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  • No big BO collection this week

    No big BO collection this week

    MUMBAI: The week saw as many as four films releasing. Even though Hasee Toh Phasee was the only film with known faces and a prestigious banner to back it, it did not meet up to the expectations and the promotion it was given. The film had nothing to offer to the single screen audience and even the youth and the multiplex audience did not readily take to the film. It opened to a tepid response. While Friday was below average, there was a nominal rise in the Saturday collections and it rose on Sunday mainly at multiplexes, to take its weekend collection figure to 15.75 crore.

     

    Baloo Happy Hai, Ya Rab and Heartless could not draw enough audience.

     

    Last week’s One By Two opened to poor response and remained so as the week progressed ending its first week run with mere a 2.5 crore to show.

     

    Jai Ho that was given an entertainment tax exemption in some states had little effect on the collections as the exemption came after the bad word of mouth had already done the damage. The film added 19.2 crore in its second week, taking its two week total to 101.2 crore.

     

    Yaariyan managed to add another 60 lakh in its fourth week to take its four week tally to 32.65 crore.

     

    Dedh Ishqiya collected 55 lakh in its fourth week thereby taking its four week total to 25.95 crore.

  • BO: A bad start to 2014

    BO: A bad start to 2014

    MUMBA: It has been a dull scene at the box office windows all over as even the Salman Khan film, Jai Ho, has behaved way below expectations. The single screens were made to pay high MGs (the demand was “More than MGs paid for Dhoom3!). All stand to lose 50 to 60% of the MGs paid. They had a happy ending to year 2013 with Dhoom3 but have had a bad start to 2014. Also, there is no major film in sight in near future to rest their hopes on.

     

    Salman Khan’s sermonising fare, Jai Ho, has not been able to draw crowds from day one. The audience seems to have a strong antenna about their choice and infer a lot from the publicity campaigns of a particular film. The film had a weak Friday and a Saturday which saw a drop instead of a rise in collections. The only saving grace were the Sunday collections which jumped by about 40% over its opening day figures. With an opening weekend of 57.2 crore, the film has not even managed to cross the mandatory 100 crore mark in its first week which is expected of any major star. The film ended its first week with 82.1 crore. It may just about manage to cross the 100 crore mark which still makes it a loser.

     

    The solo release of the week, One By Two is a rank bad film and faced the consequences for being so. Lacking any story worth telling and a coherent script backed by poor handling, it failed to attract even a small fraternity of Abhay Deol fans. At many screens, there was ‘No audience, no show’ status. The film collected 1.4 crore for its first weekend.

     

    Yaariyan, its mediocre content notwithstanding, has made its money. Having collected 32.05 crore in its first two weeks, the film has added another crore to its tally, taking its total to 33.05 crore.

     

    Dedh Ishqiya has run out of steam by its third week. Adding just 80 lakh for its third week, the film’s three week take is 25.4 crore.

  • Salman’s ‘Jai Ho’ gets a lukewarm response at BO

    Salman’s ‘Jai Ho’ gets a lukewarm response at BO

    MUMBAI: Jai Ho, having opened to a weak response, picks up for a day on Sunday to drop again today (Monday). The film’s opening at single screens was average while at multiplexes it was below average and showed improvement on Sunday only to find its level again as the new week began. The film has collected 57.2 crore for its opening weekend.

     

    Karle Pyar Karle has fared badly, barely managing to cross one crore mark in its first week.

     

    The other two releases, Paranthe Wali Gali and Miss Lovely are disastrously poor.

     

    Yaariyan will go down as a mini hit. The film maintained well in its second week with collections of 5.8 crore; the film’s two week total stands at 32.05 crore.

     

    Dedh Ishqiya kept steady pace in its second week with figures of 6.3 crore but not enough to salvage the situation. The film’s two week tally stands at 24.6 crore.

     

    Sholay 3-D has collected one crore in its third week to take its three week total to 11.3 crore.

  • Jai Ho ….Not Quite Salman

    Jai Ho ….Not Quite Salman

    MUMBAI: With an array of blockbusters behind him, the burden of delivering a bigger grosser grows every time a new Salman Khan film hits the screens. Keeping up with these expectations is not an easy task.

     

    Too add more to it, with his latest, Salman, also attempts to promote his personal image that of a charitable pure heart which he is building through Being Human Foundation. That makes Salman’s character too goody-goody; he is all sugar.

     

    Jai Ho has is a remake of Telugu film Stalin which borrowed the idea from  Hollywood film Pay It Forward (2000) about creating a chain wherein every person who receives a favour from someone does favours for three other people when given a chance. The idea is to multiply the do-gooders in the society. That is one side of Salman; the other is that of fighting the evil forces which is represented by Danny and his son, daughter and son in law. This is a dampener since people have stopped caring about politicians’ character.

     

    Salman is an ex-army man, discharged for disobeying the orders of his high command. His intentions were noble, though. He ventured into enemy territory and freed some children held captive there. He always seems to be in the right place at the right time for wherever he goes someone or the other is in need of help. For instance, he helps an armless student, Genelia D’Souza, write her exam paper as her writer has not turned up and Salman happens to be around, dropping his nephew to school. Next, Salman spots a car driver rudely pushing and hitting a young beggar girl. He beats up the driver and here onwards starts his enmity with Danny clan. The driver happened to be his man and soon Danny’s goons are looking for him. The fights are the usual South Indian films kind very much in vogue with Hindi films lately: hundreds of swords and sickles wielding goons vs. Salman and how he annihilates them.

     

    But, this pure heart hero’s heart also throbs for other reasons, the romantic kind. He finds his lady love in his sister’s (Tabu) neighbour, Daisy Shah. There is no coochi-cooing. The romance is pure Rajshri film brand with heroine around mainly to sing songs with Salman.

     

    In between song and dance, Salman has to fight off Danny’s dirty tricks. Salman’s mother (Nadira Babbar) is run over by Danny’s men to warn him to back off while on another occasion his nephew is kidnapped and while saving him Salman ebds up killing Danny’s son in law (Mukul Dev). This adds more fuel to the fire. Even as Danny is desperate to kill Salman, his idea of doing three favours to others catches on; and everybody including the chief minister (Mohnish Behl) are curious to know whose noble idea it was.

     

    The CM, unhappy with the war between Salman and Danny, decides to intervene. Having learnt Salman’s background as a decorated army man he does not think it fair to punish Salman nor does he want his party to suffer because of Danny’s antics. The meeting between the three, Salman, Danny and Mohnish ends with a compromise and Salman has been asked to wait till Mohnish gives Danny a piece of his mind behind closed doors. Danny puts his plan in to effect; kill Mohnish, take his place as the CM and frame Salman for the murder.

     

    The original, Stalin was released in 2006 and the concept has become outdated. What is more, like many South films, Jai Ho also tends to get preachy and that is not what fans of Salman’s one-liners want. There is not much to the story and the first half becomes boring. The villain and his goons provide some mass entertainment. Yes, and there are also some mushy moments. Music is weak with just one song worth a mention. The film lacks finesse. As for performances, the film hinges totally on Salman and he is at his usual physical and acrobatic best. Daisy is fair, this being her debut film. Nadira Babbar is stagy. Tabu and the rest are okay. The film has a few known faces doing cameo roles in Suniel Shetty, Aditya Panscholi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Genelia, Mohnish, providing variety.

     

    Jai Ho, despite Salman, has had a tepid opening response even from single screens; having been made to pay high MGs, the single screens stand to lose their earnings from couple of recent money spinners. 

     

    Producers: Sunil Lulla, Sohail Khan.

    Director: Sohail Khan.

    Cast: Salman Khan, Daisy Shah, Tabu, Danny Danzongpa, Nadira Babbar, Mukul Dev, Mahesh Thakur, Resham Tipnis, Ashmit Patel, Yash Tonk, Haroon Qazi, Genelia D’Souza, Suniel Shetty, Aditya Panscholi, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sharad Kapoor.

  • Dhoom 3 still going strong at BO

    Dhoom 3 still going strong at BO

    MUMBAI: Karle Pyar Karle, a launch pad for Shiv Darshan, which afforded an ambitious release with about 1000 screens, has not been able to make any impact. A youth oriented action romance; it has failed to draw its target audience. The film opened to less than 10 per cent occupancy and has only tapered down thereafter.

     

    The other two releases – Miss Lovely and Parathe Wali Galli, failed to draw enough audience to conduct shows.

     

    Yaariyan scored on the strength of its music the mixed reactions of the viewers notwithstanding. The film has sailed to safe grounds with the first week collection figures of 26.25 crore.

     

    Dedh Ishqiya, as one gathers from the viewers’ response, fell short of expectations; most preferred the earlier version. Having opened to a lukewarm response, the film maintained on the lower side to end its first week with figures of 18.3 crore.

     

    Sholay 3-D has added 2 crore in its second week thus taking its two week total to 10.3 crore.

     

    Dhoom 3 squeezes the  box office to its last potential collecting 4.75 crore in its fourth week taking its four week tally for the Hindi version to 272.49 crore; 285.24 crore including TnT versions.

     

    The exhibition trade is again looking forward to the Republic Day weekend release, Jai Ho, the latest Salman Khan offering for at least two weeks of throbbing box office. This time, the Khans seem to have chosen a subject with a social message. The film is based on the Chiranjeevi starrer Telugu film, Stalin (2006).

  • ‘Jai Ho’, Hungama launches music app

    ‘Jai Ho’, Hungama launches music app

    MUMBAI: Salman Khan and Jai Ho join hands with Hungama to launch the ‘Hungama-Jai Ho Friends-of-Friends’ campaign’. The campaign draws from the concept of the movie which touches upon unifying people for a cause.

     

    Using the love for music as a trigger, this unique promotion aims to bring people who share this common passion together. The music lovers need to give a missed call on 0922 313 8888 or SMS Hungama to 54646 to get personalised links to the ‘Hungama-Jai Ho Friends-of-friends’ campaign’.

     

    They need to take the chain forward by sharing it with three more of their friends to build the ‘Friends-of-friends’ chain. The movie-buff who builds the largest ‘Friends-of-friends’ chain wins a chance to meet Salman Khan himself.

     

    Beyond providing the consumers with the ‘Hungama-Jai Ho Friends-of-friends’ campaign’, Hungama ‘Music Application’ is a repository of over 2 million songs across genres and is the only Indian music app with video streaming and sharing facility. The application also has a patent pending integrated programme wherein a user can earn and redeem points every time they watch videos, play/share music, invite friends or even create playlists. Successfully launched last year, the next-gen app breaks the competitive digital music market by not only bringing unique ‘never-before’ features, but also elevating music listening experience by allowing to watch videos and socialise while streaming.

  • Films to lookout for in 2014

    Films to lookout for in 2014

    MUMBAI: As the year 2013 comes to a close, we realise that the year was not really disappointing. We had some really great films that not just did good business but also entertained the audiences. As we usher in the year 2014, we look at the ten films that created the right buzz in 2013 and the chances of them making a blockbuster release looks bright.

     

    Jai Ho
    The year is set to start with a blockbuster. Starring Salman Khan, the film that releases on 24 January is going to be high on drama. The actor started promoting the film on Bigg Boss 7 and also cheekily remarked that “it wasn’t the good way to start the promotion”. But we know promotions or no promotions, if the bhai of Bollywood stars in a film, it’s ought to do well!

     

    Gunday
    Starring Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, the film started making noise from the time it was announced. The tongue-in-cheek humour by the two lead actors on the chat show Koffee With Karan has increased the interest around the film even more. A Yash Raj Films venture, the film is directed by Ali Abbas Zafar and is set to release on February 14.

     

    Happy New Year
    The film brings back the trio – Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and Farah Khan, who together created magic with Om Shaanti Om in 2007. With an interesting cast including actors like Sonu sood, Jackie Shroff, Boman Irani among others, the film is set to release in October, 2014.

     

    Biopic on Mary Kom
    Biopics on sports stars is the new love of the Indian audience, it seems, at least that is what we get from the way Bhaag Milkha Bhaag was embraced. Now, the coming year is set to see another film featuring a sports star – the life of boxer Mary Kom played by Priyanka Chopra. The sportstar has brought many glories to the country. Hope with a film on her, the film industry gains as well.

     

    Kick
    Salman Khan may have missed an Eid release in 2013, but for 2014 Eid, he is all set with Kick. There were a few problems in starting this maiden directorial venture of producer Sajid Nadiadwala, but all’s well when Salman’s the hero and when the film’s releasing during Eid.

     

    2 States
    The film is being jointly produced by Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwala and is based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel, 2 States: The Story Of My Marriage. Starring Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt, the film has created the right buzz even though not much is known about the film.

     

    PK
    So this film brings together the duo of Aamir Khan and Rajkumar Hirani who created magic with 3 Idiots. While the film doing good business is a known fact keeping in mind the past records, the only question is if it will be bigger and better than 3 Idiots. With only few leaked out posters, the film that would release on 6 June has managed to keep the audience’s curiosity intact.

     

    Bang Bang
    With Krissh 3, Hrithik Roshan has already proven his mettle. Though the production of Bang Bang has been delayed because of multiple reasons, the film would make its way in 2014 with the actor focusing entirely on the project. The film also stars leggy lass Katrina Kaif.

     

    Highway
    The cute-looking Alia Bhatt made everyone take notice of her when she starred in Student of the Year. Now, it’s Imtiaz Ali’s Highway for which she is making news. The film, shot in different parts of India, is being looked forward by many.

     

    Singham 2
    The sequel to the 2012 Devgn blockbuster, Singham, has been postponed a bit because Rohit Shetty got busy with his small screen venture as a host for Fear Factor. However, now everything is in place and the duo are set to create the magic that they created with the Golmaal franchise.

  • Salman Khan’s ‘Mental’ to be rechristened ‘Azaad’

    Salman Khan’s ‘Mental’ to be rechristened ‘Azaad’

    It’s quite normal for movies to be in the news over the change of star cast but the Dabangg star’s Mental is in the news over its title. According to sources Salman Khan’s Mental has received yet another title change and apparently it’s been rechristened as Azaad.

    The Khan brothers can’t seem to finalise a name for their next film. The film tentatively titled Mental was renamed as Jai Ho. However, the filmmakers have changed their mind again and Jai Ho will now be Azaad, but this name isn’t final either.