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  • ‘Baahubali’ premiere on Sony Max betters Salman Khan’s ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ ratings

    ‘Baahubali’ premiere on Sony Max betters Salman Khan’s ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ ratings

    MUMBAI: The two Bs that created the maximum buzz at the Indian box office this year were Bajrangi Bhaijaan and Baahubali – The Beginning. While the former starring Salman Khan did wonders at its recent world television premiere on Star Gold, the latter has gone and bettered its performance on the small screen.

    According to TAM Media Research’s analytical division S-Group, Baahubali – The Beginning has toppledBajrangi Bhaijaan with TVR of 6.85 on Sony Max. Bajrangi Bhaijaan notched 6.80 TVR in its world TV premiere on Star Gold.

    As was earlier reported by Indiantelevision.com, Star Gold emerged as the number one channel in the Hindi movie genre with the premiere of Bajrangi Bhaijaan. The movie perched itself on the sixth spot on the elite list of the Top 10 world television premieres from 2010 – 2015 as per TAM Media Research.

    However, Baahubali has now replaced Bajrangi Bhaijaan in the sixth spot of the top 10 world television premiere list.

    Baahubali, directed by S. S Rajamouli and produced by Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni, was made in Telugu and Tamil. It was also dubbed in Hindi, Malayalam and French languages.

    Baahubali had its Hindi world television premieres in week 44 (25 October) on Sony Max. It may be recalled that it was telecast on Malayalam and Telugu languages, earlier in October.

    Baahubali in Telugu telecast on Star India’s regional channel Maa TV received the maximum TVR of 21.8, followed by its Malayalam version on Mazhavil Manorama with 16.1 TVR and last but not the least in Hindi on Sony Max with 6.85 TVR.

    Aamir Khan’s 3 Idiots with 10.88 TVR leads the top ten list of world television premiere followed by Salman Khan’s Bodyguard with 9.95 TVR in the second spot. Shah Rukh Khan’s Chennai Express with 9.50 TVR stands in the third spot, while yet another Salman’s Dabangg is on fourth spot with 9.19 TVR. In the fifth position is the Ajay Devgn starrer Singham with 8.72 TVR.

    In week 44 Baahubali replaced blockbuster Bajrangi Bhaijaan, which was dominating the sixth spot in week 42. Baahubali with 6.85 TVR bagged the sixth slot in the top ten list just above the Bajrangi Bhaijaan, which is in seventh slot with 6.80 TVR. In eight spot is the Shah Rukh Khan starrer Ra.One,which received 6.72 TVR and Aamir’s PK was at ninth spot with 6.62 TVR. In tenth spot is the Akshay Kumar starrer Entertainment movie premiere with 5.49 TVR.

    Bajrangi Bhaijaan was heavily promoted and hence received 81 per cent promo reach and average frequency of 15.5. Baahubali, on the other hand, was promoted to achieve a 70 per cent each. Bajrangi Bhaijaan received 23.3 per cent whereas Baahubali received a higher reach conversion that is 25.1 per cent among the both the movies, on Hindi speaking market (HSM).

  • Mediocre films fail to create fireworks at box office

    Mediocre films fail to create fireworks at box office

    MUMBAI: The pre-Diwali period being the worst in the calendar for new films to release, it used to see re-runs or dubbed films in the old days. Now, there is a horde of nondescript films releasing which, otherwise, would not get playtime at multiplexes. Last week saw a number of such films releasing, all to disastrous results. All of them faced the ‘no audience, no show’ status. 

     

    For Charlie Ke Chakkar Main, Naseeruddin Shah was the only USP, whereas the rest were a total at loss for the viewers. The film about a cop investigating into a drug hijack case, decides to be complicated and loses track. Shah in top billing is no help thereafter and the film performs poorly. The film has collected about Rs 70 lakh for its opening weekend.

     

    Four Pillars Of Basement, a poor adaptation of the Hollywood film P2, is lost in transition to such an extent, it is insufferable. Despite being based on just two characters hogging the footage, it’s them, these two untalented characters and the makers’ lack of qualification that sinks the film in the first place. The film is very poor with just about Rs 15 lakh to show for its first weekend.

     

    Ranbanka, another UP Baahubali film comes a cropper. Such cases don’t even merit a paragraph coverage in urban newspapers, what would justify a feature film on such themes? The film managed a poor Rs 25 lakh for the weekend.

     

    Yaara Silly Silly is another loser with collection of around Rs 40 lakh for its opening weekend.

     

    The last week faced the same situation as the only hope of the week, Main Aur Charles, boasting of a saleable star cast and decent promotion, failed badly. The film had a below par weekend of Rs 3.65 crore and just about managed to hold on as it finished its first week with approximately Rs 5.6 crore.

     

    Titli, the other release, produced by Dibakar Bannerjee and marketed by Yash Raj Films, fared poorly. The film managed to collect merely Rs 1.6 crore in its first week. 

     

    Guddu Ki Gun collected Rs 1.9 crore in its first week. 

     

    Shaandaar collected Rs 2.1 crore in its second week taking its two week tally to Rs 39 crore.

     

    Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 has collected Rs 6.8 crore in its third week to take its two week total to Rs 58.7 crore. The film is super hit.

  • Q2-2016: Inox YoY revenue up riding on higher box office, PAT quadruples

    Q2-2016: Inox YoY revenue up riding on higher box office, PAT quadruples

    BENGALURU: Inox Leisure Limited reported 33.6 per cent increase in Total Income from Operations (TIO) in the quarter ended 30 September, 2015 (Q2-2016, current quarter) at Rs 355.38 crore as compared to the Rs 265.94 crore in Q2-2015. The company’s TIO in Q2-2016 also improved 192 basis points as compared to the Rs 348.68 crore in the immediate trailing quarter.

     

    The increase was driven by a 35.5 per cent increase in box office collection in the current quarter at Rs 243.87 crore as compared to the Rs 179.96 crore in Q2-2015 and fractionally higher than the Rs 239.38 crore in the immediate trailing quarter.

     

    Note: (1) 100,00,000 = 100 lakh = 10 million = 1 crore

    (2) Figures include Satyam Cineplexes Limited which became wholly owned subsidiary of the company on 8th Aug 2014.

     

    Improved Box Office performance of a number of movies saw the company’s PAT in the current quarter almost quadruple (up 3.92 times) to Rs 20.51 crore (5.8 per cent margin) as compared to the Rs 5.23 crore (two per cent margin) in Q2-2015, but declined 18.8 per cent as compared to the Rs 25.26 crore (7.2 per cent margin) in the immediate trailing quarter.

     

    Performance of movies like Bajrangi Bhaijaan (Rs 53.26 crore GBOC or Gross Box Office Collection, 28 lakh footfalls); Baahubali –The Beginning (Rs 39.67 crore, 25 lakh footfalls); Welcome Back (Rs 16.1 crore GBOC, 10 lakh footfalls); Drishyam (Rs 13.72 crore GBOC, 8 lakh footfalls) and Brothers (11.03 crore GBOC, 6 lakh footfalls) drove the resurgence in revenue as well profit after tax (PAT).

     

    Footfalls, occupancy rates and average ticket price

     

    Inox reported a 30 per cent increase in footfalls in the current quarter at 145 lakh as compared to the 112 lakh in the corresponding year ago quarter and flat as compared to the 145 lakh in Q1-2016.

     

    Occupancy rate in Q2-2016 improved to 32 per cent as compared to the 26 per cent in Q2-2015 and slightly lower than the 33 per cent in the immediate trailing quarter.

     

    Average Ticket Price (APT) increased 3.6 per cent to Rs 167 in the current quarter as compared to the Rs 161 in Q2-2015 and Rs 165 in the immediate trailing quarter.

     

    Advertising, food and beverages and other operating revenues

     

    The company reported 20.2 per cent higher advertising revenue in Q2-2016 at Rs 21.40 crore as compared to the Rs 17.81 crore in Q2-2015 and was 3.2 per cent more than the Rs 20.72 in Q1-2016.

     

    Food and Beverages revenue (F&B) in Q1-2016 increased 36.5 per cent to Rs 69.24 crore as compared to the Rs 50.77 crore in Q2-2015, but declined 6.3 per cent as compared to the Rs 73.89 crore in Q1-2016.

     

    Other operating revenue increased 19.9 per cent to Rs 20.87 crore as compared to the Rs 17.40 crore in Q2-2015 and was 42 per cent more than the Rs 14.70 crore in Q1-2016.

     

    Entertainment Tax, Distributors share and F&B costs, rents, etc.

     

    Inox paid 48.7 per cent higher entertainment tax in Q2-2016 at Rs 47.57 crore as compared to the Rs 32 crore in Q2-2015 and 2.9 per cent more than the Rs 42.63 crore in Q1-2016.

     

    Distributors share (exhibition cost) in Q2-2016 at Rs 86.61 crore increased 26.1 per cent as compared to the Rs 68.71 crore in Q2-2015 and was 1.6 per cent more than the Rs 85.21 crore in Q1-2016.

     

    F&B costs in Q2-2016 increased 31.6 per cent to Rs 17.6 crore as compared to the Rs 13.37 crore in Q2-2015, but declined 4.2 per cent as compared to the Rs18.38 crore in Q1-2016.

  • MVP Entertainment to release ‘Baahubali’ in seven countries

    MVP Entertainment to release ‘Baahubali’ in seven countries

    NEW DELHI: Indian blockbuster film Baahubali: The Beginning by S S Rajamouli is all set to release in seven territories across Asia.

     

    MVP Entertainment will release the film in Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Timor-Leste.

     

    The deal was struck at the recently concluded Busan Asian Film Market between MVP president Raam Punjabi and manager Vikas Sharma and the film’s co-producer Shobu Yarlagadda and Francois da Silva from Arka Mediaworks International.

     

    Additionally, the film has already got dates for release in China and Japan in conjunction with E Stars for China and Twin Co. for Japan.

     

    The opening film of the Busan Film Festival’s Open Cinema Stand, Baahubali has grossed $92 million so far.

     

    Rajamouli’s earlier film Eega was screened at Toronto, Shanghai, and several other international film festivals, giving him a cult status.

     

    Rajamouli has shot about 40 per cent of Baahubali: The Conclusion and will commence the rest in November-end in Hyderabad’s Ramoji Film City. Some forest sequences will be shot in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

     

    The film is expected to be release by the end of next year, and will be released simultaneously in Telugu, Hindi and other languages.

     

    The film’s success lay in the final epic war scene that was filmed with a lot of ingenuity and original stunts. Owing to the grandeur, the budget of the two Baahubali films has gone up from $40 million to $50 million.

     

    The Baahubali saga is about brothers in medieval India in conflict over a rich kingdom and is rich in imagery, battles and skulduggery. It stars Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannah, Sathyaraj and Ramya Krishnan.

  • Mazhavil Manorama to premiere ‘Baahubali’ Malayalam version

    Mazhavil Manorama to premiere ‘Baahubali’ Malayalam version

    MUMBAI: Malayalam general entertainment channel (GEC) Mazhavil Manorama is all set to premiere one of the biggest blockbuster of recent times – Baahubali.

     

    The channel holds the satellite rights of the movie’s Malayalam version and will premiere it on 4 October at 6 pm.

     

    Baahubali was originally made in Telugu and was also released in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and various other languages. The channel has chalked out aggressive promotion campaign to promote the world television premiere.

     

    Mazhavil Manorama holds the satellite rights of all the three big hits of SS Rajamouli namely the Malayalam versions of Mahadheera and Eega (Eaacha), which have already been aired on the channel.

     

    Baahubali: The Beginning was released worldwide on 10 July, 2015 and garnered huge acclaim. The movie emerged as one of the highest grossing Indian film of all time within India as well as the third global highest grossing Indian film of all time.

     

    Planned as a two part movie, Baahubali – The Beginning is the first part, while the second part is yet to release. The movie is produced by K. Raghavendra Rao, Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni under the banner Arka Media Works. 

     

    Baahubali’s Malayalam version stars Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah, Ramya Krishnan and Sathyaraj.

  • National award winning Marathi film ‘Court’ is India’s entry for Oscars

    National award winning Marathi film ‘Court’ is India’s entry for Oscars

    NEW DELHI: The National Award winning Marathi film Court, written and directed by first-time filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane, is India’s official entry for the Oscars in the foreign language category.

     

    The decision was taken by a 16-member committee headed by Amol Palekar set up by the Film Federation of India (FFI), which met in Hyderabad. Other contenders included Masaan, PK and Baahubali.

     

    Court, which has already been to several international film festivals and won national and international awards, is the story of a radical poet who is accused of waging war against the state. It follows the never-ending trial of a balladeer who is accused of encouraging a municipal worker to commit suicide through his fiery songs. The multi-lingual arthouse drama examines the Indian judicial system from the perspectives of the accused, the lawyer defending him, the public prosecutor, and the judge presiding over the case.

     

    Court was premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2014 where it won the Lion of the Future Award for the best first feature as well as the top prize in the non-competitive Horizons category. Court also won the National Award for Best Feature Film at this year’s National Film Awards.

     

    The movie’s cast includes its producer Vivek Gomber, Marathi stage veteran Geetanjali Kulkarni, and Vira Sathidar. It has been shot by Mrinal Desai and edited by Rikhav Desai. Tamhane and Gomber are in Japan at the Fukoka International Film Festival where the film is being screened.

     

    This is the third Marathi film to be sent for the Oscars. The first was Sandeep Sawant’s Shwaas in 2004, while the second was Harichandrachi Factory by Paresh Mokakshi.

     

    India has never won an Academy Award in the best foreign language movie category though it has figured in the nominations thrice: for Mehmoob Khan’s Mother India, Mira Nair’s Salaam Bombay and Ashuthosh Gowarikar’sLagaan.

  • ‘Baahubali’ win hearts at the box office

    ‘Baahubali’ win hearts at the box office

    MUMBAI: Special effects and quality of sound design have worked for Baahubali (dubbed) in the Hindi belt too where normally South actors and dubbed versions are not readily accepted. The audience seems to notice little else as the many glitches in the movie have not mattered to the viewers. The film collected a decent Rs 4 crore plus on the opening day and improving it over the next two days to end its opening weekend with a reasonable Rs 20.15 crore.

     

    On the other hand, I Love NY, a dated film starring Sunny Deol and Kangana Ranaut, was an effort to cash in on Ranaut’s recent popularity following a few hits. The film, which was almost written off by the investors themselves, was not accepted by moviegoers either.

     

    I Love NY was released without much fanfare or promotion but only proved that not releasing it at all would have been more economical. The film’s collections on all three day in its first weekend remained poor failing to cross the Rs 1 crore mark on any day. It ended its weekend with figures of Rs 1.55 crore.

     

    Guddu Rangeela has proved to be a loser. Having collected a little over Rs 5 crore for its first weekend, the film has barely managed to add another Rs 2 crore plus to account for its first week figure of Rs 7.75 crore.

     

    Second Hand Husband proves to be loser with a poor weekend and a poorer follow up through rest of its first week to collect a just Rs 2.6 crore.

     

    Bezubaan Ishq is a total loss plus experiment as the film manages to collect barely Rs 2.55 crore against an investment of Rs 18 crore.

     

    Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho adds Rs 7 lakh in its second week to take its two week total to Rs 1.47 crore.

     

    ABCD2 holds well in its third week to collect Rs 7.2 crore and taking its three week total to Rs 103.25 crore.

     

    Hamari Adhuri Kahani collects Rs 25 lakh in its fourth week to take its four week total to Rs 32.55 crore.

     

    Tanu Weds Manu Returns collects Rs 75 lakh in its seventh week to take its seven week tally to Rs 152.71 crore.