Can Akshay’s Baby beat Agneepath as the highest grosser of January?

Q: Can Akshay Kumar’s Baby beat Hrithik Roshan’s Agneepath at the box office to be the highest grosser in the month of January? (Kritagya)

A: It would depend on the opening and word-of-mouth. If the opening day business is above 13 crore, the film has a good chance of crossing the 60 crore mark by the end of its extended 4-day weekend (Monday is a holiday for Republic Day). Assuming that the film carries good word-of-mouth, it should then collect 75-80 crore first week and 120 crore plus lifetime. Opening will be crucial.

Q: According to you, which movie will be the highest grosser in the first half of 2015?

A: Baby, Phantom, Gabbar, Bombay Velvet and Welcome Back are the biggest releases in the first half (Jan-Jun) of 2015. It would again depend on the trailer, songs and content. Any of those films could emerge as the highest grosser, even films like Badlapur, Bank Chor, Mr X etc can surprise.

Q. What is Kunal Khemu’s next film? (Sunny)

A. He has completed shooting for Vikram Bhatt’s ‘Bhaag Johnny’, which was scheduled to release earlier this year. The release has been delayed. The film could release in the last week of March 2015.

Q. What is the release date of Raees? (PKS)

A. The release date of Shahrukh Khan’s Raees hasn’t been announced. The film will go on floors in February 2015. Should release early 2016.

Q. Is Shahid Kapoor gaining stardom? How good is he as an actor? Will Shaandar (his next movie) have a big opening? (Lorraine – France)

A. Incredibly talented for sure. He has been in the industry for more than 11 years now and should have achieved way more than what he has. His fan-base is restricted to the fairer sex, but with films like R.. Rajkumar many more people in smaller centres are coming out to watch his films. Haider did pretty well too, which should help the opening of Dharma Productions’ ’Shaandar’ also starring Alia Bhatt.

Q. Which is the best male and female performance in the last 5 years? – Saksham (Aurangabad)

A. Shahid Kapoor in Haider and Kaminey, Hrithik Roshan in Guzaarish and Agneepath, Ajay Devgn in Singham, Akshay Kumar in Rowdy Rathore, Shahrukh Khan in My Name Is Khan, Salman Khan in Dabangg, Aamir Khan in Talaash, Amitabh Bachchan in Paa, Irrfan Khan in Paan Singh Tomar, Rajkumar Rao in Shahid, Ranbir Kapoor in Barfi and Rockstar, Nawazuddin Siddiqui in Gangs of Wasseypur, Saswata Chatterjee in Kahaani are some of our picks for best male performances. Deepika Padukone in Chennai Express, Kangana Ranaut in Queen, Vidya Balan in Kahaani, Anushka Sharma in Band Baaja Baraat, Sridevi in English Vinglish, Sonakshi Singa in Lootera, Mahie Gill in Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster, Rani Mukherji in Mardaani, Priyanka Chopra in Kaminey and Barfi were all fantastic performances.

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