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  • Not so ‘Happy Ending’ at the BO

    Not so ‘Happy Ending’ at the BO

    MUMBAI: Happy Ending is a reasonably funny film but opens weak as the film’s star cast lacks the draw at the box office and depends only on its public reports to sustain. During the weekend, the public reports were fair and so were the reviews, but the collections remained below par at Rs 13.5 crore for its opening weekend.

     

    The other release of the week, Titoo MBA remained very poor.

     

    Kill/Dil maintained well through the week, albeit on the lower side as appreciation was missing. Not a film befitting YRF repertoire. The film has collected Rs 30.82 crore for its first week and adding another Rs 1.54 for the second weekend.

     

    Chaar Sahibzaad (Animation) has made a record jump in its second week thanks to its Punjabi version. This should emerge as the biggest Punjabi hit on religious theme since the 1969 Punjabi film, Nanak Naam Jahaj Hai, produced by the Maheshwaris (Kalpanalok) who have a memorable Hindi hit around the same time in Kaajal, a Raajkumar starrer.

     

    The Shaukeens has added Rs 2.1 crore in its second week to take its two week total to Rs 20.6 crore. Rang Rasiya has collected Rs 75 lakh in its second week to take its two week total to Rs 4.7 crore.

     

    Super Nani has collected Rs 25 lakh in its third week to take its three week total to Rs 29.1 crore. Happy New Year has collected Rs 1.4 crore in its fourth week taking its four week tally to Rs 171.2 crore.

  • Dull week at the BO

    Dull week at the BO

    MUMBAI: The week’s major release was Yash Raj’s Kill/ Dil, a very average fare which opened to poor response. Looks like the film may do its best only during the opening weekend with its solo release status being an advantage and not sustain thereafter. The film has managed to collect Rs 20.18 crore for its first three days.

    Chaar Sahibzaade (animation) has done very well in Punjab and has collected Rs 3.75 crore in its first week.

    Last week’s release, The Shaukeens, has not been able to fare well.  A disappointing remake of the 1982 classic by Basu Chatterjee, Shaukeen, and the film falls flat because of poor transcribing and adaption. The film manages about Rs 18.5 crore for its first week.

    Rang Rasiya has not been able to sell its erotica and nudity in the name of the life story of Raja Ravi Varma. The film falls flat at the box office and manages to collect just about Rs 3.95 crore for its opening week.

    Super Nani is the end of the story by its week two. The film manages to collect Rs 10 lakh in its second week to take its two week total to Rs 2.85 crore.

    Happy New Year has added Rs 7.4 crore in its third week to take its three week tally to Rs 169.8 crore.

     

  • Akshay Kumar strives hard for the National Award, in ‘The Shaukeens’

    Akshay Kumar strives hard for the National Award, in ‘The Shaukeens’

    MUMBAI: With Akshay Kumar’s latest flick The Shaukeens ready for release, his character in the movie was recently announced. The actor will play a real life version of himself, but with a surprising twist. He will be seen playing an alcoholic superstar in the feature.

     

    Director Abhishek Sharma reveals, “In the film, Akshay desperately wants to win the National Award. There is this huge conflict between him and his business manager (Cyrus Broacha), who wants him to break box-office records instead. But Akshay is ready to do anything to bag the most respected award in the country.”

     

    This interesting spin to the character goes on to form the highlight of the movie produced by Murad Khetani and Ashwin Varde.

     

    Sharma further reveals that the manner in which the superstar achieves his goal goes on to become a crucial part of the films plot.

     

    “In the middle of all this mad conflict are a greedy secretary, an eccentric director and a commercial filmmaker — all driving Akshay crazy, who’s wasted, anyway! It is madness like never seen before,” adds Sharma.     

          

    The Shaukeens is a remake of 1982 comedy movie Shaukeen directed by Basu Chatterjee. It stars Anupam Kher, Annu Kapoor, Piyush Mishra and Lisa Haydon along with Akshay Kumar.

     

    Produced by Cine1 Studios, Cape Of Good Films and Ashwin Varde Productions, the film is set to release on 7 November 2014.

  • Anupam and Lisa get drunk: Behind the scenes of ‘The Shaukeens’

    Anupam and Lisa get drunk: Behind the scenes of ‘The Shaukeens’

    MUMBAI: To give a scene reality touch while shooting, actor Anupam Kher and Lisa Haydon downed a little too much red wine on the sets of The Shaukeens.

    Tired after a hard day at work, where the lead actors Anupam Kher, Annu Kapoor, Piyush Mishra and Lisa Haydon were scheduled to travel to three different locations to shoot three different scenes in one day, with each location about two hours away from the next. Haydon and Kher decided to break away from the tradition of using mock drinks for shooting the last scene for the day where they were to be filmed while drinking wine by having actual red wine.

    By the time the final shot was taken, the two had downed three to four glasses each, a source from the sets revealed. “Luckily, it was the last scene for the day. So, no one noticed that the actors were actually in high spirits.”

    The Shaukeens is a remake of 1982 comedy movie Shaukeen directed by Basu Chatterjee. It stars Anupam Kher, Annu Kapoor, Piyush Mishra and Lisa Haydon along with Akshay Kumar in a special appearance. Produced by Cine1 Studios, Cape Of Good Films and Ashwin Varde Productions and directed by Abhishek Sharma, the film is set to release on 7 November 2014.