Bollywood’s much-awaited movies “Chennai Express” and “Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara!” are releasing just a week apart from each other. But actor Imran Khan, who plays a gangster in the latter, is unfazed and sees no point of competition.
Imran is not worried because he says films nowadays mint a major portion of moolah within the first weekend of release itself.
“Chennai Express” hits the screens Aug 9, “Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara!” releases Aug 15.
“They (‘Chennai Express’ team) are releasing a week apart, so I don’t see any cause for stress. The fact is that nowadays films do a majority of their business on their first weekend (of release),” Imran told reporters here Tuesday at the cover launch of the stardust magazine.
“By the time you reach the second weekend, they already are trailing out, so it’s not even a competition. The market has grown now, the exhibitors have multiplied ten-folds since the past, and there are a ridiculous number of theatres now,” he added.
Directed by Rohit Shetty, “Chennai Express” is a comedy and features superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone, while “Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara!”, a period gangster drama, features Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha, besides Imran.
Meanwhile, with majority of the films doing well at the box office, Imran is not interested in tapping the economics.
“(I am) not at all (bothered by box office figures) because it ultimately makes difference to the producers and distributors (of the film),” said Imran, who has featured in popular films like “I Hate Luv Storys”, “Mere Brother Ki Dulhan” and “Delhi Belly”.
He says he sticks to what is an “actor’s job”.
“My job is to do my scenes from action to cut, then I have to turn up to promote my film, but beyond that it’s not actually in my hands…the director is the one who is making the film, the producer is the one who is marketing the film. So these things are their expertise, and I don’t enter into that space,” he added.
Imran Khan with Sonam Kapoor
Imran Khan, Sonam Kapoor launch Stardust cover
Sonam Kapoor
he is absolutely r8.inshallah both the films will be 100 cr+
Imran is rite ce is a universal apeal mass film like dabangg or rowdy rathor and ouatimd is a adult class film like the dirty picture and saw.
ouatimD only competes with joker,cctc,blue&khaata meetha…
yes,imran is right.ce will be out of theatres within a week.
so,ce is not a competetion to ouatimd.
kiddo imran…first learn , how to act…then make such type of statements….u can learn from ur mamu jaan…..but i don’t think that he will be able to save u…bcoz u r a sinking boat….and with same type of acting and expressions, no one can stay at bollywood….except few exceptions :P ;)
Rytly Said Immi………CE has competition wid Itself……..It has received tht unwanted hype which wud ruin it incase of negative reviews……which d trailor promises………lol….SRK should hav known tht sumtymz Hype backfires…..It happnd with him.before…..Will Happen Again……Whereas OUATIMD has evrythng under control…..Good trailor,songs,very Good hype and most importantly AKSHAY KUMAR’S Charm…….Long Live Akshay……..OUATIMD will be A Blockbuster for sure!
Yes ce is not competition. Competition is with films like d3, k3, yjhd.
Below i have mentioned the words said by Imran Khan he doesnt said anything against CE he told he doesnt fell any stress thats all he know that commenting Srk will not fetch him anything instead he will respect Srk thatsall finally he is just Promoting his movie
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“They (‘Chennai Express’ team) are releasing a week apart, so I don’t see any cause for stress. The fact is that nowadays films do a majority of their business on their first weekend (of release),” Imran told reporters here Tuesday at the cover launch of the stardust magazine.
“(I am) not at all (bothered by box office figures) because it ultimately makes difference to the producers and distributors (of the film),” said Imran
“My job is to do my scenes from action to cut, then I have to turn up to promote my film, but beyond that it’s not actually in my hands…the director is the one who is making the film, the producer is the one who is marketing the film. So these things are their expertise, and I don’t enter into that space,” he added.
ouatimd will be a blockbuster
Yeah Imran won’t bother because he is a flop actor any way! He can run to his mamu any time to stay afloat. It is the major and actual superstars who need to think about box office. To be worried about your position, you need to actually have a position in first place!
Box office is Akshay Kumar’s concern. He and Sonakshi are backbone of this film.
This and CE have different audience so I think both films will succeed if content is entertaining.