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  • Kya Super Kool collects Rs 231 mn in first three days

    Kya Super Kool collects Rs 231 mn in first three days

    MUMBAI: Kya Super Kool Hai Hum has withstood the box-office limitations of the Ramzan month, collecting Rs 231 million in the opening weekend.

    Balaji Telefilms‘ Girish Johar claims this to be the biggest opening weekend collection for a Ramzan month release.

    Mere Dost Picture Abhi Baki Hai fared miserably to collect a little over Rs one million in its first week.

    Challo Driver netted just Rs 600,000 in its first week, while Gattu, a Children‘s Film Society enterprise, collected Rs 1.5 million.

    Cocktail‘s box office total stood at Rs 713 million with Rs 175 million coming from the second week.

    Bol Bachchan did reasonably well in its third week to collect Rs 109 million. This took its three-week total to Rs 930 million.

    Gangs Of Wasseypur collected Rs 2.5 million in its fifth week to take its total to Rs 267 million.

    Ferrari KI Sawaari added Rs 1.3 million in its sixth week. The movie has so far collected Rs 282.8 million.

    Having netted Rs 2.5 million in the eighth week of its run, Rowdy Rathore has mopped up Rs 1.38 billion so far.

  • ‘Maximum’ disaster at BO

    ‘Maximum’ disaster at BO

    MUMBAI: Maximum, the film lacking on all counts from face value to content, became a disaster at the box office. The film managed to collect just about Rs 13 million over its opening weekend and its run may be curtailed today onwards for want of patrons.

    Teri Meri Kahaani remained poor at the box office and will fall far short of its high price of Rs 480 million for its domestic theatrical, satellite and audio rights; a grossly bad bargain for Wave Pictures. All the recovery that the film could muster pre-release was of Rs 40 million from audio rights and sale of two small circuits. The film has collected Rs 234.5 million in its first week with second weekend adding another Rs 35 million. The projected loss is over 50 per cent of investment as the prospects of decent recovery from the satellite rights have dwindled greatly.

    Gangs of Wasseypur has found its audience in some adventurous and curious few as it collected Rs 171 million in its first week; the curiosity tapered as the second weekend ended with figures of Rs 38 million.

    Ferrari KI Sawaari, which had collected Rs 177 million in its first week, added Rs 63 million in week two to take its total to Rs 241 million.

    Shanghai managed to collect only Rs 4 million in its third week, taking its tally to Rs 234 million.

    Rowdy Rathore maintained steady collections; with a figure of Rs 35.5 million in its fourth week, the film has so far collected Rs 1.34 billion.

    Vicky Donor collected Rs 1.1 million in its 10th week. Its net at the box office stands at Rs 419.5 million.

  • Rowdy Rathore nets Rs 1 bn in 10 days, Shanghai bombs

    Rowdy Rathore nets Rs 1 bn in 10 days, Shanghai bombs

    MUMBAI: Rowdy Rathore registered one of the biggest opening weekend figures and went on to hold steady through the week to collect Rs 795 million, the third highest after Ra.One’s Rs 925 million (which had an eight-and-a-half day week as the film was released on Wednesday) and Bodyguard (Rs 890 million, which had a nine-day week having been released on Wednesday).

    The Akshay Kumar-starrer benefitted due to a weak opposition in Shanghai and went on to add another Rs 219 million to its second weekend, thus crossing the Rs 1 billion mark on day 10 and taking its total to Rs 1.01 billion.

    Meanwhile, Shanghai, which opened to very poor response, failed to recover over the weekend due to bad word of mouth. The film collected Rs 122 million over the first weekend and is expected to fall further as the week begins.

    Department has proved to be a washout film.

    Ishqzaade added Rs 11.5 million in its fourth week, taking its total to Rs 469.5 million. Jannat 2 came to the end of its run, managing a symbolic Rs 500,000. Its total collections to date stood at Rs 459.5 million.

    Vicky Donor collected Rs 8 million in its seventh week to end its net collections at Rs 412.5 million so far.

  • Sanjay Leela Bhansali to remake Ramana

    Sanjay Leela Bhansali to remake Ramana

    MUMBAI: Encouraged by the good business of Rowdy Rathore, Sanjay Leela Bhansali has set his eyes on the remake of another southern hit Ramana to be directed by AR Murugadoss.

    Incidentally, the 2002 Tamil blockbuster has a strong anti-corruption message and the filmmaker hopes the film would still be relevant thanks to Anna Hazare‘s anti-corruption movement.

    Rowdy Rathore was the remake of Telugu film Vikramarkurdu.

    Ramana, which featured Vijaykanth in the lead and directed by Murugadoss (Ghajini fame), was an all-time hit. It was later remade in Telugu as Tagore with Chiranjeevi in the lead and then in Kannada as Vishnu Sena.

    However, it will take a while before Bhansali can start the work on Raman as he is pre-occupied with the Ranveer Kapoor-Kareena Kapoor starrer Ram Leela. He will then jump onto Shirin Farhad Ki Toh Nikal Padi.

  • Rowdy Rathore becomes this year’s biggest weekend grosser

    Rowdy Rathore becomes this year’s biggest weekend grosser

    MUMBAI: Rowdy Rathore has made the most of its mass appeal and an exhaustive release, as many as 2,800 prints across India. The film has also marked Akshay Kumar’s reentry to the action movie genre.

    The film has gone on to collect Rs 483 million in its opening weekend, making it the highest weekend grosser in this year and fifth highest so far.

    Bodyguard topped with Rs 889.5 million (from five-day weekend), followed by Ra.One (Rs 803 million from 5 days), Agneepath (Rs 620 million from 4-day weekend) and Dabangg (Rs 48.8 million).

    Among the other films, Department dropped beyond salvation in its second week managing to collect just Rs 7.5 million, taking its two-week total to Rs 118.5 million and making it a loss-making project.

    Ishqzaade continued to hold its own and collected Rs 75.5 million in the third week, recording a handsome total of Rs 458 million.

    Dangerous Ishq added Rs 4 million in its third week, taking its tally to Rs 67 million and, thus, making it a major loser.

    Jannat 2 has managed to stay above the Rs 10 million mark with collections of Rs 11 million in its fourth week. It took the four-week net collections to Rs 459 million.

    Vicky Donour maintained its excellent run at the box office by collecting Rs 21.5 million in its sixth week, which takes its total to Rs 404.5 million. It is set to be a hit.

    Housefull2 has come towards the end of its run with a symbolic contribution of Rs 2 million in its eighth week. The film has so far mopped up Rs 1.19 billion.

  • Rowdy Rathore befits a B grade film of a bygone era

    Rowdy Rathore befits a B grade film of a bygone era

    MUMBAI: Rowdy Rathore is an action thriller depicting its hero as a sort of superman. In the style of the good old 1970s and 80s, he is mightier than the combined might of scores of villains. A remake of Telugu hit Vikramarkudu, nothing seems to have changed in this Hindi version except the language and a few known supporting artistes, retaining the villain clan mainly from South.

    Producers: Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Ronnie Screwvala.
    Director: Prabhu Dheva.
    Cast: Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha, Yashpal Sharma, M Naseer, Paresh Ganatra, Anant Jog, Mushtaq Khan.

    The film aims at the masses, does not bother with finesse and lets minor details of crowds and costumes pass. The film has also been made in Tamil, Kannada and Bengali versions. The hero plays double role, which does not mean much since there few combined shots or drama on that count.

    Akshay Kumar as Shiva is a petty thief doing small tricks with his sidekick, a rather dumb-witted Paresh Ganatra. In short, he is a small-time tapori indulging in small-time sleight-of-hand, picking up mostly gold ornaments and cell phones. Just to establish how petty he is, his den is filled with a municipal garden bench to a railway clock! On one of his outings he sees Sonakshi Sinha and it is love at first sight. She has come to Mumbai from Patna to attend a cousin‘s wedding. Now Shiva is chasing Sonakshi when not chasing his victims and soon enough, Sonakshi too reciprocates. It is time to reveal his cards and confess to her that he is a petty crook. She makes him promise that he will give it up from ‘tomorrow‘, not because ‘today‘ was less auspicious but to facilitate a change of track in the story.

    Since Shiva has one last day before his promise takes effect, he decides to pull one major theft. He is lucky too, it would seem, because at the railway station a woman is flashing her money and advertising to anyone who will listen that the wooden chest she is carrying is full of gold. Shiva and his sidekick pick up the heavy chest. They open it to find a small girl sleeping soundly in the chest. The girl clings to Shiva and starts calling him papa.

    It is now time for Akshay Kumar 2 to emerge. Akshay Kumar 2, ASP Vikram Singh Rathore, is a top cop with guts and a widower. He is much-decorated and much-transferred from one posting to another for his forthright ways of dealing with criminals. He has taken on the local don of a town in Bihar called Devgadh. While fighting with his goons there, he was badly hurt and carries a bullet wound in his head which aggravates every time his head is hurt but also miraculously heals instantly with water!

    To demonstrate his hand-to-hand fighting skills to Shiva, he takes on the Devgadh goons again who have followed him to Mumbai where he has been brought on the sly by his loyal subordinates for treatment. The girl in the chest is his daughter who has been forced on to Shiva because he looks like the policeman. Vikram Singh succumbs to wounds inflicted on him in his demo fight.

    Shiva must fill Vikram Singh‘s shoes and complete the job, that of cleansing Devgadh of its tyrant, Bapji (M Naseer). What follows is pure frontbencher fare as Shiva picks up from where Rathore left off.

    Sonakshi Sinha drops in out of the blue to reclaim her love. A naach-gana routine follows before it is wrap up time. As in most south Indian films, the villagers are made witness and party to the demolition of the villain‘s empire as well as the villain.

    The making of Rowdy Rathore is that befitting a B grade film of a bygone era. The treatment is just about passable. Music is loud, with only one song, Chinta ta ta chita chita.., being entertaining. Dialogue lacks the punch needed in such a film. Technically it is average.

    It is an Akshay Kumar film all the way and he excels in action as usual. Sonakshi Sinha, made to vanish before interval and to emerge only towards end, is okay. Yashpal Sharma, doing a positive, restrained role for a change is very good. Paresh Ganatra makes his presence felt. M Naseer as the main villain is stereotype. Anant Jog and Mushtaq Khan are as usual.

    Rowdy Rathore caters to single screen cinemas. Its appeal with the multiplex audience, especially in up-market localities, is compromised by the theme and treatment. That is where first cracks on its box office performance will show

  • Talaash release delay affects other films

    Talaash release delay affects other films

    MUMBAI: The delay in the release of Aamir Khan‘s Talaash from June to November has affected other films and filmmakers.

    The first film to cash in on the postponement of Aamir Khan‘s Talaash was Akshay Kumar‘s Rowdy Rathore. The film, earlier scheduled to release on 15 June as it wanted to maintain a decent two-week gap from Talaash, has now seized the opportunity to come two weeks ahead on 1 June, the date when Talaash was supposed to release.

    Another film, the release of which has been subsequently preponed, is Kunal Kohli‘s Teri Meri Kahaani. Starring Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, the film was earlier scheduled to release on 22 June. But seeing Talaash off the release list, the makers thought it made sense to release Teri Meri Kahaani on 1 June.

    But while films releasing around June have breathed a sigh of relief, those film that were originally scheduled to release in November-end are at the receiving end. Films tentatively scheduled to hit the silver screen in that period are Shootout at Wadala and Race 2.

  • UTV to produce India’s first 3D dance musical

    UTV to produce India’s first 3D dance musical

    MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures will be producing India‘s first 3D dance musical. Titled ABCD (AnyBody Can Dance), the film will be directed by ace choreographer Remo Fernandes.

    India‘s best choreographers and dancers of the last few decades – Prabhu Deva and Ganesh Acharya – play key characters in the film. It also stars hit reality dancing show Dance India Dance winners like Salman Khan, Dharmesh, Prince, Mayuresh and Vrushali, all of whom will essay central characters.

    Lauren Gottlieb, the global winner of the popular television talent shop ‘So You Think You Can Dance’, will play the heroine in the film.

    UTV Motion Pictures CEO Siddharth Roy Kapur said, “We are thrilled to kick off one of our most exciting projects to date, ABCD (AnyBody Can Dance), India‘s first ever 3D dance musical. It has always been our endeavour to bring audiences movies that are different from the tried and tested, and with ABCD we believe we‘re pushing the boundaries of innovative content.”

    The film is scheduled to release by the end of 2012.

    Will Remo be good enough as a director? “Remo has proven to everyone that he is not only a sensational choreographer but also a director who knows the pulse of today‘s audience. He‘s the best choice to direct a film based on dance, and with Prabhu Deva (who is also directing Rowdy Rathore for us), Ganesh Acharya and other leading lights from India‘s dance fraternity in the cast, ABCD promises to be a total paisa-vasool family entertainer,” said Kapur.

  • UTV to release Barfi! on 13 July

    UTV to release Barfi! on 13 July

    MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures has announced that their Anurag Basu-directed film Barfi! will release on 13 July.

    Barfi! is the story of a cute and shrewd young man whom the girls love while the cops hate him. He can’t speak but is always talked about. His naughty antics will make you scream but he will never listen because he is deaf. Barfi! is all set to usher the Chalu Chaplin of India.

    Barfi! stars Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileyana in the lead. The film music is composed by Pritam.

    UTV has a slate of films lined up this year that include Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Barfi!, Rowdy Rathore, Heroine, Joker and many more.

  • UTV to release six films in 2012

    UTV to release six films in 2012

    MUMBAI: UTV Motion Pictures has released the slate of movies that it is to release in 2012.


    To start off, the company will release Ek Main Aur Ek Tu, its co-production with Dharma Productions on 10 February.


    The film being directed by Shakun Batra and starring Kareena Kapoor and Imraan Khan, is a light hearted, tragicomedy about a guy in his mid twenties going through a breakdown in his personal as well as work life. Rahul Kapoor loses his job as an architect in Vegas and by a twist of fate he meets Riana Braganza, a quick-witted hairstylist who is everything he isn‘t. Will this friendship with her turn to love?
     
    Following in May would be Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana, a co-production of UTV Spotboy and Anurag Kashyap directed by Sameer Sharma. The film starring Kunal Kapoor and Huma Qureshi celebrates the lovable quirks of a Punjabi joint family with its inherent humour, drama, confusion, emotion, and the secret recipe for a famous chicken curry Chicken Khurana that forms the crux of the plot.


    Releasing on 15 June will be Rowdy Rathore, a joint venture of UTV Motion Pictures and SLB Productions. The film, directed by Prabhudeva, starring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha, is a remake of Vikramarkudu, the superhit Telugu film which was also remade in Tamil as Siruthai. The film will see Kumar returning to his original action avatar.


    Following in July is Barfii, a UTV Motion Pictures product, directed by Anurag Basu. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileyana.


    Then there is the Shirish Kunder-directed Joker 3D that releases on 30 August. The film, a co-production of UTV Motion Pictures, Three‘s Company and Hari Om Productions and Shirish Kunder, stars Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha. Akshay Kumar returns to his hometown, a place that‘s so remote and crazy that it‘s not even on the map. And then what follows puts this forgotten little town not just on the country‘s map, but makes it the focus of the entire globe! Aliens!


    And the last film on the slate is the Madhur Bhandarkar-directed Heroine. The film, a UTV Motion Pictures and Bhandarkar Entertainment product and starring Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal, is based on the life and times of a superstar heroine from the dream factory we call ‘Bollywood‘. The film is an entertaining, daring, emotional, shocking, glamorous, scandalous behind the scenes account of the reality behind the world of glitz and glamour that our film stars inhabit.