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Q. What according to you is the biggest reason behind Aamir not winning many awards even after being a top superstar and great actor?
A. For top stars, Indian awards are not about winning them, but the actors wanting them.Akshay Kumar recently said, an awards show called him up to say they’ll give him the award as long as he charges half the fee for his award-performance. In response, Akshay said keep the award and give me my full performance-fee. It’s not just Aamir, even a great actor like Ajay Devgn hasn’t won a single Filmfare Award. And we are talking about a two-time National award winner here.
Q. Your views on Aamir’s consistency on major box office records. Aamir is the only actor to give an ATBB, 2 HGOTY and have a movie in top 3 highest grosser biggest hit and most watched film of the decade for 3 consecutive decades (1990-2010).
A. Aamir Khan is not just a name now, he’s a brand. Like the ‘ISI Mark’ is the most recognised and trusted certification, Aamir name assures quality, so even if it’s a small film like Secret Superstar – Aamir producing or acting in a film not only adds tremendous credibility, but it also generates widespread interest. There are many people in the country who only watch Aamir Khan films in theatres. Box office aside, this trust in the audience is probably the most thing to achieve in the industry.
Q. Does the clash between Tubelight and Sunny Deol starrer will affect Tubelight collection… especially in north?
A. It’s not going to make any difference. Sunny Deol is no longer a bankable star.
Q. Are these movies releasing in 2017 (Padman, Dutt biopic, Golmaal 4 and Ittefaq).
A. There’s a release date crunch this year, especially for big films. Dutt biopic is releasing this year, Golmaal Again might take the first week of November. Ittefaq is a small film – it’ll release this year too.
Q. What are your views on the new tactic by producers to clash with bigger films to get publicity because it will limit the amount of records movies make right?
A. The film industry is a business. No one decides on a ‘clash’ just because they do not want the other (bigger) film to not break records. While ego can play a role, most of these are purely business decisions. Shah Rukh wanted the Christmas weekend so that families could come and watch the film. He felt it was the best date and hence they decided to stick to it. Raees makers decided to move even though it was a perfect Eid film, because it did not make business sense to release it against Sultan and the established might of Salman during Eid. The makers of Toilet too planned, strategised and only then announced the date. The decision could prove to be beneficial to them, but it’s certainly not to hurt the other film or stop their film from becoming a big grosser.
Q. Why do Salman khan films open to earth shattering response? Is it his stardom or effect of trailer, songs etc?
A. We think a Salman Khan film does not require promotion – atleast not the usual city tours and TV appearances. Release the trailer, announce the Eid date.. people will come.
Q. Can you give circuit wise maximum capacity of a circuit on 1 day?
A. It depends on a lot of factors like ticket prices, release size etc. For a Salman Khan release, at full capacity we could probably get to 60-65 crore net on a single day – if all shows are house full. Baahubali 2 will certainly challenge this because it’ll perform across all markets – Hindi and single-screen dominated Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada markets too. The release size is going to be much bigger than the biggest of Hindi releases too, so the upper limit is a lot higher.
Q. Don’t you think Gandhi Jayanti could be a better release date for SRK-Imtiaz starrer or Secret Superstar as Judwa 2 is getting a solo release.
A. Judwaa 2 is a big film. It could have a bigger impact on SRK-Imtiaz film than a less commercial film like Toilet Ek Prem Katha. Plus that week may not give the best opportunity for 2 films to do well – because Pre-Diwali will begin to come into effect from the second week of October and footfalls in theatres will reduce.
Q. On paper which year looks bigger for Akshay Kumar 2017 or 2018?
A. 2017, because of Robot 2.0.
Q. How’s the response to the trailer of Half Girlfriend?
A. Fairly positive. From the trade and within the industry, the response was mixed. But the normal audience seems to be liking it. We haven’t been able to do our trailer survey because the trailer of Half Girlfriend will be attached to the print of Baahubali 2, so we’ll publish a more accurate ‘response’ article after April 28. Meanwhile, it will allow the music to grow on the audience. Baarish has received a good response and the next song which will be out tomorrow, is the best song in the album.
Q. Tollywood are making big budget films with young star like Prabhas who was not very popular before Baahubali and exploring new genres? Why isn’t this happening with Bollywood? Even big director like Karan Johar is repeating same rom coms again and again?
A. Hindi film industry has done it too – the money invested on Ram Leela and Bajirao Mastani was huge for a star like Ranveer Singh when he signed those films. Established stars bring a certain amount of safety – because a unknown star even in a medium budget commercial film like ‘Machine’ with successful directors, can be a big risk. Genre experimentation is also not as easy as it sounds. Rangoon with several credible actors was a major-major disaster. Business should now be about giving the films the best possible chance to recover the investment.
Q. Will Sanjay Dutt starrer Bhumi release on 4th August, will it affect SRK film or Toilet Ek Prem Katha?
A. It’s still scheduled to release on 4th August. They haven’t announced a different date, except that Dutt was quoted as saying he wouldn’t want to clash with Secret Superstar. It’s unlikely to have any impact on the SRK film or Toilet EKP.
We are still facing technical issues due to high traffic. We’ll continue the QnA once the technical issues are fixed. Apologies.
I am a huge fan of your site. Please i hope you answer me this time. Why srk’s 1999 film baadshah didn’t do too well? It was one of the best comedy thrillers of 1990s and srk was at the peak of his stardom back then. in fact I enjoyed it more than his huge hits like darr and baazigar. Please solve this mystery. Thank you.
Everybody is fighting for small holidays days like Indipendence day, Republic day etc. But one of the biggest festivals Eid 2018 is still vacant. Why doesn’t anybody book it instead of clashing on Indipendence or Republic day?
biggest hit of Indian cinema
which movie of Indian cinema is gone with the wind of Hollywood collection wise
highest grosser of Bollywood all time after adjusting price inflation
Any news about the actress in SRK Anand Rai’s next? And is the Imtiaz Ali movie yet untitled?
sholey mpk gadar hahk 3 idiot dangal
arrange in order of success
which one biggest hit of Bollywood
highest grosser of Bollywood decade wise
start from binging
what’s latest development about these movies
1. Hera pheri next installment
2. Crack
3. Rai starring vivek oberoi
is bhaiyaaje superstar really clashing with Tubelight…. and if Yes than why ?
Indian cinema list state wise
multiplex a center
b center
c center
which city have higher screen count in India
Hyderabad head of Mumbai or not
Can varun dhawan sell 10 cr tickets after his movie with shoojit releases
He has already sold 7.5 cr tickets
Do you think Golmaal 4 will now postpone as already Robot 2.0 and secret superstar targetting diwali?
Is there any news about Tubelight’s China release? I heard about its release there along with Indian release. When will Bajrangi Bhaijaan is releasing in the Chinese market?
What’s your take on clash between? 2.0 and Secret Superstar… Can 2.0 earn 150+ in Hindi belt now ?
why India have only one megastar salman which
pull initial in all centre
c grade single screen center to multiplex
when telgu and Tamil even newcomer movie get initial in c grade center
why do people on social media say bad things about varun like he overacts srk salman akki govinda etc all have overacted
There are rumours that Golmaal 4 may move to sep 29. If it happens then to which date will judwaa 2 move as we knows Golmaal is huge franchise and judwaa 2 won’t stand a chance in front of Golmaal 4.
Dangal releasing in China. What is your expectations from it and how does it fared in Taiwan?
In your previous article about Opening Day collection of 2017 you have mentioned that ‘The film that could surprise in between, as far as the initial is concerned, is Half Girlfriend’ Why are you not expecting Meri Pyari Bindu n Sarkar 3 to Take initial
Among youngsters which actor(male and female) is having biggest fanbase?
when movie start to release in direct to cable TV
pay per view type
it’s revolution in cinema history change all
why government not capable to stop piracy
Aamir in PK,Shahrukh in fan, Salman in bajrangi bhaijan. Who acted best according to you?
Top 3 hits of 2017 according to you(3 among youngsters and 3 among senior actors)?
What is response to Sachin:a billion dreams trailer?
When will Dangal release in China?
China restrict foreign movies release only 30 movie or more release in China
but in India we depend on Hollywood it’s true or not
because we have only less than 10 pan India movie in year
and only one pan India star
@Indicine
In 2015 Dec u said surprise gift for the visitors in 2016…
What was that???
will Tubelight cross 30mn in overseas(without china) and where u see Salman in competition with other khans in overseas?
If released solo on christmas with three open weeks do you think raees had any chance to collect 300 crores or any shahrukh’s recent movie because i think a big no.. Why Shahrukh is not making movies with universal acclaim what wrong has happened with him. Your take on this
Give the list of all time grossing movies of all times.
Any idea SRK ALR film heroine?