It’s no secret now that Shah Rukh Khan is going through a career low, atleast as far as the domestic box office collections of his films are concerned. He’s still bigger than most, but not quite upto the very high standards that he had consistently maintained for the first 20 years of his career.
‘Dilwale’, which was touted as the box office favourite last Christmas, failed to match the glorious run of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Bajirao Mastani’. Now, FAN isn’t performing upto expectations either.
It’s at this time that a section of the industry, mostly Shah Rukh Khan supporters, who believe Aditya Chopra should let go of the Eid date and give it to the man who featured in some of his biggest blockbusters like ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’, ‘Mohabbatein’ and ‘Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi’. Shah Rukh was also the lead star in every Yash Chopra directed film since Darr in 1993.
While it cannot be denied that Adi is one of the most talented directors in the industry, it’s Shah Rukh’s charisma that made DDLJ the iconic film that it has now become. With a lesser actor, the impact of a film like DDLJ would have been far less. Some believe, SRK’s contribution to the YRF banner is huge and it’s his films that have made the banner what it is today.
For the trade, the choice is unanimous. They all want ‘Sultan’. But a section of the industry believe Aditya Chopra owes a lot to Shah Rukh and the best way to repay would be by pushing ‘Sultan’ to a later date. More so since it was ‘Raees’ that was first announced for Eid.
Nobody can grovel n snivel like our King- he has perfected the art of begging over his career
@sweet heart:
Hahaha…
Wasn’t manish Sharma a classic director and Fan a content rich movie till last Friday???
@5:24pm
“If Raeesa Bhabhi has shaped up well…”
Ha ha biggest contradiction EVER… Even before the trailer of Pankha you n your tihari gang n fellow srkians inc media lovers of King were claiming Pankha to being the best thing since sliced bread n So Rich in Protein sorry Content that you didnt need a holiday release etc etc etc
Now you are petrified to boast again about Raeesa Bhabhi even though awk ago it was a sure shot BB n classic. Funny how afew days in the dog house mellows ppl out…
So after giving Aditya a flop with fan, he wants to make him loose even more money only due to ego of fans…??
Typical!!!!
What these stupid fans don’t realise is that Yash Raj doesn’t owe SRK anything..Without SRk, Yash Raj would still exist and continue making movies with other actors but without Yash Raj, SRK would not have gotten even 1/10 the success he has today…
This is still a business after all..Not a game
@Devil, if only challenging roles would give everyone a trophy then everyone would be doing them..The true charm of acting is being believable on screen..And that is something that Salman excels at…
So many excuses that a new updatedversion of the Oxford dictionary needs to be commissioned- I fear the word excuse may need an edition all to itself…! :-P
No way sultan is impt movie,shahrukh should delay his movie or release and see who is real king
One thing i wil ask salman fans or who eva is saying dat fan is a bakwas movie. Plz if u dnt want to c that movie on big screen, no probblm.. Atles aftr a month or so, get a gud print of fan n do watch it. U wil kw wt emotions of a fan hav shown in the movie. Final 15 min is heart breaking, jail scean, first tym wen he sees his star, first tym wen he hears his voice on ph. Look at tge acting. U wil find ur slf in iy, no mater whos fan ur. Nwys gud luk fo sultan
@naveet where do you get your facts from the only Eid release that SRK had was 2013 all the rest has been Salman Khan who is the megastar of bollywood. I know you SRK fans seems to be living in a dream world since both his last two films failed at the domestic bo and there is another one coming up. GET REAL he has slipped off his throne.
No slot to release Raees for SRK. Raees team is planning big to release Raees at SRK and Farhan Akhtar home theater. Global Superstar hahaha
@saksham@rohit…really happy to read ur coments..pata nahi indicine kyun itni chamchagiri kar rahi hai..pura sach ko nigal jati hai..hum v kisi ke fan hai par humne aisa krne ke kavi sochte v nahi..khud par sharam aani chahie indicine.. lakho fans ki sawalo ja jawab dete ho par khud blind fan ho kar baithe ho…
SHAH RUKH KHAN
What a performance..w?w.. Mind blowing.. Two powerful performances in one movie…without song only class acting..loved it??
?FAN…super like??
Whoever has first announced to b released their movie should release on Eid, the one who announced later should postpone . Answer is simple and fare
As expected, HATERS you’re a cry baby.. Keep continuing this.. It proves you’re so desperate for that Eid release of your favorite superstar.. As if he’s gonna sell his kachha and give you some charity.. I mean seriously, we Indians talk about competing with Hollywood.. But the truth is that when a movie like FAN releases, everyone starts barking about BO figures. FAN was not meant to be a Huge Grosser. It was always a niche film, a complete offbeat cinema experience. I hope RAEES releases on EID. Even if it doesn’t release on EID, I’ll pray that RAEES emerges a bigger HIT than Sultan..
Is Eid, Sirf RAEES.
@Aki: Bhai i clearly said i love salman.. he must be good.. but he dsnt do any gud acting.. or challenging roles.. and he has no movies to match the level of cdi swades mnik fan darr bazigar etc.. nthn against sallu bhai.. bt i just dont like srk bashing without a reason.. i too said what crap is hny or ra.one.. they deserved bashing.. but fan is a genuinely good film.. well atleast for me
Should SRK Happily Move Away from Eid Date for Yash Raj?
A lot has been said and read about the clash of Sultan and Raees. But lately, there are reports that Raees will be posponed to a later date. And this is the best and wisest decision by Raees team because it is suicidal for Raees to take on Salman + YRF on Eid!
However, the makers of Raees seems unhappy as they have to give up the profitable festive date, Eid. The team of Raees has tried many methods to push Sultan release to a later date. But all of their effors went in vain as Salman and Yashraj have stayed firm on their decisions because they are pretty confident about their product. It is set for Eid release.
It is a plain business. Everyone is free to release/clash his/her film with another film. No one is stopping one from doing so.
No emotional blackmails will work!
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Many may claim that Raees was announced first. That’s why Sultan has to make way for Raees. What? Did SRK make way for BM and push Dilwale to a later date? No! Then, why should Sultan be postponed for SRK’s film?
Besides, unlike many claim that Raees was announced first for Eid 2016 release, it was Sultan that had been announced first. DNA India Reported way back in October 2014 that BB and Sultan were scheduled for releases in Eid 2015 and Eid 2016 respectively.
So, why should Sultan be postponed for someone’s else.
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Here come all the sympathizers, supporters and PR Agents of SRK including Indicine who have started PR Works and resorting to building pressures on Sultan producers via emotional blackmails to postpone Sultan when all other methods tried have failed.
They have begun misusing Adi-SRK friendship to get leverages over the Eid release date. They have said “Adi owes a lot to SRK and they are friends. And SRK is going through a bad phase. So, let him release his Raees solo and have a successful film by postponing Sultan.”
It is literally like begging to Sultan team. So selfishness and low-class thinking of theirs.
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Dudes, why does Salman have to suffer amidst this? What is his fault?
There was a time Salman was facing a very bad phase in his career. Yet, nobody asked SRK to postpone Don and his (Salman’s) Jaan E Mann to have a solo release.
Salman suffered but he or his fans didn’t complain to anyone. Being a man of pride, Salman has never resorted to begging to anyone for anything like SRK and his PR Teams are up to doing now. He has stood up all by himself.
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Coming to the question of Yash Raj Films or Adi Chopra owing a lot to SRK, I would like to ask all those saying this ‘are you on weed?’
It is Yasj Raj or Yash Chopra that has made SRK, not the other way round. Before Darr in 1993, SRK just had a hit film in supporting role, which was Deewana, taking into consideration that Baazigar was released in the same year.
But Yash Chop was already an established, popular and acclaimed director! And Yash Raj Films already had big hits like ‘Daag, Kabhie Kabhie, Kaala Patthar, Silsila and many.’
But what was SRK before Darr?
Again, in 1995, they gave him another huge success in the form of DDLJ in 1995 with which Aditya Chopra turned into director. The DDLJ catapulted SRK into the big league.
Both the producer Yash Chopra and the banner Yash Raj films were already big before DDLJ. You can say Adi debuted with it. Don’t you think Adi would have involved in other departments of the film productions of Yash Raj before making debut as the director?
If you claim Adi was nothing before DDLJ, what was SRK before it? He just had three clean hits, Deewana, Darr and Baazigar, out of many films taking into consideration that Karan Arjun was released in the same year.
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Likewise, if we credits Salman for the success of MPK and Sooraj Barjatya just because he debuted before Sooraj, it will be absurd! We know it and we rightly acknowledge that Salman and Salman are successful because of each other. Yet Salman is so grateful to Rajshri!
Same goes to Ajay-Rohit Shetty! Ajay was instrunmental to bring him into industry. Yet you guys credit Rohit for the successes of their combined works.
Similarly, Indra Kumar-Aamir Khan or Mansoor Khan-Aamir Khan are benefial to each other.
How can Aamir claim Mansoor or Indra owes him so much. I know 100% that he will never do this.
Apply the same to Sanjay Dutt-Raju Hirani Case!
So, stop begging to shift Sultan in the name of friendship!
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When you go in the past, SRK is the one who had the maximum leverages of festive releases!
He is the one that behaved arrogant and played dirty all the time when it came to releases.
During OSO vs Sawariya, he threatened to destroy SLB.
He played dirty with OUTIMD, SOS and many.
Why are begging sympathy for him now?
He has caused his destructions by own hands.
The Indian public has woken up to his sheer ‘arrogance, selfishness and narcissism.’
You know ‘you reap what you sow.’
You know ‘Karma Bites.’
He deserves what he is facing!
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Let me say only last two films of SRK including FAN (after CE) have failed to get a clean hit status!
But many films — i.e. Aaha Kalyanam, Bewakoofiyan, Titli, Dawat E Ishq, Kill Dill, Detective Byomkesh Bakshi, FAN — produced by Yash Raj Films recently except for Mardaani & Dum Laga Ke Haisha have become Flops. They are great loss! Yash Raj Films is in a bad phase!
So, let me say ‘SRK should happily move away with Raees from Eid Date for Yash Raj’ for he owes 50% of his career success to Yash Raj Films!!!!!!
Raees have everything….action,drama,song,srk romance but sultan…..?nothing….except salman fatso body….it has nothing….king is alwayes king….
Eid belongs to salman. No Eid without sakman film. Raees should be release in diwali or bakrieid. We want salman film on eid. Srk should retires from films. We are fed up with his same actings.
@saksham best comment
this is is bullshit @indicine yrf & dharma production were there since 70s & made many successful movies …..srk & yrf both owe to each other its not like srk made yrf or dharma but can’t ignore his contribution….
bye d way why d hell sultan will postpone ????had srk ever postpone any movie for d shake of frndship????
have you remember those words during d clash way back in 2007…the greedy man srk told i will destroy sawariya & to whom who made devdas with him
had he ever supported Salman during his low phase???? ….forget supporting!!!!!!! with d greed of his super stardom he even fought with bhai who once offered home during his struggling days……
I genunily thank srk for fighting with Salman its bcoz of d fight Salman took his carrier a bit seriously & stop doing favour for frnds(although never could hide from his talentless brothers)
so Plz stop all this nonsence………business is business
Hahahahaha this is srk indirectly begging Salman to postpone sultan but the trade knows better. Pls pity him sallu bhai.
@tiger the real King
When I complained about content of Fan and mannish sharma???Fab didn’t work because it’s idea didn’t clicked with audince.Simple.I have said nothing wrong about Manesh sharma
This is one of the most nonsensical articles to get published on this website. @indicine team you should be ashamed of yourselves for creating such a biased article
These are business related decisions and usually not taken on the basis of emotions. Dont think either of SRK or YRF/Aditya owe anything to each other. Both parties were good for each other and delivered big hits as a combo. So fine enough if that decision is taken which is more feasible business wise to YRF.
But if the clash happens then would have been a good thing if SRK and YRF mutually agree to share the screens EQUALLY between the two movies. But again dont see that happening as YRF will naturally want to grab more screens as it is producing Sultan.
Many of these comments are bias, and are blind at the box office performances of FAN and DILWALI in India and on the international scene. How silly to compare these films with The Jungle Story, and Superman vs Batman, when these films cost over one and 400 million dollars respectively. It is quite frankly ignorance not to recognise the performances overseas, but one must realise that not all SRK and Salman Khan films will be the leading money spinners, BUT they will always be amongst the top performers and will never lose money.
FAN will exceed 300 cores in its run, and when you compare it with its 105 investment, IS IT A FAILURE?
If srk , the duniya ka sabse bada superstar who has more than 3.9 billion fans worldwide releases his ‘super content oriented’ Raees during Eid , it will earn at least $3.9 billlion WW assuming that all his fans watch his movie at least once & just spend just 1 dollar or around 70 rupees . If all his fans watch the movie twice then it will earn atleast $7.8 billion and if fans of KRK , superstar himesh reshammiya , rakhi sawant & tushaar kapoor also join in along with srk fans then the movie has every chance of collecting more than $10 billion.
Raees is a SUPER CONTENT-RICH movie & srk is sure to win national & Oscar awards for his acting like the way he would be winning for his mind blowing acting in fan, thus srk would become the 1st & the only actor ever to win 2 national awards & 2 Oscars for his acting in his 2 content rich movies in a single year.
If srk , the duniya ka sabse bada superstar who has more than 3.9 billion fans worldwide releases his ‘super content oriented’ Raees during Eid , it will earn at least $3.9 billlion WW assuming that all his fans watch his movie at least once & just spend just 1 dollar or around 70 rupees . If all his fans watch the movie twice then it will earn atleast $7.8 billion and if fans of KRK , superstar himesh reshammiya , rakhi sawant & tushaar kapoor also join in along with srk fans then the movie has every chance of collecting more than $10 billion.
Raees is a SUPER CONTENT-RICH movie & srk is sure to win national & Oscar awards for his acting like the way he would be winning for his mind blowing acting in fan, thus srk would become the 1st & the only actor ever to win 2 national awards & 2 Oscars for his acting in his 2 content rich movies in a single year…
Global King is so desperate to acquire EID release date at any cost(ready to beg and lick Bhaijaan boots)
Bcoz it’s end the road for SRK… He needs a huge Blockbuster to stay at least at 3rd position and he knows if it’s not this EID it will be never ever… Till 2017 Christmas all big holiday releases have been blocked and he knows his aukaat of clashing now a days…
Its unofficially end of our global king (though it ended way back in 2007 but hopes for alive for a comeback)
It will be written on the walls sooner or later OFFICIALLY…
i didnt read all the comments. but here also the scenario is like if u r a salman fan then u have to be srk hater. now a days people are not a movie lover but they r jst a star lover. that is why good movies like manjhi are not hit, but movies like PRDP and DilWale are blockbusters.
and for this post-> let them decide which one to release, coz releasing both will surely cut business of both movies.
Javed sahaab ,it is really deplorable dat u called Srk coward. How can u do dat? If u r so obsessed with numbers,plz join salman n aamir fan club ,because at the moment they are commercially much ahead of Srk.we don’t need fair weather srkians lyk u.
@anand:
Great comment. Hats off!!!
@nvs:
LOL.