhi fan it pains me. But I have one grouse against Abhishek. He didn’t show stomach to fight.
I can get your feeling totally. Even I do wonder sometimes. He is not that bad an actor, to have (almost) no work these days. There are plenty out there, who are so worse, when compared to him. Yes, we have the Tiger Shroffs and John Abraham donning the Hero’s roles these days, but not that man. To be honest and fair to him, you do feel bad for him.
But having said so, with all due respect to the man, I would also maintain, that though he is a good actor, he really did miss the zing to be cast as a hero, who can single-handedly carry a role and bring success to the movie. No matter how big a fan you are of him, you simply do have to agree to this. Yes, he has the height, the physique and the voice to be a hero, but that extra something, which you need is just not there in him. That is why, even being so long in the industry, he hasn’t been able to carve out a niche for himself! As a result of which the directors can’t put their faith on him totally! Sigh!
But he did have a bright start. With films like Refugee, Guru, Bunty Aur Babli, Sarkar, he was in the limelight for all the right reasons.
But that didn’t last long. You can blame a number of factors for this.
His decisions – It is a well known fact that Abhishek Bachchan turned down the role played by Saif Ali Khan in the movie Dil Chahta Hai. Not that, saif has made it real big in the industry, but yes he has a better presence, you can say, when compared to Abhishek. Not that just by acting in the movie, would have made Abhishek, a superstar, but yes definitely, a good role there would have surely opened up so many opportunities for him, right at the start of his career. He definitely can rue this one, as a missed opportunity.
His legacy – The legacy that he carries is definitely very hard to bear. Being the only son of Amitabh Bachchan definitely puts added pressure on him. The expectation that everybody has had on him over the years, just due to this fact, has seriously not helped him. To be honest, he has always been shadowed by Senior Bachchan. Also it has to be pointed out that his mother is Jaya Bachchan, a lead-actress of her time, herself. So definitely, not an easy thing having the lead man and lady of Bollywood, as your mother.
His wife – Well, definitely, if you have Aishwarya Rai, as your wife, you will definitely be taken away from the limelight, when you are together (Of course, if you are not Tom Cruise yourself). And that is what has exactly happened with Abhishek Bachchan, I’m afraid. Wherever, he goes around (in Cannes, for example) he is looked upon as ‘the husband of Aishwarya Rai, sadly. Doesn’t really help him when you can’t steal the show on your own and you need your wife’s identity to recognize yourself.
The above points coupled with the one, which I mentioned above (lack of the real personality of a hero, a real showstopper, has really dented Abhishek’s career, I’m afraid.
So these days, we find him doing stuffs like these –
Owning Teams – He owns the ISL Team – Chennaiyin FC and Pro Kabaddi League Team – Jaipur Pink Panthers.
Coaching Football Team – He was recently made the coach of the Crickets Vs Actors Football Match, which they play these days to collect funds. Sadly, here also he could not fit into the team.
Watching Cricket Matches – When the above matches are not happening, he is seen frequently at the Wankhade Stadium cheering for the home teams – India/Mumbai Indians.
That’s sad to see, believe me, for an actor like him… I feel it, really!
The main problem has always been the poor choices of projects.
After Bol Bachan, right when he should have made the next step and sign a good solo film he signed D3, H3 and HNY. He was completely side-lined in these films. And when he opted for a single hero project, the choice was AIW. The latter took years in the making and was an awful film.
So, any positive momentum gained from Bol Bachan was completely lost.
There have been some real misfires as well earlier. I can understand his thinking behind signing films like Delhi 6, KHJJS or Players. But what the hell was he doing in films like Game or Drona?
Sarkar Raj was another weird one. The first Sarkar was about building him up to take over his father’s legacy. He should have been the focal point of the 2nd film.
How the Bachans accepted him being sacrificed is still mind boggling. It looked like a complete misfire.
I don’t think it’s a problem of personality. Films like B&B, Guru, Sarkar and Bulffmaster showed that he can work well as a main hero. He had talent. He was lean, tall and looked dashing.
But he has been making the wrong choices. He hasn’t really looked after himself well enough after some point. That unshaven look has not really worked as well. Watch him in AIW and watch him in Bluffmaster. It’s not only about ageing.
Completely agree with you on Sarkar Raj: it made no sense, and shows RGV doesn’t even understand what “sequel” or “franchise” means. I can only say that in this case RGC sacrifices the son (and the first Sarkar film) at the altar of the father. While patriarchy’s male victims are far far better off than its female ones on average, this film (perhaps I should say the making of this film) reminds us that they do exist…
1- I don’t think even Ajay devgan has that X factor but he is doing OK.
2- Sunny paa ji also has legacy issue though Dharmendra is not as big as Big B still Sunny paa ji did great.
Don’t think Abhi will make it big as a solo hero but few things are there which no one can snatch from him. He is a good human being with a great and cracking sense of humour and down to earth person. Best of luck to him. Love u Jr B. (Not in Dostana way.)😁😀
No One Lives in the House of Films
The last studios in Mumbai face the inevitability of irrelevance. A look back at their glorious past.
The year was 1953. The city of Bombay ended at Bandra. What is Andheri today was then considered a no-man’s land. On a fine day with clear skies, Kamal Amrohi, then in his 40s, drove down for a survey of the estate that he had been lucky to acquire from a well-wisher. He parked his car near the last habitable spot close to the Holy Spirit Hospital, and, holding his teenage daughter by her hand, followed a narrow trail up a hillock. Surveying the acres of untamed land that lay beyond, he turned to Rukhsar and said, “This is where I will build my studio. This barren land will flourish and bloom like an emperor’s garden.”
Such a great read, I encourage everyone to read this.
Sad to see such great studios close, memories lost but I guess it’s all part of a life cycle. We will all go one day too, I think the least we can do is do something in life where some (besides family members) will remember us, think of us positively. That’s how you know you have made some difference in this world.
Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. From its directors to its actors, people are leaving the film midway making it difficult for the film to release on the scheduled date. Now the reports suggest that its producer Sujay Kutty has been sacked.
Filmybeat reported that the budget of Manikarnika was suddenly increased from Rs 70 crore to Rs 100 crore, and thereafter, Zee Studios business head Sujay Kutty was sacked from the company for giving greenlight to the project to go on floors. Apparently, the extended budget is being used for the reshoot of the scenes that Kangana is directing.
Kangana Ranaut often finds herself in one controversy after another these days. It has also been said that she has little support among the top rung of stars, quite a few of who, she has rubbed the wrong way. However, there is one A-lister who admires Kangana and her ways. And it’s none other than Aamir Khan!
Apparently, Aamir Khan loves Kangana for her guts to stand up for her beliefs. “Apparently, Aamir has let it be known how much he admires Kangana for her guts to stand up for her convictions. The Dangal superstar says he sees a lot of himself in Kangana.
She in turn feels empowered by his support. In fact we will hear of a project featuring them very soon,” says a source.
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So good to have your peers call you and talk to you about your film. From across languages and across the country . Last time it happened was not even GOW. It was Dev.D . Thank you 🙏🏼
Have seen manmarziyan yesterday, last Abhishek film I have seen was bol bachchan in 2012, though he is my favorite, between these two films four films of him have released, according to me they were bad choices by him, I was very disappointing. Now, come to manmarziyan, it is zero error movie, & masterpiece. Everybody associated with the movie have given their best, be it Amit trivedi, Anurag Kashyap, Kanika dhillon & star cast. From very first scene film is absorbing, along with lead characters, each character is remarkable be it Darji, Abhishek’s mom, marriage beuro agent, dancing girls etc, & Anurag has extacted brilliant performance from each character, camera work is such exceptional that Amritsar becomes the main protagonist of the movie. If you omit a.r. raheman, Amit trivedi is the best music director we have right now. He is sheer genius, & delivered the best album of 2018. All the songs are excellent. Amit trivedi & Anurag combo is the most exciting combo. Shelly’s lyrics are awesome. Now comes to main lead actors, Vicky Kaushal is extremely talented & versatile, right now, he is going through the golden phase of his career, taapsee Pannu is like volcano, her energy level is unmatchable. She is new find of Bollywood. Now, comes to Abhishek bachchan, he is coming back after 2 years, never have doubt about his capability & acting talent. He has given many memorable performance in past, I have always reservation about his selection of movies in past, many films he has done in the past are avoidable, but for this time he has selected right movie & director & as Robbie he has given stupendous performance, one of the best from him, he is nearer to perfect in this movie. On the whole it is masterpiece from genius called Anurag Kashyap.
One hour six minutes of solid talk on one issue — drought relief through watershed management — no bullshitting, no interruptions from any self important puffed up journo. Ravish Kumar is a respectful mediaman. Hats off to both participants. And the few questions taken at the conclusion — meaningful . Aamir of course — he takes up any issue, be it films or drought relief — and follows it with full passion and conviction. This is the reason he is one of my favourite Indians.
VHP, RSS will NOT be happy with THUGS of HINDUSTAN; since they will want to DIS-ASSOCIATE themselves from any ‘thuggery’ , thanks to their ‘revisionist’ history ailment..They would rather go with Hindoostan..
‘I am taking about Indian vs Asoka clash being only clash that he lost’
Such short memory, He lost many in 90s.
After 2000-
What about 1) Dilwale vs BM
2) Indian vs Asoka?
And If one considers CE vs OUTIMD clash, then JHMS and Toilet was clash too.
There are so many movies did well like Aitraaz, SOS while releasing with Srk movies.
while all of these Srk movies were always bigger release size, bigger budget and very high stakes. In those terms, SOS was clean hit while JTHJ wasnt. Aitraaz was more profitable than VZ.
From 90s-
1) Guddu and Oh Darling Ye Hai India vs Hum Dono (August 11, 1995) – This remains the only instance of two SRK movies releasing on the same date. Alas, neither could compete with ‘Hum Dono’ – a movie starring Rishi Kapoor and Nana Patekar – which clocked up Rs 6.06 crore in India. In response, ‘Guddu’ could manage only Rs 2.54 crore, while ‘Oh Darling Ye Hai India’ fared even worse, totting up just Rs 1.77 crore.
2) English Babu Desi Mem vs Bandit Queen (January 26, 1996) – After the massive success of ‘DDLJ’, in October 1995, SRK had become a force to reckon with, but he soon came unstuck when the much-hyped ‘English Babu Desi Mem’ tanked at the box-office. (Rs 3.78 crore). In contrast, the off-beat and controversial ‘Bandit Queen’ set the cash registers ringing and earned Rs 14 crore in India.
3) Ye Lamhe Judaai Ke vs Masti (April 9, 2004) –
Perhaps no clash between movies starring big stars has been as one-sided as this one in last 17 years. SRK was at the pinnacle of his career when ‘YLJK’ released and halted his imperious march at the box-office. The movie had been in the making for close to 8 years and it expectedly looked stale. But given the fact that SRK was on a roll – his last three movies had been hits – trade expected ‘YLJK’ to pull through. As it happened, it turned out to be the biggest disaster of SRK’s career. The film managed a mind-bogglingly paltry Rs 57 lakh. The multi-starrer ‘Masti’ was lapped up by the audience and hoovered up Rs 20.28 crore.
4) Maya Memsaab vs Waqt Hamara Hai-
On July 2 1993, Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar clashed for the first time at the box office. Maya Memsaab was a woman oriented niche art movie with star cast toplined by Farooq Sheikh and Raj Babbar whereas Waqt Hamaara Hai was as commercial as it gets, also known to bring together the hit pairing of Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty for the first time on the silver screen. Akshay Kumar starrer won the battle here. But then you can’t really call Maya Memsaab a Shah Rukh Khan starrer.
And if Going by BOI’s definition of stardom, BMCM opened way bigger than KKHH. Also, Mohabbatein opened less than Mission Kashmir.
OUATIMD and CE were both scheduled for Eid 2013. That’s when SRK begged Jeetendra to change the dates for OUATIMD. So Jeetendra convinced Ekta to push that movie to 15 Aug release. Akshay, so called superstar was a bystander in all this with no voice. Later Ekta blamed SRK for failure of OUATIMD.
Paramount/Viacom Inc.’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout earned another $2.315 million (-40%) to bring its domestic cume up to $216.135m. That puts the Christopher McQuarrie-directed sequel ahead, in unadjusted grosses, of John Woo’s Mission: Impossible II ($215m in 2000). That makes Fallout Tom Cruise’s second-biggest domestic earner behind Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds ($235m in 2005). And it has earned $544.8m overseas, including $162m in China, for what is now a $761m global cume. Yeah, inflation (and 3D bumps overseas) notwithstanding, it’s going to race past Fast & Furious 6 ($788m in 2013) by the end. Expect Mission: Impossible – The Big Balloon Adventure in a few summers.
‘Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota’ wins audience choice award at Toronto film festival
Vasan Bala’s film was the first Indian title to be selected for the Midnight Madness category.
Rishi Kapoor and Juhi Chawla… The popular jodi to star in a family comedy… Sony Pictures Intl Prod India and MacGuffin Pictures announce their first collaboration… Directed by debutant Hitesh Bhatia, who has co-written the film with Supratik Sen… Filming begins in Delhi.
#Manmarziyaan has a low weekend… Although the biz saw good growth on Day 2 [45.17%], it didn’t grow much on Day 3 [11.55%]… Weekend biz should’ve been higher due to the popular genre and music… Fri 3.52 cr, Sat 5.11 cr, Sun 5.70 cr. Total: ₹ 14.33 cr. India biz.
Abhishek And SRK are having the same problem now. They just can’t get the audience to buy tickets to their movies. Ofc SRK is having this problem at a higher level. Another one in the same boat is Saif. Although I wonder what the effect of Sacred Games will be on his box office prospects. I feel like he’s regained a part of that multiplex audience. Maybe a Netflix show before the next film is the way to go for Abhishek?
Srk’s only hope is to make a good movie with good WOM for the first time in a decade and I think he can hit 200 again. If Zero flops, he’s just asking to be bashed with jokes with a title like that…
There is disinterest it seems. Though I don’t think MM is a bad film at all. It’s worth a watch. I haven’t seen JHMS and nor have I met anyone who likes it – and NO chance I will watch it.
It must be the worst feeling as an actor that your film and performance gets praised but it doesn’t translate at the box office.
On the whole it’s got good reviews. The 07-12 phase has done permanent damage on Abhishek at least commercially speaking as a solo star. As an actor he’s still got it.
SRK is still in a better position. History is on his side as a box office star. Zero is obviously crucial as a standalone film but following TOH and 2.0 it’s even more critical he comes out of it with at least 200 Cr. Otherwise he’ll be continuing his descent at a quicker pace.
It hurts him more to have taken a break around 3 years back right when he was going through a bad phase. Makes a comeback even tougher. Ask Akshaye Khanna.
The best thing would have been to remain relevant and hope something like Bol Bachan comes up eventually and then build again from it while avoiding the previous mistakes.
I don’t think John Abraham is a model of great choices in any way. But look at what he did. He kept signing films and kept sticking to a genre where he can be accepted. There were loads of flops out there but he kept working, remained constant and relevant until something eventually worked. Consistency (even if does not translate into advancing too much) is much better than a huge downwards slide.
This is what Abhishek was doing as well in his pre-2005 phase. He kept trying until success came. Once you stop being relevant, it becomes way tougher except if you are a huge star.
It’s going to be difficult to come back now. I hope he makes the right choices now.
This is no fairytale ending IMO. But seriously MM is a good watch but it’s not something Indian audiences lap up at all. I wouldn’t blame them too much either. The ball really is in the film industry’s court not the other way round. There’s a history of good films that don’t find the audience they deserve and vice versa but if you are seeking the box office results you need to make those choices and sacrifices. Critics have given a thumbs up – what more can they do plus social media.
And John Abraham is a perfect example. The guys a totally wooden actor who has found (temporary) success. He’ll not all of a sudden an A list superstar. He’s found a niche space to play in. Abhishek can totally do this but I seriously doubt it as if it were to happen it in all likelihood would have already (that’s the statistician in me speaking).
I think the right comparison point is Shoojit Sirkar’s October starring Varun Dhawan — a hugely popular ‘star’ according to box office portals. That film opened with collections of 4.25 crores but had good growth over the weekend, which implies more favorable reception. But the key point to note is the opening — not too different from Manmarziyan!
It ended up with collections of 39 crores. That’s the upper limit of such films.
Yes very fair comparison. October had a good first week (north of 25 Cr) but didn’t sustain beyond so I do agree such films have a ceiling and can be very ‘personal’ IMO – rather polarized in audience reception. MM’s first week will be 20-22 Cr range max probably and I think 35 Cr is (like Marcus corrected me) looking like a tall order. 30 Cr will be it’s likely result.
But MM has had a lot more favourable reviews & media on it compared to October!
I think it’s a failure of economics rather than the genre. There are enough data points for filmmakers to budget their films accordingly. If one is aware of the upper limit for a particular genre, then that sets the budget — the remuneration for stars and everyone else.
If the film ends up making more than the upper limit, which in 99% of the cases will not happen, then everyone should get a cut out of the profits. That way everyone’s happy because no one loses money.
“..failure of economics..” : Absolutely, and ergo my point about silver spoons and estates. If JrB finds himself boxed in the sub-40cr BO category, no one will pay him more than a basic compensation for his appearance. That might perhaps be 2-3cr I assume. Now, he definitely ought to be making more than that just by managing his Dad’s 1000cr portfolio (ie his future estate). So why in the world would he spend all the time chasing those 2-3crs. Even if he were to produce the movie, given all the risks, he just might double that compensation. Whereas a most conservative 5% return on his estate gives him 50cr every year.
But more importantly, these celebrities make money in spades through a few one-time events; and squander it all just because they have no clue on how to manage it. BigB learnt it the hard way by squandering all his wealth away in the 90s, precisely because he did not manage it all himself. He might not even know how to manage, and perhaps even be asking JrB to help him do that now. Fortunately for him, he just has to sneeze and he gets at least 20-25 lakhs for doing so. Every second of his time will fetch him a return; so he will keep standing in front of cameras till he can actually manage to stand on his feet! And he will keep enhancing that estate in the process, bit by bit by bit. But the management of the entire sum requires time and talent.
Why doesn’t Aamir sign films right n left anymore? Especially now after the humongous returns he received from Dangal and SS? He has at least 500crs in the kitty (conservatively, perhaps much more). Just to manage all that takes a lot of time. Even he understands that nothing short of a 50cr return on every movie of his is worth his time now.
SRK has managed it shrewdly, and so he does not care if a movie makes 100cr or not. He may have an internal ego that remains to be satiated, but all his energy aside, he too might not have motivation anymore.
Sallu on the other hand makes it and blows it and has perhaps the most need to keep churning these potboilers for some more time.
@NyKavi – if Abhishek doesn’t care AT ALL – he must be the greatest actor ever! To turn up on sets day in day out, act as though he cares not just in front of people he meets but do double duty also in front of the camera. Must be hard work whilst thinking about all that interest dad is earning on his estate.
Abhishek, Akshay Khanna, Bobby Deol – 3 sons of legendary actors who are struggling these days. I would add Fardeen too but Feroz was not really a legend imho
Bobby had drinking problem. A.K is very choosy. Abhi took a “break” but after break also someone needs to cast him or else he will have to take another break. Of the three only AK has acting talent. Bobby has looks and dancing talent. Abhi lacks ambition.
Dont think AK is a better actor than Abhishek. However, neither is a go-getter. I suspect its due to lack of self-esteem and confidence. Growing up under the shadow of as strong a personality as Bachchan will always have side-effects and consequences. And Vinod Khanna was that idiot who left everything to join Osho’s hippie-sex club. AK is probably a scarred soul … (just saying).
I am not NyKavi to presume either of them have any iota of competency to manage a portfolio of 1000 cr!
Dinesh Vijan further laughed adding that the lead pair also had 200 buffaloes for company. Next month, they will travel to China post which will be followed by the final schedule in Mumbai. The team is aiming to wrap up by November-end. The film is scheduled for an Independence Day release, on August 15, 2019.
When asked Dinesh , why is it an independence day release he said, that it’s difficult for us to imagine the freedom struggle as most of us have lived in a free country. “But not all of us are free to follow our dreams or be who we want to be. That’s the kind of independence we yearn for and must strive towards. So, this Independence Day, be free. That’s the thought inherent in our film,” he concluded.
Even if they cover lost ground in the coming weeks, I still dont see it opening much beyond 20 cr from its hindi version. If released today it surely wont open to more than 10 cr. To double that in 2 months time-frame is going to be a difficult task. And I doubt if Akshay will go all out to promote what seems like a Rajini show all the way.
It may set opening records in TN though with its Tamil version.
Viacom18 Motion Pictures announce release date of #RomeoAkbarWalter [#RAW]: 15 March 2019… Stars John Abraham, Jackie Shroff, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Mouni Roy, Sikander Kher… Directed by Robbie Grewal… Produced by Dheeraj Wadhwan, Ajay Kapoor, Vanessa Walia, Gary Grewal.
I haven’t seen the trailer yet myself but I think Badhaai ho could be one more 100 cr grosser before TOH. I see people responding very well to the trailer, some even from unexpected quarters.
Business nosedives 2 weeks before Diwali. So, there are practically only 4 weeks left for medium budget movies to do any business.
And there are SUi Dhaga, Andha Dhund, Badhai Ho and Bati gul meter chalu.
With so many releases within a month, it is very difficult to do 100 cr. Even, big stars dont take such chances.
I still see Sui dhaga and Andha dhund will be runaway hits. Sui dhaga has the chance to do 100 cr due to star power and big production house. Heard good things about Badhai Ho and it can be a success too. I dont see Batti gul meter chalu doing more than average business in best case, actually it could be outright flop.
Smaller Films Opening Weekend 2018 – Manmarziyan 8th
Monday 17 September 2018 12.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Manmarziyan is the eighth highest opening this year if we look at the smaller films this year. The costs of these films below are generally between 25- 40 crore mark with Raazi and Sonu Ke Tito Ki Sweety going towards the upper end and Hitcki below the 25 mark.
Manmarziyan was a film aimed at the youth and many of the films on this list are films which dont have much for the youth like 102 Not Out, Hichki and even Raazi for that matter but collections of Manmarziyal are less. Raazi was never going to happen but it should have been better than 102 Not Out and Hichki on a worse case scenario.
The opening weekend of the smaller films released this year are as follows.
“On Monday (day 4), Manmarziyan managed to earn close to Rs 4 crore, according to early estimation. As the movie is riding high on positive reviews, it is expected to rake in moolah at the domestic box office in the days to come.”
not sure if I buy this number because if true this would be the single strongest number for the film yet. It would indicate stability at the lower level. But again don’t believe it yet unless confirmed by others. KRK suggested 1.75 crores and that makes more sense given that the film didn’t really grow on Sun at all.
Manmarziyan Falters On Monday – Mitron And Love Sonia Almost Out
Tuesday 18 September 2018 11.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Manmarziyan faltered on Monday as it collected in the 1.90-2 crore nett range. The drop is 40% from the first day and that is too much for a film which opened with such low numbers. The film will no do well but is a little better than the other two ventures of the director this year. The web series Sacred Games was a disaster while Mukkabaaz was not better as it collected a little 10 crore nett at the box office..
The director has an awful record with bad films galore but has still somehow managed to get 15 films as director even though none have gone beyond the 30 crore nett mark. In fact if Manmarziyan makes 25 crore nett it will be the second one to go over 25 crore nett.
The small town bug seems to have been hit with Manmarziyan but if the characterization is still urban how will that relate with the audience as these characters dont belong to a small city be it Amritsar or Aurangabad. The film would have probably failed even if these chracters were set in Mumbai but at least then the film is a more truer to the audience. Its looking a 20.50-21 crore nett first week for the film and it remains to be seen how much it will drop on the second Friday.
The first weekend busines of Manmarziyan is as follows
Batti Gul Meter Chalu would be looking to release on approximately 2200 to 2500 screens in India, and the potential of these screens would be around Rs 33 to 35 crore at normal ticket rates. As the movie releases on a non-holiday, we expect the film to open in the range of Rs 7.50 to 8.50 crore in India. A major contributor to this film should be the metros as Shahid Kapoor is a popular entity in these places, however as it has been proved in the past, Shraddha Kapoor too has consistently ensured reasonable opening at the mass belts. An opening below the Rs 7.50 crore mark would be extremely disappointing, but given the success of music, it is certain that the movie will open in the above-mentioned range. With a positive word of mouth, the biz would escalate over the weekend and the film would pack a solid punch with weekend collections around the Rs 30.00 crore mark in India.
90s Rewind: Katrina Kaif’s sister Isabelle Kaif and Sooraj Pancholi to recreate Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi song in Time To Dance
ByBollywood Hungama News NetworkSep 18, 2018 – 12:30 pm IST
We all know about the much talked about debut of the sister of Katrina Kaif, Isabelle Kaif. It will be the second Bollywood film of Sooraj Pancholi. The film in question, Time To Dance, as the name suggests is all about dancing. And while it is expected to feature some interesting tracks, recent buzz is that the makers are planning to take us back to the 90s, the Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi days.
The rewind to the 90s is because Isabelle Kaif and Sooraj Pancholi are all set to recreate the number ‘Adayein Bhi Hai’. Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi, directed by Mahesh Bhatt, was a rom-com featuring Pooja Bhatt and Aamir Khan and the said track featured the two of them. As for the remake, we hear that a few contemporary elements will be added to resonate with the current generation. From new lyrics to a contemporary style, the new version is expected to feature some interesting twists.
If recent reports are to be believed, the leads, Isabelle and Sooraj have already shot for the song in Dover in Kent. Furthermore, we hear that the film’s director Stanley D’Costa himself choreographed for the number. For the uninitiated, Stanley has helped Remo D’Souza in some of his best dance works.
Besides this song, another important track in the film will have Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh lending voice for it. Reports have it that this song, composed by Tanishk Bagchi, will be picturized on Sooraj Pancholi.
It’s anyway great for TOH that 2.0 isn’t releasing for 3 weeks (even if it sticks to its current date). There will be no great competition. There is a Vijay/Muragadoss release in Nov which could be big but it’s not 2.0! Don’t know if there’s anything major coming out in Telugu.
Read some tweets that trade is expecting 100 cr nett business from ToH’s dubbed telegu/tamil versions! Dont think any bollywood dubbed versions have done more than 10-15 cr business till date.
All silly if they knew a delay was possible to release that teaser last week! (The only thing that has changed since last week is probably feedback? If things change because of that Shankar is not confident IMO). They have really messed up big time. A further delay will create permanent damage. These VFX films have got to be planned properly. Finish the shooting and film then promote. Doing the latter before the former is only asking for trouble.
sudhar ja naram shohar! the filmdom keeps coming up with promising films that keep pushing the boundaries aur tu couch pe baitha bas burayi karte rahio jananiyo ke saath milkar..
after Sunday’s number didn’t think that was too likely. Mon was still one last chance to sustain at that very low level. But after this it will most likely be 25 or so. Doubt next weekend adds anything.
Satyam.. I am surprised to see you still hoping for miracle to happen.I have declared it a disaster just after watching its trailer itself. Abhishek’s choice of films has been pathetic in this decade leaving aside Dhoom where his contribution hardly matters.
After watching Love Sonia, a man donates a sum of 8 lakhs
After watching Richa Chadha in Love Sonia, a man from Mumbai donates a sum of 8 Lakhs for the cause of helping trafficked girls!
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 | 3:07:49 PM IST (+05:30 GMT)
By Bollywood Team
Ever since audiences have gotten a chance to watch Love Sonia in theatres across India, Richa has been receiving emails and letters in person and on social media from NGO workers who work with victims of trafficking, a few victims themselves, men and women who had no idea this even happened have all been reaching out and thanking Richa on her role.
But one such message that caught Richa’s eye and captured her heart was from a friend who worked in the development sector with women who have been rescued and rehabilitated. The lady said that her organization had been waiting on a big donor to donate money he had promised he would but after almost 8 months of promising, he sent a cheque to their office a day after Love Sonia’s release. When checked her friend said, ‘he had seen Love Sonia and immediately realized the work we were doing.’
Raazi v Stree Comparison – Neck To Neck
Wednesday 19 September 2018 12.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Stree is doing very similar business to Raazi till now but it remains to be seen if the film will top the 122 crore nett of Raazi. There will be a 1-2 crore nett difference between them after three weeks with Stree being a little ahead.
The third week of Stree is going to less then Raazi and as can be seen over the first week three weeks the trend of Raazi is a little better. The first week was in favour of Stree by 3 crore nett while second week was the same but third week will be better for Raazi by around 1.50 crore nett.
Stree will come out ahead in footfalls even if it does not reach the Raazi Nett figure because after three weeks, Stree already has 98 lakh footfalls while Raazi finished on 1.01 crore. It should easily cover get 3 lakh more people into the theaters in the remaining weeks of its run.
The comparison of Raazi and Stree till date is as follows.
Alia Bhatt, Aditya Roy Kapur and Sanjay Dutt begin work on Mahesh Bhatt’s Sadak 2
ByBollywood Hungama News NetworkSep 19, 2018 – 12:58 pm IST
It is finally happening! Earlier this month, it was finally confirmed that Mahesh Bhatt will be finally working with his youngest one Alia Bhatt in Sadak 2. The talk about a sequel to Sadak was in news for a while but nothing concrete was happening until now. With Alia Bhatt on board, the Bhatts are finally coming together. Along with Alia, Sanjay Dutt, Aditya Roy Kapur and Pooja Bhatt will be in the star cast. Now, it has been learned that the star cast has kicked off work on the film.
If they are starting to shoot in march 2019, then seriously doubt if it can release as soon as Christmas 2019. What they are now saying as 3 months shoot, will come down to 6 months of shooting schedules once they start planning out the detailed logistics. 2020 summer release is most likely.
Most-awaited Hindi films as on Sep 15, 2018 (main trailer not released yet + 2.0 not considered because a well-publicised teaser is already released) pic.twitter.com/PyQdQVR5hs
‘Hodge podge justification for 2.0 being ousted’
Really? So, 2.0 wont even make top5 after teaser? Evenif 2.0 trailer was not out and TOH trailer was out, still 2.0 can make Top2 easily. But, people sick in aamir’s love cant see obvious.
Manmarziyaan makers delete three scenes. Here’s why
The makers of Manmarziyaan have decided to delete three scenes after the Supreme Sikh Organisation raised objection where Abhishek Bachchan’s Robbie smokes a cigarette after removing his turban. Director Anurag Kashyap has also issued a statement on the same.
It wont matter now. The lull before the storm has begun. Dont expect much footfalls anymore in theaters, as ToH promotions have begun with a bang. People will start saving money for watching it in theaters from now itself. I can bet that ticket prices will hit the roof in first weekend, and may even beat BB2’s absurd ticket prices.
If the trailer is good then 200 cr is given over the 4 day opening weekend.
Loveyatri is unacceptable, says Hindu outfit
The title of Salman Khan’s Loveratri was recently changed to Loveyatri. Now, a Hindu outfit has told the Gujarat High Court that the new title is unacceptable.
… and the auditions continue. The prize? A starring role on the political stage. The fault is entirely with the voters and society, ready to be fanatical at the drop of a hat.
I am disappointed that Aamir Khan was ignored. But looks like producers wanted an All India Blockbuster. Prabhas might not play villain and will don Abhishek’s role.
Hunt for villain is still on. My guess – Ranveer Singh.
I am reposting my comment here again as i am unable to reply on certain threads.
The stakes are very high for Aamir here. His next big release will probably be in 2022. He needs a BIGgie here to remain on top. Anything less than 300Cr would be a disaster with this big budget movie. Of course to recover its cost of Rs 300 Cr (as per wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thugs_of_Hindostan), it needs to do 500Cr to breakeven. 600 Cr will give it a HIT status.
Most of the Fans here are talking of 500 Cr at best from Hindi market. I don’t think it will do.
South Indian Market will be slightly better but would not be enough to be a game changer.
In all probability the makers are looking at China market but then we know that Chinese distributors hardly pay to indian producers. They may give a bit more as ToH as Aamir ho is the only relevant Indian star in China. So that market has to be discounted in terms of major recovery.
So after Hindi market, it will be satellite rights and US/UK/Australia market that has to do very good business.
Overall this is the riskiest Aamir khan project. As Aamir’s fan, i am keeping my fingers crossed. It wont be easy at all.
I am a bit disappointed with Jayshah as he tried to digress by resorting to comparing with 2point0. The success of ToH has nothing to do with 2point0. So why bring the comparision dude?
I am ok with Marcus questioning the authenticity of Wiki claims on the cost of ToH. WIll be happy to know the cost of ToH from a creditable source.
Marcus suggested the sale of ToH to Netflix at a huge price. This indeed is a good news. However we all know that these satellite prices are subject to theatrical outcome.
My intention was not to jack up the price. I will go with 200Cr.
Even at a cost of Rs 200 Cr, ToH needs to do a theatrical business of 350Cr to recover, 400+ Cr to be a Hit considering the best scenarios in satellite and overseas sales.
Doesnt look like you are too familiar with economics involving big numbers. As an Akshay fan I guess hand counting suffices as far as collections of his films are considered.
even if salman has been acquitted for driving rashly or killing deer for whatever reasons, he must be put in jail for introducing his horrible brother in law who looks like a gareebo ka siddharth koirala
Abhishek came back to the screen after a hiatus of two years, which he states was a conscious decision. “I wanted to focus on my life and re-evaluate what all I have in hand. With Manmarziyaan receiving great reviews, I am focussing on my other projects now. At present, I have my dates locked till mid next year,” he shares.
There have been rumors of him doing the Metro sequel but there is a film he’s doing between now and next year when he begins the one with his wife and which he hasn’t revealed at all.
[This is a wonderful piece and list. One can argue with the rankings but I like many of the surprises here. In any case any list with Iruvar on top is always acceptable!]
[Also I think Ratnam’s is the kind of oeuvre where one will forever be redoing these rankings at different points in life. Of course Iruvar should always remain on top!]
Good list and justification by Rangan but I think my list would be easily different.All recent years and weaker films are rated higher and movies like Roja are literally at the bottom. Roja deserves much higher rank. Similarly Nayakan should be #1 and Iruvar #2. I can understand Iruvar but Kannathil Muthhamital above Nayankan is not right for me. Similarly many others but good to read the list.
I’ve also somehow never been a fan of Roja, not least because the nationalist tone at points seems to be alien to Ratnam’s world. On the rest I’d also put Kannathil.. over Nayagan. My favorite Ratnam works, again in no particular order except for Iruvar:
1)Iruvar
2)Alaipayuthey
3)Dil Se
4)Kannathil Muthamittal
I’d probably add Raavan to this list but haven’t seen it since the initial release and don’t want to do so without revisiting it.
A lot of this is also about what Ratnam one grew up with. So Mouna Raagam is one of the central films for those who were following him in the 80s. Or for that matter Nayagan. I tend to prefer ‘late’ Ratnam in general. Post-Roja/Thiruda thiruda I find all of his films interesting at one level or the other.
I like Alaipayuthey a lot as well. Its very surprising which Rangan admits himself when preferring O Kadhal Kanmani over it.
13. O KADHAL KANMANI (2015)
I know. I know. Most of you are shaking your heads that this comes ahead of Alaipayuthey. (But then, you’ve already gone “WTF!” a few times by now, right?)
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Rest about Roja, its important enough film which resonated all over the country in every dubbed language. Mani was already a big name after Nayakan and then other hits and then went ahead to a make a movie with unknown star cast and actually introduced the terrorist angles in movies. It was very well done with fantastic aid in AR Rahman. Out of 23 odd films, I would not dare keep it at 20. That’s crazy!
In the 80s Ratnam is I think a revolutionary commercial director, easily one of the most influential ones in Indian (commercial) history. But the truly ‘auteurist’ Ratnam emerges later. And unsurprisingly it is also here that his box office record becomes much more patchy (in fact he fails most of the time in this period except when he’s explicitly trying to get a success take off pressure from a previous failure or two, this is not to say he isn’t looking for success elsewhere but he’s been in the business long enough to know what’s really risky and what isn’t!).
On Roja it’s the major Ratnam I like least barring Geethanjali (which I really dislike!).
Ok Kanmani was alright, by Ratnam’s standards. Enjoyable enough though. On Roja it’s not just the politics (though I find it more problematic than usual given all of his concerns throughout his career), I’m just not a great fan. For instance I don’t much like the second half of Bombay either but the first half is superb. Beautifully shot, wonderful intimacy and so on. Roja to my mind doesn’t do these things as well though in fairness it’s also on the cusp between an older and as I see it later Ratnam (whereas Bombay announces this second phase). Not a bad film, it’s perfectly fine, I just prefer most other Ratnam films.
Bhatt’s earlier films were the best ones. He was at his best in serious films and flawed characters.
Some of those serious films were not really perfect but had substance and some really realistic moments.
I would take films like Thikana, Kabzaa, Lahu ke Do Rang or Tamanna, Awaargi, Sir, Gunaah and Angaray over films like DHKMN or Aashiqui. The latter were run of the mill romantic films.
100% agree. Over the last few months I re-visited Kabzaa, Thikana, and Janam, and there was something so “true” about those. No one else (then or now) has explored a certain kind of Bombay “angst” better than Bhatt did in his films. LOL, these days the Anil Kapoor character from Thikana would have a six-pack and seem as well put together as the politician he was trying to take down!
Yes that is true — no one, NO ONE, in the history of Hindi cinema, has done “lost youth” better than Sanju. It’s also an intelligent re-do of Deewar (in the latter film, what is remarkable about Vijay is that he doesn’t grow, or change, there is a sense that he emerges fully formed; in fact he shares this with the protagonist of Trishul — why this is remarkable is that the characters are otherwise quite Shakespearean, recognizably so, yet they are “static” in the way that the heroes of the epic tradition are. Can’t think of a more perfect balance (by contrast, consider Alain Delon in Le Samourai, a superb example of stasis but he isn’t a Shakespearean character in that sense)), because what Bhatt does is “transfer” the Deewar of Vijay to the terrain of a raw youth. This terrain is different enough that any notion of staleness is avoided.
Arth is fantastic, one of the very very few romantic films for adults …. fantastic performances by the two ladies (not an Azmi fan but this is one of her best; Smita Patil as ever sets the screen on fire)…
This is a wonderful comment. And yes Bhatt in a way downsizes Deewar. Removes some of the mythic or at least high Romantic underpinnings of the latter. He also infuses into it his own brand of lower middle class urban angst. I like the film’s Hong Kong detour less but in a sense he’s prophetic here given all the Thailand to Dubai escapades that became so commonplace in a later age. It also helps to get rid of the stickler policeman of the older film and replace him with the relatively ‘ordinary’ witness-brother.
The “ordinary brother” or sibling seems to have been a recurring motif for Bhatt during this period — Sanju has to redeem this (compromised and complicit) brother in Kabzaa; there’s Smita P in Thikana as well…
The article posted already had listed Arth, Janam, Saraansh, Naam, Kaash, Sadak, Zakm, DHKMN and Daddy among his bests. But I would still pick films like Thikana, Kabzaa, Awaargi, Tamanna or Gunaah above the likes of DHKMN or Aashiqui.
Another thing is that Bhatt’s films had great music. He has worked with various music directors but the music in his films were always melodious.
It just occurred to me that two of the Bhatt films I should have seen but have not are Awaargi and the (much later) Saathi (Aditya and Mohsin Khan? Am I right that this was a Bhatt film?)…
Sadak had a fantastically gripping first half and relatively normal second one. Still a good film but wish it had lived up to the first half throughout.
I don’t think the future Dutt films are going to amount to much, unfortunately. They will go the Sahib, Biwi n Gangster 3 way most probably. However,
it does seem he is gradually shifting to character roles since a while.
With a well written character role, Dutt can still make a good impact.
this article is fairly symptomatic. A number of articles despite the poor box office showing have been quite complementary. Either pretending that the box office reception is fine or talking about it in mild terms. Normally this sort of benefit isn’t something Abhishek gets (even when his films actually did well the box office story was always covered uncharitably). Do think he’s helped himself with this film, more than I would have thought earlier. While nothing can make up for the box office, specially in his situation, do believe (not just referring to the articles here but a lot of stuff I’ve picked up in social media and then anecdotally) that for the people who’ve seen the film this is the most they’ve liked him probably since the Guru days or something. I’d even go further and say that the last time he might have ‘appealed’ at this level was BM (because Guru was a grand sort of performance-oriented thing). Again all of this is not to underestimate the box office but the response here has really been way more positive than I expected and the film’s box office fortunes haven’t impacted that narrative. He has four films lined up back to back (MM was the first), let’s see what the rest are about.
I think there is no question that the reception to this film has helped Abhishek — I never thought the film would have a huge gross (Kashyap’s track record suggests otherwise) and having watched the film it confirmed that view (there is a lot here that simply isn’t “family audience-friendly”), so the question of what the gross here MEANS cannot be reduced to the number itself. This is a film that is part of a conversation (even if it is primarily an intra-industry conversation, it matters in that these are the people who make films, write them, cast them, etc.). So it has been a good way for Abhishek to get back in the game, even if I wish he had gone down the Bol Bachchan-sort of path earlier.
It’s better than All The Best! But I doubt he’ll get significant mileage out of MM. It’s a commercial business and on the strength of MM’s showing despite positive reviews his star status has diminished further IMO especially in a year when commercial success has been coming with high frequency.
This whole “controversy” testifies to nothing more than our hypocrisy, and to how we are regressing as a culture. Even a day trip to Delhi will show the visitor how many Sikhs in turbans are merrily smoking and drinking. To pretend that this is somehow out of the ordinary or unacceptable needs to be called out for what it is: a lie. The great Sikh religion (in many ways so much more progressive than either orthodox Hinduism or orthodox Islam) does not need these shams.
Sachin Tendulkar refuses Doctorate Degree from Jadavpur University
After Sachin Tendulkar refuses, Jadavpur University to confer honorary Doctorate Literature to Olympic boxer Mary Kom.
“He mentioned that he don’t accept such honour from any university. He even refused to accept a similar honour from Oxford University. He actually meant that since he hasn’t earned it, it would not be right for him to accept the D. Lit” added Das. The JU officials already informed the matter to Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi – who is the chancellor of the university and now they have decided to confer the honorary D. Lit to Mary Kom – an Indian Olympic boxer after Sachin’s refusal.
The trailers here were really lowbrow. Can’t say I’m looking forward to it. I’ll watch it for Vikram, I’m a fan of the first film but this is too much. On a related note this is releasing just 6 days before the Ratnam but word now is the latter might be delayed a bit.
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September 14, 2018 at 4:04 AM
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September 14, 2018 at 4:05 AM
Raazi after 2 weeks was 91.6 cr nett as per producers. Stree is still ahead.
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September 14, 2018 at 4:11 AM
Aamir is supervising the trailer of ToH:
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“The trailer of the film is expected to release on September 27 or 28. The makers are going to release the first look on Monday and trailer will be out around Yash Chopra’s birth anniversary — September 27. So, recently the cast and crew were seen at the studio watching some footage of the trailer. Earlier too, Aamir had arranged a special screening of the film’s trailer for his non-industry friends to get reactions on the look and the film,” says a source.
It is said that Aamir is keeping a watch on how the final cut of the trailer is shaping up. He has already mentioned that he is going to start work on other projects only after the release of Thugs of Hindostan. Ddirected by Vijay Krishna Acharya, the film stars Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif, Fatima Sana Sheikh and Amitabh Bachchan.
http://dbpost.com/is-aamir-khan-looking-into-the-final-trailer-of-thugs-of-hindostan/
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September 14, 2018 at 4:13 AM
Counting on Aamir to not screw it up like Shankar did …
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September 14, 2018 at 4:58 AM
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September 14, 2018 at 5:42 AM
So not much difference between Soorma and Manmarziyan footfalls in noida plexes.
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September 14, 2018 at 6:15 AM
yeah a few sources have been predicting similar day 1 numbers over the last couple of days.
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September 14, 2018 at 5:45 AM
https://www.addatoday.com/2018/09/sultan-second-week-business-in-china.html
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September 14, 2018 at 5:50 AM
Thanks – I was waiting for that $0.6mm to come in…
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September 14, 2018 at 6:11 AM
LOL!!
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September 14, 2018 at 6:12 AM
https://www.addatoday.com/2018/09/the-nun-paltan-and-laila-majnu-first_14.html
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September 14, 2018 at 6:21 AM
Big daddy of uselessness Anurag Kashyap all set to deliver his 18th consecutive flop in Manmarziyaan. The only folks who seem to like his junk are the 25 odd armchair critics & their 125 odd cronies.
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September 14, 2018 at 6:23 AM
China Update:
MI6 has crossed 150M today (like The Meg) and Antman & Wasp has done as much as SS (118M) in China.
http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/daily/?date=09%20/14%20/2018
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September 14, 2018 at 6:51 AM
lil disheartening….. as how reviews have appeared till now thought it should open with decent numbers… atleast 6crs…
hmmm lets see how things go from here…
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September 14, 2018 at 6:55 AM
5-6 predicted here:
https://www.ibtimes.co.in/manmarziyan-box-office-prediction-anurag-kashyaps-film-likely-start-well-despite-competition-780490
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September 14, 2018 at 7:39 AM
5 cr opening or so is OK. Its the bump over the weekend that you shoud look at, to gauge public reception and wom.
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September 14, 2018 at 7:21 AM
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/what-happened-to-fan-bingbing-5355726/
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September 14, 2018 at 7:42 AM
Spookily both Namrata Joshi of The Hindu and Shubhra Gupta of Indian Express expressed the same feelings about being exhausted after watching the film.
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September 14, 2018 at 8:01 AM
We spoke to Trade Expert, Editor, Super Cinema Amul Vikas Mohan about how the films are faring on the first day. As expected Manmarziyaan has taken a lead. Interestingly, it’s Mitron which took the second spot in the tally.
Manmarziyaan movie review: Abhishek, Taapsee and Vicky deliver solid performances in a film that tugs at your heart and leaves you emotional
Amul informs that Manmarziyaan is doing the best in the lot. The opening day occupancy is somewhere near 15-20 per cent which he thinks is good. Mitron takes the number 2 spot with morning occupancy of around 5-7 per cent to 10 per cent at a few places. Amul is positive that Manmarziyaan will show more growth by the end of the day. He also mentioned that the films are expected to pick up slowly, probably in the evening shows.
Coming to the other film which is doing wonders at the box office, Stree is expected to make Rs 100 crore this weekend. Amul is confident if not for this weekend, the film will most definitely hit the target next Monday or Tuesday.
https://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/box-office-report-manmarziyaan-takes-the-lead-while-mitron-becomes-the-audiences-second-choice/
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September 14, 2018 at 8:26 AM
Are they comparing Manmarziyan with 100% washouts and declaring it a winner? Don’t you find this stuff laughworthy? If not then its ok but if yes, then why to post it here?
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September 14, 2018 at 8:16 AM
Manmarziyan has opened in the range of 10-15% which is disastrous but on expected lines..It needs a strong word of mouth to pick up and have any impact on boxoffice which seems unlikely. Looking at this kind of opening, i think game is over for Abhishek.When you open a film in the same range as that of your father who is 75 plus, you should quit the acting at the very moment. In case film shows some legs and holds well at ticket window still the credit will go to content not to actors particularly Abhishek who is more familier to audience than others starring in the film.
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September 14, 2018 at 8:43 AM
I dunno why you wud expect an opener here. Neither kashyap nor abhishek are at their best draw at present. Vicky and pannu are decent actors but not stars. If this was to work, it wud be thru wom and a long run at theaters.
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September 14, 2018 at 9:02 AM
I was expecting a decent opening here just because of Abhishek. He is around since 18 years and had worked in some really good films.This time he came after a long time and the film taking 10-15% opening is a shocker.. Don’t you think so?
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September 14, 2018 at 9:53 AM
No, i will just be disappointed if it doesnt sustain.
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September 14, 2018 at 8:46 AM
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September 14, 2018 at 9:59 AM
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September 14, 2018 at 6:29 PM
Wow, really stellar reviews! Can’t wait to see it…
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September 14, 2018 at 9:18 AM
It’s a film that always was going to depend on good WOM. A 4.5-5cr opening is still going to be alright. It will surely improve over the week end.
Abhishek isn’t at the peak of his career right now. Taapsi and Vicky Kaushal aren’t stars as well. And Kashyap hardly has a great BO record lately.
But reviews suggest that it is a good film. Good WOM should help it to a good extent.
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September 14, 2018 at 9:28 AM
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September 14, 2018 at 9:40 AM
Can’t wait!
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September 14, 2018 at 10:14 AM
They should reveal Amir’s first poster look to create an impact. Amir being at his peak can add lot of heat to atmosphere.
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September 14, 2018 at 10:17 AM
As i said before, Aamir will ensure Bachchan gets his due here.
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September 14, 2018 at 10:36 AM
Why don’t you accept that Bachchan is a spent force at boxoffice. What due he needs? Anyway, it is a rumour and nothing official has come so far..
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September 14, 2018 at 11:26 AM
Its just that Aamir isnt insecure. Nor does he have the great habit of hogging the limelight.
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September 14, 2018 at 9:29 AM
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September 14, 2018 at 9:40 AM
there have long been rumors that there would be a complete casting change here..
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September 14, 2018 at 9:52 AM
They cant go bigger than Aamir. So best is to reboot with the younger guyz.
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September 14, 2018 at 9:50 AM
I don’t think they’re going to have SRK or Akshay or any of those guys then. Probably an entire new young cast (I.e.Tiger vs Ranbir). However from a dates point of view, and considering all the young stars are working on a Yrf film during that time period, it seems like the only person available is SRK? He still hasn’t signed anything post Zero
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September 14, 2018 at 11:04 AM
Manmarziyan Low Start – Mitron Love Sonia Very Dull
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There were three main Hindi releases this week with Love Sonia, Manmarziyan and Mitron as well as other films like 22 Hours and Turning Point which have no awareness.
Manmarziyan had a slow start of 10-15% but was the best of the lot. The film actually had good music but the way it was shown in trailers left a lot to be desired and the music basically goes to waste. The film is a love story and this could have really given the film a lift but music can only really work for a film if it is presented correctly on screen.
The director has had an awful year coming of a big flop with Mukkabaaz and a huge disaster Sacred Games in the digital space but this is said to be his most commercial venture. The thinking here is that probably the likes of Mukkabaaz and Gangs Of Wasseypur and others have failed because they were less commercial when the truth is they were bad films. The box office is a simple process in that if something entertains it will do well and if you bore you will be out.
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September 14, 2018 at 11:05 AM
Not the biggest Kashyap fan but he deserves to be defended against this crappy commentary and sadakchaap view on cinema. There should be some limit to someone’s ignorance
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September 14, 2018 at 11:16 AM
LOL if “Mukkabaaz” is a bad film I’d love to see their view of what a good film from the industry is. This isn’t bad commentary — it’s unhinged. Among other things, the view on Sacred Games would be news to Netflix!
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September 14, 2018 at 11:26 AM
BOI have been on the warpath ever since Raees failed to deliver the ‘massy’ blockbuster they ‘promised’ as a result of their tirade against ‘european’ cinema. And since then they’ve had to sit in the dumpster while films like Raazi and other medium budget flicks crack the ‘100cr’ club when they shouldn’t. All against a backdrop of Race 3, JHMS and Tubelight disasters. Their golden geese have failed them and they always pounce on anything Bachchan if it’s moving just like Salman with a shotgun or in a car.
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September 14, 2018 at 12:19 PM
LOL, your last line is golden!
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September 14, 2018 at 11:11 AM
This is expected.
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September 14, 2018 at 11:39 AM
I normally don’t believe in tit for tat..but in this case..the guy should be flogged publicly by girl.
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/delhi-police-cop-son-beating-girl-in-tilak-nagar-fir-filed-rape-1339784-2018-09-14
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September 14, 2018 at 12:18 PM
Saw Manmarziyan. It is unmitigated garbage.
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September 14, 2018 at 12:27 PM
predicting upto 25 for the weekend and 80+ overall here:
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September 14, 2018 at 12:31 PM
Rofl..Since when you started following these roadside vendors?
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September 14, 2018 at 12:44 PM
playing to some of the folks here…
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September 14, 2018 at 12:33 PM
Husband Material felt like the apt title for the movie after watching it.
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September 14, 2018 at 12:46 PM
Just came back from Manmarziyan , This is very much Anurag Kashyap style love story minus cuss words. And this is not his first attempt in this genre , Dev D was the one where principle characters were very impulsive and flawed. Here also Vicky and Rumy are similar characters from Dev-D .. madly in love , but spiritual connection is quite shallow, at same time not responsible for self actions , just living the life in moments without any future plans. But here important addition in their mad word is a very mature and well balanced guy Abhishek , he brings a lot of sanity in proceedings. Dev D lacked such character, so Manmarziyan has a plus here. Kashyap presented on screen a complete psychological process behind every movement of these characters , the decisions they take, the emotions they are going through. Everything is so relatable. He displayed all the confusions they went through before taking a final decision. This is something new which we have not seen before. But here lies the problem also, their confusion irritates the audience. Going back and forth on same thing (Like Tapsee and Vicky planned to flee from home twice … she came back to him twice, Though she moved on and got married to Abhishek , she keeps on going back to Vicky .. and regrets every time. Audience don’t want to see such psychic characters , despite the fact that their actions are relatable .. still you don’t want to invest in their confusion (even though I loved this entire journey). Biggest plus of movie is Music and Performances , Tapsee stole the show and Abhishek was just perfect in every sense, Vicky was good too .. but Abhishek was more likeable.
I thought this movie will at least connect with youngsters , but no … in my show (which was houseful noon show) a group (10+) of young guys(and gals) wanted to leave the show at interval .. but they came back .. ‘Bore kar diya yaar’ was their reaction by end of movie. I am not sure of rest of audience, but surely not everyone enjoyed the show. It will get extremely mixed reactions … though I liked it.
3.5/5 from me …
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September 14, 2018 at 12:57 PM
Reading the reviews, it’s pretty much evident that this is a feminist story, and not in a good way.
People can respond to a film like Pink because it certainly doesn’t push feminism too far. But supporting a truly liberated woman, in all senses of the word, is going to be a difficult thing to digest for the majority.
I’m really looking forward to it but I don’t hold high hopes at the Box Office. Anything above 50 Crores would be astounding!
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September 14, 2018 at 1:02 PM
Thanks for your honest opinion.
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September 14, 2018 at 2:08 PM
thanks Yakuza.. this was a good read!
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September 14, 2018 at 1:14 PM
I am still not sure why AB Jr. did this movie with relative newcomers. I don’t see what’s in it for him. Working with Kashyap? I am sure he could have come up with something much better for him. I mean just the age difference seems weird (Kaushal is 30, Pannu 31 and AB 42) in the context of the trailer. Not saying that a 42 year old can’t play a 20 something guy but a seasoned actor like AB who is now extremely choosy with his movies….something is off here. This is not even a cheap easy hit like HF3 where one can be forgiven to get an easy paycheck!
I am not entirely clear on where AB winds up from here or what role will he do next. I think a solo movie with someone like Sriram Raghavan would be a great idea…..I would have loved to see him Badlaapur.
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September 14, 2018 at 11:00 PM
Why he did this? He chose the best option available to him, thats all. It had boiled down to either Paltan or this. At least its getting decent reviews. Whereas Paltan …
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September 14, 2018 at 2:06 PM
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September 14, 2018 at 2:15 PM
Nahta strong on the film and its box office prospects..
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September 14, 2018 at 2:31 PM
Saturday will be crucial for the film. It needs at least 17-18crrs weekend to have any legs to push towards 40crrs and average status. 4-4.5crrs Friday, Saturday 6-6.5crrs and Sunday 7.5crrs. Let’s see. Also Stree kind of stole it’s thunder as it is a massive recent hit still going strong.
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September 14, 2018 at 2:36 PM
Length could be one of the issue with the movie. Have seen some people and even critics mentioning about that.
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September 14, 2018 at 3:20 PM
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With strong night shows #Manmarziya @juniorbachchan @anuragkashyap72 @taapsee will collect appox. ₹4 Cr. Saturday should be rocking. All the best.
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September 14, 2018 at 6:18 PM
I think a 50 crore gross for Manmarziyan would be a good achievement. A semi-hit.
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September 14, 2018 at 8:25 PM
WOM is mixed. It wont go past 40 cr total in any case. Anyways, i am watching it tonight.
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September 14, 2018 at 8:56 PM
Watched Manmarziyan. Absolutely love it. Every single minute.
Will say this very emphatically: Amitabh Bachchan’s response is appropriate. This is Abhishek Bachchan’s best performance to date. Better than Yuva & Guru.
And I’m not even an Abishek fan. Loved Vicky Kaushal too; he’s ridiculously talented and Tapsee is so good as well.
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September 14, 2018 at 9:00 PM
Either I’m a sap who gets moved by emotional dramas very easily (and I just pretend to like hard-hitting dramas for fun!) …or this is a seriously good love story. Like the twin girls in the film, I’m really not sure…
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September 14, 2018 at 9:09 PM
I am scheduled to watch it tomorrow here in NYC, can’t wait!
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September 14, 2018 at 9:17 PM
It has shades of Richard Linklater’s Before series… and I’m a great fan of Linklater!
Overall, as a love story, I think Lootera is better. The music in Lootera is for the ages, so there isn’t really a comparison with Manmarziyan…. but the latter is also a terrific soundtrack, beautifully woven into the storyline. I’m sure you will like it a lot!
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September 14, 2018 at 10:22 PM
I love the Before trilogy. The last one is probably my absolute favorite. Next would probably be the first film. I read in one of the pieces that this might have been where Kashyap wanted to go in terms of an ending but obviously in a commercial venture he had to compromise. Don’t know whether this is such speculation or not. A lot of critics and viewers have loved the closing moments of the film and even without seeing it I can kind of understand the link. But Before Midnight certainly ends beautiful. It’s just pitch perfect. A better ‘ending’ couldn’t have been devised for it.
Anyway hope to catch Manmarziyaan tomorrow.
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September 15, 2018 at 1:52 AM
@ Saket: ‘Either I’m a sap who gets moved by emotional dramas very easily (and I just pretend to like hard-hitting dramas for fun!) …or this is a seriously good love story.’
Yup you are a sap and so am I.
I watched MANMARZIYAN too tonight. I haven’t been as moved by you but yes, it’s an interesting take where Kashyap actually tries to ‘tone’ down his DEV D fervor. Abhishek tries hard in some of the initial scenes but whenever he breaks down with ‘dignity’ he’s truly superb in this movie. [ And it is proof here how Hrithik fares so miserably as an ‘actor’ when compared to him; and I don’t even consider Abhishek a strong actor at all.] Kaushal is frenzy-personified but this movie is Tapsee’s all the way. She ‘owns’ these two – of course I will attest to it that Kashyap has devoted a finely well-etched characterization to Tapsee’s Rumi..
If possible, will write something; else, something from Satyam/Q is assured!
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September 15, 2018 at 8:55 AM
You should definitely write something, An Jo!
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September 14, 2018 at 9:11 PM
Wow, Saket this is high praise indeed!
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September 14, 2018 at 10:18 PM
Thanks Saket, remarkable praise coming from you.. ! By the way what Bachchan response are you referring to?
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September 14, 2018 at 10:23 PM
He kept quiet about Abhishek’s performance. I’m guessing he was too moved by his performance to say anything.
There can be no other explanation!
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September 14, 2018 at 10:44 PM
Yes that I did see. He said he was in tears and overwhelmed but wouldn’t say what it was about. That very day he and some Bollywood figures had attended a screening of the film. In any case he’s maintained pin drop silence on the subject throughout. Hasn’t said a word on the film. Did send handwritten notes to the writer, the other two actors, they all talked about it. Not sure if he sent one to Kashyap.
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September 14, 2018 at 11:01 PM
He’s in a catch-22 situation. He’d be criticised if he openly praises Abhishek — but man, in this case it’s more than well deserved.
Everything about Abhishek’s performance is pitch-perfect. The pauses between the lines (his dialogue delivery was never perfect earlier), the maturity in facial expressions (the economy, rather) and just relying on his ‘presence’ to create an impact. It’s a performance worthy of all accolades. A very Mohanlal like performance, if I have to add more.
No doubt Kashyap has a role to play in this but Abhishek can damn well be proud of this one!
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September 14, 2018 at 11:05 PM
No one has written a better paragraph on Abhishek with respect to this film. Mean it seriously..
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September 15, 2018 at 6:24 AM
Thanks, and I mean every word I’ve said about Abhishek’s performance. I think it’s easily his best performance…yet!
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September 14, 2018 at 10:24 PM
On the whole, Manmarziyaan is an all-out entertainer with hit music and lovely performances. It will score very well at the box-office. Ladies and family audiences, besides youth, will patronise the film.
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September 14, 2018 at 10:26 PM
They’re saying 4.5 crores here with pick up in afternoon shows and even better pickup in evening ones:
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September 14, 2018 at 10:32 PM
here they’re suggesting 5 crores:
https://www.newsx.com/entertainment/manmarziyaan-box-office-collection-day-2-live-updates-abhishek-bachchan-taapsee-pannu-vicky-kaushal-anurag-kashyap
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September 14, 2018 at 10:34 PM
ToH editing room@ YRF:
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September 14, 2018 at 10:37 PM
I dont think it matters much if day one is 4 cr or 4.5 cr or 5 cr. Manmarziyan needs 20 cr range weekend to be on the path towards BO success.
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September 14, 2018 at 10:42 PM
agree totally, the trending is really important. But it does matter if the afternoon and specially evening shows picked up or not because that too indicates trending and looks like they did.
Abhishek I think has certainly achieved his goal here of re-establishing credibility as an actor. But now the film also needs to do well, to get that other half of the equation.
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September 14, 2018 at 10:46 PM
On day one its usually the college kids in the morning and afternoon shows. Those working and with families show up in the evening. From Yakuza’s feedback it looks like that its not too attractive for the young crowd.
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September 14, 2018 at 10:47 PM
Doubt that’s representative to be very honest but we’ll see..
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September 14, 2018 at 10:53 PM
Not a fan of Linklater or his ‘Before’ series. I found them all quite juvenile. Anyways, those kind of hollywoodish chick-flicks dont work with indian audience. So I doubt if the youth or the plex audience will go gaga over this.
Between Stree and Manmarziyan I am expecting 30 cr nett business over this weekend. Lets see.
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September 14, 2018 at 11:02 PM
“Not a fan of Linklater or his ‘Before’ series. I found them all quite juvenile.”
This opinion should be a punishable offense! Only half-joking..
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September 14, 2018 at 11:03 PM
Not exactly, my comments have been edited for less travesty!
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September 14, 2018 at 11:05 PM
Man those were nothing compared to this. That was personal stuff. This is just incredible. That you’d consider Linklater’s glorious trilogy ‘juvenile’ or a ‘chick flick’. It’s truly appalling. Not trying to be insulting, just shocked..
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September 14, 2018 at 11:07 PM
LOL … my wife will kill me if she hears. So shhhhhhhhhhhhh!
But seriously i find them way over-rated.
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September 14, 2018 at 11:08 PM
I’ll provide the tools she needs for the job…
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September 15, 2018 at 4:42 AM
I don’t think Abhishek lost any credibility as an actor. I think he’s lost a significant amount as a star though. MM goes a long way to showing this again unfortunately.
His film choices post Bol Bachchan have been very poor and he’s gone off the radar. No one can question JBJ (post BNB), Sarkar Raaj (post Sarkar), Delhi 6 (post RDB), Raavan (post Yuva/Guru), KGJJS (post Jodha Akbar), Dum Maro Dum (post Bluffmaster) – these were logical decisions. The directors either gave there best box office performances in their previous films or had success with Abhishek previously. So I don’t question many choices between 06-12 except the odd Game or Players plus Drona.
Where I think he has made a big error is not following the Paa model for himself. He can surely produce films – I mean freaking John Abraham is! Practically everyone is!
Also the 6 films above are kind of (post mortem) neither arthouse or purely commercial. For some reason his films are just not interesting mainstream audiences completely. He had a critical phase in 06/07 when he could have cashed in. 09 with Paa he could have created a new model. 12 with Bol Bachchan again an opportunity. 15 a failed comeback with All is Well. Every 3 years he’s had a chance. This won’t keep happening but then he seems cool and content with his path. All that matters in the end.
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September 15, 2018 at 6:26 AM
What can be a person’s motivation to work if he knows that his almost 80 yr old father will leave behind an estate worth at least 1000crs for his only son?
JrB has tried to the extent that was possible for his skillset, was given more than a fair share of breaks (courtesy BigB off course) as compared to his peers, but was barely able to register a few modest successes.
When faced with middling success, most people born with oral silver spoons hardly kick it up a notch. He can never have the motivation or incentive to work as hard or as smart as even a John Abraham who came from a lower middle class family. John has to keep building up on his modest successes, one brick at a time.
Even a Ranbir knows that he has to work hard, despite being a Kapoor. There just weren’t that many millions left behind by Raj or even will be left by Rishi.
JrB on the other hand knows that there are 1000crs waiting at the end of the rainbow, in about 10-12 yrs max.
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September 15, 2018 at 6:31 AM
That’s a very cynical view. You should watch Manmarziyan…he’s really put his heart into Robbie’s character. A very nuanced performance from him.
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September 15, 2018 at 8:56 AM
To believe that everyone is motivated by the same thing isn’t just cynicism, it’s so cynical as to risk naïveté. Even amongst politicians, much less actors or sportsmen, one can see that motivations are pretty complicated.
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September 15, 2018 at 9:18 AM
I think, and with all due respect to Nykavi, this kind of thinking has deeper roots. The idea that every motivation is at bottom an ‘economic’ one. So much of human history, so many human actions become incomprehensible if you follow this view. Getting back to Abhishek I will also say bluntly that this is a rather shallow if not silly reading. Not a minority view by any means when it comes to contemporary ‘New India’ but that’s another discussion.
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September 15, 2018 at 9:29 AM
I think a sort of complacency sets in when one is too comfortable either with money or without money when one wants to be out of rat race. It also maybe an indication that one does not take something too seriously and enjoy life on one’s own terms. An occassional splash does not mean much. Deepika P has taken a big break inspite of a big success ceding ground for alia and others.
Too much expectations lead to some disappointments among fans besides putting undue pressure on actors. Or on any other professional or businessman or student for that matter.
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September 15, 2018 at 10:28 AM
All i can say is that abhishek is not a rahul gandhi. He can act better than most star kids.
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September 14, 2018 at 10:57 PM
Captain Marvel trailer expected next week.
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September 14, 2018 at 11:04 PM
So Aamir begins his media appearances for ToH promotions …
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September 14, 2018 at 11:05 PM
Sneak peak at the interview … hard to miss the ‘Krishna’ bit.
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September 14, 2018 at 11:07 PM
Waiting to catch up on netflix/prime …
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September 14, 2018 at 11:30 PM
This is such a youthful song. Been listening to it on a loop. Coke Studio Pakistan is such a revelation.
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September 14, 2018 at 11:31 PM
I had meant to say “soulful”
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September 15, 2018 at 12:26 AM
Raazi was also 2.25 cr on 3rd friday.
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September 15, 2018 at 12:48 AM
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September 15, 2018 at 12:49 AM
In 48 Hours!
YouTube Total: 37.1M+ Views
Facebook Total: 5.4M+ Views
Instagram 3.9M+ Views
Grand 46.4M+ Views 📽️
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September 15, 2018 at 12:54 AM
So is this good or bad in your opinion?
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September 15, 2018 at 1:37 AM
No idea. Outcome is difficult to predict. We have seen great teasers and trailers turning out to be average fare and bad/average teasers becoming good/great cinemas.
That 2point0 will remain a hyped movie till its release is a certainty.
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September 15, 2018 at 1:40 AM
I met someone yesterday who said Race 3 was legitimately an ok film…so anything is possible…
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September 15, 2018 at 2:56 AM
I think the teaser has created expectations. I for one was sure this will be a turkey but this might turn out to be a surprise. It will do around 100 cr in Hindi I think even if it is very good but Telugu Tamil Malayalam Kannada and Overseas can take it to 500 crs..
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September 15, 2018 at 3:10 AM
They will need a theatrical trailer focused on Akshay rather than Rajini for this to work in hindi belt. Then maybe 100 cr nett is possible from hindi version.
Rajini films are not working big in south anymore. Lingaa was like Tubelight, Kabali was like Race 3 given all the controversy over fraud BO reporting. Kaala was average in TN, flop in hindi and telegu. So I will be surprised if 2.0 goes crazy in south.
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September 15, 2018 at 4:40 AM
Its a Shankar and Rajni movie…Shankar is a huge brand in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. Even I did record business in Kerala..Shankar brand is big there. So I wont go by what Kaala did…Kaala was affected in its opening due to Rajnis ill advised speeches before the movies release. Here Shankar will command an opening on his own..This will open bigger than Rajnis last 2 movies.
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September 15, 2018 at 4:46 AM
After Endhiran, Shankar had made only one movie – Ai. It was a washout in Hindi. All versions reportedly made 135 cr nett in India on a budget of 100 cr (Endhiran had made 190-220 cr nett in all versions in India depending on whom you believe, on a budget of 160 cr). ‘I’ was called a BO ‘success’ in the end, but was hardly at par with other Shankar hits.
Neither Shankar nor Rajini has delivered a clean hit since Endhiran released 8 years back.
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September 15, 2018 at 4:49 AM
I don’t rate Shankar too highly. Jeans was terrible
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September 16, 2018 at 12:32 AM
I saw this teaser months back on twitter.I think it was screened at some festival or so.
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September 15, 2018 at 1:13 AM
Second Week collections in 2018:
Sanju – Rs. 92.85 cr
Padmaavat – Rs. 69.50 cr
Baaghi 2 – Rs. 35.60 cr
Stree – Rs. 35.14 cr
Raazi – Rs. 35.04 cr
Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety – Rs. 29.77 cr
Raid – Rs. 27.06 cr
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September 15, 2018 at 1:26 AM
Rumours floating around that a big budgeted film’s production /release has been delayed till 2019…
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September 15, 2018 at 1:37 AM
Which one?
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September 15, 2018 at 1:40 AM
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September 15, 2018 at 1:41 AM
To be confirmed… It’s probably a small film. I think that that Joginder Tuteja made Housefull 4 announcement sound like the biggest thing since sliced bread.
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September 15, 2018 at 1:41 AM
Zero? Its most at risk given Simmba’s release date.
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September 15, 2018 at 1:47 AM
Thugs of Hindostan to be introduced through motion posters
“The first character poster will be out on Tuesday. Looks like Adi, Aamir and Viktor have finalised 6 motion posters featuring 6 key characters of the film. They are keeping this plan close to the chest and no one knows which character will be introduced first. They want to start building the curiosity of the audiences for the trailer through these motion posters. No one has seen the world of Thugs or the outstanding looks of the characters and this out of the box introduction will surely get the buzz on the film to go through the roof,” says a source close to the development.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/thugs-aamir-khan-amitabh-bachchan-starrer-thugs-hindostan-introduced-motion-posters/
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September 15, 2018 at 2:04 AM
More rumors …
A source told mid-day, “The final poster will see all the four thugs together. Aamir and Adi want to make a splash on the very first day of promotions. While most films kick off their promotional plan with a teaser, the duo felt that revealing the looks of the characters would make the film a talking point among fans. It will set the stage for the trailer launch that will follow 10 days later.”
On the anvil is also Kaif’s solo song, which is touted to be one of the most expensive numbers coming out of Bollywood. “It is titled Suraiyya Meri Jaan and comes at an interesting juncture in the film. Mounted on a grand scale, it is arguably Katrina’s hottest song to date.”
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September 15, 2018 at 1:48 AM
DAMN !!!
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Aamir Khan shelves his ambitious Mahabharat?
Subhash K. Jha
Says a source in the know, “After weighing all pros and cons, Aamir Khan has decided not to make the Mahabharat. For one it would willy-nilly become controversial. More importantly the scale on which he planned the project was commercially not viable. Also, setting aside five years of his precious time for the Mahabharat meant losing out on doing at least three feature films. So no. No Mahabharat.”
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/aamir-khan-shelves-ambitious-mahabharat/
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September 15, 2018 at 1:53 AM
So next its likely to be Mogul, cameo in Kiran’s next and Advait’s FG remake. And maybe 3I sequel with Hirani too within next 5 years. There are already talks of ToH sequel …
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September 15, 2018 at 1:55 AM
Best to wait for official announcement(s)… everyone is getting sucked into rumours
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September 15, 2018 at 2:06 AM
Everything is a manifestation of Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
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September 15, 2018 at 2:57 AM
whats FG?
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September 15, 2018 at 3:03 AM
Forest Gump
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September 15, 2018 at 1:53 AM
I am a bit relieved. I will rather have 3 feature fillms or four than have one big film.
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September 15, 2018 at 2:00 AM
You should be an Akshay Kumar fan by principle.
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September 15, 2018 at 8:37 AM
No wonder Akshay’s fans are the most happiest, contest and richest (median fan’s salary).
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September 15, 2018 at 8:40 AM
Content*
Akshay fans organise several charity events which usually fans of other stars only aspire.
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September 15, 2018 at 3:31 AM
I am also relieved. Thought it was being done for a digital platform. Maybe Aamir backed out once Rajamouli became unavailable. Mogul becomes more of a certainty now
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September 15, 2018 at 2:12 AM
Dear BOI on Manmarziyan:
Manmarziyan Mitron Love Sonia First day Business
Saturday 15 September 2018 11.30
Box Office India Trade Network
New Hindi releases Love Sonia, Manmarziyan and Mitron could not make much of an impact on day one at the box office with the biggest film of the three Manmarziyan outpacing the others by a distance.
Manmarziyan had a low first day with collections of 3.25 crore nett with Delhi NCR and East Punjab doing the best business. The last Abhishek Bachchan solo film All Is Well had grossed 2.37 crore nett and that film was a bit of a disaster.
In this film the music was far better (though not utilized properly) and it had support from younger actors also and has not even done 1 crore nett better and its come three years later. Manmarziyan had some growth in the evening but it was the normal growth that comes in the evening. The collections of the film are similar to Hichki but that film was not targeted at the youth like Manmarziyan.
There should be some growth today but it will be tough road ahead. The film is set in Amritsar and that city has hardly collected 3 lakhs nett so the locals have not even come where the film is set. This happened with another film of the same director when Gangs Of Wasseypur had a Bihar setting and local characters but was a disaster in Bihar.
Mitron had a very poor day as it collected around 40-50 lakhs nett on day one. The film has not even done well in Gujarat where it had better chances. The concept was decent but the audience was juts not interested possibly due to the actors or just lack of awareness.
Love Sonia was the worst of the three with collections in the 25 lakhs nett range. Both Mitron and Love Sonia will also grow but from these low numbers the films hardly have much chance even if they to double up.
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September 15, 2018 at 2:16 AM
Manmarziyan 3.25crr Friday – BOI
This opening kind of kills any chance for the film to emerge success now. Unless it shows huge jumps on Sat/Sun which I doubt will happen. Weekend may hardly do around 14-15crrs now.
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September 15, 2018 at 2:19 AM
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September 15, 2018 at 2:44 AM
Leaving aside Boi’s take, 3.5 cr is on the lower side. All depends on the jump today.
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September 15, 2018 at 2:48 AM
hmm kuch ke fans to intentionally miss karenge…
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September 15, 2018 at 2:54 AM
ya marcus. thought seeing the reviews atleast 5 crs would be good reach… now all depends on weekend collections n from there on… next week bgmc is coming so that too will take many screens out from mm.. if it doesn’t does a respectful collection till it’s end then abjr should do very small tight budget script driven movies.. my bet n advice for himvwould be to select action with comedy movie set in rural or small town.. or star in multistar movie with good role of his..
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September 15, 2018 at 2:57 AM
if not original script take hit masala tamil movies analyzing which might work with hindi audience too..
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September 15, 2018 at 3:05 AM
again these should be made with very tight budget.. one thing bothers me to T as why he is not producing n acting in movies in his own production house 🤔🤔🤔🤔
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September 15, 2018 at 6:04 AM
agreed. it needs quite a jump now.
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September 15, 2018 at 2:55 AM
So, before we get into ToH’s promotional over-drive (to be inaugurated by the incorrigible Komal Nahata tomorrow), here is my so-called ‘reasonable’ take on ToH’s BO:
D3 (despite all the bashing and lashing it received) opened at 36 cr in 2013 and went on to make 284 cr all india nett. 5 years later, a similar big opening will amount to 46 cr opening. From there, D3 like trending will take it to 360 cr nett total. I think that is what D3 would do today considering inflation and GST. Its nothing absurd since TZH and Sanju both did something near to this in the last few months.
With Aamir devoting 2 years to ToH (instead of his 6 months spent on D3), i would expect ToH to do 400+ cr.
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September 15, 2018 at 3:35 AM
It is good he had a Dangal in between . Else D3 would have harmed TOH chances . But agree this would also be more on WOM rather than the public going all out in the first three days.
Trailer and the movie better be good. In a way it is good that nothing much is known about the movie. They have kept the buzz alive by just floating rumours on everything under the sun
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September 15, 2018 at 3:42 AM
Trending is more difficult when you are bound to take a real big opening due to hype and nature of the film.
Irrespective of whether it releases on 7th or 8th Nov, I want first sunday (11th Nov) to be comfortably beyond 50 cr nett mark to feel at ease about the trending.
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September 15, 2018 at 4:18 AM
Talking about the promotional campaign of the film, the source added, “The trailer is being worked on currently, and we plan to launch it anywhere between Dussehra and Diwali. Ajay Devgn believes in keeping the marketing campaign short and Total Dhamaal will be no different. The trailer will be introduced to the media and audience in a grand manner, and we also intend to attach it to the prints of Aamir Khan’s Diwali 2018 release, Thugs of Hindostan.”
http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/ajay-devgns-total-dhamaal-trailer-out-around-diwali-post-production-going-on-in-full-swing/
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September 15, 2018 at 6:11 AM
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What a knockout performance by @tapseepannu in #Manmarziyaan.She inhabits the world of a difficult character and makes her totally credible @vickykaushal09 is 1st rate @juniorbachchan is in fine form Kudos to Kanika Dhillon’s writing and the madness of @anuragkashyap72 direction
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September 15, 2018 at 6:16 AM
not sure why he has a different number..
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#Manmarziyaan has grown in a big way in evening and night shows in select Multiplexes of big cities. First day should be around 5 Cr.
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Y’day
#Manmarziyaan – 4.5 Cr
#Stree – 2.5 Cr (97 Cr)
#TheNun – 1.25 Cr (40.5 Cr)
#ThePredator – 1 Cr
#Mitron – 0.5 Cr
#LoveSonia – 0.3 Cr
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September 15, 2018 at 6:27 AM
they’re providing some occupancy numbers here.. the number did go up in the later shows. Today the numbers look a lot better too but again off that low first day number it will need big jumps today and tomorrow and then remarkable consistency.
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September 15, 2018 at 6:31 AM
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#Manmarziyaan opens in the expected range at the Box-Office – Rakes in Rs 3.52 crore on its opening day and the biz from hereon should escalate at the metros. The film would head towards a healthy weekend in the range of Rs 14 to 16 crore!
this guy predicted 2.75-3.5 initially:
http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/hype-meter-manmarziyaan-mitron-on-the-box-office-prediction-scale/
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September 15, 2018 at 10:34 PM
his 2.75 – 3.5 cr prediction is for opening day, not weekend. in that regard, he seems to be close
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September 15, 2018 at 11:12 PM
yes I know. His weekend prediction is 14-16.
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September 15, 2018 at 6:34 AM
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And this Monday will witness the beginning of the marketing campaign of a film that is not just the biggest of 2018 but also the biggest that our industry has seen till date – #ThugsOfHindostan starring @aamir_khan, @SrBachchan, #KatrinaKaif and @fattysanashaikh! BRING IT ON
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September 15, 2018 at 6:45 AM
Coming from a huge Salman fan…this carries weight
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September 15, 2018 at 6:54 AM
didn’t know he was a Salman fan!
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September 15, 2018 at 8:02 AM
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Javed Akhtar collaborates with Ashutosh Gowariker for their eighth film together… Poetry sessions and brainstorming begins for #Panipat… Stars Sanjay Dutt, Arjun Kapoor and Kriti Sanon.
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September 15, 2018 at 8:06 AM
Astronaut film with Akshay:
http://supercinema.co.in/now-thats-a-big-one/
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September 15, 2018 at 8:07 AM
Stree makers, Dinesh Vijan and Amar Kaushik join hands for the remake of this Marathi film
ByBollywood Hungama News NetworkSep 15, 2018 – 12:31 pm IST
After the stupendous success of Stree, if you are wondering if Dinesh Vijan and Amar Kaushik are planning a return with the sequel, then you may be wrong. Although a sequel is indeed on the cards, the director-producer Jodi is keen on exploring a different subject this time, a rather serious one. The duo is planning to make a film on the tabooed topic of surrogacy and it will be a remake of 2011 Marathi drama Mala Aayi Vhaaychay [I Want To Be A Mother].
Featuring Urmila Kanitkar, Stacy Bee amongst others, the film not only approaches the topic of surrogacy but also the practice of many foreigners coming in search of poor Indian village women as their surrogates. The film throws light on how poverty forces Lavani dancer Urmila to agree to surrogacy under Mary’s persuasion. But after the doctor reveals that the child will be born with medical complications, Mary leaves the pregnant Urmila in a lurch. Years later, the kid, with his mother’s foreign genes is growing up with Urmila as his caretaker and is very fond of his mother. However, a guilt driven Mary returns to find her child and decides to take him away with her. The film deals with the trauma of women and the biggest question – if the child will live with his blood-related mother or the mother who has given birth to him and taken care of him?
Coming back to the Hindi remake, director Amar Kaushik stated that he loves ma-bachchon ki kahani [mother-children stories] and also revealed that this one is based on a true story. He added that the cases came to a practicing lawyer named Samruddhi Porey who practices at Bombay High Court.
Mala Aai Vhaaychay bagged the National Award for the Best Marathi Film in 2011. Producer Dinesh Vijan mentioned that the work on the Hindi remake has already kicked off with his writer Sita Menon working on the script for the past one year. He concluded in reports adding that the story is currently being written taking new surrogacy laws under consideration. The actors for the Hindi version of the film are yet to be finalized.
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September 15, 2018 at 9:12 AM
SCOOP: Akshay Kumar – Vidya Balan to star in R. Balki produced first ever INDIAN SPACE FILM
The film will be about sending a crew of chosen people to Mars.” Further talking about details of the film, the source goes on to add, “The said project is yet to be titled, but it will be directed by Jagan Shakti who has earlier been an associate director on films like Pad Man, Holiday, and Akira to name a few.”
Now we hear that Akshay Kumar is all set to star in what will be the first ever Indian astronaut film that will be produced by R. Balki, Viacom and Akshay.
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September 15, 2018 at 9:16 AM
Have a serious doubt over the scale of this movie. This will bomb if done at low budget.
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September 15, 2018 at 10:23 AM
Precisely why Aamir excused himself out of salute. Also, note how his MB plans got shelved as soon as Shankar delivered a turkey teaser with tacky vfx after spending 75m $ on 2.0.
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September 15, 2018 at 10:36 AM
To be honest I’ve never been too excited about the MB idea anyway. The truly interesting film on the subject would be hard to pull off in the current environment. The lesser film would be great entertainment but I personally expect more from Aamir than just a BB version of MB. When you tackle this sort of epic you should try and create something for the ages. But with the budget that would be involved here it would be hard to take too many risks. Of course I’ll show up for Aamir at the theater either way but none of the currently rumored projects excite me. I think at this point in time he should really take on something like Lagaan. Not that film but something epic for the ages, a period piece of some sort. I really wish he had been completely in charge of TOH. In fairness to him he’s probably learnt from the MP experience. If you make an authentic film the risks are greater (even though any such thing would be safe with him, just on the initial), and the stuff everyone else pulls where it’s really all about hype, making a killing in the first week or two and running away, isn’t his style. It’s one thing to act in these films for other production outfits, he would never make this sort of thing on his own. Because otherwise he’s really attempted everything in site from small films to the biggest ones. From Lagaan through TOH an incredible journey to say the least. But there is really nothing left to do in the existing Bollywood system. The smaller Talaash-like stuff is still worthwhile, anything with a true prestige director like Mehra would be ok too, you probably never want to say no to Hirani but really he should now do something defining once again. He has such unique and unquestioned box office credibility at the moment he should put this capital to use for something special. Mogul doesn’t quite cut it for me, nor does MB (for the reasons I just described). But there’s still so much that could be explored in an ambitious production. Really hope he does something of this sort. There’s really nothing left for him to prove otherwise, he can keep adding big hits but he could really be covering new ground.
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September 15, 2018 at 12:34 PM
Good summation here !
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September 15, 2018 at 1:25 PM
thanks..
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September 15, 2018 at 12:47 PM
TOH seems a halfway house between a Lagaan type epic and a D3 out and out commercial film (that is just purely box office). The issue is the director – I don’t mind that it’s YRF as if they had an in-house director of ROM’s ability it would be fine. Unfortunately we haven’t seen enough of the good things from VKA to bank on this being an epic film.
This is a bit in the Eklavya field of script it feels and that film was promising but it had VVC as director. There aren’t a pool of directors who have this skill it seems.
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September 15, 2018 at 1:45 PM
I don’t think there is an Eklavya-like danger here but you’re on the money on the Lagaan-D3 thing. The other way to see it is that you can make a masala epic or you can do the more Hollywood low key version. BB was the former. Lagaan is the latter. Both completely appropriately. If you do Lagaan like a masala epic you won’t do as much justice to the subject and the opposite wouldn’t work with BB at all. With TOH the former option has to be chosen as much as possible. You can have the great set pieces and so on (they were working on a huge ship set in Malta at one point) but there has to be masala glue here. Or emotionally pitched at those registers. To be fair you can do this one in somewhat more low key mode as well but then it would have to be a very strong script. In a way this was the issue with D3. Or the reason it didn’t satisfy people like the first two ones. Those are ‘stupid’ films not pretending to be anything more. But here with the more masala script (the two brothers etc) it became harder for the film to do double duty. They couldn’t have gone more masala than they did because that’s not what the genre is about. But by raising these elements they also couldn’t just do business as usual. Again this isn’t just a Yashraj or Acharya problem. Bollywood just doesn’t have people anymore who really understand some of these genres. In the South it’s a very different story. But then Bollywood also refuses to hire people from the South. There’s a reason Aamir worked with the original director for Ghajini! No one in Bombay could have directed Ghajini the way it was meant to be made and we see the results in all the other masala attempts. On that note Yashraj’s Shamshera with Ranbir is a case in point. Hard to pull off ‘designer masala’ (leaving aside the fact that Ranbir seems unsuited for this terrain.. though this might be masala-comedy)!
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September 15, 2018 at 9:57 PM
The political angle notwithstanding, I think Aamir knows he cant invest 1000-1500 cr on production budget for first MB film itself to ensure vfx is not as tacky as Rajamouli or Shankar’s films. Going by the current business scenario of big budget bollywood films, its not a feasible proposition at this point.
There is no other reason to explain why MB gets shelved right after 2.0 teaser gets released. The co-incidence is too convenient to ignore.
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September 15, 2018 at 10:38 PM
When you are trying to mash Lagaan in Acharya/YRF’s overblown masala melodrama style, its difficult to expect the overall texture to be any better than D3.
Only silver lining is that Aamir had supervised the reworking of Acharya’s initial script (that was offered to hrtitk) and then has devoted 2 years fully to the execution of the same. So the narrative may turn out to be better than D3.
BB films had gripping narrative (within the limitations of masala mishmash) – ToH can perhaps turn out to be like that. Stunts may still be like men flying around with tacky vfx work, the dramatic moments may well be reaching heights of melodrama, or the dialogues may be as corny as in southern masala. It is an everything goes scenario when you try to combine the brains of Lagaan, Tashan and Dhoom 3.
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September 15, 2018 at 10:15 AM
The greatest marathoner ever:
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September 15, 2018 at 10:58 AM
kunal kohli
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@kunalkohli
41m41 minutes ago
Hearing such good things about #Manmarziya @juniorbachchan @taapsee @vickykaushal09 @anuragkashyap72
It’s so rare when everyone, the media,our fraternity, the audience,everyone wants a film to do well.
Great Going Guys.
(Am shooting so gonna catch it on my next break)
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September 15, 2018 at 10:59 AM
this isn’t an exaggeration, I too have been surprised by how overwhelmingly positive it’s been in this sense. Would be amazed if this didn’t translate into real numbers and trending.
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September 15, 2018 at 11:17 AM
Dont expect too much from indian audience … even SS deserved more footfalls than it did last year.
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September 15, 2018 at 11:34 AM
true, the Indian audience rarely disappoints..
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September 15, 2018 at 11:42 AM
😷😷😷😷😷
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September 15, 2018 at 11:04 AM
I’m still trying to give Jay that extra push.. lol!
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September 15, 2018 at 11:16 AM
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September 15, 2018 at 11:19 AM
Dont see any point in doing this.
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September 15, 2018 at 11:26 AM
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September 15, 2018 at 11:29 AM
The industry is hyping this up too much. But I think if this releases even on the dreaded Nov 7th it will break records such is the hype.
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September 15, 2018 at 11:45 AM
for once I think the film will live up to the hype. I mean in terms of breaking all records initially. The rest of course depends on the film. In other words don’t think this is the kind of film that is possible to overhype.
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September 15, 2018 at 2:30 PM
MB is such an interesting concept to go full fledged and appeal to an all India audience but people will be scared to touch it by a mile because we have idiots in power who are ready to get offended at every single chance. But the joke is on even bigger idiots who support the government even on this forum 😝
When it comes to star actors I really think Its high time SRK gets his hit. In his past few films he has delivered good performances even in less than average films. In favt it won’t be wrong to say that him along withAbhishek are the best star actors who are performing very well when others have consistently been strictly average
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September 15, 2018 at 9:44 PM
On the contrary, Srk’s facial contortions look much worse on his wrinkled and aged face. It is this Dorian Grey phenomenon that is causing his films to flop left and right. He is definitely the best star-overactor of his generation while his buddy Salman is the best star-nonactor. For the rest of it, here is a cartoon straight on the money:
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September 16, 2018 at 2:39 AM
Calling someone an idiot because they support another party?
#Intolerance
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September 15, 2018 at 2:48 PM
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September 15, 2018 at 3:09 PM
from krkboxoffice – mm day 2 : 4.50 cr..
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September 15, 2018 at 3:58 PM
Raj Bansal has the same, not much of a jump… puzzling.
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September 15, 2018 at 4:19 PM
and KRK said this earlier:
KRKBOXOFFICE
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@KRKBoxOffice
10h10 hours ago
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Today film #MANMARZIYAAN is running with much better occupancy so day2 business will be much more than day1!
not sure what the issue is..
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September 15, 2018 at 4:57 PM
here they’re saying 5.25 cr:
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September 15, 2018 at 5:15 PM
and I’ve seen a number of such tweets:
Shobhaa De
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@DeShobhaa
2h2 hours ago
Time to fall in love with Abhishek Bachchan all over again in ‘Manmarziyaan’. What a script! Great performances and music. Full house tonight
don’t quite get it! Anyway watching it later tonight.
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September 15, 2018 at 6:31 PM
Enjoy! I’m watching it tomorrow.
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September 15, 2018 at 8:01 PM
https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-in-india/mumbai-police-reply-uday-chopra-marijuana-tweet-reactions-5358013/
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September 15, 2018 at 8:08 PM
Just finished watching Manmarziyan.
Manamaziyan = HDDCS + Sex – Journey of female character for change of heart
It is anurag kashyap’s version of hddcs same of Dev D was his of Devdas.
I dont understand what Tapsee change her mind suddenly, Full Second half of HDDCS focuses on this journey throughout, and that makes it beautiful. This movie focuses only on sex.
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September 15, 2018 at 8:09 PM
Tapsee pannu says in the end to Jr b, i like you at first , now i find you hot.
Disgusting movie.
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September 16, 2018 at 3:11 AM
What? A woman wants good sex from husband? Blasphemy! Only men can lust and rape women.
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September 16, 2018 at 8:43 AM
Have you watched the film? If so, tell me what made her change her mind in just one scene unlike HDDCS which takes whole second half for this transformation, and here her decision and acts were not convincing. Even their finale walk and talk doesnt explain anything, though she mentions she finds him hot now.
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September 15, 2018 at 9:48 PM
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September 15, 2018 at 9:52 PM
Mogul vs Dabangg 3 on Christmas 2019.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/breaking-salman-khan-starrer-dabangg-3-release-christmas-2019/
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September 15, 2018 at 11:14 PM
@anuragkashyap72 @juniorbachchan Really liked Manmarziyaan. It’s structurally and tonally a very interesting film. In a very precise sense there are Godardian traces in your [Anurag] effort but at another level it is also somewhat reminiscent of Rathnam’s late mode. Even otherwise one of your best films (in some ways it offers an intriguing and instructive contrast with the superb Mukkabaaz). In a longer note perhaps I’ll quibble with the last minute of the film and offer friendly debate on some other aspects of the work. Abhishek, truly appreciated your pause and poise here. A very assured performance where you strike a very delicate balance throughout. Of course I loved all the actors but to my mind Taapsee (who has one of the very significant female performances in Hindi film history here) and you are the film’s contrapuntal forces. Hers drives the energy of the film, she’s electric throughout, Vicky Kaushal wonderfully keeps up with her, but it is ultimately your contained economy that is as necessary to the film, that anchors its wild drives somehow. It’s very difficult to pull off a role where you somehow have to resist the film’s more naturally chaotic energies. And certainly the change of pace, the transitions, are skillfully handled as a directorial matter. There is simply too much else to say here. Ultimately an auteur’s work in a commercial format and therefore equally one that reconfigures everything. A lot to admire but enough to argue with as well. This will have been my shorter preface to that longer note!
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September 16, 2018 at 12:59 AM
I have no issues with length. So bigger the note, the more it will be appreciated!
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September 16, 2018 at 1:09 AM
Meanwhile Qalandar has gone completely AWOL!
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September 15, 2018 at 11:14 PM
From BollyTrick’s Noida samples, Manmarziyan seems to be around 5 cr nett on Sat and Stree 3.5 cr.
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September 15, 2018 at 11:17 PM
5 crore would be a more ‘hopeful’ number for Sat. But here’s the thing, it either needs to show a much more significant jump on Sun or remain very stable at a somewhat lower level.
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September 15, 2018 at 11:27 PM
Its doing relatively better in Noida belt. So actual may be closer to 4.5 cr.
Weekend may not be even 15 cr here, was hoping for 20 cr or so. This is not looking too good.
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September 15, 2018 at 11:55 PM
Looking at the reports it is not going to sustain from Monday onwards. Even 25 cr life time seems to be an uphill task now. Abhishek should concentrate on production rather than acting.I think he is good at that as he handled Paa smartly.
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September 16, 2018 at 12:16 AM
Surprised to see why random tweets of some fans are being posted here jto analyse boxoffice performance of films. These guys have no source and they are throwing the numbers without any proper research. I think by posting such random tweets crediablity of this blog is being eroded either knowingly or unknowingly..Hope admins will take note of it and stop the practice henceforth.
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September 16, 2018 at 12:25 AM
Perhaps to counter the negativity.
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September 16, 2018 at 1:01 AM
A valid criticism that holds for Abhishek (and Ranbir too) is that perhaps due to being born with silver-spoon they dont have the motivation to become producers, which is a lot of more work and effort than acting (in case of Abhishek) or parading as a star-heart-throb (in case of Ranbir).
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September 16, 2018 at 12:03 AM
‘ Abhishek should concentrate on production rather than acting’
Performances of all actors are great in this film, direction is godd too though not great. Music is good. But, Energy should be focused on better story. Such unfriendly to family audience movies have no chance at boxoffice just like all Anurag kashyap movies.
Why Indian movies character are so alienating, so European that Indians cant connect.
In search of being realistic, Some directors just portray so negative and disgusting characters as lead, that people wont accept and their movies keep failing at bo. I dont think Kashyap or Vishal bhardwaj ever gave a genuine hit in their life.
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September 16, 2018 at 12:24 AM
We cant club them together. VB is more content oriented and relatively less quirky. I liked many VB films. I watched only BV on TV and that too because of Ranbir. Watched parts of GOW. Will try to watch this also when it comes on tv and write about it.
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September 16, 2018 at 1:03 AM
Why Indian movies character are so alienating, so European that Indians cant connect.
In search of being realistic, Some directors just portray so negative and disgusting characters as lead, that people wont accept and their movies keep failing at bo.
This is an issue I could foresee. The movie doesn’t judge its characters but the viewers will!
Unapologetic feminism, I thought, will restrict the film’s base to a very select audience.
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September 16, 2018 at 1:13 AM
62.5 cr for SS, 22.5 cr for Manmarziyan – this is the aukaad of indian audience to absorb feminism in modern india. All the pseudo-stuff like Dangal, Padman or Toilet can do well though …
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September 16, 2018 at 2:21 AM
VDW did well. SS is about domestic violence.
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September 16, 2018 at 2:54 AM
VDW is also abt pseudo-feminism or lets say opportunistic feminism. Domestic violence is targeted towards women as far as my knowledge and experience goes …
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September 16, 2018 at 3:03 AM
What I said was that VDW where whatever feminism was flaunted did well at bo. And with no important male star.
And you are clubbing SS with these sex based films.
Dangal, TEPK, Padman are different genre.
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September 16, 2018 at 3:07 AM
And Dangal is a biopic. Whats your problem with Dangal which had a different kind of theme of girls taking to sports at the behest of their strict father?
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September 16, 2018 at 3:09 AM
‘Feminism’ is a genre? Dont think so.
In Dangal, Padman and Toilet you have a ‘man’ promoting feminism. It works for indian audience. In SS, you have a girl and her mother fighting for a better ‘free’ life. Such ‘feminist’ stance is hardly acceptable to the indian audience. If Kashyap shows Pannu as a truly liberated woman (not VWD type fluffy stuff), then it will hurt more sentiments than find much appreciation. That is the state of feminism in current India.
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September 16, 2018 at 3:09 AM
Sanjana – Its OK to be a fan. Just stop looking at everything with that narrow prism.
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September 16, 2018 at 3:19 AM
Not as a fan. But you are completely wrong with your analysis. Here I am not defending Mela! Or Fanaa! though I liked the latter for the unusual pair and songs.
You are forgetting many smaller movies like Lipstick under my Burkha. You cannot expect superhit business from such films and start blaming the audience.
It is laughable that you are comparing SS which had a completely different premise with MM. MM is more about confusion than any life threatening feminist problem! And SS had only aamir rooting like mad while MM is backed by the entire film industry and KRK.
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September 16, 2018 at 3:24 AM
Marcus, its alright if you are pissed off with aamir for not going for MBbut going for GK. Just stop looking at everything with that narrow prism.
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September 16, 2018 at 3:25 AM
Please don’t speak of Dangal in the same line as Padman and TEPK. Dangal is a class apart and the later two movies not anywhere close to Dangal
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September 16, 2018 at 5:34 AM
LOL … you just cant take anything negative on Dangal because its Aamir’s best film. But Dangal its not without its flaws. Legit essays can be written and argued why its not. But that was not even my point! Ironical?
I was talking about what kind of feminism is acceptable to indian audience by large, and Dangal’s BO numbers exemplifies it. You read comments from ‘indian’ johns and if you still cant figure out what i am referring to, then just keep praising Aamir and dont bother to reply to my comments.
Whether he does Mogul or not, i really dont care. Well choosing MB would have shown some ambition, but its obvious he just wants less risky hits in more numbers at this point. The pathetic state of indian vfx work does not help either.
ToH can get tons of criticism for me (depending on how it turns out to be). Ignoring them by thinking I am saying it because he MAY do Mogul … well that is your prerogative.
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September 16, 2018 at 5:36 AM
Jeeves – If you can read, I grouped Dangal with Padman and Toilet because they all have a Man preaching feminism. Never said they are all equally good films, did I?
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September 16, 2018 at 6:40 AM
One thing I admire about Jeeves is his consistency. Being a great fan is not a crime. Flaws are everywhere and inspite of flaws a film should be a good experience to savour. And making fun of others is not in good taste. It is Jeeves’s goodness that he is not retaliating in the same coin. Make your point but dont make personal comments and make fun of others calling them narrow minded and make other insinuations. The comment shows what you become when others point flaws in your argument.
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September 16, 2018 at 7:19 AM
Usually I avoid arguing with bloggers but sometimes cant help it.
My fault and I have to restrain myself in future.
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September 16, 2018 at 8:12 PM
Sanjana – Pointing flaws in arguments is actually welcomed.
BUT talking nonsense WITHOUT even reading the comment properly or understanding the context, need not be encouraged, unless you want constant drivel in a blog. In such scenarios its better you restrict yourself as you said. No point in arguing without understanding …
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September 16, 2018 at 8:20 PM
And sorry if i disagree with your ‘let it be’ policy for disgusting male chauvinistic sexist comments left by some members in this blog, like the one I referred to.
I have said this before, it is a shame that such stuff is ignored by owners/moderators in the name of liberalism. Sad state of affairs, unless you actually agree with such comments.
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September 17, 2018 at 12:21 AM
I will do whatever I please in civil terms.
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September 16, 2018 at 12:39 AM
https://www.thehindu.com/society/when-i-came-out-i-faced-violence-from-my-own-father/article24954072.ece?homepage=true
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September 16, 2018 at 1:07 AM
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September 16, 2018 at 1:16 AM
Salute is more likely to be shelved.
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September 16, 2018 at 1:44 AM
I sort of saw this coming given that they had random shooting schedules even in August. This means they messed up Zero and it will most likely be a flop now regardless of when it releases. I think SRK interfered too much and diluted Anand Rai’s orignal vision, because there were way too many foreign location filming schedules for an Anand Rai film. Delayed SRK movies in the recent past have been ones that are VFX heavy flops (i.e. Ra. 1 and FAN).
Sad, I thought this film would be the one that gives SRK some sort of comeback. Looks like we will have to wait even longer for SRK and Abhishek to bounce back!
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September 16, 2018 at 1:46 AM
Oh wow I completely did not read this correctly lol it’s saying that Salute’s filming has been postponed to next year, not Zero’s release date, whoops.
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September 16, 2018 at 1:50 AM
The main problem for Zero is that is will be sandwiched between Dhamaal 3 and Simmba.
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September 16, 2018 at 2:12 AM
Simmba is from folks he is close to .. KJo, Rohit Shetty and YRF find Ranveer
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September 16, 2018 at 2:01 AM
It really does seem no one cares about an SRK release now, at least none if the current crop of actors.. SRK’s BO clout has exposed himself in front of his peers
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September 16, 2018 at 2:23 AM
The reality is since Son of Sardaar clashed somewhat successfully with JTHJ (a Yash Chopra film) it has shown that competition is no longer afraid. Bhansali’s Bajrao Maatani continued it and Sultan would have but Raees shifted. He can no longer do the OSO/Saawariya savagery through the media. A guy like Devgnn seems fearless and happy to take him on.
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September 16, 2018 at 3:04 AM
Yes, OSO was the last time that SRK could dictate terms based on his BO clout and make competition suffer. But hey, that was 10 years back! Since then he had been playing catch up game with his overdose of fake PR news and numbers. And after a while he started delivering so much trash (read HNY) that he soon became irrelevant. Zero will further add to his plight.
Since Badshah (1999), he deliberately chose to stick to that title as his PR alias. Now 20 years later ‘Zero’ will unintentionally get stuck to his name … and perhaps forever. And frankly he derves it. “Only sex and SRK sells in India”, right?
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September 16, 2018 at 3:15 AM
not OSO, but CE where Akshay postponed OUATIMD due to fear of the clash
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September 16, 2018 at 5:19 AM
It is not like that tonymontana. If you analyse Srk’s career, you’ll find clashes faced by him since early 90’s. He has delivered biggest hits of his career in clashes only. Have you forgotten when he took shit out of Bachchan and Govinda during KKHH vs BMCM clash? JTHJ had a sizeable lead over SOS despite being a crap/ boring movie. Yes, Dilwale had lesser nos compared to BM but still check the opening where it crushed BM..Had the content being good, that would have destroyed BM completely.If you see worldwide boxoffice collection, then Dilwale was a clear winner.
Srk has always faced clashes and there is nothing new or you can’t project it as if its due to lack of Boxoffice clout. And don’t worry about Golmal and Simba releasing around zero..Golmal is releasing on 7th December and Simba won’t come on 28th and thats 100% sure.So relax and enjoy all these film without any bias.
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September 16, 2018 at 5:34 AM
Double standards! Between BMCM & KKHH, the former had the better opening.
Between BM & Dilwale, the latter had the better opening. In both cases, you present facts as they suit you.
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September 16, 2018 at 5:51 AM
LOL Saket don’t waste your time. Easy to suss out what’s going on here. Mission Kashmir, Indian? It’s all academic, people tend to remember the marathon winner i.e. KKHH & BM in these things.
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September 16, 2018 at 5:41 AM
And what makes you think or believe Simmba wont release on 28th?
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September 16, 2018 at 5:49 AM
I think Total Dhamaal comes a week before Zero and Simbaa the week after. Zero will need to be extraordinary to handle this kind of heat.
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September 16, 2018 at 1:50 AM
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September 16, 2018 at 1:53 AM
If it can hang around a bit more, it can get to 120 cr cume.
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September 16, 2018 at 2:03 AM
latest update on krkboxoffice – mm : 5.05 cr
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September 16, 2018 at 2:04 AM
Day Two Manmarziyan
Sunday 16 September 2018 11.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Manmarziyan showed good growth of around 50% on day two as it collected 4.75 crore nett but it should really have been more considering the first day was low. Despite doing its business in Delhi NCR and East Punjab the collections are not really as strong as they should be. In Delhi city its certain multiplexes collecting well and in East Punjab its mainly Gurgaon which is giving close to one third of the business in the circuit.
The first two day busines of Manmarziyan is as follows:
Friday – 3,25,00,000
Saturday – 4,75,00,000
TOTAL – 8,00,00,000 apprx
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September 16, 2018 at 9:53 AM
Marcus ..be sure Simba won’t come on 28th. Don’t expect more information in this case from me..You can take screenshot of my comment for record and reference. Total Dhmaal release date is 7th December not 14th..In case it really comes on 14th still it won’t harm zero as Total Dhamaal is not a big deal like Golmal Franchise.
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September 16, 2018 at 11:05 PM
Saket ..lol kch b..KKHH was a hurricane at boxoffice from day one and BMCM struggled in front of it. You should check facts before commenting like this..When i mention facts i dont mean Jayshah’s boxoffice column or Yakuza’s bollybusiness.
Jay Shah. Indian was a winner against Asoka and nobody is denying that. Mission Kashmir and Mohabatein took almost equal opening but after weekend it was Mohabatein that came out as clear winner. That is the only clash which Srk lost whereas he has won all other clashes whenever happened. If you analyse Amir’s career and see whenever he has clashed with other actors, he has lost.
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September 16, 2018 at 11:11 PM
I am taking about Indian vs Asoka clash being only clash that he lost
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September 16, 2018 at 11:27 PM
Not that I want to re-engage in these stale debates over here but BMCM had the bigger week 1 against KKHH. The latter of course was the bigger grosser by far eventually but not in week 1.
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September 17, 2018 at 12:21 AM
Better option would have been had you provided a link from any geniune source in support of your comment.I asked Saket for the same if you read my comment.
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September 17, 2018 at 12:35 AM
And exactly is a ‘genuine’ source in your opinion? Is it BOI? LOL
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September 17, 2018 at 12:44 AM
BMCM
Link-https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=2515
BO note-The film would have taken record opening but released Pre Diwali and was hit in some circuits.
Now type and search for KKHH data as my comment wld go in dump if i attach it’s link.
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September 17, 2018 at 1:18 AM
BOI data proves BMCM opened bigger first day, first weekend, first week was better than KKHH.
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September 16, 2018 at 2:34 AM
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September 16, 2018 at 2:56 AM
So Noida plex data was somewhat representative, Manmarziyan did 5 cr nett yesterday.
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September 16, 2018 at 2:59 AM
Needs 6.5 cr today to get the weekend total up to 15 cr. Would still be on the lower side but maybe it can sustain for a while.
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September 16, 2018 at 3:08 AM
Who would have thought that oneday John Abraham’s movie against the strong competitor hava a bigger opening day then Abhishek ‘s 3.5* reviewed movie’s weekend. Being a Abhi fan it pains me. But I have one grouse against Abhishek. He didn’t show stomach to fight.
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September 16, 2018 at 3:31 AM
I can get your feeling totally. Even I do wonder sometimes. He is not that bad an actor, to have (almost) no work these days. There are plenty out there, who are so worse, when compared to him. Yes, we have the Tiger Shroffs and John Abraham donning the Hero’s roles these days, but not that man. To be honest and fair to him, you do feel bad for him.
But having said so, with all due respect to the man, I would also maintain, that though he is a good actor, he really did miss the zing to be cast as a hero, who can single-handedly carry a role and bring success to the movie. No matter how big a fan you are of him, you simply do have to agree to this. Yes, he has the height, the physique and the voice to be a hero, but that extra something, which you need is just not there in him. That is why, even being so long in the industry, he hasn’t been able to carve out a niche for himself! As a result of which the directors can’t put their faith on him totally! Sigh!
But he did have a bright start. With films like Refugee, Guru, Bunty Aur Babli, Sarkar, he was in the limelight for all the right reasons.
But that didn’t last long. You can blame a number of factors for this.
His decisions – It is a well known fact that Abhishek Bachchan turned down the role played by Saif Ali Khan in the movie Dil Chahta Hai. Not that, saif has made it real big in the industry, but yes he has a better presence, you can say, when compared to Abhishek. Not that just by acting in the movie, would have made Abhishek, a superstar, but yes definitely, a good role there would have surely opened up so many opportunities for him, right at the start of his career. He definitely can rue this one, as a missed opportunity.
His legacy – The legacy that he carries is definitely very hard to bear. Being the only son of Amitabh Bachchan definitely puts added pressure on him. The expectation that everybody has had on him over the years, just due to this fact, has seriously not helped him. To be honest, he has always been shadowed by Senior Bachchan. Also it has to be pointed out that his mother is Jaya Bachchan, a lead-actress of her time, herself. So definitely, not an easy thing having the lead man and lady of Bollywood, as your mother.
His wife – Well, definitely, if you have Aishwarya Rai, as your wife, you will definitely be taken away from the limelight, when you are together (Of course, if you are not Tom Cruise yourself). And that is what has exactly happened with Abhishek Bachchan, I’m afraid. Wherever, he goes around (in Cannes, for example) he is looked upon as ‘the husband of Aishwarya Rai, sadly. Doesn’t really help him when you can’t steal the show on your own and you need your wife’s identity to recognize yourself.
The above points coupled with the one, which I mentioned above (lack of the real personality of a hero, a real showstopper, has really dented Abhishek’s career, I’m afraid.
So these days, we find him doing stuffs like these –
Owning Teams – He owns the ISL Team – Chennaiyin FC and Pro Kabaddi League Team – Jaipur Pink Panthers.
Coaching Football Team – He was recently made the coach of the Crickets Vs Actors Football Match, which they play these days to collect funds. Sadly, here also he could not fit into the team.
Watching Cricket Matches – When the above matches are not happening, he is seen frequently at the Wankhade Stadium cheering for the home teams – India/Mumbai Indians.
That’s sad to see, believe me, for an actor like him… I feel it, really!
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September 16, 2018 at 3:52 AM
I agree with some things here.
Naveen you’re surprising me with some of your comments recently – in a good way.
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September 16, 2018 at 5:42 AM
This is a great comment from Naveen. Surprise!
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September 16, 2018 at 8:58 AM
The main problem has always been the poor choices of projects.
After Bol Bachan, right when he should have made the next step and sign a good solo film he signed D3, H3 and HNY. He was completely side-lined in these films. And when he opted for a single hero project, the choice was AIW. The latter took years in the making and was an awful film.
So, any positive momentum gained from Bol Bachan was completely lost.
There have been some real misfires as well earlier. I can understand his thinking behind signing films like Delhi 6, KHJJS or Players. But what the hell was he doing in films like Game or Drona?
Sarkar Raj was another weird one. The first Sarkar was about building him up to take over his father’s legacy. He should have been the focal point of the 2nd film.
How the Bachans accepted him being sacrificed is still mind boggling. It looked like a complete misfire.
I don’t think it’s a problem of personality. Films like B&B, Guru, Sarkar and Bulffmaster showed that he can work well as a main hero. He had talent. He was lean, tall and looked dashing.
But he has been making the wrong choices. He hasn’t really looked after himself well enough after some point. That unshaven look has not really worked as well. Watch him in AIW and watch him in Bluffmaster. It’s not only about ageing.
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September 16, 2018 at 9:09 AM
Completely agree with you on Sarkar Raj: it made no sense, and shows RGV doesn’t even understand what “sequel” or “franchise” means. I can only say that in this case RGC sacrifices the son (and the first Sarkar film) at the altar of the father. While patriarchy’s male victims are far far better off than its female ones on average, this film (perhaps I should say the making of this film) reminds us that they do exist…
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September 16, 2018 at 9:53 AM
Most part i agree with you.
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September 16, 2018 at 3:54 AM
1- I don’t think even Ajay devgan has that X factor but he is doing OK.
2- Sunny paa ji also has legacy issue though Dharmendra is not as big as Big B still Sunny paa ji did great.
Don’t think Abhi will make it big as a solo hero but few things are there which no one can snatch from him. He is a good human being with a great and cracking sense of humour and down to earth person. Best of luck to him. Love u Jr B. (Not in Dostana way.)😁😀
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September 16, 2018 at 4:04 AM
MM seems to be polarized wrt reviews. I am planning to watch it today.
My wife confessed to liking Abhishek Bachchan. I’ve apparently got competition. Maybe I should say I like Aishwarya Rai for a reaction 😀
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September 16, 2018 at 4:16 AM
Yay! Satyam’s persuasiveness seems to have worked 🙂
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September 16, 2018 at 5:28 AM
For reaction, start with Sunny Leone 🙂
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September 16, 2018 at 5:39 AM
That will evoke completely different reaction!
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September 16, 2018 at 5:45 AM
LOL that’s saved for when I really want to antagonise her 😀
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September 16, 2018 at 4:56 AM
No One Lives in the House of Films
The last studios in Mumbai face the inevitability of irrelevance. A look back at their glorious past.
The year was 1953. The city of Bombay ended at Bandra. What is Andheri today was then considered a no-man’s land. On a fine day with clear skies, Kamal Amrohi, then in his 40s, drove down for a survey of the estate that he had been lucky to acquire from a well-wisher. He parked his car near the last habitable spot close to the Holy Spirit Hospital, and, holding his teenage daughter by her hand, followed a narrow trail up a hillock. Surveying the acres of untamed land that lay beyond, he turned to Rukhsar and said, “This is where I will build my studio. This barren land will flourish and bloom like an emperor’s garden.”
https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/no-one-lives-in-the-house-of-films-5356298/
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September 16, 2018 at 8:49 AM
Thanks for sharing, Sanjana.
Such a great read, I encourage everyone to read this.
Sad to see such great studios close, memories lost but I guess it’s all part of a life cycle. We will all go one day too, I think the least we can do is do something in life where some (besides family members) will remember us, think of us positively. That’s how you know you have made some difference in this world.
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September 16, 2018 at 6:03 AM
Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. From its directors to its actors, people are leaving the film midway making it difficult for the film to release on the scheduled date. Now the reports suggest that its producer Sujay Kutty has been sacked.
Filmybeat reported that the budget of Manikarnika was suddenly increased from Rs 70 crore to Rs 100 crore, and thereafter, Zee Studios business head Sujay Kutty was sacked from the company for giving greenlight to the project to go on floors. Apparently, the extended budget is being used for the reshoot of the scenes that Kangana is directing.
News18
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September 16, 2018 at 6:34 AM
Am loving it! By the time it releases, Manikarnika will be renamed as “And then there were None”!
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September 16, 2018 at 6:04 AM
JHA’s second report on Aamir within 2 days …
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Kangana Ranaut often finds herself in one controversy after another these days. It has also been said that she has little support among the top rung of stars, quite a few of who, she has rubbed the wrong way. However, there is one A-lister who admires Kangana and her ways. And it’s none other than Aamir Khan!
Apparently, Aamir Khan loves Kangana for her guts to stand up for her beliefs. “Apparently, Aamir has let it be known how much he admires Kangana for her guts to stand up for her convictions. The Dangal superstar says he sees a lot of himself in Kangana.
She in turn feels empowered by his support. In fact we will hear of a project featuring them very soon,” says a source.
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September 16, 2018 at 6:47 AM
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So good to have your peers call you and talk to you about your film. From across languages and across the country . Last time it happened was not even GOW. It was Dev.D . Thank you 🙏🏼
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September 16, 2018 at 7:21 AM
http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/hits-flops/verdict-2018/
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September 16, 2018 at 9:47 AM
Have seen manmarziyan yesterday, last Abhishek film I have seen was bol bachchan in 2012, though he is my favorite, between these two films four films of him have released, according to me they were bad choices by him, I was very disappointing. Now, come to manmarziyan, it is zero error movie, & masterpiece. Everybody associated with the movie have given their best, be it Amit trivedi, Anurag Kashyap, Kanika dhillon & star cast. From very first scene film is absorbing, along with lead characters, each character is remarkable be it Darji, Abhishek’s mom, marriage beuro agent, dancing girls etc, & Anurag has extacted brilliant performance from each character, camera work is such exceptional that Amritsar becomes the main protagonist of the movie. If you omit a.r. raheman, Amit trivedi is the best music director we have right now. He is sheer genius, & delivered the best album of 2018. All the songs are excellent. Amit trivedi & Anurag combo is the most exciting combo. Shelly’s lyrics are awesome. Now comes to main lead actors, Vicky Kaushal is extremely talented & versatile, right now, he is going through the golden phase of his career, taapsee Pannu is like volcano, her energy level is unmatchable. She is new find of Bollywood. Now, comes to Abhishek bachchan, he is coming back after 2 years, never have doubt about his capability & acting talent. He has given many memorable performance in past, I have always reservation about his selection of movies in past, many films he has done in the past are avoidable, but for this time he has selected right movie & director & as Robbie he has given stupendous performance, one of the best from him, he is nearer to perfect in this movie. On the whole it is masterpiece from genius called Anurag Kashyap.
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September 16, 2018 at 2:22 PM
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September 16, 2018 at 11:32 PM
One hour six minutes of solid talk on one issue — drought relief through watershed management — no bullshitting, no interruptions from any self important puffed up journo. Ravish Kumar is a respectful mediaman. Hats off to both participants. And the few questions taken at the conclusion — meaningful . Aamir of course — he takes up any issue, be it films or drought relief — and follows it with full passion and conviction. This is the reason he is one of my favourite Indians.
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September 17, 2018 at 12:13 AM
Yup, good stuff here!
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September 16, 2018 at 8:08 PM
ToH set pic – 1970:
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September 16, 2018 at 8:43 PM
From the first look to till date, this movie reminds me of ATBB movie kranti from 80s starring Dilip kumar, Manoj kumar , Hema malini.
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September 17, 2018 at 12:12 AM
wow This looks Great if indeed it is from TOH.I m hearing today we might see an official poster.
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September 17, 2018 at 1:22 AM
I heard they might release the logo today along with release date. 1st poster may come tomorrow.
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September 16, 2018 at 8:32 PM
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September 16, 2018 at 8:37 PM
Subah subah peeke likh raha hai kya yeh singh?
VHP, RSS will NOT be happy with THUGS of HINDUSTAN; since they will want to DIS-ASSOCIATE themselves from any ‘thuggery’ , thanks to their ‘revisionist’ history ailment..They would rather go with Hindoostan..
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September 16, 2018 at 8:42 PM
Haha, but some can go to any extent for some cheap publicity. And we do have LS elections coming up.
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September 16, 2018 at 10:33 PM
Yashraj is a powerful production house and has good connections. Dont think any controversy will happen
And even if there is, it will be in the guise of promoting
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September 16, 2018 at 11:51 PM
‘I am taking about Indian vs Asoka clash being only clash that he lost’
Such short memory, He lost many in 90s.
After 2000-
What about 1) Dilwale vs BM
2) Indian vs Asoka?
And If one considers CE vs OUTIMD clash, then JHMS and Toilet was clash too.
There are so many movies did well like Aitraaz, SOS while releasing with Srk movies.
while all of these Srk movies were always bigger release size, bigger budget and very high stakes. In those terms, SOS was clean hit while JTHJ wasnt. Aitraaz was more profitable than VZ.
From 90s-
1) Guddu and Oh Darling Ye Hai India vs Hum Dono (August 11, 1995) – This remains the only instance of two SRK movies releasing on the same date. Alas, neither could compete with ‘Hum Dono’ – a movie starring Rishi Kapoor and Nana Patekar – which clocked up Rs 6.06 crore in India. In response, ‘Guddu’ could manage only Rs 2.54 crore, while ‘Oh Darling Ye Hai India’ fared even worse, totting up just Rs 1.77 crore.
2) English Babu Desi Mem vs Bandit Queen (January 26, 1996) – After the massive success of ‘DDLJ’, in October 1995, SRK had become a force to reckon with, but he soon came unstuck when the much-hyped ‘English Babu Desi Mem’ tanked at the box-office. (Rs 3.78 crore). In contrast, the off-beat and controversial ‘Bandit Queen’ set the cash registers ringing and earned Rs 14 crore in India.
3) Ye Lamhe Judaai Ke vs Masti (April 9, 2004) –
Perhaps no clash between movies starring big stars has been as one-sided as this one in last 17 years. SRK was at the pinnacle of his career when ‘YLJK’ released and halted his imperious march at the box-office. The movie had been in the making for close to 8 years and it expectedly looked stale. But given the fact that SRK was on a roll – his last three movies had been hits – trade expected ‘YLJK’ to pull through. As it happened, it turned out to be the biggest disaster of SRK’s career. The film managed a mind-bogglingly paltry Rs 57 lakh. The multi-starrer ‘Masti’ was lapped up by the audience and hoovered up Rs 20.28 crore.
4) Maya Memsaab vs Waqt Hamara Hai-
On July 2 1993, Shah Rukh Khan and Akshay Kumar clashed for the first time at the box office. Maya Memsaab was a woman oriented niche art movie with star cast toplined by Farooq Sheikh and Raj Babbar whereas Waqt Hamaara Hai was as commercial as it gets, also known to bring together the hit pairing of Akshay Kumar and Suniel Shetty for the first time on the silver screen. Akshay Kumar starrer won the battle here. But then you can’t really call Maya Memsaab a Shah Rukh Khan starrer.
And if Going by BOI’s definition of stardom, BMCM opened way bigger than KKHH. Also, Mohabbatein opened less than Mission Kashmir.
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September 17, 2018 at 4:17 AM
OUATIMD and CE were both scheduled for Eid 2013. That’s when SRK begged Jeetendra to change the dates for OUATIMD. So Jeetendra convinced Ekta to push that movie to 15 Aug release. Akshay, so called superstar was a bystander in all this with no voice. Later Ekta blamed SRK for failure of OUATIMD.
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September 17, 2018 at 12:12 AM
No bump on Sunday for Manmarziyan, but Stree is rocking!
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September 17, 2018 at 12:16 AM
Frankly, dont see Manmarziyan going anywhere from here. It needs roughly 40 cr nett to break even.
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September 17, 2018 at 12:39 AM
Paramount/Viacom Inc.’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout earned another $2.315 million (-40%) to bring its domestic cume up to $216.135m. That puts the Christopher McQuarrie-directed sequel ahead, in unadjusted grosses, of John Woo’s Mission: Impossible II ($215m in 2000). That makes Fallout Tom Cruise’s second-biggest domestic earner behind Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds ($235m in 2005). And it has earned $544.8m overseas, including $162m in China, for what is now a $761m global cume. Yeah, inflation (and 3D bumps overseas) notwithstanding, it’s going to race past Fast & Furious 6 ($788m in 2013) by the end. Expect Mission: Impossible – The Big Balloon Adventure in a few summers.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/09/16/box-office-mission-impossible-6-passes-760m-hotel-transylvania-3-tops-500m/#2c11b0377a2e
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September 17, 2018 at 12:40 AM
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September 17, 2018 at 1:25 AM
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September 17, 2018 at 1:27 AM
‘Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota’ wins audience choice award at Toronto film festival
Vasan Bala’s film was the first Indian title to be selected for the Midnight Madness category.
https://amp.scroll.in/reel/894633/mard-ko-dard-nahin-hota-wins-audience-choice-award-at-toronto-film-festival
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September 17, 2018 at 2:00 AM
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September 17, 2018 at 2:17 AM
Looks terrific!!
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September 17, 2018 at 2:25 AM
how is VKA credited as writer? Isn’t it adapted from Philip Meadows book?
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September 17, 2018 at 2:25 AM
loved the trumpet blow.. tune is similar in lines of GOT n BB.. will b epic. finger crossed 😊😊😊😊😊
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September 17, 2018 at 2:40 AM
8th November is release date, not 7th November?
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September 17, 2018 at 3:12 AM
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September 17, 2018 at 2:53 AM
This is a really good poster. And the music really gives you a sense of the film.
Good beginning
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September 17, 2018 at 2:42 AM
Rishi Kapoor and Juhi Chawla… The popular jodi to star in a family comedy… Sony Pictures Intl Prod India and MacGuffin Pictures announce their first collaboration… Directed by debutant Hitesh Bhatia, who has co-written the film with Supratik Sen… Filming begins in Delhi.
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September 17, 2018 at 3:07 AM
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September 17, 2018 at 3:14 AM
https://scroll.in/article/894580/stunk-in-my-nostrils-how-gandhi-and-patel-clashed-bitterly-with-bose-over-congress-presidentship
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September 17, 2018 at 3:17 AM
Disappointing! Can’t see this going much past a LT of 35 Cr.
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September 17, 2018 at 3:22 AM
May not get to 30 cr total IMO …
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September 17, 2018 at 4:12 AM
Abhishek And SRK are having the same problem now. They just can’t get the audience to buy tickets to their movies. Ofc SRK is having this problem at a higher level. Another one in the same boat is Saif. Although I wonder what the effect of Sacred Games will be on his box office prospects. I feel like he’s regained a part of that multiplex audience. Maybe a Netflix show before the next film is the way to go for Abhishek?
Srk’s only hope is to make a good movie with good WOM for the first time in a decade and I think he can hit 200 again. If Zero flops, he’s just asking to be bashed with jokes with a title like that…
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September 17, 2018 at 4:28 AM
There is disinterest it seems. Though I don’t think MM is a bad film at all. It’s worth a watch. I haven’t seen JHMS and nor have I met anyone who likes it – and NO chance I will watch it.
It must be the worst feeling as an actor that your film and performance gets praised but it doesn’t translate at the box office.
https://www.bollymoviereviewz.com/2018/09/manmarziyan-review.html
On the whole it’s got good reviews. The 07-12 phase has done permanent damage on Abhishek at least commercially speaking as a solo star. As an actor he’s still got it.
SRK is still in a better position. History is on his side as a box office star. Zero is obviously crucial as a standalone film but following TOH and 2.0 it’s even more critical he comes out of it with at least 200 Cr. Otherwise he’ll be continuing his descent at a quicker pace.
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September 17, 2018 at 5:00 AM
It hurts him more to have taken a break around 3 years back right when he was going through a bad phase. Makes a comeback even tougher. Ask Akshaye Khanna.
The best thing would have been to remain relevant and hope something like Bol Bachan comes up eventually and then build again from it while avoiding the previous mistakes.
I don’t think John Abraham is a model of great choices in any way. But look at what he did. He kept signing films and kept sticking to a genre where he can be accepted. There were loads of flops out there but he kept working, remained constant and relevant until something eventually worked. Consistency (even if does not translate into advancing too much) is much better than a huge downwards slide.
This is what Abhishek was doing as well in his pre-2005 phase. He kept trying until success came. Once you stop being relevant, it becomes way tougher except if you are a huge star.
It’s going to be difficult to come back now. I hope he makes the right choices now.
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September 17, 2018 at 5:25 AM
This is no fairytale ending IMO. But seriously MM is a good watch but it’s not something Indian audiences lap up at all. I wouldn’t blame them too much either. The ball really is in the film industry’s court not the other way round. There’s a history of good films that don’t find the audience they deserve and vice versa but if you are seeking the box office results you need to make those choices and sacrifices. Critics have given a thumbs up – what more can they do plus social media.
And John Abraham is a perfect example. The guys a totally wooden actor who has found (temporary) success. He’ll not all of a sudden an A list superstar. He’s found a niche space to play in. Abhishek can totally do this but I seriously doubt it as if it were to happen it in all likelihood would have already (that’s the statistician in me speaking).
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September 17, 2018 at 5:36 AM
I think the right comparison point is Shoojit Sirkar’s October starring Varun Dhawan — a hugely popular ‘star’ according to box office portals. That film opened with collections of 4.25 crores but had good growth over the weekend, which implies more favorable reception. But the key point to note is the opening — not too different from Manmarziyan!
It ended up with collections of 39 crores. That’s the upper limit of such films.
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September 17, 2018 at 5:52 AM
Yes very fair comparison. October had a good first week (north of 25 Cr) but didn’t sustain beyond so I do agree such films have a ceiling and can be very ‘personal’ IMO – rather polarized in audience reception. MM’s first week will be 20-22 Cr range max probably and I think 35 Cr is (like Marcus corrected me) looking like a tall order. 30 Cr will be it’s likely result.
But MM has had a lot more favourable reviews & media on it compared to October!
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September 17, 2018 at 6:12 AM
yes I agree, hard to see it go beyond 30. With hardly any improvement on Sun don’t think there’s any possibility of real stability over the weekdays.
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September 17, 2018 at 6:28 AM
I think it’s a failure of economics rather than the genre. There are enough data points for filmmakers to budget their films accordingly. If one is aware of the upper limit for a particular genre, then that sets the budget — the remuneration for stars and everyone else.
If the film ends up making more than the upper limit, which in 99% of the cases will not happen, then everyone should get a cut out of the profits. That way everyone’s happy because no one loses money.
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September 17, 2018 at 11:07 AM
“..failure of economics..” : Absolutely, and ergo my point about silver spoons and estates. If JrB finds himself boxed in the sub-40cr BO category, no one will pay him more than a basic compensation for his appearance. That might perhaps be 2-3cr I assume. Now, he definitely ought to be making more than that just by managing his Dad’s 1000cr portfolio (ie his future estate). So why in the world would he spend all the time chasing those 2-3crs. Even if he were to produce the movie, given all the risks, he just might double that compensation. Whereas a most conservative 5% return on his estate gives him 50cr every year.
But more importantly, these celebrities make money in spades through a few one-time events; and squander it all just because they have no clue on how to manage it. BigB learnt it the hard way by squandering all his wealth away in the 90s, precisely because he did not manage it all himself. He might not even know how to manage, and perhaps even be asking JrB to help him do that now. Fortunately for him, he just has to sneeze and he gets at least 20-25 lakhs for doing so. Every second of his time will fetch him a return; so he will keep standing in front of cameras till he can actually manage to stand on his feet! And he will keep enhancing that estate in the process, bit by bit by bit. But the management of the entire sum requires time and talent.
Why doesn’t Aamir sign films right n left anymore? Especially now after the humongous returns he received from Dangal and SS? He has at least 500crs in the kitty (conservatively, perhaps much more). Just to manage all that takes a lot of time. Even he understands that nothing short of a 50cr return on every movie of his is worth his time now.
SRK has managed it shrewdly, and so he does not care if a movie makes 100cr or not. He may have an internal ego that remains to be satiated, but all his energy aside, he too might not have motivation anymore.
Sallu on the other hand makes it and blows it and has perhaps the most need to keep churning these potboilers for some more time.
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September 17, 2018 at 11:19 AM
@NyKavi – if Abhishek doesn’t care AT ALL – he must be the greatest actor ever! To turn up on sets day in day out, act as though he cares not just in front of people he meets but do double duty also in front of the camera. Must be hard work whilst thinking about all that interest dad is earning on his estate.
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September 17, 2018 at 5:27 AM
Abhishek, Akshay Khanna, Bobby Deol – 3 sons of legendary actors who are struggling these days. I would add Fardeen too but Feroz was not really a legend imho
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September 17, 2018 at 11:27 AM
Bobby had drinking problem. A.K is very choosy. Abhi took a “break” but after break also someone needs to cast him or else he will have to take another break. Of the three only AK has acting talent. Bobby has looks and dancing talent. Abhi lacks ambition.
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September 17, 2018 at 7:20 PM
Dont think AK is a better actor than Abhishek. However, neither is a go-getter. I suspect its due to lack of self-esteem and confidence. Growing up under the shadow of as strong a personality as Bachchan will always have side-effects and consequences. And Vinod Khanna was that idiot who left everything to join Osho’s hippie-sex club. AK is probably a scarred soul … (just saying).
I am not NyKavi to presume either of them have any iota of competency to manage a portfolio of 1000 cr!
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September 17, 2018 at 8:29 PM
“I am not NyKavi to presume either of them have any iota of competency to manage a portfolio of 1000 cr!”
You guys already know so much about the inner life of Abhishek (and Akshaye).. hey don’t stop now!
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September 17, 2018 at 8:38 PM
We are just helping out these guys to find legit excuses for their high-profile but disappointing career …
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September 17, 2018 at 5:28 AM
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September 17, 2018 at 5:32 AM
Karan Kapadia is Dimple K’s nephew. She is very fond of him.
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September 17, 2018 at 5:36 AM
http://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/arjun-kapoor-finds-this-inspiring-connection-between-aamir-khans-dil-chahta-hai-and-kapoor-sons/
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September 17, 2018 at 5:42 AM
Radhika Madan with Abhimanyu from Mard Ka Dard Nahi Hota winning at TIFF.
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September 17, 2018 at 5:49 AM
https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/foreign-media-on-stree-new-hit-film-where-men-are-afraid-to-roam-streets-1917583?pfrom=home-lateststories
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September 17, 2018 at 7:26 AM
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September 17, 2018 at 7:29 AM
First look of Made in China.
Dinesh Vijan further laughed adding that the lead pair also had 200 buffaloes for company. Next month, they will travel to China post which will be followed by the final schedule in Mumbai. The team is aiming to wrap up by November-end. The film is scheduled for an Independence Day release, on August 15, 2019.
When asked Dinesh , why is it an independence day release he said, that it’s difficult for us to imagine the freedom struggle as most of us have lived in a free country. “But not all of us are free to follow our dreams or be who we want to be. That’s the kind of independence we yearn for and must strive towards. So, this Independence Day, be free. That’s the thought inherent in our film,” he concluded.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/first-look-rajkummar-rao-mouni-roy-look-absolutely-authentic-middle-class-couple-made-china/
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September 17, 2018 at 7:33 AM
http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/2-0-teaser-trade-audience-review-mixed-response-to-this-rajinikanth-akshay-kumar-film-but/
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September 17, 2018 at 8:13 AM
Steady, fair prediction but I expect it to open bigger.
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September 17, 2018 at 10:27 AM
Even if they cover lost ground in the coming weeks, I still dont see it opening much beyond 20 cr from its hindi version. If released today it surely wont open to more than 10 cr. To double that in 2 months time-frame is going to be a difficult task. And I doubt if Akshay will go all out to promote what seems like a Rajini show all the way.
It may set opening records in TN though with its Tamil version.
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September 17, 2018 at 11:09 AM
At the same time I doubt if the tamil version can do more than 150 cr nett in the best case scenario. Its likely to do a bit less in reality.
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September 17, 2018 at 8:13 AM
https://scroll.in/article/894135/interview-why-has-india-has-forgotten-one-of-its-greatest-monarchs-a-mughal-empress
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September 17, 2018 at 9:09 AM
Viacom18 Motion Pictures announce release date of #RomeoAkbarWalter [#RAW]: 15 March 2019… Stars John Abraham, Jackie Shroff, Suchitra Krishnamoorthi, Mouni Roy, Sikander Kher… Directed by Robbie Grewal… Produced by Dheeraj Wadhwan, Ajay Kapoor, Vanessa Walia, Gary Grewal.
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September 17, 2018 at 10:04 AM
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September 17, 2018 at 10:18 AM
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/kaushik-ganguly-kishore-kumar-junior-is-not-a-biopic-on-gautam-ghosh/articleshow/65334092.cms
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September 17, 2018 at 10:15 AM
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/manmarziyaan-kanika-dhillon-writer-screenplay-anurag-kashyap-abhishek-taapsee-vicky-5360217/
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September 17, 2018 at 11:10 AM
This re-release will be a disaster.
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September 17, 2018 at 4:58 PM
I haven’t seen the trailer yet myself but I think Badhaai ho could be one more 100 cr grosser before TOH. I see people responding very well to the trailer, some even from unexpected quarters.
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September 17, 2018 at 5:23 PM
It would be a big boost to Ayushmann’s career if that’s the case.
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September 17, 2018 at 10:12 PM
Business nosedives 2 weeks before Diwali. So, there are practically only 4 weeks left for medium budget movies to do any business.
And there are SUi Dhaga, Andha Dhund, Badhai Ho and Bati gul meter chalu.
With so many releases within a month, it is very difficult to do 100 cr. Even, big stars dont take such chances.
I still see Sui dhaga and Andha dhund will be runaway hits. Sui dhaga has the chance to do 100 cr due to star power and big production house. Heard good things about Badhai Ho and it can be a success too. I dont see Batti gul meter chalu doing more than average business in best case, actually it could be outright flop.
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September 17, 2018 at 9:25 PM
Smaller Films Opening Weekend 2018 – Manmarziyan 8th
Monday 17 September 2018 12.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Manmarziyan is the eighth highest opening this year if we look at the smaller films this year. The costs of these films below are generally between 25- 40 crore mark with Raazi and Sonu Ke Tito Ki Sweety going towards the upper end and Hitcki below the 25 mark.
Manmarziyan was a film aimed at the youth and many of the films on this list are films which dont have much for the youth like 102 Not Out, Hichki and even Raazi for that matter but collections of Manmarziyal are less. Raazi was never going to happen but it should have been better than 102 Not Out and Hichki on a worse case scenario.
The opening weekend of the smaller films released this year are as follows.
1. Raazi – 32,72,00,000
2. Stree – 31,58,00,000
3. Sonu Ke Tito Ki Sweety – 25,83,00,000
4. October – 17,41,00,000
5. 102 Not Out – 16,77,00,000
6. Hichki – 15,35,00,000
7. Pari – 13,79,00,000
8. Manmarziyan – 13,75,00,000 aprrx
9. Soorma – 13,48,00,000
10. Happy Phirr Bhaag Jayegi – 11,29,00,000
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September 17, 2018 at 9:34 PM
The noida sample data that bollytrick tweeted over the weekend looked v similar to that of soorma.
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September 17, 2018 at 11:32 PM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/box-office-special-features/box-office-understanding-economics-stree-profits-earned-makers/
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September 17, 2018 at 11:53 PM
Captain Marvel trailer expected at 9 AM EST.
https://www.cbr.com/captain-marvel-trailer-release-time/
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September 17, 2018 at 11:54 PM
“On Monday (day 4), Manmarziyan managed to earn close to Rs 4 crore, according to early estimation. As the movie is riding high on positive reviews, it is expected to rake in moolah at the domestic box office in the days to come.”
https://www.ibtimes.co.in/manmarziyan-box-office-collection-day-4-anurag-kashyaps-movie-witnesses-steady-growth-780801
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September 17, 2018 at 11:56 PM
not sure if I buy this number because if true this would be the single strongest number for the film yet. It would indicate stability at the lower level. But again don’t believe it yet unless confirmed by others. KRK suggested 1.75 crores and that makes more sense given that the film didn’t really grow on Sun at all.
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September 18, 2018 at 12:02 AM
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Monday BO Update:
(Total in bracket)
#Manmarziyaan: ~ 2.25 cr (~ 16.5 cr)
#Stree: ~ 1.75 cr (~ 107.75 cr)
#TheNun: ~ 0.6 cr (~ 44 cr)
#ThePredator: ~ 0.5 cr (~ 3.25 cr)
#Mitron: ~ 0.3 cr (~2.5 cr)
#LoveSonia: ~ 0.3 cr (~1.5 cr)
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September 18, 2018 at 12:02 AM
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September 18, 2018 at 12:06 AM
The uncomfortable truth about indian masala and one-man industry …
https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/film/the-uncomfortable-truth-about-indian-cinema-1.770885
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September 18, 2018 at 12:47 AM
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/framed-in-isro-case-he-died-without-hearing-sc-verdict/articleshow/65849349.cms
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September 18, 2018 at 12:49 AM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/watch-shruti-haasan-performs-original-songs-first-gig-london/
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September 18, 2018 at 1:34 AM
Manmarziyan Falters On Monday – Mitron And Love Sonia Almost Out
Tuesday 18 September 2018 11.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Manmarziyan faltered on Monday as it collected in the 1.90-2 crore nett range. The drop is 40% from the first day and that is too much for a film which opened with such low numbers. The film will no do well but is a little better than the other two ventures of the director this year. The web series Sacred Games was a disaster while Mukkabaaz was not better as it collected a little 10 crore nett at the box office..
The director has an awful record with bad films galore but has still somehow managed to get 15 films as director even though none have gone beyond the 30 crore nett mark. In fact if Manmarziyan makes 25 crore nett it will be the second one to go over 25 crore nett.
The small town bug seems to have been hit with Manmarziyan but if the characterization is still urban how will that relate with the audience as these characters dont belong to a small city be it Amritsar or Aurangabad. The film would have probably failed even if these chracters were set in Mumbai but at least then the film is a more truer to the audience. Its looking a 20.50-21 crore nett first week for the film and it remains to be seen how much it will drop on the second Friday.
The first weekend busines of Manmarziyan is as follows
Friday – 3,25,00,000 apprx
Saturday – 4,75,00,000 apprx
Sunday – 5,75,00,000 apprx
Monday – 2,00,00,000 apprx
TOTAL – 15,75,00,000 apprx
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September 18, 2018 at 2:20 AM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/sanjay-leela-bhansali-pressure-direct-another-costume-drama/
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September 18, 2018 at 2:35 AM
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September 18, 2018 at 3:15 AM
Batti Gul Meter Chalu would be looking to release on approximately 2200 to 2500 screens in India, and the potential of these screens would be around Rs 33 to 35 crore at normal ticket rates. As the movie releases on a non-holiday, we expect the film to open in the range of Rs 7.50 to 8.50 crore in India. A major contributor to this film should be the metros as Shahid Kapoor is a popular entity in these places, however as it has been proved in the past, Shraddha Kapoor too has consistently ensured reasonable opening at the mass belts. An opening below the Rs 7.50 crore mark would be extremely disappointing, but given the success of music, it is certain that the movie will open in the above-mentioned range. With a positive word of mouth, the biz would escalate over the weekend and the film would pack a solid punch with weekend collections around the Rs 30.00 crore mark in India.
http://www.koimoi.com/box-office/hype-meter-shahid-kapoor-shraddha-kapoors-batti-gul-meter-chalu-on-the-box-office-prediction-scale/
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September 18, 2018 at 3:22 AM
https://twitter.com/MumbaiPolice/status/1041588618152878081
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September 18, 2018 at 4:35 AM
90s Rewind: Katrina Kaif’s sister Isabelle Kaif and Sooraj Pancholi to recreate Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi song in Time To Dance
ByBollywood Hungama News NetworkSep 18, 2018 – 12:30 pm IST
We all know about the much talked about debut of the sister of Katrina Kaif, Isabelle Kaif. It will be the second Bollywood film of Sooraj Pancholi. The film in question, Time To Dance, as the name suggests is all about dancing. And while it is expected to feature some interesting tracks, recent buzz is that the makers are planning to take us back to the 90s, the Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi days.
The rewind to the 90s is because Isabelle Kaif and Sooraj Pancholi are all set to recreate the number ‘Adayein Bhi Hai’. Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi, directed by Mahesh Bhatt, was a rom-com featuring Pooja Bhatt and Aamir Khan and the said track featured the two of them. As for the remake, we hear that a few contemporary elements will be added to resonate with the current generation. From new lyrics to a contemporary style, the new version is expected to feature some interesting twists.
If recent reports are to be believed, the leads, Isabelle and Sooraj have already shot for the song in Dover in Kent. Furthermore, we hear that the film’s director Stanley D’Costa himself choreographed for the number. For the uninitiated, Stanley has helped Remo D’Souza in some of his best dance works.
Besides this song, another important track in the film will have Punjabi superstar Diljit Dosanjh lending voice for it. Reports have it that this song, composed by Tanishk Bagchi, will be picturized on Sooraj Pancholi.
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September 18, 2018 at 5:36 AM
Baradwaj Rangan reviews MM
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September 18, 2018 at 5:54 AM
Great stuff. He’s liked it.
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September 18, 2018 at 5:56 AM
fantastic piece..
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September 18, 2018 at 6:13 AM
real life Sairat
https://www.ndtv.com/telangana-news/in-telangana-caste-killing-case-the-police-suspect-role-of-history-sheeter-and-local-politicians-1918213?pfrom=home-topscroll
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September 18, 2018 at 6:15 AM
It happens all the time.. horribly common all over the country.
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September 18, 2018 at 6:24 AM
Senseless
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September 18, 2018 at 6:38 AM
2.0 may be further pushed. Since the teaser did not reveal the release date, and there is a lot of vfx work pending, the author of below article suspects it maybe pushed further
https://hindi.filmibeat.com/gossips/akshay-kumar-rajnikanth-film-2-0-release-date-can-get-postponed/articlecontent-pf199425-076389.html
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September 18, 2018 at 6:41 AM
this film has started boring me!
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September 18, 2018 at 6:44 AM
It will come next year with a publicised 1000 cr budget …
Anyways, 4 open weeks for ToH will kind of guarantee 400 cr unless the film turns out to be a turkey like Tubelight or Race 3.
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September 18, 2018 at 6:48 AM
It’s anyway great for TOH that 2.0 isn’t releasing for 3 weeks (even if it sticks to its current date). There will be no great competition. There is a Vijay/Muragadoss release in Nov which could be big but it’s not 2.0! Don’t know if there’s anything major coming out in Telugu.
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September 18, 2018 at 6:57 AM
Read some tweets that trade is expecting 100 cr nett business from ToH’s dubbed telegu/tamil versions! Dont think any bollywood dubbed versions have done more than 10-15 cr business till date.
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September 18, 2018 at 6:51 AM
All silly if they knew a delay was possible to release that teaser last week! (The only thing that has changed since last week is probably feedback? If things change because of that Shankar is not confident IMO). They have really messed up big time. A further delay will create permanent damage. These VFX films have got to be planned properly. Finish the shooting and film then promote. Doing the latter before the former is only asking for trouble.
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September 18, 2018 at 6:57 AM
Get Naveen on the blower, he’ll sort it out
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September 18, 2018 at 7:05 AM
He can do a Manikarnika on it. Fire everyone and direct akshay himself!
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September 18, 2018 at 7:10 AM
THIS IS A RUMOR.
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September 18, 2018 at 7:11 AM
I hope i did not destoy hopes of few here.
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September 18, 2018 at 8:05 AM
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September 19, 2018 at 10:14 AM
sudhar ja naram shohar! the filmdom keeps coming up with promising films that keep pushing the boundaries aur tu couch pe baitha bas burayi karte rahio jananiyo ke saath milkar..
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September 19, 2018 at 10:35 AM
LOL
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September 18, 2018 at 8:15 AM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/akshay-kumar-first-discovered/
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September 18, 2018 at 9:41 AM
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September 18, 2018 at 9:45 AM
the two most boring things in life are a new superhero movie and the 2.0 release schedule..
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September 18, 2018 at 9:54 AM
Loved it. Blockcbuster. This coming 2 months before the Avengers finale in May confirms the introduction of a new superhero.
BTW, 2point0 is an absolute release in Nov. Awaiting #2point0Trailer
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September 18, 2018 at 10:10 AM
Nov 2019?
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September 19, 2018 at 10:16 AM
hahaha!
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September 18, 2018 at 10:04 AM
Akshay’s attempt at a Sui Dhaaga challenge…
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September 18, 2018 at 10:09 AM
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September 18, 2018 at 10:55 AM
Looks like 1st week will be 20-22Cr. Will struggle for 30Cr now!
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September 18, 2018 at 11:02 AM
after Sunday’s number didn’t think that was too likely. Mon was still one last chance to sustain at that very low level. But after this it will most likely be 25 or so. Doubt next weekend adds anything.
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September 18, 2018 at 11:36 AM
Satyam.. I am surprised to see you still hoping for miracle to happen.I have declared it a disaster just after watching its trailer itself. Abhishek’s choice of films has been pathetic in this decade leaving aside Dhoom where his contribution hardly matters.
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September 18, 2018 at 11:46 AM
If I were hoping for miracles you would be saying something half-sensible..
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September 18, 2018 at 8:50 PM
Ha!
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September 18, 2018 at 11:16 AM
https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/anushka-sharma-on-husband-virat-kohli-i-am-married-to-the-greatest-batsman-in-the-world/story-Pf4iweqOzgr7gouoKWcPYK.html
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September 18, 2018 at 1:11 PM
Salman Khan announces Loveratri title changed to Loveyatri.
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September 18, 2018 at 11:49 PM
After watching Love Sonia, a man donates a sum of 8 lakhs
After watching Richa Chadha in Love Sonia, a man from Mumbai donates a sum of 8 Lakhs for the cause of helping trafficked girls!
Tuesday, September 18, 2018 | 3:07:49 PM IST (+05:30 GMT)
By Bollywood Team
Ever since audiences have gotten a chance to watch Love Sonia in theatres across India, Richa has been receiving emails and letters in person and on social media from NGO workers who work with victims of trafficking, a few victims themselves, men and women who had no idea this even happened have all been reaching out and thanking Richa on her role.
But one such message that caught Richa’s eye and captured her heart was from a friend who worked in the development sector with women who have been rescued and rehabilitated. The lady said that her organization had been waiting on a big donor to donate money he had promised he would but after almost 8 months of promising, he sent a cheque to their office a day after Love Sonia’s release. When checked her friend said, ‘he had seen Love Sonia and immediately realized the work we were doing.’
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September 18, 2018 at 11:59 PM
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September 19, 2018 at 12:13 AM
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September 19, 2018 at 2:00 AM
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September 19, 2018 at 2:06 AM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/sonam-kapoor-begin-work-battle-bittora-2019/
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September 19, 2018 at 2:11 AM
Manmarziyan Drops Further On Tuesday
Wednesday 19 September 2018 11.30 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
The first five day business of Manmarziyan is as follows
Friday – 3,25,00,000 apprx
Saturday – 4,75,00,000 apprx
Sunday – 5,75,00,000 apprx
Monday – 2,00,00,000 apprx
Tuesday – 1,75,00,000 apprx
TOTAL – 17,50,00,000 apprx
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September 19, 2018 at 2:11 AM
My message will bring a balance to the unreasonable exuberance to other Aamir Khan fans.
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September 19, 2018 at 2:25 AM
Still grumpy and annoyed about that pathetic 2.0 teaser, are we?
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September 19, 2018 at 2:42 AM
Wait for Mods to release the comment. It will shatter all records. Its quite nasty.
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September 19, 2018 at 3:15 AM
Pray that they dont release it (like 2.0 release). Else you will get a backlash 10 times bigger than your or shankar’s imagination …
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September 19, 2018 at 2:48 AM
It’s as good as the logo of ToH
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September 19, 2018 at 2:27 AM
Missing Idea!
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September 19, 2018 at 2:40 AM
Raazi v Stree Comparison – Neck To Neck
Wednesday 19 September 2018 12.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Stree is doing very similar business to Raazi till now but it remains to be seen if the film will top the 122 crore nett of Raazi. There will be a 1-2 crore nett difference between them after three weeks with Stree being a little ahead.
The third week of Stree is going to less then Raazi and as can be seen over the first week three weeks the trend of Raazi is a little better. The first week was in favour of Stree by 3 crore nett while second week was the same but third week will be better for Raazi by around 1.50 crore nett.
Stree will come out ahead in footfalls even if it does not reach the Raazi Nett figure because after three weeks, Stree already has 98 lakh footfalls while Raazi finished on 1.01 crore. It should easily cover get 3 lakh more people into the theaters in the remaining weeks of its run.
The comparison of Raazi and Stree till date is as follows.
Week One
Stree – 59,31,00,000
Raazi – 56,18,00,000
Week Two
Stree – 34,46,00,000
Raazi – 34,67,00,000
Week Three
Stree – 16,50,00,000 apprx
Raazi – 18,02,00,000
TOTAL (3 Weeks)
Stree – 1,10,27,00,000 apprx
Raazi – 1,08,87,00,000
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September 19, 2018 at 2:43 AM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/batti-gul-meter-chalu-takes-mofussil-competition/
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September 19, 2018 at 2:50 AM
https://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/dhoom-4-happening-anytime-soon-abhishek-bachchan-has-an-answer/
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September 19, 2018 at 3:27 AM
The elusive comeback is getting longer for Abhi😢😢
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September 19, 2018 at 3:40 AM
Alia Bhatt, Aditya Roy Kapur and Sanjay Dutt begin work on Mahesh Bhatt’s Sadak 2
ByBollywood Hungama News NetworkSep 19, 2018 – 12:58 pm IST
It is finally happening! Earlier this month, it was finally confirmed that Mahesh Bhatt will be finally working with his youngest one Alia Bhatt in Sadak 2. The talk about a sequel to Sadak was in news for a while but nothing concrete was happening until now. With Alia Bhatt on board, the Bhatts are finally coming together. Along with Alia, Sanjay Dutt, Aditya Roy Kapur and Pooja Bhatt will be in the star cast. Now, it has been learned that the star cast has kicked off work on the film.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/alia-bhatt-aditya-roy-kapur-sanjay-dutt-begin-work-mahesh-bhatts-sadak-2/
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September 19, 2018 at 5:43 AM
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September 19, 2018 at 6:12 AM
If they are starting to shoot in march 2019, then seriously doubt if it can release as soon as Christmas 2019. What they are now saying as 3 months shoot, will come down to 6 months of shooting schedules once they start planning out the detailed logistics. 2020 summer release is most likely.
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September 19, 2018 at 1:16 PM
I would have really preferred to see Aamir opt for Mahabharat. Not too sold on the Gulshan Kumar biopic.
Mahabharat surely deserves to be brought to the big screen. I hope someday someone does it and makes full justice to it.
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September 19, 2018 at 9:26 PM
I guess the script has turned out to be good. And perhaps he wants a release in 2019. Anyways, they dont hv the vfx expertise to tackle MB.
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September 19, 2018 at 7:40 AM
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September 19, 2018 at 7:46 AM
Hodge podge justification for 2.0 being ousted. No main trailer is out!
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September 19, 2018 at 10:34 PM
‘Hodge podge justification for 2.0 being ousted’
Really? So, 2.0 wont even make top5 after teaser? Evenif 2.0 trailer was not out and TOH trailer was out, still 2.0 can make Top2 easily. But, people sick in aamir’s love cant see obvious.
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September 19, 2018 at 8:36 AM
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September 19, 2018 at 9:11 AM
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/anurag-kashyap-manmarziyaan-smoking-scene-controversy-5364411/
Manmarziyaan makers delete three scenes. Here’s why
The makers of Manmarziyaan have decided to delete three scenes after the Supreme Sikh Organisation raised objection where Abhishek Bachchan’s Robbie smokes a cigarette after removing his turban. Director Anurag Kashyap has also issued a statement on the same.
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September 19, 2018 at 9:27 AM
don’t think it makes a difference at this point!
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September 19, 2018 at 10:38 AM
All the offended Sikhs will watch it now.
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September 19, 2018 at 11:08 AM
Good one!
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September 19, 2018 at 11:13 AM
Ha!
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September 19, 2018 at 12:03 PM
Good opportunity to re-edit and trim movie by at least 20 mins. It might not make much difference now, but you never know.
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September 19, 2018 at 12:11 PM
It wont matter now. The lull before the storm has begun. Dont expect much footfalls anymore in theaters, as ToH promotions have begun with a bang. People will start saving money for watching it in theaters from now itself. I can bet that ticket prices will hit the roof in first weekend, and may even beat BB2’s absurd ticket prices.
If the trailer is good then 200 cr is given over the 4 day opening weekend.
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September 19, 2018 at 12:37 PM
Loveyatri is unacceptable, says Hindu outfit
The title of Salman Khan’s Loveratri was recently changed to Loveyatri. Now, a Hindu outfit has told the Gujarat High Court that the new title is unacceptable.
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/loveratri-loveyatri-title-change-salman-khan-5365114/
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September 19, 2018 at 11:14 PM
… and the auditions continue. The prize? A starring role on the political stage. The fault is entirely with the voters and society, ready to be fanatical at the drop of a hat.
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September 19, 2018 at 10:33 PM
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September 19, 2018 at 10:44 PM
Please dont tell me that the role that salman srk akshay all wanted has gone to prabhas? Haha
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September 19, 2018 at 11:37 PM
I am disappointed that Aamir Khan was ignored. But looks like producers wanted an All India Blockbuster. Prabhas might not play villain and will don Abhishek’s role.
Hunt for villain is still on. My guess – Ranveer Singh.
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September 19, 2018 at 11:28 PM
I am reposting my comment here again as i am unable to reply on certain threads.
The stakes are very high for Aamir here. His next big release will probably be in 2022. He needs a BIGgie here to remain on top. Anything less than 300Cr would be a disaster with this big budget movie. Of course to recover its cost of Rs 300 Cr (as per wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thugs_of_Hindostan), it needs to do 500Cr to breakeven. 600 Cr will give it a HIT status.
Most of the Fans here are talking of 500 Cr at best from Hindi market. I don’t think it will do.
South Indian Market will be slightly better but would not be enough to be a game changer.
In all probability the makers are looking at China market but then we know that Chinese distributors hardly pay to indian producers. They may give a bit more as ToH as Aamir ho is the only relevant Indian star in China. So that market has to be discounted in terms of major recovery.
So after Hindi market, it will be satellite rights and US/UK/Australia market that has to do very good business.
Overall this is the riskiest Aamir khan project. As Aamir’s fan, i am keeping my fingers crossed. It wont be easy at all.
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September 19, 2018 at 11:33 PM
I am a bit disappointed with Jayshah as he tried to digress by resorting to comparing with 2point0. The success of ToH has nothing to do with 2point0. So why bring the comparision dude?
I am ok with Marcus questioning the authenticity of Wiki claims on the cost of ToH. WIll be happy to know the cost of ToH from a creditable source.
Marcus suggested the sale of ToH to Netflix at a huge price. This indeed is a good news. However we all know that these satellite prices are subject to theatrical outcome.
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September 20, 2018 at 12:41 AM
All I suggested was that you get informed before makinh meaningless misinformed comments.
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September 20, 2018 at 6:58 AM
My intention was not to jack up the price. I will go with 200Cr.
Even at a cost of Rs 200 Cr, ToH needs to do a theatrical business of 350Cr to recover, 400+ Cr to be a Hit considering the best scenarios in satellite and overseas sales.
I never said its not possible.
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September 20, 2018 at 9:51 AM
Doesnt look like you are too familiar with economics involving big numbers. As an Akshay fan I guess hand counting suffices as far as collections of his films are considered.
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September 20, 2018 at 2:42 AM
I’m sorry to be a constant disappointment to you! You’re my idol!
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September 20, 2018 at 6:54 AM
To start with, try not to be judgmental.
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September 20, 2018 at 12:19 AM
BollyTrick
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Wednesday BO Update:
(Total in bracket)
#Manmarziyaan: ~ 1.6 cr (~ 19.5 cr)
#Stree: ~ 1.4 cr (~ 111 cr)
#TheNun: ~ 0.5 cr (~ 45 cr)
#ThePredator: ~ 0.4 cr (~ 4 cr)
#Mitron: ~ 0.2 cr (~3.25 cr)
#LoveSonia: ~ 0.2 cr (~2 cr)BollyTrick added,
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September 20, 2018 at 12:36 AM
http://www.rediff.com/movies/column/sui-dhaaga-varuns-last-offbeat-film/20180919.htm
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September 20, 2018 at 1:07 AM
even if salman has been acquitted for driving rashly or killing deer for whatever reasons, he must be put in jail for introducing his horrible brother in law who looks like a gareebo ka siddharth koirala
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September 20, 2018 at 2:40 AM
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September 20, 2018 at 5:37 AM
for a few days now both films have been posting almost similar numbers, on Wed they’re exactly the same!
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September 20, 2018 at 9:53 AM
Stree is still ahead of Raazi at the end of third week.
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September 20, 2018 at 3:50 AM
https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/in-shalom-bollywood-the-jewish-women-who-were-the-hindi-film-industrys-first-actresses-come-to-life-4199869.html
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September 20, 2018 at 4:55 AM
https://www.filmcompanion.in/every-mani-ratnam-film-ranked-baradwaj-rangan/
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September 20, 2018 at 5:49 AM
Abhishek came back to the screen after a hiatus of two years, which he states was a conscious decision. “I wanted to focus on my life and re-evaluate what all I have in hand. With Manmarziyaan receiving great reviews, I am focussing on my other projects now. At present, I have my dates locked till mid next year,” he shares.
https://deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/200918/i-wanted-to-focus-on-my-life-abhishek-bachchan.html
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September 20, 2018 at 5:50 AM
There have been rumors of him doing the Metro sequel but there is a film he’s doing between now and next year when he begins the one with his wife and which he hasn’t revealed at all.
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September 20, 2018 at 6:00 AM
https://www.filmcompanion.in/every-mani-ratnam-film-ranked-baradwaj-rangan/
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September 20, 2018 at 6:01 AM
my response:
[This is a wonderful piece and list. One can argue with the rankings but I like many of the surprises here. In any case any list with Iruvar on top is always acceptable!]
[Also I think Ratnam’s is the kind of oeuvre where one will forever be redoing these rankings at different points in life. Of course Iruvar should always remain on top!]
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September 20, 2018 at 7:40 AM
Good list and justification by Rangan but I think my list would be easily different.All recent years and weaker films are rated higher and movies like Roja are literally at the bottom. Roja deserves much higher rank. Similarly Nayakan should be #1 and Iruvar #2. I can understand Iruvar but Kannathil Muthhamital above Nayankan is not right for me. Similarly many others but good to read the list.
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September 20, 2018 at 9:52 AM
I’ve also somehow never been a fan of Roja, not least because the nationalist tone at points seems to be alien to Ratnam’s world. On the rest I’d also put Kannathil.. over Nayagan. My favorite Ratnam works, again in no particular order except for Iruvar:
1)Iruvar
2)Alaipayuthey
3)Dil Se
4)Kannathil Muthamittal
I’d probably add Raavan to this list but haven’t seen it since the initial release and don’t want to do so without revisiting it.
A lot of this is also about what Ratnam one grew up with. So Mouna Raagam is one of the central films for those who were following him in the 80s. Or for that matter Nayagan. I tend to prefer ‘late’ Ratnam in general. Post-Roja/Thiruda thiruda I find all of his films interesting at one level or the other.
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September 20, 2018 at 11:00 AM
I like Alaipayuthey a lot as well. Its very surprising which Rangan admits himself when preferring O Kadhal Kanmani over it.
13. O KADHAL KANMANI (2015)
I know. I know. Most of you are shaking your heads that this comes ahead of Alaipayuthey. (But then, you’ve already gone “WTF!” a few times by now, right?)
***
Rest about Roja, its important enough film which resonated all over the country in every dubbed language. Mani was already a big name after Nayakan and then other hits and then went ahead to a make a movie with unknown star cast and actually introduced the terrorist angles in movies. It was very well done with fantastic aid in AR Rahman. Out of 23 odd films, I would not dare keep it at 20. That’s crazy!
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September 20, 2018 at 11:51 AM
In the 80s Ratnam is I think a revolutionary commercial director, easily one of the most influential ones in Indian (commercial) history. But the truly ‘auteurist’ Ratnam emerges later. And unsurprisingly it is also here that his box office record becomes much more patchy (in fact he fails most of the time in this period except when he’s explicitly trying to get a success take off pressure from a previous failure or two, this is not to say he isn’t looking for success elsewhere but he’s been in the business long enough to know what’s really risky and what isn’t!).
On Roja it’s the major Ratnam I like least barring Geethanjali (which I really dislike!).
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September 20, 2018 at 12:56 PM
On Roja – It is well made movie..your objection is to politics?
OK Kanmani was also good but the bar was set low where they started..
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September 20, 2018 at 2:09 PM
Ok Kanmani was alright, by Ratnam’s standards. Enjoyable enough though. On Roja it’s not just the politics (though I find it more problematic than usual given all of his concerns throughout his career), I’m just not a great fan. For instance I don’t much like the second half of Bombay either but the first half is superb. Beautifully shot, wonderful intimacy and so on. Roja to my mind doesn’t do these things as well though in fairness it’s also on the cusp between an older and as I see it later Ratnam (whereas Bombay announces this second phase). Not a bad film, it’s perfectly fine, I just prefer most other Ratnam films.
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September 20, 2018 at 2:19 PM
One Ratnam film that I like beyond its merits, because of its visual virtuosity, is Thalapathi…
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September 20, 2018 at 7:02 AM
http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/10-mahesh-bhatt-movies-you-cannot-miss/20180920.htm
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September 20, 2018 at 7:32 AM
Nice i/view
cc IdeaUnique 🙂
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September 20, 2018 at 7:54 AM
Bhatt’s earlier films were the best ones. He was at his best in serious films and flawed characters.
Some of those serious films were not really perfect but had substance and some really realistic moments.
I would take films like Thikana, Kabzaa, Lahu ke Do Rang or Tamanna, Awaargi, Sir, Gunaah and Angaray over films like DHKMN or Aashiqui. The latter were run of the mill romantic films.
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September 20, 2018 at 9:46 AM
100% agree. Over the last few months I re-visited Kabzaa, Thikana, and Janam, and there was something so “true” about those. No one else (then or now) has explored a certain kind of Bombay “angst” better than Bhatt did in his films. LOL, these days the Anil Kapoor character from Thikana would have a six-pack and seem as well put together as the politician he was trying to take down!
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September 20, 2018 at 10:08 AM
Also let’s not forget Naam. The only convincing revisiting of the Deewar terrain I’ve ever seen in Hindi.
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September 20, 2018 at 10:14 AM
Yes that is true — no one, NO ONE, in the history of Hindi cinema, has done “lost youth” better than Sanju. It’s also an intelligent re-do of Deewar (in the latter film, what is remarkable about Vijay is that he doesn’t grow, or change, there is a sense that he emerges fully formed; in fact he shares this with the protagonist of Trishul — why this is remarkable is that the characters are otherwise quite Shakespearean, recognizably so, yet they are “static” in the way that the heroes of the epic tradition are. Can’t think of a more perfect balance (by contrast, consider Alain Delon in Le Samourai, a superb example of stasis but he isn’t a Shakespearean character in that sense)), because what Bhatt does is “transfer” the Deewar of Vijay to the terrain of a raw youth. This terrain is different enough that any notion of staleness is avoided.
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September 20, 2018 at 10:29 AM
My favourites are Daddy, Arth and Saaransh in the serious terrain and DHKMN and HHRPK in the lighter terrain.
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September 20, 2018 at 10:31 AM
Arth is fantastic, one of the very very few romantic films for adults …. fantastic performances by the two ladies (not an Azmi fan but this is one of her best; Smita Patil as ever sets the screen on fire)…
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September 20, 2018 at 10:32 AM
This is a wonderful comment. And yes Bhatt in a way downsizes Deewar. Removes some of the mythic or at least high Romantic underpinnings of the latter. He also infuses into it his own brand of lower middle class urban angst. I like the film’s Hong Kong detour less but in a sense he’s prophetic here given all the Thailand to Dubai escapades that became so commonplace in a later age. It also helps to get rid of the stickler policeman of the older film and replace him with the relatively ‘ordinary’ witness-brother.
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September 20, 2018 at 10:34 AM
The “ordinary brother” or sibling seems to have been a recurring motif for Bhatt during this period — Sanju has to redeem this (compromised and complicit) brother in Kabzaa; there’s Smita P in Thikana as well…
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September 20, 2018 at 11:57 AM
The article posted already had listed Arth, Janam, Saraansh, Naam, Kaash, Sadak, Zakm, DHKMN and Daddy among his bests. But I would still pick films like Thikana, Kabzaa, Awaargi, Tamanna or Gunaah above the likes of DHKMN or Aashiqui.
Another thing is that Bhatt’s films had great music. He has worked with various music directors but the music in his films were always melodious.
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September 20, 2018 at 12:16 PM
I don’t much like Bhatt after the Thikana/Awaargi period.
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September 20, 2018 at 3:38 PM
It just occurred to me that two of the Bhatt films I should have seen but have not are Awaargi and the (much later) Saathi (Aditya and Mohsin Khan? Am I right that this was a Bhatt film?)…
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September 20, 2018 at 3:40 PM
yes.
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September 20, 2018 at 1:34 PM
Liked Zakhm a lot. Haven’t seen any of the Anil Kapoor films!
This Sadak sequel – Dutt seems to be getting a lot of films surprisingly.
This whole Bhatt family seems too ‘close’ (maybe I shouldn’t say that out a loud)
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September 20, 2018 at 2:12 PM
Sadak had a fantastically gripping first half and relatively normal second one. Still a good film but wish it had lived up to the first half throughout.
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September 20, 2018 at 1:45 PM
One film named Satwaan Aasman starring Pooja Bhatt and Vivek Mushran with some good songs.
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September 20, 2018 at 1:48 PM
I don’t think the future Dutt films are going to amount to much, unfortunately. They will go the Sahib, Biwi n Gangster 3 way most probably. However,
it does seem he is gradually shifting to character roles since a while.
With a well written character role, Dutt can still make a good impact.
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September 20, 2018 at 4:05 PM
@Q- Did quite enjoy Saathi back then. Probably Pancholi’s career best performance.
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September 20, 2018 at 4:38 PM
I haven’t seen Saathi, but on the basis of what I have would go with his fantastic turn in Dum Maaro Dum…
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September 20, 2018 at 8:55 AM
I watched Fukrey and it was such a funny movie. Varun Sharma and his dreams!
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September 20, 2018 at 9:25 AM
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September 20, 2018 at 9:35 AM
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/mahesh-bhatt-sadak-2-alia-bhatt-sanjay-dutt-5365762/
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September 20, 2018 at 9:38 AM
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September 20, 2018 at 1:53 PM
https://gulfnews.com/leisure/movies/reviews/batti-gul-meter-chalu-film-review-comes-with-a-few-sparks-1.2280631
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September 20, 2018 at 2:41 PM
https://telanganatoday.com/abhishek-reinvents-himself-and-how
this article is fairly symptomatic. A number of articles despite the poor box office showing have been quite complementary. Either pretending that the box office reception is fine or talking about it in mild terms. Normally this sort of benefit isn’t something Abhishek gets (even when his films actually did well the box office story was always covered uncharitably). Do think he’s helped himself with this film, more than I would have thought earlier. While nothing can make up for the box office, specially in his situation, do believe (not just referring to the articles here but a lot of stuff I’ve picked up in social media and then anecdotally) that for the people who’ve seen the film this is the most they’ve liked him probably since the Guru days or something. I’d even go further and say that the last time he might have ‘appealed’ at this level was BM (because Guru was a grand sort of performance-oriented thing). Again all of this is not to underestimate the box office but the response here has really been way more positive than I expected and the film’s box office fortunes haven’t impacted that narrative. He has four films lined up back to back (MM was the first), let’s see what the rest are about.
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September 20, 2018 at 2:43 PM
https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/returning-to-the-screen-with-manmarziyan-abhishek-bachchan-is-all-praise-for-anurag-kashyap/article24994307.ece
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September 20, 2018 at 3:25 PM
wouldn’t be surprised if he is thinking or planning to be part of netflix webseries or any app webseries for that matter…
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September 20, 2018 at 3:26 PM
don’t think so.
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September 20, 2018 at 3:37 PM
I think there is no question that the reception to this film has helped Abhishek — I never thought the film would have a huge gross (Kashyap’s track record suggests otherwise) and having watched the film it confirmed that view (there is a lot here that simply isn’t “family audience-friendly”), so the question of what the gross here MEANS cannot be reduced to the number itself. This is a film that is part of a conversation (even if it is primarily an intra-industry conversation, it matters in that these are the people who make films, write them, cast them, etc.). So it has been a good way for Abhishek to get back in the game, even if I wish he had gone down the Bol Bachchan-sort of path earlier.
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September 20, 2018 at 3:43 PM
It’s better than All The Best! But I doubt he’ll get significant mileage out of MM. It’s a commercial business and on the strength of MM’s showing despite positive reviews his star status has diminished further IMO especially in a year when commercial success has been coming with high frequency.
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September 20, 2018 at 3:58 PM
there is some twitter war going on among anurag twitter n kishore lulla…
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September 20, 2018 at 4:21 PM
All very silly. Kashyap has burned that bridge, very stupid to share his number on Twitter.
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September 20, 2018 at 5:32 PM
https://www.dailypioneer.com/2018/entertainment/-manmarziyaan–team-angry-over-deleted-scenes.html
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September 20, 2018 at 7:50 PM
This whole “controversy” testifies to nothing more than our hypocrisy, and to how we are regressing as a culture. Even a day trip to Delhi will show the visitor how many Sikhs in turbans are merrily smoking and drinking. To pretend that this is somehow out of the ordinary or unacceptable needs to be called out for what it is: a lie. The great Sikh religion (in many ways so much more progressive than either orthodox Hinduism or orthodox Islam) does not need these shams.
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September 20, 2018 at 10:22 PM
very true on all counts.
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September 20, 2018 at 3:03 PM
new Bond in 2020:
https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1020320/James-Bond-25-release-date-when-is-new-James-Bond-movie-out
Feb seems like an odd month to release a Bond.
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September 20, 2018 at 7:24 PM
Sachin Tendulkar refuses Doctorate Degree from Jadavpur University
After Sachin Tendulkar refuses, Jadavpur University to confer honorary Doctorate Literature to Olympic boxer Mary Kom.
https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/sachin-tendulkar-jadhavpur-university-doctorate-report-5367113/
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September 20, 2018 at 7:26 PM
“He mentioned that he don’t accept such honour from any university. He even refused to accept a similar honour from Oxford University. He actually meant that since he hasn’t earned it, it would not be right for him to accept the D. Lit” added Das. The JU officials already informed the matter to Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi – who is the chancellor of the university and now they have decided to confer the honorary D. Lit to Mary Kom – an Indian Olympic boxer after Sachin’s refusal.
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September 20, 2018 at 7:42 PM
Good for him!
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September 20, 2018 at 7:46 PM
Good for him!
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September 20, 2018 at 7:35 PM
https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/saamy-revisiting-vikram-morally-flexible-cop-film-5366257/
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September 20, 2018 at 7:44 PM
The trailers here were really lowbrow. Can’t say I’m looking forward to it. I’ll watch it for Vikram, I’m a fan of the first film but this is too much. On a related note this is releasing just 6 days before the Ratnam but word now is the latter might be delayed a bit.
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September 20, 2018 at 7:45 PM
Arvind Swamy though as of 2 days ago still said it’s the 27th.
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