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lol…irony is that for 150 cr – most of the other stars would be in 7th happen where aamir has deal with a flop film tag now 🙂 but good, he also is a human and needed a reality check.
what do you mean by non-TOH thread? Do you see … Thugs of Hindostan (ongoing),.. in the title. Starting would be only for 1st week irrespective of movie status. If there is movie releasing next week, that would take 1st place.
Been really busy after watching. Will jot down few comments . Simply put – Aamir rocks and movie sucks! The movie should have been named ‘Adventures of Firangi Mallah’ with few twist to the current story. Few portions are very well directed but the 2 biggest flaws of the movie are no emotional depth, connectivity and TOO loud background music ruining everything. Even though Aamir is the only good part of the movie(baring him in Suraiyya song which was unwatchable), his presence actually ruined the script. It became too much about Aamir and less about the story it was supposed to tell. Aamir’s character just overshadows the script and that is never a good thing. Like, Prabhas was not number 1 star prior to Baahubali but SS Rajamouli still took him and made the most expensive budgeted movie without worrying about the returns. You can’t take megastar like Chiranjeevi and try to make Baahubali, he’ll simply overshadow the script. So, basically Aamir’s character is great but simply in the wrong movie. There are way too many flaws which I think everyone already pointed but I would like add that editing is not bad at all. I don’t think you would want an epic movie to be around 2 hours, there is not many useless scenes especially on script or paper. The execution was the culprit with no attachment. Apart from Aamir.. no other actor was even given a well defined character. I mean you don’t need to go back in 70’s to get basics right.. even recently Baahubali made sure that all characters are well written. You can’t just flush out 1 character and expect movie to do wonders at boxoffice. If anyone watches just 5 mins of movie and watch the Manzoor-e-Khuda song and you’ll figure out that this movie will flop. That is one of the cringing songs out there.
All the antics done by Aamir’s character are good to watch but it hardly adds anything to the story. Its like the ball is already in the air and Aamir is running very hard to make as many runs possible and in twice the speed. But dude, if that ball is caught, your running is gonna be waste and not useful for the team. Samething happened. All his side antics and flipping will go waste if the movie’s main story doesn’t work.
Overall not the worst movie ever made but if people don’t like it completely, it’ll flop and nothing could have saved it. Just wasted one of Aamir’s good characters in this movie.
“It became too much about Aamir and less about the story it was supposed to tell. Aamir’s character just overshadows the script and that is never a good thing.” ~ he has done parallel leads in RDB, DCH and even 3 Idiots and yet those films turned out to be excellent. This is just a poor excuse for what is a poorly written, edited and directed film. Aamir was perfect as Firangi Mallah but a poor script cannot be salvaged. I don’t think Aamir is the kinda actor who would cut into other actors’ portions at the cost of the final product. Viktor Acharya has messed up for the 3rd time in a row.
I should probably even write review for Mohalla Assi but its been around 4 years since I watched the movie. YES, that’s true. I watched this movie almost 4 years back with full DVD purchased at movie shop. There was news later that movie got leaked but I didn’t even realize that movie didn’t release. This would have been debut movie for Sakshi Tanwar (who eventually debuted with Dangal).
Sunny Deol is pretty good but obviously too different from his image so doesn’t get to you with his performance. The topics are good and not too controversial and can easily be watched without controversies (IMO). But still no wonder it stuck in censors for so many years. Overall movie is worth a watch just for simple reason that its been directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi. Yes, he’s the same guy who made the famous Chanakya TV series and then made a movie – Pinjar with Manoj Bapyee. Extremely talented but not getting foothold in movie industry.
This reminds me another movie on similar lines – Dharm (2007)> Dharm is way better than Mohalla Assi with extraordinary performance by Pankaj Kapur.
King Khan opened up about Imtiaz Ali’s Jab Harry Met Sejal- which flopped at the BO. Shah Rukh Khan said, “I let people down with Jab Harry Met Sejal, which was an utter flop. But I didn’t want to let anyone down; I just liked the fact that koi story nahin thi, sirf ek ring ke chakkar mein the two people (SRK’s Harry and Anushka Sharma’s Sejal) kheechey chale jaate hain… it was very organic, slice-of-life thi. The other day I met a director who mentioned the term ‘slice-of-life’ and I said, ‘nahin, poora pumpkin do mujhe iss baar.”
Yes today wont be 1cr..infact badhai ho has more screens in north..I wont be surprised if BH catches ToH final total in next 2 weeks..ToH will end less than 140 and BH has 14 days to catch it
TOH got lucky to have Diwali day on Thu. That’s the best day for extended weekend. If Diwali day was on Sat/Sun, it could have lost much more. Haven’t watched Race 3 and am 100% sure its not even as good as TOH but if Race 3 had Eid holiday on Thur/Fri instead of Sat/Sun, it would have done 200 crores. It lost out both holidays and still made around 165 crs.
I find indian BO number hocus pocus, anyone can come up with any number. Unless you can tell me number of actual ticket sold and at what price, you guess is good as anybody elses.
I have run the numbers for ToH as well. If Race 3 made 28.5 crores on its opening day, ToH is close to 49 (48.84, to be precise). Second day, according to my numbers is around 27 crores.
I don’t have any data for regional (dubbed) versions.
I have used the same centers for comparison, with a detailed list of number of shows and percentage of occupancy.
I have assumed the same ticket prices across all metros. And the same occupancy across each multiplex as well.
But I now have some data for average price and size of multiplexes as well, at least for the major metros. I’m pretty sure even if I run those numbers, the comparison won’t change much.
The centers where Race 3 did well (Hyderabad and Ahmedabad) have lower ticket rates compared to Delhi and Bombay. It might just turn out to be worse for Race 3!
There were 5,000 screens I believe for TOH? If each screen is 4 shows a day, that’s 20,000 shows. Your data account for total of how many shows? If you’ve account for at least 15,000 shows then that’s great. If not, then you’re running on a lot of assumption.
I have data for 3500 shows (Race 3) and roughly 4000 (shows) for ToH.
And since you’ve asked me for proof, you should submit used tickets for at least 75% of the films you’ve watched. Otherwise I’ll assume you haven’t watched them.
I’m sure BOI has little more connection and information than you do, but i’ve always questioned here (and you can look at older threads for reference) on why do we keep taking BOI numbers. Since all aamir fans always talking sh!t about BOI, why use their number?
It’s only after BOI put out TOH 1st day number that aamir fans fell in love with BOI and didn’t question a thing 🙂
So again, unless you can tell me you accounted for 15,000 shows out of 20,000 then i guess you can make an educated guess, otherwise it’s just a guessing game and we’ll get into if it’s SRK/salman/hrithik movie, it’s this and not a penny more and if it’s aamir film, it’s this and not a penny less. I’m sure you’ve followed boxoffice here enough to know that.
LOL absurdity. This Aamir fan has always questioned BOI. And no BOI fan has questioned BOI on potentially being in cahoots with YRF to inflate Day 1 TOH. BOI fans are hypocrites. Their silence this time has been duly noted by me!
Saket – carry on, your data has more dhum than BOI as a BOI fan can’t even prove how or why BOI is better! Simple as that. Let a BOI fan come here and give me 10 bullet points on how and why BOI is better than Saket! I’ll give you my life savings!
LOL, reminds me of that old site, what was it, where all srk films were automatically reduced by 20%. What happenned to that site anyway? This is before BOI
Saket, don’t think i’m trying to question you but i’m questioning the logic. I’m an analyst by profession and on most projects, we’re given 2% margin. Here we’re going to say that out 20,000, we’ll take like 2,000 and assume 100% result out of it. With this depending on which side you are a srk/salma/hirithik 200 collection film can be easily made 180 and same of aamir can easily be made 220.
2% margin and here BOI advocates readily accept 5% as acceptable.
I accept your criticism here but these comparisons are like for like and again WHAT exactly does BOI have that is better, enlighten me or at a basic level humour me with some facts on BOI.
Because you’ve taken the baton here to protect BOI, I’m asking you – it’s not personal.
So far I haven’t spared my own favourites if I haven’t liked their films. And I can share my data for anyone else to analyze. I’m only using data that’s in the public domain.
The thing is, anything that gets passed off as arcane in Bollywood isn’t exactly rocket science. Anyone can come up with a sound analysis provided they are inclined to do so!
“Anyone can come up with a sound analysis provided they are inclined to do so!”
You got me here, I’m about as lazy as they come. But best of luck. I’m sure you’ll be honest and not get caught up in “not a penny more/less” based on who the star is.
Just remembered that site, “ibosnetwork”, I think was the name if my memory serves me correct.
“I accept your criticism here but these comparisons are like for like and again WHAT exactly does BOI have that is better, enlighten me or at a basic level humour me with some facts on BOI.
Because you’ve taken the baton here to protect BOI, I’m asking you”
I’m not protecting BOI, in fact like i said earlier and this can be varified by few previous boxoffice thread where i was questioning aamir fans why we talk so much about BOI, why give it a free publicity. There are other sites like koimoi, addatoday, taran, etc. Use their number.
I just don’t understand why BOI get so much time here, ignore it. If it’s not reliable than why keep bringing it up.
And on Saket number, i still stand by it that his number will be no better than BOI or koimoi or anyone else, it’s all guessing game and of course it can be played with based on how you want the numbers to be.
Btw Andhadhun just refuses to end its run. I am pleasantly surprised by its success, more so than that of Badhai Ho. This is the year of “European cinema” in fact, quite opposite to what BOI claims
Interesting. Why would anybody release a film that barely — with 2 65+ actors and hardly more than 4-5 characters in the film — made 50 crores in India? Unless China too has the problem of abandoning old-age parents like in India.
I loved the film though – irrespective of whatever was its BO fate.
I have gone through all the Box Office numbers for Race 3 for 14 different centers (7 Metros; 7 Tier 1 cities) and it’s pretty clear the film had crashed by Day 4.
In fact, Sunday wasn’t up on Saturday but was lower. That was a clear cut sign and by Day 5, the occupancy levels were below 20% in all metros, barring Hyderabad, where it hovered in the mid 20s.
Let’s be clear — Race 3 lasted not more than 3 days at the Box Office.
Lol. Everyone has given up, You are the only still hanging onto TOH. Can’t believe Aamir fans ke itne bure din aagaye, fighting tooth and nail to get past Race 3.
Race 3 and TOH are different films. The former was ridiculed from trailer onwards. The latter at least had mixed response to trailer. Fundamentally ridiculous to compare Salman to Aamir. Salman fans will turn up to see Salman come out of jail and throw fireworks for it. Aamir fans won’t do that in masses, basically we will probably petition for longer jail term if we felt he was guilty.
A very loved Aamir film will overshadow a similar Salman one.
A crappy Salman film will overshadow a similar Aamir one.
Salman’s a bigger star but fans expect more from Aamir (all fans in general). Aamir falls harder but he rides higher all things being equal. He’s at the ends of the bell curve whereas Salman’s more in the middle zone. Unsurprisingly TOH tumbled quicker than Tubelight and Race 3. And likewise Salman still chases PK and Dangal.
TOH was at 5Cr – potatoes potatas. All things being equal taking the highest number for Race 3 and the lowest for TOH isn’t going to change anything. Or vice versa. TOH is a bigger disaster as expectations were much more. I’d rather be ‘that’ kind of star and a fan of ‘that’ kind of star too. Period.
Haha, now stuck on Day 5 comparison as if both Day 5’s are same. That was Tue and Race 3’s was Monday? Weekdays comparison also its behind, don’t know what’s the point here. Lol.
The point is, that even after crashing, ToH made more on its 4th day than JHMS made on its first day. I wouldn’t be too happy with that comparison if I were you.
And what ToH made over its first 4 days is what Race 3 made over 6 days.
Race 3 and ToH are both box office failures. People are going bananas about the latter because it’s an Aamir Khan film.
Correction: I’m comparing Day 4 of an event film that had CRASHED by Day 4 to the opening day of an SRK romantic film. The King of romance, right?
At this rate, I’ll have to hire a translator to make things more clear for SRK fans, who by the way are hell bent to scrutinize ToH’s collections for some easy schadenfreude.
It’s a historical fact that Sunday is the most productive day for Hindi boxoffice so it’s not surprise that alot of TOH sunday tickets were all ready sold in advance and there was still festive period. What happenned on Monday?
Can you compare EVENT film first Monday total to pretty much not liked JHMS 1st Monday total.
JHMS was a small film and promoted like small film
Except, it wasn’t. Imtiaz Ali does not make small films — Rockstar, Tamasha aren’t small films by any means. If these are small films than the likes of Anurag Kashyap make nano-films. We’ll have to devise new nomenclature for the entire industry.
I did not compare Dear Zindagi with ToH. That would be absurd.
As for Secret Superstar, it made roughly 118 million dollars in China. If I compare it to ToH, it’s the latter that will be obliterated. Not SS!
Secret Superstar is quite possibly the most profitable film in the history of Bollywood!
Aamir and AB fans getting comparing an event film promoted as the biggest film ever to JHMS lol, I can see how nervous they are about Zero about to beat an aamir event film
Zero is very much in pole position to dance all over TOH. SRK fans can celebrate beating Aamir and Bachchan (they can do so now as it’ll be a shock if it doesn’t happen). His fans can enjoy the wonderful moment that lasted a few months in 2013 (but before that was last tasted in 2007) but wake me up when SRK actually stars in a film that is actually worth watching over say a Dangal or PK.
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.. I built this HOME .. it is mine .. it breathes love and affection .. but if it has given intent of misdemeanour .. i shall pull it down ..
which I do tonight ..
thank you for inhabiting my life with the affection to my home ..
there is no home now .. !
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shocked and stunned …
Very sad. I have never supported/liked him writing on his blog every night and rarely visit it. But that’s his pre-rogative. I love it when he talks of anecdotes to his past films and provides photographs, etc. Otherwise, just not interested in what happens in his family life; his wife, son, daughter, etc, etc.,
Any scandal erupted? The Sapna Bhavnani stuff where she accused him of involvement and wanted twitter-justice? Or did the trolls finally get to him?
Folks have been accusing him of having somebody else write for him — at least that’s what he seems fed-up about — for years. I am not sure why he would he would care for such stuff now..
He is awesome but has hissy fit from time to time, 2 year old temper tantrums e.g. twitter follower and all that controversy. And he can and does hold a grudge. He won’t forget and forgive easily. Otherwise he is God. Lol
P.S. I have no clue what happened on blog and what this is all about. I do not read his blog
It is shocking but also unbelievable. The man is legend and gets so much love. Where ever he goes. Outside his house or calcutta or a remote village. He is mobbed. What is little bit of negativity in light of so much love!!! The blog always had one or two trolls or twitter too. It is ignorable in front of the amount of love. personally I cannot understand this inner-child attacks or is it ego that takes a beating with a flop movie. Not sure. Sometime the hurt lies somewhere else and it gets expresses somewhere else.
bachchan is insomniac – and it was a good fallback for him – this blog which he wrote for many years – now suddenly someone says something stupid and he gets hurt….nothing shocking here…human nature loves these dramas….he will come around in time after some emotional exchanges 🙂
Over the years he has had many such drama moments. Millions of people love him all over the world and one or two trolls get to him. 😦
I used to see same complaining attitude in Aishwarya too. Once you are that level popular and celeb, you become intolerant to criticism.
Yes Swati agreed on his hissy fits. But the man has tolerated so much. Did you see his Arnab interview, where he said a man was regularly writing in TOI letters section that he was a traitor during the Bofors issue? He got the address from TOI press, went to his house, and explained to him why he wasn’t a traitor!! Uss aadmi ne phir AB ko chai pilayi, selfi — jo bhi tha 80s mein- liya, aur aaj tak ghoom raha hai bolte hue ki Maine AB ko apne ghar bulvayaa!!!
Also, are you watching KBC 10? He’s such a hit with the kids!! This week there was that Chacha Nehru special; and he rocked..yesterday’s episode where the kid taught him how to make tea was special..
He has posted a blog today as if nothing has happened. So that mood is gone, fingers crossed. Bofors and 1984 was such a forgetable portion of his life and so unfortunate. shows that one needs to always good good company-satsang, in life.
Quite a genuine and shocking reaction here. The debacle of ToH has shook the industry.
Shock value from ToH is bigger than Trimurty or Roop Ki Raani or even Mera Naam Joker. More than the financial loss it is the unbelievable reality of Big B + Aamir doing such a bad movie. If it had been any one of the star, it would not have been so worse. But the hype generated by asking audience to pay via a highly priced tickets to see the two greats got completely shattered.
Industry needs big movies to deliver esp around Diwali times which is biggest for all businessman in India.
I also think 2.0 should have moved to Nov 24th release especially long weekend holidays in US. Just waiting for 3 weeks gap when TOH ended in a week makes no sense. No movies to watch till month end.
It looks like he’s getting a root canal in the first 5 seconds. Naveen, this film, though, will work for sure and be a big hit. At least I am optimistic about it, though Rajnikanth in a masala avatar is nails-scratching-on-chalkboard for me. I am not a South Indian, so I don’t care whether this one is a hit or flop. However, making a good-looking person like Akshay look ugly, unless and until it is justified, is a no-no for me.
Shankar tried this in the terribly made ‘I’, though Vikram can hardly be called good-looking…
“making a good-looking person like Akshay look ugly, unless and until it is justified, is a no-no for me.”
True. That’s the project’s biggest risk in hindi film’s market. Hopefully the transformation is justified and our audiences accept.
“I am not a South Indian, so I don’t care whether this one is a hit or flop. ”
I think the makers from south india quite ambitiously have tries to make this a pan india movie and this plan was in place even before Baahubali 2 became all India blockbuster. 2.0 was supposed to release before BB2 and already was more ambitious in its attempt.
For Akshay and his fans, 2point0 is like a lottery. I don’t see any mainstream heroes playing a villain. This makes 2.0 unique with a mainstream hero playing a villain in the biggest movie. Gan go wrong for sure..making it risky but will get the rewards if done well.
Ayushmann Khurrana thinks #RanbirKapoor as one of his competitions: "I loved Ranbir Tamasha and Barfi. He was brilliant in Sanju." he says. pic.twitter.com/FJpoDVKCHS
You know which movie will be big flop? it’ll be Ranbir’s Shamshera! YRF is shoving a rejected heroine ( Vasni Kapoor) on audience by forcing her in all their upcoming movies. Adi tried her for Thugs but Aamir rejected then pushed her in Hrithik’s next and Ranbirs’s next. Ranbir’s Brahmastra I still think can do well but Shamshera don’t.
More than a year ago, Siddharth Anand announced one of his most ambitious films with YRF. The film, which is yet to be titled, brings together Tiger Shroff with his biggest idol, Hrithik Roshan. The film has Vaani Kapoor as the leading lady who is paired opposite the Krrish star. And now we hear that the team has shot in Corsica for the film.
off topic : saw few episodes which comes in weekend.. bigboss12 is the worst season of 12 seasons till now.. n add to that bb n salman biased towards happy club in saving them n keep on insulting n humiliating karanveer vohra. disgusting.. justifiable that this time bb’s trp is among the lowest ever…
Why movies like Mohalla Assi are being made? Who will be interested to watch Sunny Deol particluarly in such kind of films? This all is beyond ones thinking. Bollywood seems to be in self destruction mode.
I am interested..far more than the MC/BC brigade of the Kashyaps et. al., However, the economics of the film, am with you on that..can you make it smarter without destroying someones’s lives???
Sunny Deol trying to act, well, this has been going on for decades…taariq pe taariq.. we are waiting..nothing’s happening..but when nawab ka aulad Saif can get 10 years to get his act straight, why target Sunny?
BTW, before Saket replies, I want to make it clear that I know that this movie too has its share of MC/BCs.. but one cannot compare Dwivedi to Kashyap…
It was at 135.5cr on Friday as per BOI and unfortunately they are predicting it is unlikely to reach 150cr lifetime. BadhaaiHo, however, is going to have an extended run and a very strong week
I would be shocked if 2point0 is not a game changer.
I think we of us are understanding but not spelling it.
Few of us are not sure but have a good hunch it will be.
Most of us are in denial because a game changer movie for Akshay in his 50s was unthinkable.
But here we are…and Khiladi is rocking in 2point0 and has taken the charge to promote the magnum opus, his biggest and he knows he is in the zone here.
Thugs of Hindostan super flop, but YRF will still make money!
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It will be the exhibitors and smaller distributors who will take almost 75% of the hit.
“The Rs 1.5 billion to Rs 2 billion deficit in the film’s collection, to allow everyone involved to make money or at least break even, will hurt the exhibitors and distributors the most. Many of the deals have been signed on a minimum guarantee basis. This means the risk is primarily taken by the exhibitor,” says another film executive in the know.
While it has hedged its risk through its distribution model in India, YRF has also fortified the ancillary revenue streams for the movie.
It has an ongoing deal with Amazon Prime Video for OTT streaming rights, and has also sold the satellite rights of the film to Sony Pictures Network India. The two together are estimated to fetch YRF close to Rs 700 million.
In addition to this, the film’s distribution rights in China have been sold to distribution firm E Stars for an estimated Rs 1 billion.
This means that the studio will be able to break even and make profits with the help of ancillary revenues.
Additionally, the film has been released abroad as well, and has collected around Rs 400 million so far, further adding to YRF’s kitty.
While YRF may avoid huge losses on account of the film, the industry is disappointed in Thugs of Hindostan given its star cast (Aamir Khan Amitabh Bachchan, Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Shaikh), the time of release and the scale of release.
“It’s not enough for the producer to make money. The various stakeholders — distributors and exhibitors — should not suffer, or at least the risk should be the same,” says another distributor.
“Theatrical (business) is still the bread and butter for many in the eco-system, and if films don’t do well in the theatres and have to depend on OTT and satellite revenues for profitability, then there is something wrong with the model.”
Mjhe Ek baat nhi smjh aati… 7th November tak aaplog ekdam alag he Ghamand mai the, ek Disaster aur jeena haraam hogya Yaani jeet ki itni adaat lagg gayi ki ek haar manzoor nahi
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Watched Badhai Ho last night, so late because of poor review from An Jo, I was gonna skip this one. I am glad I went. What a surprise this perfect little movie with stories for urban middle class. From small kid wanting his room and the family making a makeshift bed next to the bathroom sink with bedsheets hanging to create a room, to nosy neighbors asking questions like “where are you going?”, to cute aunty maroing line on neighbor’s grown son, to nukkad ke boys making fun of you, to those useless relatives who never help out with taking care of senior citizens of the family and yet never miss a chance at sarcastic remarks, to kanjus dad giving a mango as tip, to school bullies in middle school and overwhelming feeling of “log kya kehenge” in all aspects of ones life, everything in the movie feels like part of ones own family and familiar. The theater was semi-full and we all laughed through out the movie. The best part of the movie, of all the ensemble of amazing actors, is Gajraj Rao. Never have I ever in hindi cinema known anyone who can emote embarrasment, shame, attraction or flirting glances, fear and myriad of emotions, so subtly and so beautifully, so perfectly without exaggeration. It was perfect screenplay, editing, acting and a character appearing for single scene left impact. Every dialogues were cracking and dadi’s dialogues got lots of approval and support from women in audience! Amit Sharma has arrived with this movie! I expect great things from him in future.
Glad you liked it. I don’t think I gave it a poor review but did say it fell somewhere between good and great, and has been over-hyped; first STREE and then this one. One can watch this one once it’s on TV; and quite not a mandatory theater visit — at least for me. They have indeed captured the Delhi middle-class pulse quite well. With the exception of Khurana’s MTV style of acting, all the actors have uniformly acted well, with great turns by both Gaja and Neena.
I like the fact that he is not a nepo kid and that he was the one who heavily recommended Gaja. It makes me feel great when “smaller” magnificent actors get their due and breaks my heart when people like Surekha Sikri’s life is spent in theater without any recognition or movie roles.
"Did she make a difference to Hindi cinema? Certainly! She was meticulous & self-dependent. I sincerely feel she was a genuine, honest, down-to-earth person, very loving & caring" ~ Amitabh Bachchan about Parveen Babi
#2Point0 Hindi Distribution Rights: Rs 80 crore approx. (Advance Basis) to AA Films. Break-Even point is approximately Rs 160 crore in the Hindi Belt. #Rajinikanth#AkshayKumar
It’s impossible to sum up Nolan’s entire career in a few brief sentences. Yet from examining his 10-picture filmography, one gets the sense that he is a man obsessed with pushing the boundaries of cinematic storytelling both narratively and structurally. As such, obsession seeps into his creative work: His most astonishing efforts all feature protagonists consumed by similar thinking, whether it be rival magicians risking everything to beat one another or a caped crime fighter suffering from a cracked psyche. In the end, Nolan may place a greater emphasis on form over pathos, a style that may not appeal to everyone. But that style has resulted in some of the biggest, most entertaining and most influential movies of the past 20 years.
Fans of the manga and anime have awaited the live-action version of Alita: Battle Angel with trepidation. Past live-action versions of beloved anime staples, including Death Note and Sailor Moon, have failed to meet expectations to various degrees. Considering the limitless nature of a cartoon special effects budget, this isn’t particularly surprising. However, the latest improvements in CGI are changing all of that.
The fact that Robert Rodriguez is directing this adaptation is heartening for people who know his work. The famed director of El Mariachi knows how to squeeze a lot of action out of limited resources. Rodriguez long ago left the world of secondhand equipment and medical testing behind him, but he clearly retains the instincts that he originally honed on a $7,000 budget. The Alita trailer is snappy, fast, and already shows off several separate battle scenes that display Rodriguez’s trademark passion for quality action.
The script is another story. Despite a competent cast including Christopher Waltz and Michelle Rodriguez, the acting already looks bad and Alita (Rosa Salazar) won’t be bringing home any awards for this. Critics watching the trailer already cringe at the painfully corny, stilted dialogue. But this isn’t a movie about talking. The combination coming-of-age story and teen romance that the film will likely focus upon won’t be particularly deep or original fare. That’s OK. This will be a shiny, fun movie and there will be little reason to take it seriously.
Alita: Battle Angel will release on February 14, 2019.
Aamir and YRF has a chance to make some money with their profit-sharing deal IF ToH works in China. However, in India …
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EXCLUSIVE: Exhibitors of Thugs of Hindostan in mental trauma; demand REFUND against the Minimum Guarantee
Thugs of Hindostan has proved to be one of the biggest disasters of this decade as neither the producers nor the actor and not even the exhibitors have made money from this magnum opus starring Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan film directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya. The only party for whom the film has proved to be a profitable venture are the sub-distributors of YRF who distributed the film on commission basis, as it has been the norm for all their films. Before getting into the actual issue, let us first explain the business model of Thugs of Hindostan.
All Yash Raj Films are distributed in different territories by their own set of distributors on commission basis i.e. the distributors get 10 to 12% of the distributors share whereas the rest is pocketed by the producers. Same was the case with Thugs of Hindostan. Since it was on a commission basis, the sub-distributors didn’t lose money however the exhibitors had to face a burn in their pocket. At almost all territories in India, the sub-distributors signed a Minimum Guarantee deal with the exhibitors and quoted an amount just a little under Baahubali 2, thereby pocketing a major chunk of the profit. By doing so, the sub-distributors made hefty monies thereby hedging their risk by passing it on to exhibitors. But the exhibitors have lost out on more than half of their investments. Our trade sources have confirmed that the losses entailed by the exhibitors on this film are higher than Tubelight, thereby making Thugs of Hindostan one of the biggest loss makers of this decade. A few examples of theatres which lost money are mentioned below:
This is the uniform scenario all across the country and the same has resulted in a lot of exhibitors going into a MENTAL TRAUMA and SEVERE DEPRESSION. We spoke to exhibitors who had bought the film out of trust on Aamir Khan and Brand YRF, however, due to the dismal content, they felt cheated and totally let down. “We had lost a similar amount on Tubelight as well, however Salman Khan refunded us the money. We plan to approach our territory distributors to claim refund because we know that they have made ample monies from this film due to the minimum guarantee contracts. We hope our message reaches out to Aamir Khan and YRF, who will help us get back our money from the territory distributors,” said a trade source.
Another source revealed that this scenario is different from films like Tubelight and Jab Harry Met Sejal because in those cases, the producers had made humongous profits. However this time around, even the producers have lost money and it is only the sub-distributors who have managed to get some amount of money as they entered into a several contracts with exhibitors. While the exhibitors across the country have lost around 50 to 60% of their investments, the producers Yash Raj Films too have lost a substantial sum of their investment. However, they still stand a chance to enter into a break-even situation if the film performs well in China.
Exhibitors watching full movie is out of question. In current times, even distributors don’t get to watch full movies. They get to watch some footage that too only for some movies for negotiation purposes. I don’t think TOH needed to show any footage at all as it was one of the hottest productions in recent times. Everything is belief game but its like lottery. You win some and you lose some but sometimes losses can be huge and impacts distributors or exhibitors. In the current situation of TOH, Sub-distributors should refund some money to Exhibitors.
“Everything should be refunded just like Tubelight”
Yes, but if you read the article you’ll realize that here producers are also in loss and only sub-distributors are in green. So, if any refund, it has to come from sub-distributors and I don’t think they are as generous as movie stars or big production houses.
These are serious losses. From this report it seems exhibitor losses are in the range of 45-50% after ToH doing 145 cr nett. So 300 cr was needed just to have everyone in green in the food chain. I guess the case was similar for Race 3 earlier this year.
And with their current standings, srk’s zero needs 200 cr to get even and 2.0 needs 160 cr nett. This says a lot by itself.
Who needs any star ranking systems? If the MGs and distribution prices for biggies are made transparent, that will pretty much say everything.
Thanks Marcus. I am just hoping.
Akki Bhai kai saalon se try kar raha hai. 🙂
I think the trailer and subsequent posters focussing majorly on Akshay is doing the trick and making hindi audience/ analysts feel like Akki has some decent role. Else the teaser, focussing only on Rajni, was a disaster because it did not have anything different from Endhiran.
That Akshay makeover video has gone viral the way Ghajini makeover video had. At least genuine effort to achieve perfection is showing in that video. So its clicking in some way.
Baaki after ToH i will not predict much. Kuch bhi ho sakta hai. WoM would be severe here in either ways.
Aside, Looking at 2019 movie lineup…i don’t see any movie looking big enough to come close to ToH. Maybe Southern films will pave the way in a big way. But the lineup of Sallu, SRK, Aamir is quite ordinary. Aamir and SRK has no release while Salman has only Bharath. That’s a disappointment. Even Akki has Kesari and Housefull 4. Nothing exciting on paper.
Ranbir and Ranveer are doing risky projects. No one film which we can say with some confidence that those would do 200+
I think TOH’s disappointing performance has really helped the interest of 2.0 in Hindi belt! Before its release, it was very dull but now it has picked up hugely. It has great chance of success if Shankar turns out to be in form!
And although it may look like beating dead horses, but Race 3’s 165 cr nett total was embarrassingly over-reported. ToH’s reported total will be around 150 cr by the end of its crawling. But in reality both Race 3 and ToH would be in 135-140 cr nett range and equally big under-performers in India.
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Akshay Kumar to team up with Shankar for Indian 2 after 2.0?
Akshay Kumar, the villain of Shankar’s 2.0, might again team up with the director for the Kamal Haasan-starrer Indian 2. Earlier, it was rumoured that Ajay Devgn is acting in Indian 2. It looks like Akshay will replace him in the film.
In addition to that, the film allegedly has Tamil star Simbu playing a cop.
Usually I do not like reviews which argues that “MY” sensibility is cinematically superior over “YOU”. My understanding of Masala is better. Contemporary public has little knowledge of 70s masala, blah, blah, back, ship, etc.
Such arguments smacks of half knowledge about the subject. I am ok with one liking or disliking a movie. Even if one has a minority view, why to put yourself on pedestal?
On ToH Box office, following is what comes to my understanding-
There are movies with 100 cr, 200 cr, 300 cr box office targets. Sometimes a smaller target can reach bigger and that’s when we call the movie a superhit.
ToH i think was good to be a 200 Cr hit but aimed for 300 Cr+ with the likes of superb movies like Dangal. In the process it lost 50 Cr, which it deserved. It surely worked for a segment and i know people who found ToH a time pass movie deserving to be seen once. So clearly once again the budget and marketing that’s at fault, never the movie, stars or the director.
Hence i blame YRF and Aditya Chopra for this.They are the real culprits. They are not coming in defense of the trio who is facing the heat – Victor, Amitabh and Aamir. Adi…hello? It’s ok to be camera conscious but not ok to not accept the blame and defend the team?
“It surely worked for a segment and i know people who found ToH a time pass movie deserving to be seen once”
If you think TOH also worked for a segment, there is no flop in this industry ever. There’s some small sectional of audience which will like any movie irrespective of its flop status but that doesn’t mean we can say the movie worked for a segment of audience. We are talking maybe 2%-5% of ppl liking and 90% to 95% disliking.
“We are talking maybe 2%-5% of ppl liking and 90% to 95% disliking.”
I think usually its not so simple.
Take an example of a movie like ToH.
5-10% will love any movie of their star/genre.
10% will like any movie of their star / genre.
So these 15-20% people will always like any film featuring their favourite genre or star. They are the ones who fight it out with the rest 80% who saw the movie but did not love/like to the same extent.
Now we have 80% left who did not like or love the film. Let me dissect those.
Did not like but was ok. 30%
Did not like but moved on. 40%
These two ratios are ok for most hit-superhit films. 70% are usually in this category for most of the hindi films.
Did not like but hated. 20-30% (THIS WAS ALARMINGLY HIGH FOR TOH). Usually this number is less than 10% for a hit movie and less than 2% for a superhit movie.
Now the reason for hatred is the way the movie is marketed. Here people feel and usually get cheated.
So unnecessary hype, overselling, highly priced tickets and perception matters here and these were all wrong with ToH.
Rajinikanth rules the hearts of his many fans across the world. He is not just adored but worshipped as the Thalaivaa. His movies are box office hits not only in the South Indian market but even as far as Japan and United Kingdom. Muthu is one such example.
So I often wonder, what makes him great…because there have been several stars who gave humongous box office successes…but the adulation that Rajni has in Tamil Nadu and most of south Indian states is unparalleled.
can u list here last 5 Rajni films and how good they were (content-wise) and BO wise? the man is in the boat which once Rajesh Khanna was in……dancing with 20 something heroines still and he has lost the script-sense long back….
Neither Aamir nor Chinese distributors are having hopes from ToH in China ….
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“Estars Films had entered into an understanding with Yash Raj Films on a Rs. 110 cr minimum guarantee, but looking at the performance of Thugs of Hindostan at the domestic box office despite the massive promotions and the wide screen count, they have decided to rework the deal.” When prodded for further details the source continued, “Under the new deal that is being worked Estars is looking at entering into a revenue sharing deal with Yash Raj Films, while foregoing the predefined MG format. Currently, the poor performance and negative reviews the film received in India and overseas is being cited as the main reason.”
Though the Rs. 110 cr. minimum guarantee deal now stands void, Yash Raj Films we hear is currently working at breakneck speed to salvage the situation. “Given this new development, the makers of Thugs of Hindostan are trying their best to see what they can save, after all this deal was a major revenue stream to recover their investments. But sadly, it seems rather unlikely that anything can be saved given the fact that Estars was clear about the previous deal being totally scrapped”, adds the source.
However, contrary to the reports, a source who works closely with the major Bollywood production house denies the same saying, “YRF never renegotiates their deals. As far as I know, the deal and the said amount are cast in stone and remain the same, nothing has changed.” Further explaining the source continued, “Thugs of Hindostan is a big film and all deals were done before its release, notwithstanding the box office collections the deal will continue to remain the same”.
While this change in deal is certainly a massive blow to the makers of Thugs of Hindostan we hear that even the release date of the film in China has now been changed. Though keeping in line with our previous report, the Chinese version of Thugs of Hindostan will see Amitabh Bachchan and Fatima Sana Sheikh’s roles being edited while enhancing Aamir Khan’s role will no longer release in December. Detailing this, the source adds, “Now that the deal between Estars Films and Yash Raj Films is being renegotiated, the release of Thug of Hindostan in China has been pushed. In fact, the film will now release only in January 2019, instead of December 2018 as mentioned earlier. But rest assured the run time of the film will be just 2 hours 21 minutes which is still shorter than the Indian version.”
However matters don’t end there. Letting out yet another detail the source tells us that unlike his previous visits to China, this time round Aamir Khan will skip his promotional visit. “Aamir Khan has become a household name in China, and given the success of his films here, the actor generally makes a trip to China to promote his films. But this time, Aamir will be giving China a miss, and will forego his usual visit to promote the film in China.” Now, with this latest bit of information, the Chinese box office prospects of Thugs of Hindostan have taken a massive blow. Given the rather competitive Chinese market and the plethora of releases, we guess only time will tell whether the Chinese release of Thugs of Hindostan will be a profitable venture for Yash Raj Films.
I think it could be mistake. Aamir and YRF should proceed with release plans as nothing happened. Flopping in India is different as Indian audience has seen such masala fares all their lives but for China, it’ll be new experience and it can connect at some level. Once connects, it can mint and get their money back and profits.
I have said the same before. But seems like Aamir has taken ToH failure in India to his heart …
Can happen if you have not tasted a flop for 18 long years (MP yielded no profits but was not a loss maker, while ToH is a disaster). One has to go back to 2000 for his last flop – Mela. He has been flying too high for too long and perhaps cant take the shit in a sporting manner.
Agree that he should bite the pill and go through the promotions in China. One never knows whats gonna happen.
Don’t know whether anyone would want to post or read this – but here you go..The writer is MANK..
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Readers Write In #60: Thugs of Hinduston is a fantastic tribute to Masala cinema and its leading men
Posted on November 19, 2018 24
On why thugs of Hindostan is no lazy rehash of the masala formula , but a well constructed modern tribute that echoes back to best of the genre.
Take the character of Khudabaksh played by Amitabh Bachchan, its less a character, more an accumulation of his most iconic moments. Yet it did become a fully realized masala hero for me. His introduction scene in the film references his most massy introduction scenes in three of his earlier films, Coolie, Khuda Gawah and Thoofan. He comes out of nowhere like a god riding a horse to save the life of young Zafira’s who would be played as an adult by Fatima sana Sheikh. Cut to 11 years later, now he is like Don with his own army and his own private hideout. Like in the film Don, when we first meet him in a full on dialogue sequence, he is seen executing a traitor within the gang. Its also fun to see him spit out names of his comrades like Sawant, Akbar, Bhima etc, which are the names of characters he was associated in the past – Akbar was Rishi kapoor’s name in Amar Akbar Anthony and Bhima being the character he himself played in Aaj ka Arjun, one of his more successful movies from the late eighties period where he had a welcome return to the mythical masala roots , as opposed to more comic book masala stuff he was doing – but also to a secular movie past where they tried to include all religions, even if stereotypical, into the movie’s fabric. Khudabaksh itself seems to be a callback to the iconic muslim characters that Bachchan himself has played, like Sikander, Iqbal, Badshah Khan and so on.
What about Aamir’s Firangi?,As I said already it’s a nod to Bachchan’s More lighter masala characters. Think of his son character from Desh Premee . In that film Bachchan put on blackface and sang gore nahin hum kale sahi, here Aamir puts on a blonde wig and impersonates a white man in the surayya song. His manner of speaking with broken English words and his self introduction seem to be inspired from the Arjun singh character from Namak Halaal
That’s not all, Adding one more dimension to the character, It’s also referencing the gallery of lovable rogues that Aamir has played from Jo jeeta wohi sikander to 3 idiots. His introduction scene is a mixture of his dus ka bees , dus ka bees act from Rangeela as well as his iconic Lagaan. This is a more physical, more over the top performance than anything he has given before. But I liked Aamir in his over the top mode mainly because of the kind of actor he is. Someone like Shahrukh Khan is by his nature a very physical performer, a very busy performer. So when he take the hammy route, it becomes intolerable to watch, on the other hand if he could hold his energy and his hamminess just a little bit he is able to deliver striking performances as in Swades or Chak De. Aamir is exactly the opposite. By nature , he is a very subdued, very subtle performer to an extent that his performance fails to register sometimes. He is very enjoyable here most of the times and sometimes I see him falling flat trying too hard, but he is still tolerable.
The main plot point of Aamir infiltrating Bachchan’s gang at the instigation of the British authorities can be attributed to Don. The film is also heavily inspired by the masala pastiche template of Sholay. Very serious scenes interspersed with more lowbrow humor. Aamir even does a chaplinseque nod as Asrani does in that film. You can see the symmetry in characters too. Bachchan- fatima duo standing in for is sanjeev kumar jaya bhaduri duo. Aamir is mixture of veeru and basanti, conning & fast talking gibberish. there it was dhanno the horse, here its nawab the ass. Gabbar and bandits morph into Clive and the east India company.
More tributes follow just before the interval point. Once Aamir betrays him to the british, both of them are locked in a duel reminiscent of the Bachchan –Dara singh duel at the end of Mard. There, a revelation of them being father and son changes the nature of the duel and they decided to join forces to fight the british. Here its more of a awakening of conscious in Aamir that changes the course of the duel, when he saves Bachchan from death. Bachchan decides to embark upon a suicide mission to destroy the british ship, handing over the protection of Zafira as well as the reigns of the film to Aamir. In an echo of the first scene with Bachchan saving the young Zafira, here Aamir saves her from the british and take her to safety, while Bachchan reminiscent of his most iconic scene in Agneepath rams his burning ship into the other destroying it and perhaps killing himself in the process . The famous aswa shweth rakth se latpat poetry recitation becomes sheesham ke ghode pe aayeg sawaari shaamt gunehgaron ki
Undoubtedly this first half of thugs is the most entertaining, most absorbing and most fun. Once Bachchan is presumed to be dead, the film goes dead for a time too. Post the interval, the film loses its momentum. The tributes disappear and it becomes more of a straightforward masala film, and without Bachchan’s character the film becomes off balance. Even more grating is the filmmakers obsession to Jack sparrow-fy Aamir’s character, where its repeatedly hinted that Aamir has no control of his nature and he himself is afraid when he would become bad again. That’s strict no-no for a masala hero. It’s a good tactic to turn the central avenging angel in a masala film into a female character, but here Fatima’s Zafira is so badly conceived and even more badly enacted that it leaves a big whole in the masala heart of the film. It also points out to the fact that we don’t have masala film heroines of the caliber of Rekha, Reena roy, etc anymore who can convincingly pull off the requirements of the masala universe
But once Bachchan returns to screen, all shackled and angry in his Kaalia mode the film springs back to life. The final forty minutes of the film again becomes a masala treat with nodes to Kranti, Shaan etc. the film also brings back the tradition of the climactic song sequence which was a must of very popular masala film, even though , here the song is not as rousing or spectacular as say the one in Kranti, it still makes an impact.
This may be an unabashed tribute to masala, but it does not work as a masala film. My exchange with Jay and Saket stressed on this. I know for sure that if this was successful masala, i wudnt have liked this even a bit. And to repeat myselg again, I loved this film.
The generic problem with this film is two-fold, as already discussed to death here. (1) The emotional connect fell flat for a revenge masala saga. And (2) masala heroism was completely turned around with Firangi’s Machiavellian characterisation, which is not something Aamir had played before be it Rangeela or Ghulam or whaever. It is too simplistic to say hey this is another mischievous character in the masala world. Its simply not.
The above two reasons explains the severe backlash that ToH got. Combined with other additional factors like hype, overpriced tickets, bad reviews and expectations from the star-cast and banner as Naveen mentioned above.
There is nothing more to this fiasco. aamir should not kill himself for this!
People did not like Ghajini because Satyam could write an essay about how the memory loss can be interpreted as the loss of vintage masala in our times. Nor did they care how Firangi’s character and actions because it can be read as a metaphor for Aamir’s career moves.
All that really matters is IF they could emotionally connect to the story. Then they will like it, even love it. Else they are disinterested.
I liked the review but I couldn’t connect to it, very flippantly if TOH is a tribute film it would not find much mass patronage with audiences.
On China, the warning signs are there from rest of world so I am very skeptical, the issue is its going there with such a bad vibe and articles like this won’t help!
Films That Broke The Opening Day Record But Eventually Became Flops At The Box Office
#1. Thugs of Hindostan (2018): The Aamir Khan starrer released last week and opened to record-breaking Rs 52.25 crore. It became the first film to hit a half-century at the box office on its opening day itself but collapsed after that. It’s been 7 days and the movie has earned a meagre Rs 137.55 crore. It looks difficult for the film to even go past Rs 150 crore mark.
#2. Mission Kashmir (2000): The movie opened bigger than its fellow release Mohabbatein making Rs 1.64 crore and broke the opening day record of Refugee, which had released earlier that year. Hrithik Roshan had just become the thing after Kaho Na Pyaar Hai and there he was in his first action movie along the likes of Sanjay Dutt in Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Mission Kashmir. Despite it clashing with the Big B-SRK starrer Mohabbatein, Mission Kashmir became the highest opener of 2000 but succumbed to the average word of mouth. The extremely dominant pre-release buzz gave enough space for Mission Kashmir to be the highest opener of the year.
#3. Mangal Pandey(2005): Before Thugs of Hindostan, it was Mangal Pandey: The Rising. The movie was hyped to an all-time high and that resulted in an opening day record making Rs 3.24 crore but it couldn’t go anywhere post that. Aamir Khan was coming back to the big screen after four long years in what could only have been thought of as the biggest film of the year. There was no way Mangal Pandey wasn’t opening big. Sadly enough when the film got opened to the audiences, the reports weren’t too encouraging. While the film may technically not be termed a box office flop, it still, however, was one of the biggest let downs of the year. But only after it thumped a solid opening!
#4. Refugee (2000): The fact that Amitabh Bachchan’s son was making his debut had made Refugee a hot property. And it was also the debut of Kareena Kapoor Khan, sister of Karishma Kapoor and granddaughter of the showman of Hindi film industry Raj Kapoor. A record-breaking start was a given and that’s what happened. The movie made Rs 1.56 crore but went downhill afterward.
#6. Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999): The mind-boggling pre-release buzz for this Ajay Devgn starrer would know why Hindustan Ki Kasam was the highest opener in 1999. The television promos of the film had created a ruckus and an action packed bonanza was kept in waiting. However, the results turned out to be disastrous as the mega budget movie didn’t find takers post the opening weekend. The movie created a new opening day record by making Rs 1.45 crore but couldn’t cash on the record-breaking start. It was the directorial debut of Ajay Devgn’s father Veeru Devgan.
#7. Koyla (1997): This Shah Rukh Khan starrer was much-awaited thanks to its chartbuster music, thrilling trailer and the fact that it was the reunion of SRK with Rakesh Roshan after the blockbuster Karan Arjun. The movie created an all-time opening record as it made Rs 1.06 crore. But it couldn’t live up to the mammoth expectations.
#8. Trimurti (1995): The first film in the history of Indian cinema to hit Rs 1 crore mark on its opening day was this Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, and Shah Rukh Khan starrer.This one came as no surprise as Trimurti was one mega movie that looked like was going to be another Subhash Ghai blockbuster. While stars like Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor were at the peak of their career, Shah Rukh Khan had just become the thing after Baazigar and other movies. However, it was because of showman Subhash Ghai and his production house that Trimurti was being seen as the biggest film of 1995 even though Mukul Anand was directing it. Despite having taken a bumper opening, the film majorly started to see fall in numbers.
Must add that only ToH and Trimurti are outright BO flops; but all others in this list actually recovered their money and were strictly average fares in the end.
Hindustan ki Kasam got record opening weekend because of Bachchan presence , that’s the reason he was all over promos and posters .. despite a supporting role. Govinda and Ajay never got record opening in their lifetime except #BMCM and #HKK with Bachchan. Craze for Amitabh was still there till late 90’s .. Its just that one after another bad movies (Mostly record openers) coupled with his age factor slowly moved his fan base away. Heck even his Lal Badshah was off to flying start on first day , despite huge pre release bashing.
Even in the early 2000’s after his famous Mohabbatein comeback, he was one of the most saleable actors and among the top 5 between 2000-05 alongside Srk, Aamir, Hrithik and Salman. Films like Aankhen and Khakee were actually Bachchan vehicles despite the presence of present day stars like Akshay and Ajay who were not really crowd pullers back then.
Thugs Of Hindostan Second Monday Business
Tuesday 20 November 2018 12.15 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Thugs Of Hindostan collected just 75 lakhs nett on Monday and even a very ratio of business is coming from single screens especially UP as the multiplexes have just capitulated. The film will not do 3 times its opening day business when the good big films go and do around 3 times the weekend business. This is films that open with big numbers.
In Delhi / UP, East Punjab and Mysore the film will close with less business than Badhaai Ho.
First Week – 1,34,25,00,000 apprx
Second Weekend – 5,25,00,000 apprx
Monday – 75,00,000 apprx
140 cr is pretty much it for ToH hindi version (Extra 5 cr from dubbed versions aint much either!). Dont think it will add anything to this total going forward from here.
IMO real collections wud be around 130-135 cr range, BUT I had said during Race 3 run too that Race 3 total was also in this range (130 cr nett) and was over-reported shamelessly by Salman Khan Films.
RT Battle Angel Alita, comparison from the first trailer to the one they just released, we gave them feedback, they listened. the changes are much better. pic.twitter.com/hBJDWWOMya
Netflix has roped in some well-known Indian actors — Abhishek Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Kareena Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, and Jackie Shroff — for the Hindi-language voice dub of its upcoming film, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, it announced Tuesday. Bachchan will voice the black panther Bagheera, Ms. Kapoor as the python Kaa, Mr. Kapoor as the bear Baloo, Dixit as the wolf Nisha, and Shroff as the tiger Shere Khan.
Caught up with Mirzapur season 1 in Amazon Prime over last few days. Pankaj Tripathi is very good, but cant say the same about the series overall.
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Despite its flaws, Mirzapur has a certain earnestness and perhaps the over-enthusiasm of a young creative team. Prosthetics and VFX are liberally used to create eyeballs, intestines and blown up brains that splatter across the screen ever so often in the 9 episodes of Season 1, but they cannot make up for the lack of nuance, and a story that endeavours to stick to a formula instead of reinventing it. Right at the beginning of the season, Beena quips to her husband after a dissatisfying lovemaking session, “garam karke thanda chod dete hain” (You turn me on me but leave me dissatisfied). It’s the same problem with Mirzapur itself, it starts off well but cannot hold your interest till the end.
Also watched Imaikkaa Nodigal and loved Anurag Kashyap as a gleefully happy serial killer!
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“America is always middle of the ground, they always borrow from everywhere and make it more palatable and commercial but they don’t really explore violence barring some of the exploitation movies. They know how to commercialize everything, they are the Mcdonalds version of action and violence,” he said in a conversation for Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films Perfect Strokes with Anupama Chopra.
“I like the whole idea of taking people through that whole motion of what’s the worst fear that they might have. I get borthered by seeing celebratory violence that I see in mainstream movies or the superhero movie where the violence makes you feel like wanting to be a hero and getting into a fight.
“My idea of creating violence is to put the viewer off it, where it disturbs them,” Anurag added.
one more thing which lacked in TOH was an intense love-story. BB & BB2 both had the base of a very intense love-story. Something which had a genuine conflict at screenplay level. Here the director never developed KK or Fatima’s character to that extent……no depth! TOH shd be a case-study of “how to screw up things at the script and screenplay level” 🙂
I feel that Aamir and YRF were hesitant to explore the love angle after they cast Fatima as his leading lady right after Dangal. They literally kept her away from promotions and in the movie as well fearing if any backlash happens they can fall back that she’s not paired opp Aamir but instead Katrina is opp Aamir whereas Fatima is just another character with no love angle. This is just my assumption and not fact.
well, aamir’s character is shown gently flirting with Fatima’s character but with Kat’s character – he is far more cosy – so that had to be explored…..when one remembers BB/BB2 – that intense romance deftly directed by Rajamouli is the soul of an otherwise grand war drama….any magnum opus generally has a romance at its core…be it Titanic or a Spiderman or a Mughl-e-Azam or even Sholay….which had 2 of them…..Raju Hirani knew this while making PK – He had a lovely romantic track betn Anushka-Sushant and an unrequited love-angle from PK for Anushka…..romance is an integral part of Indian cinema….even the massy Ghajini had Asin as its soul and that romance….i wud like to know Satyam, Jay, An Jo, Q and everyone else’ view on this particular aspect and whether YRF missed out that completely in TOH…
Agree with you totally. A good love story and a good villain or a substantial conflict, always makes a good masala. If it was made on the lines of PoC, then the central character JohnnyDepp/Aamir need to be interesting enough to hold the interest for entire 3 hour period. We loved Johnny’s antics in PoC and therefore it went into part 2 and 3. His character was superbly fleshed out. On the other hand, I wouldn’t want to watch Aamir’s antics for 3 hours, at 30-35 maybe, at 50 no no. Acting wise I don’t think they are at the par. The trailer itself was off puting in that aspect. 😦
yes that conflict was missing….revenge of Fatima was childishly handled and half-baked….only serious conflict has been a love-story since the beginning of Hindi films….one can name N no. of masala films, all have had stronger love-stories at the core….even Ghajini, PK, 3I, Talaash had the hero-heroine love stories….TZP, Dangal had strong conflicts in the fomr of maternal love and paternal love subsequently…..any universally hit films at the BO would have this aspect nicely taken care of…..in South also, most of the masala films become massive hits despite extreme violence at times becoz at the core – there is a delicate love-story….check Mani Ratnam’s films – always a sensitive love-story….aamir’s fanna and RDB had this aspect in abundance…i don’t know why it was not addressed here in such a magnum opus! it is like James Cameron making a documentary out of Titanic minus Jack-n-Rose!!!!
This is a problem with indian audience not the film. An action adventure does not need an all consuming OTT love angle. But again, maturity of indian audience is a well known attribute.
Zero: Shah Rukh Khan in an Aanand L Rai film marks a perfect finish to a year full of heartland films
Hindi cinema is made for Hindi-speaking audiences. In essence, India’s busiest filmmaking industry aims to reach the Hindi heartland -be it the geographical landmass consisting of Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, or the migrant population from these states, who reside across the country and worldwide.
While the ’90s and the early 2000s were spent imitating and regurgitating a standardised Punjabi version of life, love and emotions, the Hindi heartland has now taken center stage with pride in the mainstream. Often the Bihari or ‘Bhaiyya’ in Hindi films has been a caricature or an unpleasant character. Refreshingly, this year has seen authentic Hindi heartland-based stories, rooted and original, winning big at the box office. This space has finally solidified with genuine, believable films. In its mannerisms, accents, dialects and local cultural quirks, the heartland has a well-defined identity and age-old traditions of storytelling. Manifesting these in contemporary times has made the films fresh and appealing this year.
Hearteningly, a superstar like Shah Rukh Khan has played a vertically challenged man from Meerut in the upcoming big flick Zero, having travelled quite a long distance from the urbane, suave versions of Rahul and Raj that he is played for most of his career. That films like Raid, Stree, Mulk and Sui Dhaaga: Made in India have done so well is testimony to the fact that localised stories around ground realities and with genuine characters successfully work, and draw in audiences based on word of mouth.
Crime, guns and womanising- cliches about the Hindi heartland come together in the recent gritty series Mirzapur. Made for Amazon Prime Video India and produced by Excel Entertainment, Karan Anshuman ropes in an impressive cast of actors – Ali Fazal, Pankaj Tripathi, Vikrant Massey, Shweta Tripathi and Divyendu Sharma among others – in this fast-paced web show. Typical sensibilities associated with this region, often called the cow belt in political terminology, add up to the right recipe for a gripping story.
Interestingly, the filmmakers and writers, who have created each of these films or shows, either belong to that region or have grown up here. They have spent time understanding the local culture, language and customs, and adapted the same to cinema convincingly. The heartland’s appeal was limited to hyper-dramatic cop and political dramas for almost two decades. While some films, like Prakash Jha’s Gangajal, Apaharan and Raajneeti made for engaging viewing, more often than not, the heartland was stereotyped. Few films cut through the clutter.
The clock turned towards positive change when stories went beyond the cliché of good cops, bad politicians, or family dramas. A good chunk of this credit goes to the inimical Vishal Bharadwaj for making Omkara. Abusing uninhibitedly in Hindi, while capturing the nuanced underlying politics of heartland Uttar Pradesh was done masterfully in this film. Some years passed after his film for more such authentic, rooted stories to emerge. So we had Abhishek Chaubey make the brilliant Ishqiya films; subtle, linguistically befuddling but smart adaptations from culturally distinct places in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Ashwini Iyer Tewari, Tamil by origin and a Mumbai girl, used the lens of an outsider to merge aesthetics and obsessions of small town UP to tell a compelling story of a domestic help’s desire to educate her daughter and make her an IAS officer in Nil Battey Sannata. It is an unsung film, one that gets the story so right. The passion to become a civil servant rules almost every aspect of a student’s life in these states. Ashwini has also made the entertaining Bareilly Ki Barfi, more commercial in intent but equally desi in flavour. And then there is Anurag Kashyap, who has adapted the culture of Bihari goondaism and its iron grip over the state’s politics beautifully in the Gangs of Wasseypur films. Self-indulgent to an extent, both the parts are uncompromising in their ‘Bihar Ka Lalla’ identity; adding flavour to these stories. Kashyap’s Manmarziyaan also turns romantic stories of Punjab on its head quite well. It is urbane and set to become a gradual cult film over time.
But the team that has made the Hindi heartland come home to roost in Bollywood is that of filmmaker Anand L Rai and writer Hemanshu Sharma. Their films have adapted local mannerisms and linguistic quirks for wider appeal in a manner that does not always depend on stars for success. Raanjhanaa provides an ideal example, with Dhanush’s character ready to give up everything for love, or rather, the bull headnesses of one-sided love. Their ability to build upon small town North Indian elements continues with Zero. SRK, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif make this film a big draw, but Meerut’s Bauua Singh and his bittersweet experiences with love drive this story. These are not always the best stories. Yet, they work well with audiences because emotions and reactions are unfiltered and dialogues, very catchy. Each character, however minor, has a role to play in taking the story forward, cracking the heartland phenomenon of families, friends and foes all being part of life in significant decisions.
In 2018, films that brought the heartland’s stories alive emerged from local influences that impacted their writers and directors. Sui Dhaaga: Made in India emerged from the basic idea of a self-made man, an artisan, standing up against machines. Writer and director Sharat Katariya saw a tailor set up shop under a tree in his hometown, Delhi, when this idea occurred to him. His Delhi if of those who live in the city’s outskirts, eke out a living and leave behind a rich legacy of working with their traditional skills. His earlier film, Dum Laga Ke Haisha, beautifully portrays the lower middle class realities of families in Haridwar, a town somewhat warped in time. Similarly, Amar Kaushik, who has grown up in Arunachal Pradesh but spent ample time in Chanderi while visiting family, captured local superstition to deliver a message film in the most entertaining manner, with Stree. Rajkumar Gupta wanted to focus on an everyday hero with Raid. Anubhav Sinha has grown up and travelled through Banaras and smaller cities of Uttar Pradesh before moving to Mumbai in order to work in films. Sinha’s urbane movies are poor shows. But his return to roots with Mulk, which began with slow travel back in his home state, made this story come alive for him. Importantly, in each of these films, stars are part of a story. The story gets your attention without depending on a big star’s name.
Going beyond the garish and clichéd, India’s heartland, often likened to crimes, superstition, messy politics and prejudice against women, is viewed with an amount of skepticism by urbanites. All these negatives are part of its reality. But there are also good people, positive beginnings and very interesting stories that emerge from here. As these films find a footing with audiences across India today, heartland-based films hold out opportunities for more stories in an industry starved of originality. Imtiaz Ali’s Radha Krishna film promises to be one and hopefully, there will be more varied explorations of these kind.
This was hilarious and sad to see. So much waste of money on these big budget movies. They could have made 20 Badhai Hos on these budgets and entertained us far more.
Last night while walking on my treadmill, watched this song.
Directors of today should watch some of the old songs to get a clue on how to picturize songs. This song is simple yet covers many angles. Simple dance steps but look at the body movement, facial expression of the leads. Gives that “Mardana” vibe in every shot. Which is very missing in todays cinema (south over does it).
2point0 is getting massive showcasing all across as it will be allotted around 32,000 to 33,000 shows all across India. It would basically get the highest show count of all time in India surpassing the previous record holder, Baahubali 2, which released with nearly 31,000 shows.
They are talking abt 30-35 cr opening for 2.0 hindi version. In China Padman will be sandwiched – Aquaman on Dec 7, Grinch on Dec 14, Spidey on Dec 21.
True stage is set for Akshay now. 20 Cr opening would be disappointing for 2.0 as the makers are counting on Hindi belt to bail them out. If not for this, no way $70 million cost can be recovered.
Expectation from Hindi is over 175 Cr nett. For this opening of 30Cr is needed, weekend of 100 Cr at least. It’s not the usual cost controlled Akshay film which can be a HIT at 100 Cr. This is elephant he is carrying in hindi belt this time. Good thing is 2point0 Hindi is padded with enough armoury though a big heroine would have helped.
rajni is not a draw in north….2.0 has no emotional appeal….rajni romancing 20+ heroine is bizarre….i see a bigger tank here than TOH – i have stopped watching rajni films since long in theaters….i have never watched an akki film in theater….so will give this a miss…
80cr recovery in hindi is achievable..I can see this movie doing 160 + as of now..infact I think kjo has played it very smart by buying at that price..my worry is the 120cr price in TN..just imagine whole west east north going for 80cr and TN alone going for 120cr!!!..ABO will post the entire india prebusiness next week..we will get the breakup..the advantage of being a kollywood movie is better transparency on what distributor are paying as their reporting is very detailed
@Krish, could you tell us what the top 5 highest grossers in TN alone are? How many movies so far have made 240 crores in TN? Just wanted to know if it has to be the biggest grosser in just TN to recover…
2018 Heads For Growth Despite No Support From Big Festival Releases
Wednesday 21 November 2018 13.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
The year looks heading for record cumulative figures with 3650 crore in the bag already in terms of GROSS box office. GROSS is being used to compare as there have been tax changes in the last year or so. The year should come out with a 10% improvement over last year if the last few big releases of the year give the expected performance.
This performance has come without the big festival releases firing so on that note its good results for the year but these big ones are a must to really push the Hindi film industry to higher levels. The boost has come from smaller films which are doing better than a couple of years back when 75 crore nett was a huge task for these films. The difference is that makers have come out of that urban zone film and padded these films with music to make them more appealing.
Its very rare for a small film to be a universal HIT but Stree managed that feat and the last time this happened was Aashiqui 2. No doubt Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Badhaai Ho and Raazi have also done very well in this period but they have not done well across the board like Stree or Aashiqui 2.
The footfalls look like staying in the same range as last year as the growth is coming from higher ticket prices. The footfalls can only go up if the big films really perform and that 200 crore nett mark is still proving a big benchmark when it should not. There are three major releases left with 2.0 (Hindi), Zero and Simba but it cant be said that 200 crore nett is a given for each of these films but when looking at the budgets and names behind these films then 200 crore nett should be a foregone conclusion.
The cumulative GROSS business seen each year since 2010 is as follows. 2012-2013 is the best period seen this decade.
2.0 had started gathering momentum as soon as Akshay was introduced. Ideally, the movie should have released tomorrow to capitalize on USA collection for long Thanksgiving weekend.
Yes I mentioned it somewhere few days. They had this 3 week gap coz of TOH. Now when TOH turned out disappointing, they should have released around 2 weeks gap and tomorrow in US. Its not even just Hindi but all Telugu/Tamil versions combined will make huge money just during 5 days in US. Even Indian audience got no choice and watching Badhaai Ho again, Lol. I don’t know what’s harm in moving up the release week earlier if the first movie disappoints and out of theaters by then.
I doubt movie release dates are so nimble especially for big films. It would be strange for a film that has always been delayed till date to suddenly push forward. There is even a cost to do this.
Okay this is surprising to me. I’ve not been following overseas collections of TOH but didn’t expect it’ll be less than Badhai Ho. I don’t anyone in US who went to watch Badhai Ho in theaters. Its not a big screen movie at all.
This is a SHOCKER… #ThugsOfHindostan may be the most expensive Hindi film, with Aamir Khan enjoying an enviable following in international markets, but its *lifetime biz* in #USA + #Canada and #Australia will be lower than #BadhaaiHo… Content wins and how! #TOH
Last Saturday we were 9 families playing cards, out of which 5 familes had not seen Badhai ho.
We all talked about it so much that 3 families booked the tickets for Sunday and watched it. Then they also messaged on the group chat as to how much they liked it.
Only two families had watched TOH, one being mine. No one was willing to listen/ accept that it is a good movie.
** Content wins and how!** Is TA still high on drugs? He is saying the Indian public is ‘intelligent’! LOL. The same public that makes Sallu’s movies super-hits!!
There will be tsunami after release of Rajinikanth-Akshay Kumar starrer, says this film trade analyst
“If film is well made then #2point0 (all lang) will beat the lifetime collection of #ThugsOfHindostan (all lang) in Flat 2 Days,” Sumit Kadel added in another tweet prediction the 2.0 box office collection.
The major issue arises, does Robot 2 has the potential to battle with the records of Bahubali, Dangal. Robot 2 is coming with a budget of 450 Cr. in two languages, that is Hindi and Tamil. The Hindi version will cover 3500 screens while the Tamil version is about to cover 2500 Screens. Total 6000 Screens covered by the movie.
The presence of Akshay Kumar assures that the movie will get a huge gathering for Hindi version. On the other hand, the Tamil version will also gather a large number of people because of the presence of Rajinikanth. Keeping all the point in mind, it is figuring out that, like Bahubali and Dangal, Robot 2 has the power to cross 1500 Cr. mark worldwide.
Robot 2: Day 1 Collection
Akshay Kumar is back in a negative role, and all his fans are just waiting to see him playing the role. Akshay Kumar’s crewman look was just a sign when people would view him on the big screen the whole scene; all will be left the open mouth. All the sign of positive vibes showing us that the film will easily cross 30 Cr(Hindi version) on the first opening day. Including all the versions Robot 2 first day collection will be range from 100 to 120 Cr.
Robot 2: Day 2 Collection
I believe that people can’t miss the film. All tickets will be sold out. This shows that the second day will also be a good one. The film earns a total of 80-90 Cr.
Robot 2: Day 3 Collection
Director of the movie S. Shankar never gave a flop film. When it comes to direction, he brought the best. As he is also the writer of the movie, he inked all his imagination. The third day will too rock, collection range from 90-100 Cr.
Robot 2: Day 4 Collection
The maximum shooting of the film is done in India. Most of the sets are in Chennai. Just a minimum shooting was on foreign. The science fiction movie will react magic on Box office since those areas of overseas are yet not shown in any scene of other movies. This will create a large gather. The fourth day earning of the will be range from 121 to 130 Cr.
Within the first week, the movie will collect its principle. Further oversea release are yet to count. Therefore, it can be concluded the movie will rule at the box office.
that 450 cr budged looks inflated and wrong – but if it is true – this movie is a looser all the way…..there is absolutely no buzz on my contacts – no one will bother to go for this….schools have opened so I wonder what is the target audience here? Rajni has no fan-base in Northern belt, akki remains akki – a moderate bo star with 100 cr club – so what is the target audience? weekend crowd?
I can confirm that the B and C centers are majorly excited for this one..the A centre were expected to open decentlt anyways. I had major major doubts on this movie the whole time but I can confirm this is set to open atleast around 25cr but do not rule out a 30.plus opening too in hindi…
Here’s Why Akshay Kumar & Rajinikanth’s 2.0 Is Already A BLOCKBUSTER Before Release!
When the teaser of 2.0 was out a couple of months ago, many started criticising it for not upto the mark VFX.
By Umesh Punwani –
Earlier this month the makers launched the trailer, which also was welcomed by a mixed response. It was trolled for its mega-budget of 550 crores+ but no one realised this is just a 2 minute clip from a 148 minutes movie. In this age of ‘judging’ things, people jumped to compare this with other Hollywood biggies but no one realised the film is yet to release.
People! This isn’t your usual Bollywood flick which requires some picturesque locations, a party song or an item song, a few crores of a budget and mediocre writing – this is above & beyond every of those things. 2.0 is a magnum opus on which there have been towering efforts of thousands & even without seeing it, I would say it’s already a blockbuster in my mind. Not just because it’s breaking the usual norm of Bollywood but because it’s giving us something ‘new’ and that too at a scale which no one ever has even dared to think.
I know, that contradicts my above statements and I’m also judging before the release but from whatever I’ve seen in the trailer – I’m sure we’re in for something new & crazy. Also, according to my close sources 2.0 is a massive entertainer & it’s commercial from the word go. With backing of the best VFX seen in Bollywood, it delivers a very entertaining story with crispy screenplay.
Bottomline of the article is, it’s not at all easy what Shankar, Rajinikanth & Akshay Kumar have done with 2.0. So, yes, for me it’s already a blockbuster but for those who didn’t like the trailer let’s wait for the movie and decide together?
I think analysts are assuming the best case scenario for 2point0 and getting excited. They need to chat with ideaunique for few minutes to trigger a depression.
Aamir fans are all in severe depression now. Theater-owners may have lost crores, but we have lost our ego! Some have stopped commenting including the blog owner.
We depressed souls are now desperate for some company from other fan clubs … hopefully 2.0 and Zero wont disappoint us!
If ego has disappeared then Aamir himself will be very happy. I have no doubt that everyone here puts Aamir on a very high esteem…so ToH will hardly change things.
what depression? i m on the contrary happy that aamir tested a failure finally. It is part of life. Firangi character is a welcome addition to his acting-CV. there is nothing to be depressed about any one.
You need to be a fool to remake a huge blockbuster and then turn it into turkey. Rohit Shetty is not Sohail Khan who made superhit movie into Jai Ho! So, clearly it’ll be easy super hit movie like Singham (which was also remake of southern blockbuster).
Q. Which film will open better? 2.0 or Zero and how many screens will they release on?.
A. That is difficult to tell as both will be in that 25 crore nett plus range. 30 crore nett will be the target for both but will be tough as Zero is not the killer initial type of film from the trailer even though it has Shahrukh Khan. 2.0 (Hindi) is a huge initial film but will have 12% business missing due to regional versions and on top most of the film is dubbed in Tamil with only Akshay Kumar speaking most of his lines in Hindi which will be dubbed in the Tamil version. If that South business was not missing for 2.0 (Hindi) then you would give the edge to 2.0 but now either can have the higher first day. The screen issue is not that important for Zero as its about getting that 45-50 crore capacity at the 900 multiplexes like Thugs of Hindustan. Then it will have the good collecting single screens, it does not matter if it does not go down to the Nampur’s, Neera’s, Nawabganj’s or Nagina’s of the country. 2500 multiplex screens and 1500 single screens will do nicely for Zero. The other 600-800 single screens will have very limited collections. 2.0 can do with a 5000 screen release but places like Nagarkurnool or Narsapur in Andhra or Nagarthpet in Mysore will not release the Hindi versions while a film like Race 3 releases in these places and gets decent collections also. The Hindi version can go to a little over 4000 screens on a best case scenario.
I’m expecting 30 cr for zero on day 1, I understand it won’t have killer initial one it doesn’t have action and srk is in his down phase, but 30 crores would a great start and if the film is good 200cr should be achievable
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November 15, 2018 at 9:48 PM
Finally, a non-TOH thread! Shree Ganesh!!!! चलो श्री गणेश करता हूँ!!
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November 15, 2018 at 10:21 PM
lol…irony is that for 150 cr – most of the other stars would be in 7th happen where aamir has deal with a flop film tag now 🙂 but good, he also is a human and needed a reality check.
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November 15, 2018 at 10:53 PM
what do you mean by non-TOH thread? Do you see … Thugs of Hindostan (ongoing),.. in the title. Starting would be only for 1st week irrespective of movie status. If there is movie releasing next week, that would take 1st place.
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November 15, 2018 at 10:43 PM
Been really busy after watching. Will jot down few comments . Simply put – Aamir rocks and movie sucks! The movie should have been named ‘Adventures of Firangi Mallah’ with few twist to the current story. Few portions are very well directed but the 2 biggest flaws of the movie are no emotional depth, connectivity and TOO loud background music ruining everything. Even though Aamir is the only good part of the movie(baring him in Suraiyya song which was unwatchable), his presence actually ruined the script. It became too much about Aamir and less about the story it was supposed to tell. Aamir’s character just overshadows the script and that is never a good thing. Like, Prabhas was not number 1 star prior to Baahubali but SS Rajamouli still took him and made the most expensive budgeted movie without worrying about the returns. You can’t take megastar like Chiranjeevi and try to make Baahubali, he’ll simply overshadow the script. So, basically Aamir’s character is great but simply in the wrong movie. There are way too many flaws which I think everyone already pointed but I would like add that editing is not bad at all. I don’t think you would want an epic movie to be around 2 hours, there is not many useless scenes especially on script or paper. The execution was the culprit with no attachment. Apart from Aamir.. no other actor was even given a well defined character. I mean you don’t need to go back in 70’s to get basics right.. even recently Baahubali made sure that all characters are well written. You can’t just flush out 1 character and expect movie to do wonders at boxoffice. If anyone watches just 5 mins of movie and watch the Manzoor-e-Khuda song and you’ll figure out that this movie will flop. That is one of the cringing songs out there.
All the antics done by Aamir’s character are good to watch but it hardly adds anything to the story. Its like the ball is already in the air and Aamir is running very hard to make as many runs possible and in twice the speed. But dude, if that ball is caught, your running is gonna be waste and not useful for the team. Samething happened. All his side antics and flipping will go waste if the movie’s main story doesn’t work.
Overall not the worst movie ever made but if people don’t like it completely, it’ll flop and nothing could have saved it. Just wasted one of Aamir’s good characters in this movie.
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November 16, 2018 at 1:08 PM
“It became too much about Aamir and less about the story it was supposed to tell. Aamir’s character just overshadows the script and that is never a good thing.” ~ he has done parallel leads in RDB, DCH and even 3 Idiots and yet those films turned out to be excellent. This is just a poor excuse for what is a poorly written, edited and directed film. Aamir was perfect as Firangi Mallah but a poor script cannot be salvaged. I don’t think Aamir is the kinda actor who would cut into other actors’ portions at the cost of the final product. Viktor Acharya has messed up for the 3rd time in a row.
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November 15, 2018 at 10:51 PM
I should probably even write review for Mohalla Assi but its been around 4 years since I watched the movie. YES, that’s true. I watched this movie almost 4 years back with full DVD purchased at movie shop. There was news later that movie got leaked but I didn’t even realize that movie didn’t release. This would have been debut movie for Sakshi Tanwar (who eventually debuted with Dangal).
Sunny Deol is pretty good but obviously too different from his image so doesn’t get to you with his performance. The topics are good and not too controversial and can easily be watched without controversies (IMO). But still no wonder it stuck in censors for so many years. Overall movie is worth a watch just for simple reason that its been directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi. Yes, he’s the same guy who made the famous Chanakya TV series and then made a movie – Pinjar with Manoj Bapyee. Extremely talented but not getting foothold in movie industry.
This reminds me another movie on similar lines – Dharm (2007)> Dharm is way better than Mohalla Assi with extraordinary performance by Pankaj Kapur.
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November 15, 2018 at 11:02 PM
SRK on JHMS’s failure!
King Khan opened up about Imtiaz Ali’s Jab Harry Met Sejal- which flopped at the BO. Shah Rukh Khan said, “I let people down with Jab Harry Met Sejal, which was an utter flop. But I didn’t want to let anyone down; I just liked the fact that koi story nahin thi, sirf ek ring ke chakkar mein the two people (SRK’s Harry and Anushka Sharma’s Sejal) kheechey chale jaate hain… it was very organic, slice-of-life thi. The other day I met a director who mentioned the term ‘slice-of-life’ and I said, ‘nahin, poora pumpkin do mujhe iss baar.”
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November 16, 2018 at 2:37 PM
You had already posted this in the previous thread. It would help if you could post the link. It [link] wasn’t there in the previous thread also
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November 16, 2018 at 1:54 AM
So people here realise the reality.
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November 16, 2018 at 2:16 AM
Yes it’s an absolute disaster at the coveted 134 Cr mark.
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November 16, 2018 at 2:16 AM
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November 16, 2018 at 2:27 AM
TOH is a revenue sharing in China not buy out.Second Indian film after Secret Superstar to have revenue sharing.
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November 16, 2018 at 3:51 AM
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November 16, 2018 at 4:07 AM
With the screen loss of some 70%, it will be a miracle if TOH collects 1Cr today. Badhaai Ho is bound to be ahead from today.
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November 16, 2018 at 9:24 AM
Yes today wont be 1cr..infact badhai ho has more screens in north..I wont be surprised if BH catches ToH final total in next 2 weeks..ToH will end less than 140 and BH has 14 days to catch it
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November 16, 2018 at 11:03 AM
TOH got lucky to have Diwali day on Thu. That’s the best day for extended weekend. If Diwali day was on Sat/Sun, it could have lost much more. Haven’t watched Race 3 and am 100% sure its not even as good as TOH but if Race 3 had Eid holiday on Thur/Fri instead of Sat/Sun, it would have done 200 crores. It lost out both holidays and still made around 165 crs.
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November 16, 2018 at 12:21 PM
still made around 165 crs.
Except for the fact that it didn’t.
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November 16, 2018 at 12:35 PM
“Except for the fact that it didn’t.”
What did it make factually?
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November 16, 2018 at 12:38 PM
Between 140-150 Crores. The latter is the absolute high end.
In reality it’s close to 140.
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November 16, 2018 at 1:56 PM
and what did TOH make factually?
I find indian BO number hocus pocus, anyone can come up with any number. Unless you can tell me number of actual ticket sold and at what price, you guess is good as anybody elses.
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November 16, 2018 at 1:59 PM
I have run the numbers for ToH as well. If Race 3 made 28.5 crores on its opening day, ToH is close to 49 (48.84, to be precise). Second day, according to my numbers is around 27 crores.
I don’t have any data for regional (dubbed) versions.
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November 16, 2018 at 2:03 PM
I have used the same centers for comparison, with a detailed list of number of shows and percentage of occupancy.
I have assumed the same ticket prices across all metros. And the same occupancy across each multiplex as well.
But I now have some data for average price and size of multiplexes as well, at least for the major metros. I’m pretty sure even if I run those numbers, the comparison won’t change much.
The centers where Race 3 did well (Hyderabad and Ahmedabad) have lower ticket rates compared to Delhi and Bombay. It might just turn out to be worse for Race 3!
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November 16, 2018 at 2:20 PM
There were 5,000 screens I believe for TOH? If each screen is 4 shows a day, that’s 20,000 shows. Your data account for total of how many shows? If you’ve account for at least 15,000 shows then that’s great. If not, then you’re running on a lot of assumption.
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November 16, 2018 at 2:22 PM
So is BOI. I’m sure you can put the question to them as well.
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November 16, 2018 at 4:35 PM
I have data for 3500 shows (Race 3) and roughly 4000 (shows) for ToH.
And since you’ve asked me for proof, you should submit used tickets for at least 75% of the films you’ve watched. Otherwise I’ll assume you haven’t watched them.
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November 16, 2018 at 4:39 PM
LOL
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November 16, 2018 at 2:32 PM
I’m sure BOI has little more connection and information than you do, but i’ve always questioned here (and you can look at older threads for reference) on why do we keep taking BOI numbers. Since all aamir fans always talking sh!t about BOI, why use their number?
It’s only after BOI put out TOH 1st day number that aamir fans fell in love with BOI and didn’t question a thing 🙂
So again, unless you can tell me you accounted for 15,000 shows out of 20,000 then i guess you can make an educated guess, otherwise it’s just a guessing game and we’ll get into if it’s SRK/salman/hrithik movie, it’s this and not a penny more and if it’s aamir film, it’s this and not a penny less. I’m sure you’ve followed boxoffice here enough to know that.
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November 16, 2018 at 2:41 PM
LOL absurdity. This Aamir fan has always questioned BOI. And no BOI fan has questioned BOI on potentially being in cahoots with YRF to inflate Day 1 TOH. BOI fans are hypocrites. Their silence this time has been duly noted by me!
Saket – carry on, your data has more dhum than BOI as a BOI fan can’t even prove how or why BOI is better! Simple as that. Let a BOI fan come here and give me 10 bullet points on how and why BOI is better than Saket! I’ll give you my life savings!
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November 16, 2018 at 2:52 PM
LOL, reminds me of that old site, what was it, where all srk films were automatically reduced by 20%. What happenned to that site anyway? This is before BOI
Saket, don’t think i’m trying to question you but i’m questioning the logic. I’m an analyst by profession and on most projects, we’re given 2% margin. Here we’re going to say that out 20,000, we’ll take like 2,000 and assume 100% result out of it. With this depending on which side you are a srk/salma/hirithik 200 collection film can be easily made 180 and same of aamir can easily be made 220.
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November 16, 2018 at 3:06 PM
2% margin and here BOI advocates readily accept 5% as acceptable.
I accept your criticism here but these comparisons are like for like and again WHAT exactly does BOI have that is better, enlighten me or at a basic level humour me with some facts on BOI.
Because you’ve taken the baton here to protect BOI, I’m asking you – it’s not personal.
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November 16, 2018 at 4:58 PM
The difference is in intent, Z.
So far I haven’t spared my own favourites if I haven’t liked their films. And I can share my data for anyone else to analyze. I’m only using data that’s in the public domain.
The thing is, anything that gets passed off as arcane in Bollywood isn’t exactly rocket science. Anyone can come up with a sound analysis provided they are inclined to do so!
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November 16, 2018 at 5:02 PM
“Anyone can come up with a sound analysis provided they are inclined to do so!”
You got me here, I’m about as lazy as they come. But best of luck. I’m sure you’ll be honest and not get caught up in “not a penny more/less” based on who the star is.
Just remembered that site, “ibosnetwork”, I think was the name if my memory serves me correct.
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November 16, 2018 at 5:21 PM
Thanks, I’ll definitely try my best!
Won’t do it for all films but will try to pick up comparisons for at least the big budget ones.
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November 16, 2018 at 6:25 PM
Jay
“I accept your criticism here but these comparisons are like for like and again WHAT exactly does BOI have that is better, enlighten me or at a basic level humour me with some facts on BOI.
Because you’ve taken the baton here to protect BOI, I’m asking you”
I’m not protecting BOI, in fact like i said earlier and this can be varified by few previous boxoffice thread where i was questioning aamir fans why we talk so much about BOI, why give it a free publicity. There are other sites like koimoi, addatoday, taran, etc. Use their number.
I just don’t understand why BOI get so much time here, ignore it. If it’s not reliable than why keep bringing it up.
And on Saket number, i still stand by it that his number will be no better than BOI or koimoi or anyone else, it’s all guessing game and of course it can be played with based on how you want the numbers to be.
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November 16, 2018 at 7:21 AM
ToH being a bit flattered by the “ongoing” tag surely? 🙂
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November 17, 2018 at 12:41 AM
And that’s what I meant in my first comment on this thread…Glad somebody understood!!
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November 16, 2018 at 9:33 AM
Sunny just doesn’t cut it in non-action avatars. Most of the films he does these days remain in cans for so long, quite like Govinda.
Im talking Mohalla Assi, Ghayal Once Again, I Love NY, Bhaiyyaji Superhit
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November 16, 2018 at 9:35 AM
Btw Andhadhun just refuses to end its run. I am pleasantly surprised by its success, more so than that of Badhai Ho. This is the year of “European cinema” in fact, quite opposite to what BOI claims
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November 16, 2018 at 9:36 AM
i hope it’s untrue..
https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/exclusives/exclusive-aamir-khan-work-secret-superstar-director-advait-chandan-forrest-gump-hindi-remake-431857
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November 16, 2018 at 9:43 AM
102 Not out releasing in China on 30th November !!
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November 16, 2018 at 2:53 PM
Interesting. Why would anybody release a film that barely — with 2 65+ actors and hardly more than 4-5 characters in the film — made 50 crores in India? Unless China too has the problem of abandoning old-age parents like in India.
I loved the film though – irrespective of whatever was its BO fate.
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November 17, 2018 at 11:24 PM
It did pretty well in India, kind of surprise success.
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November 16, 2018 at 10:20 AM
TOH day 1 was 50.75, day 8 is 2.65, that’s 95% drop. I would have lost my house on this bet.
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November 16, 2018 at 12:23 PM
20 Best Bollywood Movies of 2018
https://www.thecinemaholic.com/bollywood-movies-2018/
Pretty good list here.
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November 16, 2018 at 12:30 PM
I have gone through all the Box Office numbers for Race 3 for 14 different centers (7 Metros; 7 Tier 1 cities) and it’s pretty clear the film had crashed by Day 4.
In fact, Sunday wasn’t up on Saturday but was lower. That was a clear cut sign and by Day 5, the occupancy levels were below 20% in all metros, barring Hyderabad, where it hovered in the mid 20s.
Let’s be clear — Race 3 lasted not more than 3 days at the Box Office.
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November 16, 2018 at 12:36 PM
That’s 2 days more than TOH 🙂
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November 16, 2018 at 12:39 PM
ToH didn’t enter single digits till Day 5, same as Race 3.
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November 16, 2018 at 1:12 PM
Lol. Everyone has given up, You are the only still hanging onto TOH. Can’t believe Aamir fans ke itne bure din aagaye, fighting tooth and nail to get past Race 3.
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November 16, 2018 at 1:19 PM
fighting tooth and nail to get past Race 3.
fighting tooth and nail against misrepresentation of facts. And slander.
FTFY (Fixed That For You)
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November 16, 2018 at 1:19 PM
Race 3 and TOH are different films. The former was ridiculed from trailer onwards. The latter at least had mixed response to trailer. Fundamentally ridiculous to compare Salman to Aamir. Salman fans will turn up to see Salman come out of jail and throw fireworks for it. Aamir fans won’t do that in masses, basically we will probably petition for longer jail term if we felt he was guilty.
A very loved Aamir film will overshadow a similar Salman one.
A crappy Salman film will overshadow a similar Aamir one.
Salman’s a bigger star but fans expect more from Aamir (all fans in general). Aamir falls harder but he rides higher all things being equal. He’s at the ends of the bell curve whereas Salman’s more in the middle zone. Unsurprisingly TOH tumbled quicker than Tubelight and Race 3. And likewise Salman still chases PK and Dangal.
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November 16, 2018 at 1:24 PM
Race 3 was at the very best, more stable at the low end compared to ToH. By Day 5 it was down to around 8.5 crores. Day 5!
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November 16, 2018 at 1:29 PM
TOH was at 5Cr – potatoes potatas. All things being equal taking the highest number for Race 3 and the lowest for TOH isn’t going to change anything. Or vice versa. TOH is a bigger disaster as expectations were much more. I’d rather be ‘that’ kind of star and a fan of ‘that’ kind of star too. Period.
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November 16, 2018 at 1:29 PM
Haha, now stuck on Day 5 comparison as if both Day 5’s are same. That was Tue and Race 3’s was Monday? Weekdays comparison also its behind, don’t know what’s the point here. Lol.
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November 16, 2018 at 1:33 PM
Master I must question your ability with numbers. If TOH releases Thu, 5th day is Monday. That’s pretty easy.
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November 16, 2018 at 2:28 PM
” Master I must question your ability with numbers. If TOH releases Thu, 5th day is Monday. That’s pretty easy. ”
That’s point. Using 5th day comparison doesn’t work when one is Monday and one is Tuesday.
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November 16, 2018 at 2:31 PM
Nice said step 😀
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November 16, 2018 at 1:35 PM
The point is, that even after crashing, ToH made more on its 4th day than JHMS made on its first day. I wouldn’t be too happy with that comparison if I were you.
And what ToH made over its first 4 days is what Race 3 made over 6 days.
Race 3 and ToH are both box office failures. People are going bananas about the latter because it’s an Aamir Khan film.
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November 16, 2018 at 2:03 PM
So now we’re comparing an EVENT film day 4 against JHMS? WOW…
I’m sure in a week or two you’ll try to prove how TOH is bigger hit than Sholay 🙂
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November 16, 2018 at 2:18 PM
Correction: I’m comparing Day 4 of an event film that had CRASHED by Day 4 to the opening day of an SRK romantic film. The King of romance, right?
At this rate, I’ll have to hire a translator to make things more clear for SRK fans, who by the way are hell bent to scrutinize ToH’s collections for some easy schadenfreude.
Pain works both ways, no?
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November 16, 2018 at 2:26 PM
It’s a historical fact that Sunday is the most productive day for Hindi boxoffice so it’s not surprise that alot of TOH sunday tickets were all ready sold in advance and there was still festive period. What happenned on Monday?
Can you compare EVENT film first Monday total to pretty much not liked JHMS 1st Monday total.
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November 16, 2018 at 2:33 PM
Dude, JHMS made slightly more in its entire run compared to ToH’s first day! What do you wish to prove?
That Day 5 for JHMS was higher by roughly 2 crores? Is that some sort of moral victory for you?
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November 16, 2018 at 2:44 PM
JHMS was a small film and promoted like small film. it was not an event film.
Secret Superstar made slightly more in its entire run compared to ToH’s first day! Does that prove anything?
Compare equal type of movies. And you want to become resident boxoffice expert? How will your commentary be any different than BOI?
If Zero entire run collection is same as TOH first day, then you can prove something.
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November 16, 2018 at 2:55 PM
How much did this ‘small’ film lose for distributors?
Like Secret Superstar is a small film like Dear Zindagi. But JHMS is at least a medium budget film that was sold with a big price.
Maybe Zero is a medium budget film? Maybe SRK hasn’t ever done a big budget film?
Again Z – every reasonable argument you have against Saket you have not provided a SINGLE legitimate one for BOI!
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November 16, 2018 at 4:51 PM
JHMS was a small film and promoted like small film
Except, it wasn’t. Imtiaz Ali does not make small films — Rockstar, Tamasha aren’t small films by any means. If these are small films than the likes of Anurag Kashyap make nano-films. We’ll have to devise new nomenclature for the entire industry.
I did not compare Dear Zindagi with ToH. That would be absurd.
As for Secret Superstar, it made roughly 118 million dollars in China. If I compare it to ToH, it’s the latter that will be obliterated. Not SS!
Secret Superstar is quite possibly the most profitable film in the history of Bollywood!
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November 16, 2018 at 3:06 PM
Aamir and AB fans getting comparing an event film promoted as the biggest film ever to JHMS lol, I can see how nervous they are about Zero about to beat an aamir event film
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November 16, 2018 at 3:23 PM
Zero is very much in pole position to dance all over TOH. SRK fans can celebrate beating Aamir and Bachchan (they can do so now as it’ll be a shock if it doesn’t happen). His fans can enjoy the wonderful moment that lasted a few months in 2013 (but before that was last tasted in 2007) but wake me up when SRK actually stars in a film that is actually worth watching over say a Dangal or PK.
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November 16, 2018 at 5:07 PM
“wake me up when SRK actually stars in a film that is actually worth watching over say a Dangal or PK”
According to your liking or someone else?
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November 16, 2018 at 5:10 PM
Not necessarily. If you want you are free to pick a film of SRK’s that you consider better from the last 10 years and why you think so.
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November 16, 2018 at 4:28 PM
@SRbacchan shutting down his blog??? seems so from today’s published blog
“””””””””””””
.. I built this HOME .. it is mine .. it breathes love and affection .. but if it has given intent of misdemeanour .. i shall pull it down ..
which I do tonight ..
thank you for inhabiting my life with the affection to my home ..
there is no home now .. !
“””””””””””””””””
shocked and stunned …
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November 16, 2018 at 5:25 PM
Very sad. I have never supported/liked him writing on his blog every night and rarely visit it. But that’s his pre-rogative. I love it when he talks of anecdotes to his past films and provides photographs, etc. Otherwise, just not interested in what happens in his family life; his wife, son, daughter, etc, etc.,
Any scandal erupted? The Sapna Bhavnani stuff where she accused him of involvement and wanted twitter-justice? Or did the trolls finally get to him?
Folks have been accusing him of having somebody else write for him — at least that’s what he seems fed-up about — for years. I am not sure why he would he would care for such stuff now..
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November 16, 2018 at 5:31 PM
He is awesome but has hissy fit from time to time, 2 year old temper tantrums e.g. twitter follower and all that controversy. And he can and does hold a grudge. He won’t forget and forgive easily. Otherwise he is God. Lol
P.S. I have no clue what happened on blog and what this is all about. I do not read his blog
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November 16, 2018 at 5:50 PM
It is shocking but also unbelievable. The man is legend and gets so much love. Where ever he goes. Outside his house or calcutta or a remote village. He is mobbed. What is little bit of negativity in light of so much love!!! The blog always had one or two trolls or twitter too. It is ignorable in front of the amount of love. personally I cannot understand this inner-child attacks or is it ego that takes a beating with a flop movie. Not sure. Sometime the hurt lies somewhere else and it gets expresses somewhere else.
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November 16, 2018 at 11:15 PM
bachchan is insomniac – and it was a good fallback for him – this blog which he wrote for many years – now suddenly someone says something stupid and he gets hurt….nothing shocking here…human nature loves these dramas….he will come around in time after some emotional exchanges 🙂
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November 17, 2018 at 9:51 AM
Over the years he has had many such drama moments. Millions of people love him all over the world and one or two trolls get to him. 😦
I used to see same complaining attitude in Aishwarya too. Once you are that level popular and celeb, you become intolerant to criticism.
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November 17, 2018 at 10:37 AM
Yes Swati agreed on his hissy fits. But the man has tolerated so much. Did you see his Arnab interview, where he said a man was regularly writing in TOI letters section that he was a traitor during the Bofors issue? He got the address from TOI press, went to his house, and explained to him why he wasn’t a traitor!! Uss aadmi ne phir AB ko chai pilayi, selfi — jo bhi tha 80s mein- liya, aur aaj tak ghoom raha hai bolte hue ki Maine AB ko apne ghar bulvayaa!!!
Also, are you watching KBC 10? He’s such a hit with the kids!! This week there was that Chacha Nehru special; and he rocked..yesterday’s episode where the kid taught him how to make tea was special..
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November 17, 2018 at 8:44 PM
He has posted a blog today as if nothing has happened. So that mood is gone, fingers crossed. Bofors and 1984 was such a forgetable portion of his life and so unfortunate. shows that one needs to always good good company-satsang, in life.
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November 16, 2018 at 5:35 PM
If true, this is shocking!!
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November 16, 2018 at 5:35 PM
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November 16, 2018 at 6:35 PM
WOW, pretty harsh, but he has been in business for long time and looks like he lost a lot of money on TOH.
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November 16, 2018 at 8:42 PM
ha ha – rightly VKA is the villain here….
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November 16, 2018 at 11:25 PM
Quite a genuine and shocking reaction here. The debacle of ToH has shook the industry.
Shock value from ToH is bigger than Trimurty or Roop Ki Raani or even Mera Naam Joker. More than the financial loss it is the unbelievable reality of Big B + Aamir doing such a bad movie. If it had been any one of the star, it would not have been so worse. But the hype generated by asking audience to pay via a highly priced tickets to see the two greats got completely shattered.
Industry needs big movies to deliver esp around Diwali times which is biggest for all businessman in India.
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November 16, 2018 at 6:13 PM
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is getting mixed reviews.
Man, I liked the first part so much! I’ll still watch it…but this is disappointing.
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November 16, 2018 at 11:08 PM
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November 16, 2018 at 11:08 PM
This is stunning. WOW…last 10 seconds takes your breath.
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November 17, 2018 at 2:06 AM
Agree, the new posters and this video really shows the international level makeup. Stunning makeover.
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November 17, 2018 at 2:15 AM
I also think 2.0 should have moved to Nov 24th release especially long weekend holidays in US. Just waiting for 3 weeks gap when TOH ended in a week makes no sense. No movies to watch till month end.
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November 17, 2018 at 10:26 AM
It looks like he’s getting a root canal in the first 5 seconds. Naveen, this film, though, will work for sure and be a big hit. At least I am optimistic about it, though Rajnikanth in a masala avatar is nails-scratching-on-chalkboard for me. I am not a South Indian, so I don’t care whether this one is a hit or flop. However, making a good-looking person like Akshay look ugly, unless and until it is justified, is a no-no for me.
Shankar tried this in the terribly made ‘I’, though Vikram can hardly be called good-looking…
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November 17, 2018 at 6:39 PM
“making a good-looking person like Akshay look ugly, unless and until it is justified, is a no-no for me.”
True. That’s the project’s biggest risk in hindi film’s market. Hopefully the transformation is justified and our audiences accept.
“I am not a South Indian, so I don’t care whether this one is a hit or flop. ”
I think the makers from south india quite ambitiously have tries to make this a pan india movie and this plan was in place even before Baahubali 2 became all India blockbuster. 2.0 was supposed to release before BB2 and already was more ambitious in its attempt.
For Akshay and his fans, 2point0 is like a lottery. I don’t see any mainstream heroes playing a villain. This makes 2.0 unique with a mainstream hero playing a villain in the biggest movie. Gan go wrong for sure..making it risky but will get the rewards if done well.
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November 16, 2018 at 11:58 PM
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November 16, 2018 at 11:59 PM
Quite an apt comparison
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November 17, 2018 at 2:04 AM
You know which movie will be big flop? it’ll be Ranbir’s Shamshera! YRF is shoving a rejected heroine ( Vasni Kapoor) on audience by forcing her in all their upcoming movies. Adi tried her for Thugs but Aamir rejected then pushed her in Hrithik’s next and Ranbirs’s next. Ranbir’s Brahmastra I still think can do well but Shamshera don’t.
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November 17, 2018 at 4:15 AM
Shamshera is surely a risky project now.
The -ves:
It is a period films based on India’s partition times.
It is directed by Karan Malhotra – Agneepath, Brothers
It has Vani Kapoor as heroine.
The +ves
Ranbir Vs Sanjay Dutt faceoff. Dutt is playing the villain here.
-ves are surely more.
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November 17, 2018 at 4:16 AM
The ominous reference to Aazaad here by YRF:
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November 17, 2018 at 12:00 AM
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November 17, 2018 at 4:27 AM
Akki is sharing one poster after another for 2.0 everyday. Another one.
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November 17, 2018 at 6:18 AM
What’s this between Aditya Chopra & Vaani Kapoor
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/whoa-hrithik-roshan-romances-vaani-kapoor-corsica-yrfs-next/
More than a year ago, Siddharth Anand announced one of his most ambitious films with YRF. The film, which is yet to be titled, brings together Tiger Shroff with his biggest idol, Hrithik Roshan. The film has Vaani Kapoor as the leading lady who is paired opposite the Krrish star. And now we hear that the team has shot in Corsica for the film.
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November 17, 2018 at 9:34 AM
off topic : saw few episodes which comes in weekend.. bigboss12 is the worst season of 12 seasons till now.. n add to that bb n salman biased towards happy club in saving them n keep on insulting n humiliating karanveer vohra. disgusting.. justifiable that this time bb’s trp is among the lowest ever…
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November 17, 2018 at 9:36 AM
https://twitter.com/pkhuzaifa/status/1063515558086365184
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November 17, 2018 at 10:40 AM
https://in.yahoo.com/style/angad-bedi-finally-admits-neha-103531190.html
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November 17, 2018 at 11:21 AM
ooh accha..got it..smoke testing mein hi baccha paida kar diya..didn’t wait for functional testing..got it…
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November 17, 2018 at 12:27 PM
an jo aap bhi qa testing feild me ho kya?
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November 18, 2018 at 2:48 PM
yes Amit I was before..these years I am a SF business/data analyst..
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November 17, 2018 at 10:58 AM
Why movies like Mohalla Assi are being made? Who will be interested to watch Sunny Deol particluarly in such kind of films? This all is beyond ones thinking. Bollywood seems to be in self destruction mode.
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November 17, 2018 at 11:25 AM
I am interested..far more than the MC/BC brigade of the Kashyaps et. al., However, the economics of the film, am with you on that..can you make it smarter without destroying someones’s lives???
Sunny Deol trying to act, well, this has been going on for decades…taariq pe taariq.. we are waiting..nothing’s happening..but when nawab ka aulad Saif can get 10 years to get his act straight, why target Sunny?
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November 17, 2018 at 11:27 AM
BTW, before Saket replies, I want to make it clear that I know that this movie too has its share of MC/BCs.. but one cannot compare Dwivedi to Kashyap…
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November 17, 2018 at 2:31 PM
Looks like Faisal khan has more movies in hand than Aamir Khan or for that matter even SRK! 🙂
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November 17, 2018 at 3:17 PM
so till Friday, TOH was 142.65 cr – Sat/Sun will see it cross 150?
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November 17, 2018 at 3:56 PM
It was at 135.5cr on Friday as per BOI and unfortunately they are predicting it is unlikely to reach 150cr lifetime. BadhaaiHo, however, is going to have an extended run and a very strong week
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November 17, 2018 at 8:52 PM
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November 17, 2018 at 8:57 PM
I would be shocked if 2point0 is not a game changer.
I think we of us are understanding but not spelling it.
Few of us are not sure but have a good hunch it will be.
Most of us are in denial because a game changer movie for Akshay in his 50s was unthinkable.
But here we are…and Khiladi is rocking in 2point0 and has taken the charge to promote the magnum opus, his biggest and he knows he is in the zone here.
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November 17, 2018 at 10:23 PM
It will do really good business. And if story and execution is good it can even cross 300 to 400 cr in Hindi Belt.
Because Robot was also appreciated a lot when it was released on TV.
Come. To think Aamir was offered the Role. Good he didn’t do. It.
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November 17, 2018 at 10:43 PM
Aamir was offered Rajni’s role and not Akshay’s role in 2.0
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November 18, 2018 at 1:32 AM
I know. Hence I said good he didn’t do it. Only Rajni can do Rajni.
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November 17, 2018 at 11:27 PM
Yes, Good hype building for #2Point0 Hindi version..
Day 1 All-India Nett of Hindi should be more than Day 1 TN Gross..
And this will be no mean achievement considering Thalaiva will be breaking Tamil Nadu record by a distance here.
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November 17, 2018 at 10:54 PM
Thugs of Hindostan super flop, but YRF will still make money!
November
It will be the exhibitors and smaller distributors who will take almost 75% of the hit.
“The Rs 1.5 billion to Rs 2 billion deficit in the film’s collection, to allow everyone involved to make money or at least break even, will hurt the exhibitors and distributors the most. Many of the deals have been signed on a minimum guarantee basis. This means the risk is primarily taken by the exhibitor,” says another film executive in the know.
While it has hedged its risk through its distribution model in India, YRF has also fortified the ancillary revenue streams for the movie.
It has an ongoing deal with Amazon Prime Video for OTT streaming rights, and has also sold the satellite rights of the film to Sony Pictures Network India. The two together are estimated to fetch YRF close to Rs 700 million.
In addition to this, the film’s distribution rights in China have been sold to distribution firm E Stars for an estimated Rs 1 billion.
This means that the studio will be able to break even and make profits with the help of ancillary revenues.
Additionally, the film has been released abroad as well, and has collected around Rs 400 million so far, further adding to YRF’s kitty.
While YRF may avoid huge losses on account of the film, the industry is disappointed in Thugs of Hindostan given its star cast (Aamir Khan Amitabh Bachchan, Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Shaikh), the time of release and the scale of release.
“It’s not enough for the producer to make money. The various stakeholders — distributors and exhibitors — should not suffer, or at least the risk should be the same,” says another distributor.
“Theatrical (business) is still the bread and butter for many in the eco-system, and if films don’t do well in the theatres and have to depend on OTT and satellite revenues for profitability, then there is something wrong with the model.”
https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/thugs-of-hindostan-super-flop-but-yrf-will-still-make-money/20181117.htm
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November 17, 2018 at 10:57 PM
Has YRF ever lost money barring Lamhe?
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November 17, 2018 at 11:00 PM
Come to think of it, they did not even pay a superstar like Aamir. YRF has a loot here.
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November 18, 2018 at 4:21 AM
https://www.mynation.com/entertainment/guess-which-star-cast-received-amitabh-bachchan-s-handwritten-notes-pi8iwi
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November 18, 2018 at 4:31 AM
This is now going to be more coveted than any other award in Bollywood!
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November 18, 2018 at 2:45 PM
Yes he does that with the performances he likes. I think he wrote one to Kangana too for QUEEN..
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November 18, 2018 at 8:08 AM
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November 18, 2018 at 8:43 AM
Watched Badhai Ho last night, so late because of poor review from An Jo, I was gonna skip this one. I am glad I went. What a surprise this perfect little movie with stories for urban middle class. From small kid wanting his room and the family making a makeshift bed next to the bathroom sink with bedsheets hanging to create a room, to nosy neighbors asking questions like “where are you going?”, to cute aunty maroing line on neighbor’s grown son, to nukkad ke boys making fun of you, to those useless relatives who never help out with taking care of senior citizens of the family and yet never miss a chance at sarcastic remarks, to kanjus dad giving a mango as tip, to school bullies in middle school and overwhelming feeling of “log kya kehenge” in all aspects of ones life, everything in the movie feels like part of ones own family and familiar. The theater was semi-full and we all laughed through out the movie. The best part of the movie, of all the ensemble of amazing actors, is Gajraj Rao. Never have I ever in hindi cinema known anyone who can emote embarrasment, shame, attraction or flirting glances, fear and myriad of emotions, so subtly and so beautifully, so perfectly without exaggeration. It was perfect screenplay, editing, acting and a character appearing for single scene left impact. Every dialogues were cracking and dadi’s dialogues got lots of approval and support from women in audience! Amit Sharma has arrived with this movie! I expect great things from him in future.
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November 18, 2018 at 9:36 AM
Glad you liked it. I don’t think I gave it a poor review but did say it fell somewhere between good and great, and has been over-hyped; first STREE and then this one. One can watch this one once it’s on TV; and quite not a mandatory theater visit — at least for me. They have indeed captured the Delhi middle-class pulse quite well. With the exception of Khurana’s MTV style of acting, all the actors have uniformly acted well, with great turns by both Gaja and Neena.
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November 18, 2018 at 10:56 AM
I like the fact that he is not a nepo kid and that he was the one who heavily recommended Gaja. It makes me feel great when “smaller” magnificent actors get their due and breaks my heart when people like Surekha Sikri’s life is spent in theater without any recognition or movie roles.
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November 18, 2018 at 10:32 AM
https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/alyque-padamsee-ad-man-and-veteran-theatre-actor-passes-away-at-90-1941715.html
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November 18, 2018 at 1:56 PM
Saw this on FB group:
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November 18, 2018 at 1:57 PM
https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19861130-bombay-film-industry-strike-ends-but-amitabh-bachchan-sunil-dutt-cast-as-villains-801460-1986-11-30
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/11/10/Worlds-largest-film-industry-ends-strike/4045531982800/
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November 18, 2018 at 8:11 PM
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November 18, 2018 at 8:20 PM
Recovery Targets – 160 cr nett for 2.0 in hindi and 200 cr nett for Zero. Have to do a lot more than this to be considered hits.
Market is huge, so these are not that big targets (specially given that both producers are masters at over-reporting) …
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November 18, 2018 at 8:48 PM
It’s impossible to sum up Nolan’s entire career in a few brief sentences. Yet from examining his 10-picture filmography, one gets the sense that he is a man obsessed with pushing the boundaries of cinematic storytelling both narratively and structurally. As such, obsession seeps into his creative work: His most astonishing efforts all feature protagonists consumed by similar thinking, whether it be rival magicians risking everything to beat one another or a caped crime fighter suffering from a cracked psyche. In the end, Nolan may place a greater emphasis on form over pathos, a style that may not appeal to everyone. But that style has resulted in some of the biggest, most entertaining and most influential movies of the past 20 years.
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November 18, 2018 at 9:33 PM
Stunning list here. Few could be in my all time favourites.
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November 18, 2018 at 9:37 PM
Another great trailer of Alita.
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November 19, 2018 at 6:00 AM
Fans of the manga and anime have awaited the live-action version of Alita: Battle Angel with trepidation. Past live-action versions of beloved anime staples, including Death Note and Sailor Moon, have failed to meet expectations to various degrees. Considering the limitless nature of a cartoon special effects budget, this isn’t particularly surprising. However, the latest improvements in CGI are changing all of that.
The fact that Robert Rodriguez is directing this adaptation is heartening for people who know his work. The famed director of El Mariachi knows how to squeeze a lot of action out of limited resources. Rodriguez long ago left the world of secondhand equipment and medical testing behind him, but he clearly retains the instincts that he originally honed on a $7,000 budget. The Alita trailer is snappy, fast, and already shows off several separate battle scenes that display Rodriguez’s trademark passion for quality action.
The script is another story. Despite a competent cast including Christopher Waltz and Michelle Rodriguez, the acting already looks bad and Alita (Rosa Salazar) won’t be bringing home any awards for this. Critics watching the trailer already cringe at the painfully corny, stilted dialogue. But this isn’t a movie about talking. The combination coming-of-age story and teen romance that the film will likely focus upon won’t be particularly deep or original fare. That’s OK. This will be a shiny, fun movie and there will be little reason to take it seriously.
Alita: Battle Angel will release on February 14, 2019.
https://culturedvultures.com/alita-battle-angel-trailer-is-a-good-time/
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November 18, 2018 at 9:39 PM
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November 18, 2018 at 10:13 PM
Venom collects a cool 200m within 10 days in china.
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November 19, 2018 at 12:38 AM
Aamir and YRF has a chance to make some money with their profit-sharing deal IF ToH works in China. However, in India …
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EXCLUSIVE: Exhibitors of Thugs of Hindostan in mental trauma; demand REFUND against the Minimum Guarantee
Thugs of Hindostan has proved to be one of the biggest disasters of this decade as neither the producers nor the actor and not even the exhibitors have made money from this magnum opus starring Aamir Khan, Amitabh Bachchan film directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya. The only party for whom the film has proved to be a profitable venture are the sub-distributors of YRF who distributed the film on commission basis, as it has been the norm for all their films. Before getting into the actual issue, let us first explain the business model of Thugs of Hindostan.
All Yash Raj Films are distributed in different territories by their own set of distributors on commission basis i.e. the distributors get 10 to 12% of the distributors share whereas the rest is pocketed by the producers. Same was the case with Thugs of Hindostan. Since it was on a commission basis, the sub-distributors didn’t lose money however the exhibitors had to face a burn in their pocket. At almost all territories in India, the sub-distributors signed a Minimum Guarantee deal with the exhibitors and quoted an amount just a little under Baahubali 2, thereby pocketing a major chunk of the profit. By doing so, the sub-distributors made hefty monies thereby hedging their risk by passing it on to exhibitors. But the exhibitors have lost out on more than half of their investments. Our trade sources have confirmed that the losses entailed by the exhibitors on this film are higher than Tubelight, thereby making Thugs of Hindostan one of the biggest loss makers of this decade. A few examples of theatres which lost money are mentioned below:
Madhav Talkies (Bihar)
MG: Rs. 4 Lakh
Collection: Rs. 1.96 Lakh
Loss: 51%
Sangeet Cinema (Bihar)
MG: Rs. 4 Lakh
Collection: Rs. 2.15 Lakh
Loss: 46.25%
Nutan Cinema (Sitamrdi)
MG: Rs. 7.50 Lakh
Collection: Rs. 4.20 Lakh
Loss: 44%
This is the uniform scenario all across the country and the same has resulted in a lot of exhibitors going into a MENTAL TRAUMA and SEVERE DEPRESSION. We spoke to exhibitors who had bought the film out of trust on Aamir Khan and Brand YRF, however, due to the dismal content, they felt cheated and totally let down. “We had lost a similar amount on Tubelight as well, however Salman Khan refunded us the money. We plan to approach our territory distributors to claim refund because we know that they have made ample monies from this film due to the minimum guarantee contracts. We hope our message reaches out to Aamir Khan and YRF, who will help us get back our money from the territory distributors,” said a trade source.
Another source revealed that this scenario is different from films like Tubelight and Jab Harry Met Sejal because in those cases, the producers had made humongous profits. However this time around, even the producers have lost money and it is only the sub-distributors who have managed to get some amount of money as they entered into a several contracts with exhibitors. While the exhibitors across the country have lost around 50 to 60% of their investments, the producers Yash Raj Films too have lost a substantial sum of their investment. However, they still stand a chance to enter into a break-even situation if the film performs well in China.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/exclusive-exhibitors-thugs-hindostan-mental-trauma-demand-refund-minimum-guarantee-yrf/
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November 19, 2018 at 12:50 AM
I wonder if the exhibitors get to see the film before paying such large MG to sub-distributors? If its a black-box, then they should get refunded.
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November 19, 2018 at 1:12 AM
Exhibitors watching full movie is out of question. In current times, even distributors don’t get to watch full movies. They get to watch some footage that too only for some movies for negotiation purposes. I don’t think TOH needed to show any footage at all as it was one of the hottest productions in recent times. Everything is belief game but its like lottery. You win some and you lose some but sometimes losses can be huge and impacts distributors or exhibitors. In the current situation of TOH, Sub-distributors should refund some money to Exhibitors.
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November 19, 2018 at 1:24 AM
Everything should be refunded just like Tubelight. It is a lottery but here they’ve been ever aggressive with ticket prices too.
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November 19, 2018 at 1:49 AM
“Everything should be refunded just like Tubelight”
Yes, but if you read the article you’ll realize that here producers are also in loss and only sub-distributors are in green. So, if any refund, it has to come from sub-distributors and I don’t think they are as generous as movie stars or big production houses.
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November 19, 2018 at 2:24 AM
Yes it’s different but I’m sure YRF can apply the pressure. This is a massive disaster.
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November 19, 2018 at 1:39 AM
These are serious losses. From this report it seems exhibitor losses are in the range of 45-50% after ToH doing 145 cr nett. So 300 cr was needed just to have everyone in green in the food chain. I guess the case was similar for Race 3 earlier this year.
And with their current standings, srk’s zero needs 200 cr to get even and 2.0 needs 160 cr nett. This says a lot by itself.
Who needs any star ranking systems? If the MGs and distribution prices for biggies are made transparent, that will pretty much say everything.
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November 19, 2018 at 1:36 AM
As on “today” !!
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November 19, 2018 at 1:41 AM
Dont know about the movie, but posters of 2.0 have been pretty amazing.
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November 19, 2018 at 1:43 AM
For Naveen.
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November 19, 2018 at 1:59 AM
Thanks Marcus. I am just hoping.
Akki Bhai kai saalon se try kar raha hai. 🙂
I think the trailer and subsequent posters focussing majorly on Akshay is doing the trick and making hindi audience/ analysts feel like Akki has some decent role. Else the teaser, focussing only on Rajni, was a disaster because it did not have anything different from Endhiran.
That Akshay makeover video has gone viral the way Ghajini makeover video had. At least genuine effort to achieve perfection is showing in that video. So its clicking in some way.
Baaki after ToH i will not predict much. Kuch bhi ho sakta hai. WoM would be severe here in either ways.
Aside, Looking at 2019 movie lineup…i don’t see any movie looking big enough to come close to ToH. Maybe Southern films will pave the way in a big way. But the lineup of Sallu, SRK, Aamir is quite ordinary. Aamir and SRK has no release while Salman has only Bharath. That’s a disappointment. Even Akki has Kesari and Housefull 4. Nothing exciting on paper.
Ranbir and Ranveer are doing risky projects. No one film which we can say with some confidence that those would do 200+
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November 19, 2018 at 2:19 AM
Agreed on 2019 line-up. I would look fwd only to Mission Mangal among all the star cast films.
2.0 will do well, i think. How big it will be is difficult to say.
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November 19, 2018 at 1:48 AM
I think TOH’s disappointing performance has really helped the interest of 2.0 in Hindi belt! Before its release, it was very dull but now it has picked up hugely. It has great chance of success if Shankar turns out to be in form!
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November 19, 2018 at 2:43 AM
BH weekend# 5 is same as TOH weekend# 2 (give or take a few lakhs).
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November 19, 2018 at 3:04 AM
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November 19, 2018 at 4:25 AM
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November 19, 2018 at 5:45 AM
Just a stat, but ToH second weekend of 5.6 cr is double that of JHMS (2.65 cr).
Saket can say better how the second weekend is compared to Race 3, coz Race 3’s reported numbers were pure bull…
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November 19, 2018 at 5:51 AM
And although it may look like beating dead horses, but Race 3’s 165 cr nett total was embarrassingly over-reported. ToH’s reported total will be around 150 cr by the end of its crawling. But in reality both Race 3 and ToH would be in 135-140 cr nett range and equally big under-performers in India.
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November 19, 2018 at 6:04 AM
Weta Digital is a premier visual effects company and Shacknews got an opportunity to speak with their Head of Software Engineering, Paolo Emilio Selva. As a driving force for the company’s innovation, Paolo Emilio Selva has enabled high-performance computing that helped to deliver the visuals for works like Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, The Jungle Book, Rampage, and many more. He’s also working on the upcoming Avatar 2 and Alita: Battle Angel films.
We chatted with Paolo Emilio Selva at View Conference 2018 and he dished on the evolution of technology and pushing the limits of available technology. “Instead of taking say, five years, it could take one year or less,” he says about the workflows, which is also evolving along with the technology the team uses. Check out this interview and leave some feedback.
https://www.shacknews.com/article/108530/weta-digital-talks-the-evolution-of-visual-workflows-alongside-vfx-tech
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November 19, 2018 at 6:51 AM
Akshay Kumar to team up with Shankar for Indian 2 after 2.0?
Akshay Kumar, the villain of Shankar’s 2.0, might again team up with the director for the Kamal Haasan-starrer Indian 2. Earlier, it was rumoured that Ajay Devgn is acting in Indian 2. It looks like Akshay will replace him in the film.
In addition to that, the film allegedly has Tamil star Simbu playing a cop.
https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/akshay-kumar-to-team-up-with-shankar-for-indian-2-after-2-0-1391459-2018-11-19
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November 19, 2018 at 7:22 AM
EXCLUSIVE: Exhibitors of Thugs of Hindostan in mental trauma; demand REFUND against the Minimum Guarantee
This is the uniform scenario all across the country and the same has resulted in a lot of exhibitors going into a MENTAL TRAUMA and SEVERE DEPRESSION.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/exclusive-exhibitors-thugs-hindostan-mental-trauma-demand-refund-minimum-guarantee-yrf/
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November 19, 2018 at 7:27 AM
2.0: 20+ Morning Shows Starting From 4.30 AM, 100+ Shows Per Day In Dubai – STORM Is Coming!
https://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/2-0-20-morning-shows-starting-from-4-30-am-100-shows-per-day-in-dubai-storm-is-coming/
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November 19, 2018 at 11:59 AM
The MANK piece on TOH in BR’s blog deserves to be put up here too whether one liked TOH or not..its worth reading
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November 19, 2018 at 5:33 PM
Usually I do not like reviews which argues that “MY” sensibility is cinematically superior over “YOU”. My understanding of Masala is better. Contemporary public has little knowledge of 70s masala, blah, blah, back, ship, etc.
Such arguments smacks of half knowledge about the subject. I am ok with one liking or disliking a movie. Even if one has a minority view, why to put yourself on pedestal?
On ToH Box office, following is what comes to my understanding-
There are movies with 100 cr, 200 cr, 300 cr box office targets. Sometimes a smaller target can reach bigger and that’s when we call the movie a superhit.
ToH i think was good to be a 200 Cr hit but aimed for 300 Cr+ with the likes of superb movies like Dangal. In the process it lost 50 Cr, which it deserved. It surely worked for a segment and i know people who found ToH a time pass movie deserving to be seen once. So clearly once again the budget and marketing that’s at fault, never the movie, stars or the director.
Hence i blame YRF and Aditya Chopra for this.They are the real culprits. They are not coming in defense of the trio who is facing the heat – Victor, Amitabh and Aamir. Adi…hello? It’s ok to be camera conscious but not ok to not accept the blame and defend the team?
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November 19, 2018 at 8:45 PM
“It surely worked for a segment and i know people who found ToH a time pass movie deserving to be seen once”
If you think TOH also worked for a segment, there is no flop in this industry ever. There’s some small sectional of audience which will like any movie irrespective of its flop status but that doesn’t mean we can say the movie worked for a segment of audience. We are talking maybe 2%-5% of ppl liking and 90% to 95% disliking.
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November 19, 2018 at 9:58 PM
“We are talking maybe 2%-5% of ppl liking and 90% to 95% disliking.”
I think usually its not so simple.
Take an example of a movie like ToH.
5-10% will love any movie of their star/genre.
10% will like any movie of their star / genre.
So these 15-20% people will always like any film featuring their favourite genre or star. They are the ones who fight it out with the rest 80% who saw the movie but did not love/like to the same extent.
Now we have 80% left who did not like or love the film. Let me dissect those.
Did not like but was ok. 30%
Did not like but moved on. 40%
These two ratios are ok for most hit-superhit films. 70% are usually in this category for most of the hindi films.
Did not like but hated. 20-30% (THIS WAS ALARMINGLY HIGH FOR TOH). Usually this number is less than 10% for a hit movie and less than 2% for a superhit movie.
Now the reason for hatred is the way the movie is marketed. Here people feel and usually get cheated.
So unnecessary hype, overselling, highly priced tickets and perception matters here and these were all wrong with ToH.
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November 19, 2018 at 6:41 PM
Why is Rajnikanth considered so great?
Rajinikanth rules the hearts of his many fans across the world. He is not just adored but worshipped as the Thalaivaa. His movies are box office hits not only in the South Indian market but even as far as Japan and United Kingdom. Muthu is one such example.
So I often wonder, what makes him great…because there have been several stars who gave humongous box office successes…but the adulation that Rajni has in Tamil Nadu and most of south Indian states is unparalleled.
Can someone help me decode the Rajni mania?
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November 20, 2018 at 1:40 AM
can u list here last 5 Rajni films and how good they were (content-wise) and BO wise? the man is in the boat which once Rajesh Khanna was in……dancing with 20 something heroines still and he has lost the script-sense long back….
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November 20, 2018 at 1:50 AM
https://www.desiblitz.com/content/top-10-movies-superstar-rajinikanth
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November 20, 2018 at 1:51 AM
https://www.scoopwhoop.com/5-Movies-That-Prove-Rajinikanths-Legend-Is-Not-Just-About-The-Superstar-Gimmicks/
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November 20, 2018 at 5:09 AM
boss I am asking for LAST 5 movies rajni has done – not all time 5 hits!!!
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November 19, 2018 at 8:32 PM
Salman Khan takes charge of Suniel Shetty’s daughter
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/salman-khan-takes-charge-suniel-shettys-daughter/
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November 19, 2018 at 11:55 PM
Neither Aamir nor Chinese distributors are having hopes from ToH in China ….
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“Estars Films had entered into an understanding with Yash Raj Films on a Rs. 110 cr minimum guarantee, but looking at the performance of Thugs of Hindostan at the domestic box office despite the massive promotions and the wide screen count, they have decided to rework the deal.” When prodded for further details the source continued, “Under the new deal that is being worked Estars is looking at entering into a revenue sharing deal with Yash Raj Films, while foregoing the predefined MG format. Currently, the poor performance and negative reviews the film received in India and overseas is being cited as the main reason.”
Though the Rs. 110 cr. minimum guarantee deal now stands void, Yash Raj Films we hear is currently working at breakneck speed to salvage the situation. “Given this new development, the makers of Thugs of Hindostan are trying their best to see what they can save, after all this deal was a major revenue stream to recover their investments. But sadly, it seems rather unlikely that anything can be saved given the fact that Estars was clear about the previous deal being totally scrapped”, adds the source.
However, contrary to the reports, a source who works closely with the major Bollywood production house denies the same saying, “YRF never renegotiates their deals. As far as I know, the deal and the said amount are cast in stone and remain the same, nothing has changed.” Further explaining the source continued, “Thugs of Hindostan is a big film and all deals were done before its release, notwithstanding the box office collections the deal will continue to remain the same”.
While this change in deal is certainly a massive blow to the makers of Thugs of Hindostan we hear that even the release date of the film in China has now been changed. Though keeping in line with our previous report, the Chinese version of Thugs of Hindostan will see Amitabh Bachchan and Fatima Sana Sheikh’s roles being edited while enhancing Aamir Khan’s role will no longer release in December. Detailing this, the source adds, “Now that the deal between Estars Films and Yash Raj Films is being renegotiated, the release of Thug of Hindostan in China has been pushed. In fact, the film will now release only in January 2019, instead of December 2018 as mentioned earlier. But rest assured the run time of the film will be just 2 hours 21 minutes which is still shorter than the Indian version.”
However matters don’t end there. Letting out yet another detail the source tells us that unlike his previous visits to China, this time round Aamir Khan will skip his promotional visit. “Aamir Khan has become a household name in China, and given the success of his films here, the actor generally makes a trip to China to promote his films. But this time, Aamir will be giving China a miss, and will forego his usual visit to promote the film in China.” Now, with this latest bit of information, the Chinese box office prospects of Thugs of Hindostan have taken a massive blow. Given the rather competitive Chinese market and the plethora of releases, we guess only time will tell whether the Chinese release of Thugs of Hindostan will be a profitable venture for Yash Raj Films.
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/scoop-china-distributors-thugs-hindostan-back-rs-110-crore-minimum-guarantee-deal/
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November 20, 2018 at 12:07 AM
I think it could be mistake. Aamir and YRF should proceed with release plans as nothing happened. Flopping in India is different as Indian audience has seen such masala fares all their lives but for China, it’ll be new experience and it can connect at some level. Once connects, it can mint and get their money back and profits.
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November 20, 2018 at 12:18 AM
I have said the same before. But seems like Aamir has taken ToH failure in India to his heart …
Can happen if you have not tasted a flop for 18 long years (MP yielded no profits but was not a loss maker, while ToH is a disaster). One has to go back to 2000 for his last flop – Mela. He has been flying too high for too long and perhaps cant take the shit in a sporting manner.
Agree that he should bite the pill and go through the promotions in China. One never knows whats gonna happen.
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November 20, 2018 at 1:27 AM
Don’t know whether anyone would want to post or read this – but here you go..The writer is MANK..
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Baradwaj Rangan
Readers Write In #60: Thugs of Hinduston is a fantastic tribute to Masala cinema and its leading men
Posted on November 19, 2018 24
On why thugs of Hindostan is no lazy rehash of the masala formula , but a well constructed modern tribute that echoes back to best of the genre.
Take the character of Khudabaksh played by Amitabh Bachchan, its less a character, more an accumulation of his most iconic moments. Yet it did become a fully realized masala hero for me. His introduction scene in the film references his most massy introduction scenes in three of his earlier films, Coolie, Khuda Gawah and Thoofan. He comes out of nowhere like a god riding a horse to save the life of young Zafira’s who would be played as an adult by Fatima sana Sheikh. Cut to 11 years later, now he is like Don with his own army and his own private hideout. Like in the film Don, when we first meet him in a full on dialogue sequence, he is seen executing a traitor within the gang. Its also fun to see him spit out names of his comrades like Sawant, Akbar, Bhima etc, which are the names of characters he was associated in the past – Akbar was Rishi kapoor’s name in Amar Akbar Anthony and Bhima being the character he himself played in Aaj ka Arjun, one of his more successful movies from the late eighties period where he had a welcome return to the mythical masala roots , as opposed to more comic book masala stuff he was doing – but also to a secular movie past where they tried to include all religions, even if stereotypical, into the movie’s fabric. Khudabaksh itself seems to be a callback to the iconic muslim characters that Bachchan himself has played, like Sikander, Iqbal, Badshah Khan and so on.
What about Aamir’s Firangi?,As I said already it’s a nod to Bachchan’s More lighter masala characters. Think of his son character from Desh Premee . In that film Bachchan put on blackface and sang gore nahin hum kale sahi, here Aamir puts on a blonde wig and impersonates a white man in the surayya song. His manner of speaking with broken English words and his self introduction seem to be inspired from the Arjun singh character from Namak Halaal
That’s not all, Adding one more dimension to the character, It’s also referencing the gallery of lovable rogues that Aamir has played from Jo jeeta wohi sikander to 3 idiots. His introduction scene is a mixture of his dus ka bees , dus ka bees act from Rangeela as well as his iconic Lagaan. This is a more physical, more over the top performance than anything he has given before. But I liked Aamir in his over the top mode mainly because of the kind of actor he is. Someone like Shahrukh Khan is by his nature a very physical performer, a very busy performer. So when he take the hammy route, it becomes intolerable to watch, on the other hand if he could hold his energy and his hamminess just a little bit he is able to deliver striking performances as in Swades or Chak De. Aamir is exactly the opposite. By nature , he is a very subdued, very subtle performer to an extent that his performance fails to register sometimes. He is very enjoyable here most of the times and sometimes I see him falling flat trying too hard, but he is still tolerable.
The main plot point of Aamir infiltrating Bachchan’s gang at the instigation of the British authorities can be attributed to Don. The film is also heavily inspired by the masala pastiche template of Sholay. Very serious scenes interspersed with more lowbrow humor. Aamir even does a chaplinseque nod as Asrani does in that film. You can see the symmetry in characters too. Bachchan- fatima duo standing in for is sanjeev kumar jaya bhaduri duo. Aamir is mixture of veeru and basanti, conning & fast talking gibberish. there it was dhanno the horse, here its nawab the ass. Gabbar and bandits morph into Clive and the east India company.
More tributes follow just before the interval point. Once Aamir betrays him to the british, both of them are locked in a duel reminiscent of the Bachchan –Dara singh duel at the end of Mard. There, a revelation of them being father and son changes the nature of the duel and they decided to join forces to fight the british. Here its more of a awakening of conscious in Aamir that changes the course of the duel, when he saves Bachchan from death. Bachchan decides to embark upon a suicide mission to destroy the british ship, handing over the protection of Zafira as well as the reigns of the film to Aamir. In an echo of the first scene with Bachchan saving the young Zafira, here Aamir saves her from the british and take her to safety, while Bachchan reminiscent of his most iconic scene in Agneepath rams his burning ship into the other destroying it and perhaps killing himself in the process . The famous aswa shweth rakth se latpat poetry recitation becomes sheesham ke ghode pe aayeg sawaari shaamt gunehgaron ki
Undoubtedly this first half of thugs is the most entertaining, most absorbing and most fun. Once Bachchan is presumed to be dead, the film goes dead for a time too. Post the interval, the film loses its momentum. The tributes disappear and it becomes more of a straightforward masala film, and without Bachchan’s character the film becomes off balance. Even more grating is the filmmakers obsession to Jack sparrow-fy Aamir’s character, where its repeatedly hinted that Aamir has no control of his nature and he himself is afraid when he would become bad again. That’s strict no-no for a masala hero. It’s a good tactic to turn the central avenging angel in a masala film into a female character, but here Fatima’s Zafira is so badly conceived and even more badly enacted that it leaves a big whole in the masala heart of the film. It also points out to the fact that we don’t have masala film heroines of the caliber of Rekha, Reena roy, etc anymore who can convincingly pull off the requirements of the masala universe
But once Bachchan returns to screen, all shackled and angry in his Kaalia mode the film springs back to life. The final forty minutes of the film again becomes a masala treat with nodes to Kranti, Shaan etc. the film also brings back the tradition of the climactic song sequence which was a must of very popular masala film, even though , here the song is not as rousing or spectacular as say the one in Kranti, it still makes an impact.
WRITER: MANK
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November 20, 2018 at 3:50 AM
This may be an unabashed tribute to masala, but it does not work as a masala film. My exchange with Jay and Saket stressed on this. I know for sure that if this was successful masala, i wudnt have liked this even a bit. And to repeat myselg again, I loved this film.
The generic problem with this film is two-fold, as already discussed to death here. (1) The emotional connect fell flat for a revenge masala saga. And (2) masala heroism was completely turned around with Firangi’s Machiavellian characterisation, which is not something Aamir had played before be it Rangeela or Ghulam or whaever. It is too simplistic to say hey this is another mischievous character in the masala world. Its simply not.
The above two reasons explains the severe backlash that ToH got. Combined with other additional factors like hype, overpriced tickets, bad reviews and expectations from the star-cast and banner as Naveen mentioned above.
There is nothing more to this fiasco. aamir should not kill himself for this!
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November 20, 2018 at 4:05 AM
People did not like Ghajini because Satyam could write an essay about how the memory loss can be interpreted as the loss of vintage masala in our times. Nor did they care how Firangi’s character and actions because it can be read as a metaphor for Aamir’s career moves.
All that really matters is IF they could emotionally connect to the story. Then they will like it, even love it. Else they are disinterested.
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November 20, 2018 at 5:50 AM
I liked the review but I couldn’t connect to it, very flippantly if TOH is a tribute film it would not find much mass patronage with audiences.
On China, the warning signs are there from rest of world so I am very skeptical, the issue is its going there with such a bad vibe and articles like this won’t help!
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November 20, 2018 at 5:58 AM
China release will be in Jan, so all these noise will reduce by then. But yeah, i wont bet my money on ToH making it big in China.
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November 20, 2018 at 1:58 AM
TOH joins an ‘Elite List’ ….
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Films That Broke The Opening Day Record But Eventually Became Flops At The Box Office
#1. Thugs of Hindostan (2018): The Aamir Khan starrer released last week and opened to record-breaking Rs 52.25 crore. It became the first film to hit a half-century at the box office on its opening day itself but collapsed after that. It’s been 7 days and the movie has earned a meagre Rs 137.55 crore. It looks difficult for the film to even go past Rs 150 crore mark.
#2. Mission Kashmir (2000): The movie opened bigger than its fellow release Mohabbatein making Rs 1.64 crore and broke the opening day record of Refugee, which had released earlier that year. Hrithik Roshan had just become the thing after Kaho Na Pyaar Hai and there he was in his first action movie along the likes of Sanjay Dutt in Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Mission Kashmir. Despite it clashing with the Big B-SRK starrer Mohabbatein, Mission Kashmir became the highest opener of 2000 but succumbed to the average word of mouth. The extremely dominant pre-release buzz gave enough space for Mission Kashmir to be the highest opener of the year.
#3. Mangal Pandey(2005): Before Thugs of Hindostan, it was Mangal Pandey: The Rising. The movie was hyped to an all-time high and that resulted in an opening day record making Rs 3.24 crore but it couldn’t go anywhere post that. Aamir Khan was coming back to the big screen after four long years in what could only have been thought of as the biggest film of the year. There was no way Mangal Pandey wasn’t opening big. Sadly enough when the film got opened to the audiences, the reports weren’t too encouraging. While the film may technically not be termed a box office flop, it still, however, was one of the biggest let downs of the year. But only after it thumped a solid opening!
#4. Refugee (2000): The fact that Amitabh Bachchan’s son was making his debut had made Refugee a hot property. And it was also the debut of Kareena Kapoor Khan, sister of Karishma Kapoor and granddaughter of the showman of Hindi film industry Raj Kapoor. A record-breaking start was a given and that’s what happened. The movie made Rs 1.56 crore but went downhill afterward.
#6. Hindustan Ki Kasam (1999): The mind-boggling pre-release buzz for this Ajay Devgn starrer would know why Hindustan Ki Kasam was the highest opener in 1999. The television promos of the film had created a ruckus and an action packed bonanza was kept in waiting. However, the results turned out to be disastrous as the mega budget movie didn’t find takers post the opening weekend. The movie created a new opening day record by making Rs 1.45 crore but couldn’t cash on the record-breaking start. It was the directorial debut of Ajay Devgn’s father Veeru Devgan.
#7. Koyla (1997): This Shah Rukh Khan starrer was much-awaited thanks to its chartbuster music, thrilling trailer and the fact that it was the reunion of SRK with Rakesh Roshan after the blockbuster Karan Arjun. The movie created an all-time opening record as it made Rs 1.06 crore. But it couldn’t live up to the mammoth expectations.
#8. Trimurti (1995): The first film in the history of Indian cinema to hit Rs 1 crore mark on its opening day was this Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, and Shah Rukh Khan starrer.This one came as no surprise as Trimurti was one mega movie that looked like was going to be another Subhash Ghai blockbuster. While stars like Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor were at the peak of their career, Shah Rukh Khan had just become the thing after Baazigar and other movies. However, it was because of showman Subhash Ghai and his production house that Trimurti was being seen as the biggest film of 1995 even though Mukul Anand was directing it. Despite having taken a bumper opening, the film majorly started to see fall in numbers.
https://www.jhakaasmovies.com/did-you-know/films-that-broke-the-opening-day-record-but-eventually-became-flops-at-the-box-office.html
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November 20, 2018 at 2:01 AM
Must add that only ToH and Trimurti are outright BO flops; but all others in this list actually recovered their money and were strictly average fares in the end.
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November 20, 2018 at 9:44 AM
Hindustan ki Kasam got record opening weekend because of Bachchan presence , that’s the reason he was all over promos and posters .. despite a supporting role. Govinda and Ajay never got record opening in their lifetime except #BMCM and #HKK with Bachchan. Craze for Amitabh was still there till late 90’s .. Its just that one after another bad movies (Mostly record openers) coupled with his age factor slowly moved his fan base away. Heck even his Lal Badshah was off to flying start on first day , despite huge pre release bashing.
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November 20, 2018 at 2:40 PM
Even in the early 2000’s after his famous Mohabbatein comeback, he was one of the most saleable actors and among the top 5 between 2000-05 alongside Srk, Aamir, Hrithik and Salman. Films like Aankhen and Khakee were actually Bachchan vehicles despite the presence of present day stars like Akshay and Ajay who were not really crowd pullers back then.
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November 20, 2018 at 2:00 AM
Thugs Of Hindostan Second Monday Business
Tuesday 20 November 2018 12.15 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
Thugs Of Hindostan collected just 75 lakhs nett on Monday and even a very ratio of business is coming from single screens especially UP as the multiplexes have just capitulated. The film will not do 3 times its opening day business when the good big films go and do around 3 times the weekend business. This is films that open with big numbers.
In Delhi / UP, East Punjab and Mysore the film will close with less business than Badhaai Ho.
First Week – 1,34,25,00,000 apprx
Second Weekend – 5,25,00,000 apprx
Monday – 75,00,000 apprx
TOTAL – 1,40,25,00,000 apprx
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November 20, 2018 at 6:11 AM
140 cr is pretty much it for ToH hindi version (Extra 5 cr from dubbed versions aint much either!). Dont think it will add anything to this total going forward from here.
IMO real collections wud be around 130-135 cr range, BUT I had said during Race 3 run too that Race 3 total was also in this range (130 cr nett) and was over-reported shamelessly by Salman Khan Films.
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November 20, 2018 at 4:14 AM
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November 20, 2018 at 10:16 AM
Whoever you are, do you give feedback to Indian movies as well? We need some!
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November 20, 2018 at 6:07 AM
Aquaman final trailer – visuals look good. Its releasing in china as early as Dec 7 and in India one week later (on Dec 14).
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November 20, 2018 at 6:13 AM
Netflix has roped in some well-known Indian actors — Abhishek Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Kareena Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, and Jackie Shroff — for the Hindi-language voice dub of its upcoming film, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, it announced Tuesday. Bachchan will voice the black panther Bagheera, Ms. Kapoor as the python Kaa, Mr. Kapoor as the bear Baloo, Dixit as the wolf Nisha, and Shroff as the tiger Shere Khan.
https://gadgets.ndtv.com/entertainment/news/netflix-mowgli-casts-abhishek-bachchan-kareena-kapoor-and-more-for-hindi-dub-1950305
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November 20, 2018 at 8:50 AM
Caught up with Mirzapur season 1 in Amazon Prime over last few days. Pankaj Tripathi is very good, but cant say the same about the series overall.
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Despite its flaws, Mirzapur has a certain earnestness and perhaps the over-enthusiasm of a young creative team. Prosthetics and VFX are liberally used to create eyeballs, intestines and blown up brains that splatter across the screen ever so often in the 9 episodes of Season 1, but they cannot make up for the lack of nuance, and a story that endeavours to stick to a formula instead of reinventing it. Right at the beginning of the season, Beena quips to her husband after a dissatisfying lovemaking session, “garam karke thanda chod dete hain” (You turn me on me but leave me dissatisfied). It’s the same problem with Mirzapur itself, it starts off well but cannot hold your interest till the end.
https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/mirzapur-review-amazon-prime-original-gets-you-interested-leaves-you-wanting-91820
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November 20, 2018 at 10:06 AM
Also watched Imaikkaa Nodigal and loved Anurag Kashyap as a gleefully happy serial killer!
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“America is always middle of the ground, they always borrow from everywhere and make it more palatable and commercial but they don’t really explore violence barring some of the exploitation movies. They know how to commercialize everything, they are the Mcdonalds version of action and violence,” he said in a conversation for Royal Stag Barrel Select Large Short Films Perfect Strokes with Anupama Chopra.
“I like the whole idea of taking people through that whole motion of what’s the worst fear that they might have. I get borthered by seeing celebratory violence that I see in mainstream movies or the superhero movie where the violence makes you feel like wanting to be a hero and getting into a fight.
“My idea of creating violence is to put the viewer off it, where it disturbs them,” Anurag added.
https://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/anurag-kashyap-has-unique-idea-of-creating-violence-in-his-projects-deets-inside/
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November 20, 2018 at 12:38 PM
‘What fascinated me always was Alyque’s ability to think in the vernacular despite his South Bombay and genteel upbringing,’ notes Sandeep Goyal.
‘Lalitaji or Hamara Bajaj were obviously not birthed in the hallowed environs of the Bombay Gymkhana.’
https://www.rediff.com/business/special/alyque-advertising-man-of-the-century/20181120.htm
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November 20, 2018 at 2:30 PM
one more thing which lacked in TOH was an intense love-story. BB & BB2 both had the base of a very intense love-story. Something which had a genuine conflict at screenplay level. Here the director never developed KK or Fatima’s character to that extent……no depth! TOH shd be a case-study of “how to screw up things at the script and screenplay level” 🙂
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November 20, 2018 at 2:43 PM
I feel that Aamir and YRF were hesitant to explore the love angle after they cast Fatima as his leading lady right after Dangal. They literally kept her away from promotions and in the movie as well fearing if any backlash happens they can fall back that she’s not paired opp Aamir but instead Katrina is opp Aamir whereas Fatima is just another character with no love angle. This is just my assumption and not fact.
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November 20, 2018 at 7:12 PM
There was rumors that Hrithik had reservations with the script because of this lack of ‘romance’ …
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November 20, 2018 at 8:33 PM
well, aamir’s character is shown gently flirting with Fatima’s character but with Kat’s character – he is far more cosy – so that had to be explored…..when one remembers BB/BB2 – that intense romance deftly directed by Rajamouli is the soul of an otherwise grand war drama….any magnum opus generally has a romance at its core…be it Titanic or a Spiderman or a Mughl-e-Azam or even Sholay….which had 2 of them…..Raju Hirani knew this while making PK – He had a lovely romantic track betn Anushka-Sushant and an unrequited love-angle from PK for Anushka…..romance is an integral part of Indian cinema….even the massy Ghajini had Asin as its soul and that romance….i wud like to know Satyam, Jay, An Jo, Q and everyone else’ view on this particular aspect and whether YRF missed out that completely in TOH…
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November 21, 2018 at 2:57 AM
TOH didn’t need a love track. The Firangi/Suraiyya track was apt. He’s hardly a lover type.
I’m waiting for Satyam and Qalander’s views. Maybe they are contributing to week 3 collections but risking not even watching it.
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November 21, 2018 at 7:49 AM
Agree with you totally. A good love story and a good villain or a substantial conflict, always makes a good masala. If it was made on the lines of PoC, then the central character JohnnyDepp/Aamir need to be interesting enough to hold the interest for entire 3 hour period. We loved Johnny’s antics in PoC and therefore it went into part 2 and 3. His character was superbly fleshed out. On the other hand, I wouldn’t want to watch Aamir’s antics for 3 hours, at 30-35 maybe, at 50 no no. Acting wise I don’t think they are at the par. The trailer itself was off puting in that aspect. 😦
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November 21, 2018 at 9:48 AM
yes that conflict was missing….revenge of Fatima was childishly handled and half-baked….only serious conflict has been a love-story since the beginning of Hindi films….one can name N no. of masala films, all have had stronger love-stories at the core….even Ghajini, PK, 3I, Talaash had the hero-heroine love stories….TZP, Dangal had strong conflicts in the fomr of maternal love and paternal love subsequently…..any universally hit films at the BO would have this aspect nicely taken care of…..in South also, most of the masala films become massive hits despite extreme violence at times becoz at the core – there is a delicate love-story….check Mani Ratnam’s films – always a sensitive love-story….aamir’s fanna and RDB had this aspect in abundance…i don’t know why it was not addressed here in such a magnum opus! it is like James Cameron making a documentary out of Titanic minus Jack-n-Rose!!!!
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November 21, 2018 at 9:56 AM
You need to revisit Aamir’s ‘Love Love Love’ – as the name implied, it was all about Love!
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November 20, 2018 at 7:10 PM
This is a problem with indian audience not the film. An action adventure does not need an all consuming OTT love angle. But again, maturity of indian audience is a well known attribute.
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November 21, 2018 at 9:02 AM
2point0 is also coming with minimal romantic angle. It does have a song with 2 robos checking each other out. 😀
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November 21, 2018 at 11:28 AM
chk rajini making some advances to a young heroine…..
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November 20, 2018 at 8:01 PM
Sriram Raghavan on making only five films in 14 years, and casting Saif Ali Khan, Varun Dhawan in unconventional roles
https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/sriram-raghavan-on-making-only-five-films-in-14-years-and-casting-saif-ali-khan-varun-dhawan-in-unconventional-roles-5581961.html
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November 20, 2018 at 8:50 PM
Zero: Shah Rukh Khan in an Aanand L Rai film marks a perfect finish to a year full of heartland films
Hindi cinema is made for Hindi-speaking audiences. In essence, India’s busiest filmmaking industry aims to reach the Hindi heartland -be it the geographical landmass consisting of Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, or the migrant population from these states, who reside across the country and worldwide.
While the ’90s and the early 2000s were spent imitating and regurgitating a standardised Punjabi version of life, love and emotions, the Hindi heartland has now taken center stage with pride in the mainstream. Often the Bihari or ‘Bhaiyya’ in Hindi films has been a caricature or an unpleasant character. Refreshingly, this year has seen authentic Hindi heartland-based stories, rooted and original, winning big at the box office. This space has finally solidified with genuine, believable films. In its mannerisms, accents, dialects and local cultural quirks, the heartland has a well-defined identity and age-old traditions of storytelling. Manifesting these in contemporary times has made the films fresh and appealing this year.
Hearteningly, a superstar like Shah Rukh Khan has played a vertically challenged man from Meerut in the upcoming big flick Zero, having travelled quite a long distance from the urbane, suave versions of Rahul and Raj that he is played for most of his career. That films like Raid, Stree, Mulk and Sui Dhaaga: Made in India have done so well is testimony to the fact that localised stories around ground realities and with genuine characters successfully work, and draw in audiences based on word of mouth.
Crime, guns and womanising- cliches about the Hindi heartland come together in the recent gritty series Mirzapur. Made for Amazon Prime Video India and produced by Excel Entertainment, Karan Anshuman ropes in an impressive cast of actors – Ali Fazal, Pankaj Tripathi, Vikrant Massey, Shweta Tripathi and Divyendu Sharma among others – in this fast-paced web show. Typical sensibilities associated with this region, often called the cow belt in political terminology, add up to the right recipe for a gripping story.
Interestingly, the filmmakers and writers, who have created each of these films or shows, either belong to that region or have grown up here. They have spent time understanding the local culture, language and customs, and adapted the same to cinema convincingly. The heartland’s appeal was limited to hyper-dramatic cop and political dramas for almost two decades. While some films, like Prakash Jha’s Gangajal, Apaharan and Raajneeti made for engaging viewing, more often than not, the heartland was stereotyped. Few films cut through the clutter.
The clock turned towards positive change when stories went beyond the cliché of good cops, bad politicians, or family dramas. A good chunk of this credit goes to the inimical Vishal Bharadwaj for making Omkara. Abusing uninhibitedly in Hindi, while capturing the nuanced underlying politics of heartland Uttar Pradesh was done masterfully in this film. Some years passed after his film for more such authentic, rooted stories to emerge. So we had Abhishek Chaubey make the brilliant Ishqiya films; subtle, linguistically befuddling but smart adaptations from culturally distinct places in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Ashwini Iyer Tewari, Tamil by origin and a Mumbai girl, used the lens of an outsider to merge aesthetics and obsessions of small town UP to tell a compelling story of a domestic help’s desire to educate her daughter and make her an IAS officer in Nil Battey Sannata. It is an unsung film, one that gets the story so right. The passion to become a civil servant rules almost every aspect of a student’s life in these states. Ashwini has also made the entertaining Bareilly Ki Barfi, more commercial in intent but equally desi in flavour. And then there is Anurag Kashyap, who has adapted the culture of Bihari goondaism and its iron grip over the state’s politics beautifully in the Gangs of Wasseypur films. Self-indulgent to an extent, both the parts are uncompromising in their ‘Bihar Ka Lalla’ identity; adding flavour to these stories. Kashyap’s Manmarziyaan also turns romantic stories of Punjab on its head quite well. It is urbane and set to become a gradual cult film over time.
But the team that has made the Hindi heartland come home to roost in Bollywood is that of filmmaker Anand L Rai and writer Hemanshu Sharma. Their films have adapted local mannerisms and linguistic quirks for wider appeal in a manner that does not always depend on stars for success. Raanjhanaa provides an ideal example, with Dhanush’s character ready to give up everything for love, or rather, the bull headnesses of one-sided love. Their ability to build upon small town North Indian elements continues with Zero. SRK, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif make this film a big draw, but Meerut’s Bauua Singh and his bittersweet experiences with love drive this story. These are not always the best stories. Yet, they work well with audiences because emotions and reactions are unfiltered and dialogues, very catchy. Each character, however minor, has a role to play in taking the story forward, cracking the heartland phenomenon of families, friends and foes all being part of life in significant decisions.
In 2018, films that brought the heartland’s stories alive emerged from local influences that impacted their writers and directors. Sui Dhaaga: Made in India emerged from the basic idea of a self-made man, an artisan, standing up against machines. Writer and director Sharat Katariya saw a tailor set up shop under a tree in his hometown, Delhi, when this idea occurred to him. His Delhi if of those who live in the city’s outskirts, eke out a living and leave behind a rich legacy of working with their traditional skills. His earlier film, Dum Laga Ke Haisha, beautifully portrays the lower middle class realities of families in Haridwar, a town somewhat warped in time. Similarly, Amar Kaushik, who has grown up in Arunachal Pradesh but spent ample time in Chanderi while visiting family, captured local superstition to deliver a message film in the most entertaining manner, with Stree. Rajkumar Gupta wanted to focus on an everyday hero with Raid. Anubhav Sinha has grown up and travelled through Banaras and smaller cities of Uttar Pradesh before moving to Mumbai in order to work in films. Sinha’s urbane movies are poor shows. But his return to roots with Mulk, which began with slow travel back in his home state, made this story come alive for him. Importantly, in each of these films, stars are part of a story. The story gets your attention without depending on a big star’s name.
Going beyond the garish and clichéd, India’s heartland, often likened to crimes, superstition, messy politics and prejudice against women, is viewed with an amount of skepticism by urbanites. All these negatives are part of its reality. But there are also good people, positive beginnings and very interesting stories that emerge from here. As these films find a footing with audiences across India today, heartland-based films hold out opportunities for more stories in an industry starved of originality. Imtiaz Ali’s Radha Krishna film promises to be one and hopefully, there will be more varied explorations of these kind.
https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bollywood/zero-shah-rukh-khan-in-an-aanand-l-rai-film-marks-a-perfect-finish-to-a-year-full-of-heartland-films-5575021.html
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November 21, 2018 at 4:02 AM
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November 21, 2018 at 4:32 AM
Hehe … one month to go! Social media is waiting.
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November 21, 2018 at 7:51 AM
This was hilarious and sad to see. So much waste of money on these big budget movies. They could have made 20 Badhai Hos on these budgets and entertained us far more.
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November 21, 2018 at 4:37 AM
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November 21, 2018 at 4:40 AM
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November 21, 2018 at 5:01 AM
read on twitter:
Only 2 Films of @iamsrk have done more business than thugs!
Only 1 film of @ajaydevgn has done more business than thugs.
Not even single film of @akshaykumar has done more business than thugs!
But despite that, their fans are dancing & shouting in joy. #ThugsOfHindostan
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November 21, 2018 at 5:06 AM
Hahaha … this is an ideal case of self-trolling.
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November 21, 2018 at 5:12 AM
Btw, has Jeeves and Sanjana left this blog? (Hope not!)
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November 21, 2018 at 10:15 AM
Was wondering too, where is Sanjana ?
Thanksgiving vacations ?
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November 21, 2018 at 1:16 PM
I hope missing commentators are safe and sound..
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November 21, 2018 at 5:35 AM
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November 21, 2018 at 5:39 AM
Good idea to use India Vs Aus platform to promote 2point0
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November 21, 2018 at 11:49 AM
Its not 2 megastars, its like 1 megastar and 1 superstar. J/K.
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November 21, 2018 at 7:19 AM
Badhaai Ho Hits Double Century Worldwide; Beats Thugs Of Hindostan In Aamir Khan’s Dominated Overseas Regions!
https://www.koimoi.com/box-office/badhaai-ho-box-office-hits-double-century-worldwide-beats-thugs-of-hindostan-in-aamir-khans-dominated-overseas-regions/
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November 21, 2018 at 7:24 AM
Last night while walking on my treadmill, watched this song.
Directors of today should watch some of the old songs to get a clue on how to picturize songs. This song is simple yet covers many angles. Simple dance steps but look at the body movement, facial expression of the leads. Gives that “Mardana” vibe in every shot. Which is very missing in todays cinema (south over does it).
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November 21, 2018 at 7:50 AM
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November 21, 2018 at 7:54 AM
North Belt: 4000 – 4100 Screens
Andhra Pradesh/Telangana: 1200 – 1250 screens
Tamil Nadu: 600 – 625 screens
Kerala: 500 – 525 screens
Karnataka: 300 screens
Total: 6600 to 6800 screens (Approx.)
Baahubali2’s gross on day 1 was a whopping Rs 125 Cr. This looks phenomenal.
2point0 might be aiming for 100 Cr gross with expectation of 30 Cr nett (40 Cr gross) opening for Hindi.
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November 21, 2018 at 7:56 AM
2point0 is getting massive showcasing all across as it will be allotted around 32,000 to 33,000 shows all across India. It would basically get the highest show count of all time in India surpassing the previous record holder, Baahubali 2, which released with nearly 31,000 shows.
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November 21, 2018 at 9:10 AM
BB2’s day 1 nett was 123 cr. Not Gross. On 6500 screens in India.
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November 21, 2018 at 9:24 AM
So this article by Bollywoodhungama is not correct with Baahubali 2 ‘s day 1 figures?
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November 21, 2018 at 9:57 AM
Gross was 150+ cr on day one for BB2.
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November 21, 2018 at 7:58 AM
https://twitter.com/AkshayFandom/status/1065222765840490496
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November 21, 2018 at 8:02 AM
https://twitter.com/BiharKaLal/status/1064569896028139521
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November 21, 2018 at 8:06 AM
It’s going to be Akshay Kumar crazy over next few weeks. He’s been promoted heavily now- 2.0 at least should target 20Cr+ opening now in hindi format.
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November 21, 2018 at 8:22 AM
They are talking abt 30-35 cr opening for 2.0 hindi version. In China Padman will be sandwiched – Aquaman on Dec 7, Grinch on Dec 14, Spidey on Dec 21.
https://twitter.com/gavinfeng97/status/1065134491654479872
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November 21, 2018 at 9:00 AM
True stage is set for Akshay now. 20 Cr opening would be disappointing for 2.0 as the makers are counting on Hindi belt to bail them out. If not for this, no way $70 million cost can be recovered.
Expectation from Hindi is over 175 Cr nett. For this opening of 30Cr is needed, weekend of 100 Cr at least. It’s not the usual cost controlled Akshay film which can be a HIT at 100 Cr. This is elephant he is carrying in hindi belt this time. Good thing is 2point0 Hindi is padded with enough armoury though a big heroine would have helped.
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November 21, 2018 at 9:09 AM
Hindi version needs to do 200+ cr to be a hit film. Its 160 cr just for recovery.
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November 21, 2018 at 9:42 AM
rajni is not a draw in north….2.0 has no emotional appeal….rajni romancing 20+ heroine is bizarre….i see a bigger tank here than TOH – i have stopped watching rajni films since long in theaters….i have never watched an akki film in theater….so will give this a miss…
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November 21, 2018 at 12:46 PM
80cr recovery in hindi is achievable..I can see this movie doing 160 + as of now..infact I think kjo has played it very smart by buying at that price..my worry is the 120cr price in TN..just imagine whole west east north going for 80cr and TN alone going for 120cr!!!..ABO will post the entire india prebusiness next week..we will get the breakup..the advantage of being a kollywood movie is better transparency on what distributor are paying as their reporting is very detailed
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November 21, 2018 at 1:49 PM
@Krish, could you tell us what the top 5 highest grossers in TN alone are? How many movies so far have made 240 crores in TN? Just wanted to know if it has to be the biggest grosser in just TN to recover…
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November 21, 2018 at 10:06 PM
Enthiran, kabali, mersal, I, shivaji…none has touched 100 cr share in TN alone though..sarkar will end up at no 2 or 3..
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November 21, 2018 at 10:09 PM
http://andhraboxoffice.com/info.aspx?id=493&cid=6&fid=1
Enthiran final share is 80cr..and if this is sold for 120 we are looking at history being made by beating next best by 50 percent
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November 21, 2018 at 9:25 AM
2018 Heads For Growth Despite No Support From Big Festival Releases
Wednesday 21 November 2018 13.00 IST
Box Office India Trade Network
The year looks heading for record cumulative figures with 3650 crore in the bag already in terms of GROSS box office. GROSS is being used to compare as there have been tax changes in the last year or so. The year should come out with a 10% improvement over last year if the last few big releases of the year give the expected performance.
This performance has come without the big festival releases firing so on that note its good results for the year but these big ones are a must to really push the Hindi film industry to higher levels. The boost has come from smaller films which are doing better than a couple of years back when 75 crore nett was a huge task for these films. The difference is that makers have come out of that urban zone film and padded these films with music to make them more appealing.
Its very rare for a small film to be a universal HIT but Stree managed that feat and the last time this happened was Aashiqui 2. No doubt Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Badhaai Ho and Raazi have also done very well in this period but they have not done well across the board like Stree or Aashiqui 2.
The footfalls look like staying in the same range as last year as the growth is coming from higher ticket prices. The footfalls can only go up if the big films really perform and that 200 crore nett mark is still proving a big benchmark when it should not. There are three major releases left with 2.0 (Hindi), Zero and Simba but it cant be said that 200 crore nett is a given for each of these films but when looking at the budgets and names behind these films then 200 crore nett should be a foregone conclusion.
The cumulative GROSS business seen each year since 2010 is as follows. 2012-2013 is the best period seen this decade.
2010 – 1910 crore
2011 – 2382 crore
2012 – 3241 crore
2013 – 3767 crore
2014 – 3678 crore
2015 – 3780 crore
2016 – 3808 crore
2017 – 4096 crore
2018 – 3650 crore (5 weeks left)
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November 21, 2018 at 10:45 AM
2.0 had started gathering momentum as soon as Akshay was introduced. Ideally, the movie should have released tomorrow to capitalize on USA collection for long Thanksgiving weekend.
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November 21, 2018 at 11:48 AM
Yes I mentioned it somewhere few days. They had this 3 week gap coz of TOH. Now when TOH turned out disappointing, they should have released around 2 weeks gap and tomorrow in US. Its not even just Hindi but all Telugu/Tamil versions combined will make huge money just during 5 days in US. Even Indian audience got no choice and watching Badhaai Ho again, Lol. I don’t know what’s harm in moving up the release week earlier if the first movie disappoints and out of theaters by then.
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November 21, 2018 at 11:54 AM
I doubt movie release dates are so nimble especially for big films. It would be strange for a film that has always been delayed till date to suddenly push forward. There is even a cost to do this.
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November 21, 2018 at 11:43 AM
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November 21, 2018 at 1:58 PM
Okay this is surprising to me. I’ve not been following overseas collections of TOH but didn’t expect it’ll be less than Badhai Ho. I don’t anyone in US who went to watch Badhai Ho in theaters. Its not a big screen movie at all.
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November 21, 2018 at 2:35 PM
I know couple of friends (two different) who went and recommended. I was about to be dragged to see it 😉
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November 21, 2018 at 2:37 PM
Only one friend saw ToH and commented bakwas.
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November 21, 2018 at 9:28 PM
Given your sensibilities (thats displayed in this blog) you perhaps wont mind it at all.
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November 22, 2018 at 4:47 PM
I didn’t mind Fanna or D3 but I will not go and check in cinema.
Ghajini was well made movie..MP was not strong in screenplay.
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November 22, 2018 at 1:56 PM
Last Saturday we were 9 families playing cards, out of which 5 familes had not seen Badhai ho.
We all talked about it so much that 3 families booked the tickets for Sunday and watched it. Then they also messaged on the group chat as to how much they liked it.
Only two families had watched TOH, one being mine. No one was willing to listen/ accept that it is a good movie.
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November 22, 2018 at 7:44 AM
** Content wins and how!** Is TA still high on drugs? He is saying the Indian public is ‘intelligent’! LOL. The same public that makes Sallu’s movies super-hits!!
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November 21, 2018 at 9:19 PM
New Zero Promo
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November 21, 2018 at 10:00 PM
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/despite-debacle-thugs-hindostan-brand-aamir-khan-yrf-remain-unaffected/
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November 21, 2018 at 10:04 PM
Is this to bring back the missing members?
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November 21, 2018 at 11:03 PM
Business Prediction of 2Point0 Hindi:
Ormax- 35Cr!
Super Cinema- 18-20Cr!
KRK BOxoffice-18-20Cr!
ETC( Komal)- 30Cr!
Sumit Kadel – 35 Cr
Let’s see who will be right!
Pls note Ormax was 100% right for #TOH opening and all others were wrong.
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November 21, 2018 at 11:07 PM
I am expecting 27-28 cr day 1 for hindi version. If accepted then sunday can be 35 cr imo.
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November 21, 2018 at 11:45 PM
There will be tsunami after release of Rajinikanth-Akshay Kumar starrer, says this film trade analyst
“If film is well made then #2point0 (all lang) will beat the lifetime collection of #ThugsOfHindostan (all lang) in Flat 2 Days,” Sumit Kadel added in another tweet prediction the 2.0 box office collection.
https://www.financialexpress.com/entertainment/2-0-box-office-collection-prediction-expected-amount-ticket-booking-movie-film-review-akshay-kumar-rajinikanth-tamil-hindi-3d-version/1388968/
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November 21, 2018 at 11:47 PM
Another prediction:
The major issue arises, does Robot 2 has the potential to battle with the records of Bahubali, Dangal. Robot 2 is coming with a budget of 450 Cr. in two languages, that is Hindi and Tamil. The Hindi version will cover 3500 screens while the Tamil version is about to cover 2500 Screens. Total 6000 Screens covered by the movie.
The presence of Akshay Kumar assures that the movie will get a huge gathering for Hindi version. On the other hand, the Tamil version will also gather a large number of people because of the presence of Rajinikanth. Keeping all the point in mind, it is figuring out that, like Bahubali and Dangal, Robot 2 has the power to cross 1500 Cr. mark worldwide.
Robot 2: Day 1 Collection
Akshay Kumar is back in a negative role, and all his fans are just waiting to see him playing the role. Akshay Kumar’s crewman look was just a sign when people would view him on the big screen the whole scene; all will be left the open mouth. All the sign of positive vibes showing us that the film will easily cross 30 Cr(Hindi version) on the first opening day. Including all the versions Robot 2 first day collection will be range from 100 to 120 Cr.
Robot 2: Day 2 Collection
I believe that people can’t miss the film. All tickets will be sold out. This shows that the second day will also be a good one. The film earns a total of 80-90 Cr.
Robot 2: Day 3 Collection
Director of the movie S. Shankar never gave a flop film. When it comes to direction, he brought the best. As he is also the writer of the movie, he inked all his imagination. The third day will too rock, collection range from 90-100 Cr.
Robot 2: Day 4 Collection
The maximum shooting of the film is done in India. Most of the sets are in Chennai. Just a minimum shooting was on foreign. The science fiction movie will react magic on Box office since those areas of overseas are yet not shown in any scene of other movies. This will create a large gather. The fourth day earning of the will be range from 121 to 130 Cr.
Within the first week, the movie will collect its principle. Further oversea release are yet to count. Therefore, it can be concluded the movie will rule at the box office.
http://desigyan.in/robot-2-0-box-office-prediction-collection/
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November 21, 2018 at 11:59 PM
that 450 cr budged looks inflated and wrong – but if it is true – this movie is a looser all the way…..there is absolutely no buzz on my contacts – no one will bother to go for this….schools have opened so I wonder what is the target audience here? Rajni has no fan-base in Northern belt, akki remains akki – a moderate bo star with 100 cr club – so what is the target audience? weekend crowd?
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November 22, 2018 at 12:25 AM
As per Rajni’s own words Subaskaran had pumped 600 cr into 2.0 and Toh budget was no less than 200 cr.
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November 22, 2018 at 4:45 AM
I can confirm that the B and C centers are majorly excited for this one..the A centre were expected to open decentlt anyways. I had major major doubts on this movie the whole time but I can confirm this is set to open atleast around 25cr but do not rule out a 30.plus opening too in hindi…
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November 22, 2018 at 5:16 AM
The momentum is strong here so sounds like a big opening on cards!
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November 22, 2018 at 3:08 AM
https://twitter.com/jioamr/status/1065245101394296832
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November 22, 2018 at 3:11 AM
WIth 2point0 in India and Padman in China…the release hype of an Akki film has gone to the level of an Aamir Khan release 🙂
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November 22, 2018 at 3:17 AM
Looks like Shani is moving out and sun is entering into Akshay’s life. 🙂
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November 22, 2018 at 3:35 AM
Here’s Why Akshay Kumar & Rajinikanth’s 2.0 Is Already A BLOCKBUSTER Before Release!
When the teaser of 2.0 was out a couple of months ago, many started criticising it for not upto the mark VFX.
By Umesh Punwani –
Earlier this month the makers launched the trailer, which also was welcomed by a mixed response. It was trolled for its mega-budget of 550 crores+ but no one realised this is just a 2 minute clip from a 148 minutes movie. In this age of ‘judging’ things, people jumped to compare this with other Hollywood biggies but no one realised the film is yet to release.
People! This isn’t your usual Bollywood flick which requires some picturesque locations, a party song or an item song, a few crores of a budget and mediocre writing – this is above & beyond every of those things. 2.0 is a magnum opus on which there have been towering efforts of thousands & even without seeing it, I would say it’s already a blockbuster in my mind. Not just because it’s breaking the usual norm of Bollywood but because it’s giving us something ‘new’ and that too at a scale which no one ever has even dared to think.
I know, that contradicts my above statements and I’m also judging before the release but from whatever I’ve seen in the trailer – I’m sure we’re in for something new & crazy. Also, according to my close sources 2.0 is a massive entertainer & it’s commercial from the word go. With backing of the best VFX seen in Bollywood, it delivers a very entertaining story with crispy screenplay.
Bottomline of the article is, it’s not at all easy what Shankar, Rajinikanth & Akshay Kumar have done with 2.0. So, yes, for me it’s already a blockbuster but for those who didn’t like the trailer let’s wait for the movie and decide together?
https://www.koimoi.com/bollywood-news/heres-why-akshay-kumar-rajinikanths-2-0-is-already-a-blockbuster-before-release/
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November 22, 2018 at 3:42 AM
I think analysts are assuming the best case scenario for 2point0 and getting excited. They need to chat with ideaunique for few minutes to trigger a depression.
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November 22, 2018 at 4:07 AM
Aamir fans are all in severe depression now. Theater-owners may have lost crores, but we have lost our ego! Some have stopped commenting including the blog owner.
We depressed souls are now desperate for some company from other fan clubs … hopefully 2.0 and Zero wont disappoint us!
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November 22, 2018 at 4:12 AM
😛
If ego has disappeared then Aamir himself will be very happy. I have no doubt that everyone here puts Aamir on a very high esteem…so ToH will hardly change things.
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November 22, 2018 at 5:39 AM
what depression? i m on the contrary happy that aamir tested a failure finally. It is part of life. Firangi character is a welcome addition to his acting-CV. there is nothing to be depressed about any one.
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November 22, 2018 at 4:45 PM
I don’t think Satyam is not going to comment because of ToH debacle. Just post something relevant and you will be subjected an essay 😉
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November 22, 2018 at 4:12 AM
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November 22, 2018 at 4:14 AM
One bet i can take on is on Simbaa…i am 100% sure it will be superhit.
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November 22, 2018 at 4:22 AM
200 cr is guaranteed for Simmba in my books. Not so sure about 2.0 or Zero crossing that milestone as of now.
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November 22, 2018 at 2:17 PM
You need to be a fool to remake a huge blockbuster and then turn it into turkey. Rohit Shetty is not Sohail Khan who made superhit movie into Jai Ho! So, clearly it’ll be easy super hit movie like Singham (which was also remake of southern blockbuster).
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November 22, 2018 at 5:02 AM
BOI not too confident of 2.0 or Zero either …
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Q. Which film will open better? 2.0 or Zero and how many screens will they release on?.
A. That is difficult to tell as both will be in that 25 crore nett plus range. 30 crore nett will be the target for both but will be tough as Zero is not the killer initial type of film from the trailer even though it has Shahrukh Khan. 2.0 (Hindi) is a huge initial film but will have 12% business missing due to regional versions and on top most of the film is dubbed in Tamil with only Akshay Kumar speaking most of his lines in Hindi which will be dubbed in the Tamil version. If that South business was not missing for 2.0 (Hindi) then you would give the edge to 2.0 but now either can have the higher first day. The screen issue is not that important for Zero as its about getting that 45-50 crore capacity at the 900 multiplexes like Thugs of Hindustan. Then it will have the good collecting single screens, it does not matter if it does not go down to the Nampur’s, Neera’s, Nawabganj’s or Nagina’s of the country. 2500 multiplex screens and 1500 single screens will do nicely for Zero. The other 600-800 single screens will have very limited collections. 2.0 can do with a 5000 screen release but places like Nagarkurnool or Narsapur in Andhra or Nagarthpet in Mysore will not release the Hindi versions while a film like Race 3 releases in these places and gets decent collections also. The Hindi version can go to a little over 4000 screens on a best case scenario.
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November 22, 2018 at 8:55 AM
I’m expecting 30 cr for zero on day 1, I understand it won’t have killer initial one it doesn’t have action and srk is in his down phase, but 30 crores would a great start and if the film is good 200cr should be achievable
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November 22, 2018 at 12:25 PM
Fine fine i/v
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November 22, 2018 at 12:26 PM
Rangan and Karan
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