Kurbaan’s failure could affect My Name Is Khan!
Posted by: Indicine Team | November 24th, 2009 |
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Strange isn’t it. With New York doing so well commercially, we all expected Kurbaan – with a much more popular male lead, fresh from the super success of Love Aaj Kal – to open to huge numbers. But the weekend gone by, has proved it once again.. Box office business is impossible to predict.
Take Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani for example; not many trade pundits expected this film, starring a newcomer to match the might of the Khan’s, Roshan’s or the Kumar’s. Ajab’s nett gross for Week 1 was a staggering 40 crores and this, without a popular commercial director at the helm.
Yes, the genre’s were different. Yet Kurbaan was expected to fare much better than it did.
Now, what does the failure of Kurbaan mean to Karan Johar’s magnum opus My Name Is Khan? Both films, have a similar feel to it. While we all know Shahrukh Khan is a much bigger star and his first film in more than 15 months is expected to smash records.. it remains to be seen if the Kurbaan debacle could affect My Name Is Khan. Remember, MNIK has been sold for 100 crores.. recovering which, ain’t going to easy!
What do you think?
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November 24th, 2009 at 2:40 am
Great Question. But then its SRK, interesting, lets see.
November 24th, 2009 at 2:43 am
As you say, SRK is a megastar with huge fan base. You can’t compare him with grubby D-listers like SaiF Ali and Kareena. ” My Name Is Khan” will be a big earner.
November 24th, 2009 at 2:51 am
kurban was a bad movie thats why it bombed..mnik ll not be affected
November 24th, 2009 at 4:24 am
My Name Is Khan will be a success ….. well that you can not compare a super star with a lesser actor … I were to act well ……….. but srk saif is unique with his talent.
November 24th, 2009 at 7:29 am
and for gods sake stop declaring ajab kahani a hit.that film has no story ..
November 24th, 2009 at 7:58 am
MY PRAYERS GOT ANSWERED……OH LORD THANKS…..ATLAST THAT GAY KARAN JOHAR’S MOVIE IS BOMBED..GOOD FOR THE FILM INDUSTRY AND INDIAN CINEMA….V GOOD….SAME SHUD BE THE FATE WITH SRK’S MOVIE..BCOS GOD NEVER FORGIVES ARROGANCE AND PRIDE MORE THAN A LIMIT.
November 24th, 2009 at 8:44 am
I feel My Name s khan `ll be a hit. wat s d budget??
SRK and kajol after a long time, surely `ll set box office on FIRE..
the story s not only bout terrorism. but hw muslims r treated in US after 9/11. SRK also suffers from a disease called ASPERGER syndrome. which s a pervasive disease.” difficulty in adjustment.”
so v `ve seen SRK in Darr and also in Veer zaara. and this(MNIK) `ll be another character which i feel he `ll play with ease..
In one of d comments fathiya mentioned he s equal to big B, tat s one thing i dont agree.. Big B s legend and SRk has still not reached to tat level.
So MNIK shud not be affected by kurbaan and new york.
November 24th, 2009 at 8:51 am
saw kurbaan ystrday…its just 40% remake of NEWYORK….adding to it are sex scenes of saifeena….thats the movie kurbaan…and some retards liked the movie also…wat a fate anyway atlast one highly expected movie flopped…its collected only 11 crores this week and which is made on a huge budget of 55 crores it seems impossible even to collect wat wake up sid collected that is 25 crores…even the major competition of hollywood movie 2012 made all the problems..its running houseful in all theatres in india..add to that de dhana dhan will be released this friday ..making the last nail on KURBAAN’S COFFIN….already de dhana dhan has opened for a record booking in theatres for a whopping 30 crores including music rights[SOURCE:NDTV.PROFIT CHANNEL]
November 24th, 2009 at 10:07 am
For me:
Factor that can work:
1>SRK is coming after long time as a full actor(Billu barber was last movie which was his extended role)
2>SRK-kajol jodi has given us many hit movies
3>SRK-Karan johar also have given many hit movies
Coming to negative factor:
1>Movie is arriving feb. looking at boxoffice result of past,not many film have huge collection at tht month
2>It is produce by foreign producor .Going by past result,hollywood production house has not make any impact at boxoffice
3>Subject which matters…if it is similar to new york or kurbaan ..surely it will sink at boxoffice
November 24th, 2009 at 10:35 am
i hope srk MNIK biggest flop
November 24th, 2009 at 11:46 am
now, you see Abroxy, sicne you said that it won’t happen. Why would a good film flop and MNIK seem that it will be a FANTASTIC film!
Its like saying I wish someone would die and it end up happening to you. karma. MNIK will not flop!
anyways, Kurbaan doing well or not(I haven’t keep up with how the film is doing) will have no effect on MNIK what so ever. We might think that MNIK have a similar theme like Kurbaan but it might shock us as to what the film is relalyy about cause we really don’t know as YET!
November 24th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
ofcourse , KURBAANS box office disaster will be affect mnik bcoz this film is karan johars home production. also this films theme is similar to KURBAAN . so this film will be definitely affected for KURBAAN film . ALSO KURBAAN is not good film either .
November 24th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
i think it will not be affected much as SRK film will be relaesing after an year’s gap but ya i think it will be a hit at max and wont be able to break Ghazini’s record . we have seen SRK in somewhat similar Roles earlier as well and the movie is again based on same american and their treatment towards islam .
it will benefit from the fact that a SRK movie is coming out after an year’s gap and also SRK and kajol are coming together along with karan johar and iam sure MEDIA will TRY to BOOST this movie by appreciating it however bad it may be . so that factor will also come into play
November 24th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Who was trying to prove what by making Kareena act in third grade scenes with Saif (the dirty old man). I felt so bad seeing her in those scenes. That girl is being exploited. I am glad in Raj Kapoors memory that he movie flopped. she was better of with Shahid Kapoor. The west is trying to do away with those type of scenes while the eas is trying to ape what was in the west.
November 24th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
I want mnik to break all previously set records by ghajini but it seems unlikely.
Audience is now sick of 9/11 theme as evident from kurbaan. An overdose of muslim characters, fbi interogations and time n again seeing the same bangs n bloodshed is not going to work for mnik. I hope mnik has some ‘X’ factor n kajol has much to offer than usual mourning. A bit of melodrama n family values if depicted can work for the film.
Surely sharukh movies are biggest grocers. So out of curiousity to see sharukh kajol chemistry after 9 years, the box office wil b set on fire. Even if bad movie would b houseful for a week atleast. Such is the magic of srk-kajol . I expect a BLOCKBUSTER out of mnik
November 24th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
No, it will not be affected.. my name is khan is srk’s movie so it will break all previous record.. i think this movie will smash hit movie of bollywood forever….
my name is khan will roxxxx at the boxoffice … the king coming
November 24th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
com on indicine team….what r u kiddin with……the srk is the king of bollywood…….
he is rulin this bollywood since 15 years……
and will carry next 15 years….and my name is khan is the proof for that anyway…..his fans are dieing to see him…..you wait and mark my words his guest appeared movie “dulha mil gaya” will also rock in this bollywood
this is bollywood and srk rules…….
November 24th, 2009 at 3:27 pm
the film works because of it story and performance of the actor n actresses MY NAME IS KHAN wont be affected
November 24th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
No..of course MNIK wnt b affected by kurbaan….There is a huge difference btwn a SAIF film and SRK FILM………….It is also directed by Karan Johar and heroine is Kajol……….SO OF COURSE IT WIll b a BLOCKBUSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 24th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
In my opinion the result of Kurbaan will definitely affect MNIK as both the movies are from same banner with the similar kinda story. It shows that the people tend to get bored with similar kinda stories these days. We first saw Khuda kay liye and New York which did well with the similar kinda subjects but Kurbaan has failed even though it is better than the other 2 movies treatment wise……. I think Story of Khuda kay liye was the best among these 3 movies which we have already seen….. But to be honest I really didn’t expect Kurbaan to fail like this…..Anyway, MNIK has some positive points as Sudeep has suggested so it is expected to open huge because of these factors but to recover 100 Crores Nett. is looking very difficult…. I really wish that the movie does well at the box office but practically I see another flop coming from KJ Banner because of its huge cost……..And mind you Indian Janata is not ready to accept another serious movie right now…….May be after 3 months, they do accept but it seems very unlikely.
November 24th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
khuda ke liye was the best movie made on this theme,..comparing it wid kurbaan is a big insult for khuda ke liye..
November 24th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
MNIK will be a blockbuster movie for sure.. anything Shahrukh would do from nowonwill be a blockbuster.. just see the movie OSO.. it wasn’t a very good movie specially in the 1st half.. but it won at the box office because of him.. MNIK is not a comedy movie but will work 100% because of Shahrukh’s fans as well as Kajol’s fans, and will go to see them and for them only. What’s the script, what’s the story.. nothing is important.. I’m a big fan of Shahrukh.. if there will be in future a documentary film with Shahrukh’s voice.. even if he doesn’t show up in it..I’ll go for sure to see it.. to hear his voice..that’s the star power.. isn’t it?
November 24th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
This article has nothing to do with Veer. Any unnecessary Veer related comments will be deleted.
November 24th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Fathiya- its not star power.. its called madness.. ha ha. listen to SRK`s interviews u can hear his voice.. wy go to theater to hear his voice…;)
i dunno about d budget but it s sold to fox studios for 80cr+.. recovering such a huge amount `ll be difficult.. and it s not ghajini so tat it `ll cross 100cr…
i thought it `ll be a hit but lookin at d budget i feel its a bit difficult.. hmmm.. lets c…
November 24th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Amish: yeah.. it’s madness.. I always feel that Shahrukh is a part of me.. he’s living inside me..with me.. I just love him so much.. since the day I saw him in Deewana.. why I feel this! I don’t know.. probably we’re alike.. I always used to tell my colleague at the office where I used to work that I find myself in Shahrukh but he’s a male and I’m a female.. ( we both were born on the same day.. 2nd) probably that’s the reason.. the signs.. I don’t know.. if you like someone so u don’t know exactly why.. right?
November 24th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
^ ha ha ha ha….. i cant stop laughin at tat……. u in sharukh… sharukh in u…… he s male…. u r fe-male…. ha ha ha… oh my God……..
it s a type of psychiatric illness…;) brain disease…..;) does sharukh also feel d same way…?? ha ha ha…
sorry indicine.. am goin off topic but i cant stop laughin at this……;)
November 24th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Hahahahaha..dun worry fathia srk tumhari jaisi ladkiyo ki wajah se to dana pani chala rha hai,.
November 24th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
My Name is Khan will be a hit even if the movie is going to be a piece of shit . I saw KANK in theatres and was very much disappointed because the movie was nothing but crap and it managed to do well in the box office . And personally dont admire srk cos i think he is so damn proud f himself . Watch his interviews he always talk about himself and what he thinks and all that . such a self obsessed freak . As an actor hes ok but cannot be compared to other greats . I think he is an overrated actor.
November 24th, 2009 at 6:59 pm
Fathia i m sure u dun know who gave srk house when he first came to mumbai?quick
November 24th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
this film can b flop… coz popularity of sharukh r not like before…. tht why farah khan dnt took srk for her next movie……
November 24th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
I believe that Kurbaan was all about sex scenes, and since Shah Rukh Khan’s My Name Is Khan, does not have sex scenes, it will do much better. I,personally, hate movies with sex scenes and do not watch them, and i do believe that parents, who have young children, are disgusted at how Bollywood is turning Hollywood. Leave the sex scenes, those scenes will not children anything good, excpet how to get your ‘freak on’. Do we really want cihldren learning that? Don’t forget, they are the future. Anyways, back to what i was saying, Saif Ali Khan already has a bad reptuation, and then all these sex scenes are not doing his reputation any good. I know that Shah Rukh Khan has never made a sex-filled movie and thus, with his good reputation. Anyways, to get back to the main topic, My Name is Khan will be great at the box office. As valuable people, do not take time to respond to invaluable walls, I have taken the time to set the records straight, on why Siaf is horrible and Shah Rukh is King Khan.
November 25th, 2009 at 1:00 am
Amish, there is no real reason to laugh or make fun of someone. Shahrukh has touched hearts of millions around the globe. Its no psychiatric disease, its just some kinda connect she has with her star.. Like millions of others do.
Letters are written in blood, so many committed suicide the day Michael Jackson died.. its fan following.. the craze has no limits :)
We understand this, hence we are quite patient and tolerant when it comes to responding to comments in reviews / polls / articles.
November 25th, 2009 at 1:19 am
Aliyah, so Saif sucks because he does sex scenes and SRK is great as his movies have no such scenes in them? Surely there are better ways to prove SRK is better… don’t you think?
The sex scene was about 2 -3 mins long. And parents who do not want their children to watch these scenes, shouldn’t take them along to watch the film. Simple as that. Remember, its an ADULT film. Kids aren’t allowed anyway.
Thought the sex scene wasn’t vulgar in anyway and was aesthetically shot.. A bit of kissing and some bare back shots, that was about it.. Lets not compare them to Hollywood.. we are yet to witness anything close to as explicit here..
November 25th, 2009 at 3:17 am
well done indicine for defending srk..may be sum day u ll do the same for salman khan.lol
November 25th, 2009 at 3:59 am
if Kurbaan has affected bcoz of new York Then obviously it has to affect on MNIK
but in the presence of KAjol there might be chances to work out ( not HIT) u can utter only average
as it is high budget apprx 80Cr one thing it MNIK could collect max of 45 to 55 Cr thats all
now ur turn to describe whether its average flop or whatever
overall no much hit
November 25th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Indicine Team- sorry if u r hurt by my comment..;) but it s just madness to do al those u `ve mentioned..
just if some 1 does al dat he s not gonna be recognised by tat star .. do dey..
after al dey r just like us.. not superhumans or above God…
am sad dat even u support such activities.. and happy dat some1 dies for a so called STAR.!!!
its V who make them stars.. they dont make us.. so its they who must die for us.. not us…
November 25th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
KURBAAN flop Huaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa aaaaaaa
November 26th, 2009 at 7:49 am
God, i really don´t understand, what´s the matter of sex scenes! Some find it good to see in a film (coz it´s the most natural thing to do between humans), some don´t. I think it´s a matter of the upbringing of oneself or with nation you´re born in. Sorry, if this was off topic. I haven´t seen Kurbaan as yet, coz i don´t know if it´ll release in my country as well. If not i´ll get the DVD coz i really want to see what Karan has made now. Mentioning KANK here in this discussion is set a little wrong, IMO (even according to BO India it´s an overseas alltime blockbuster). Being a westerner for me KANK was a fantastic film alone due to it´s subject, coz it really told the truth like it happens every now and then in one or the other relationship on god´s green earth…
As for MNIK and if ´Kurbaan´s failure (have to set it in ´ coz i still haven´t seen it to decide for myself if it´s a failure or not):
MNIK ´s not about terrorism…It´s an epic love story. So here also a couple. The special attribute is the disease Rizwan Khan´s suffering from and the obstacles that come with it and how, nonetheless, a love can ´survive´ all that. The thing with the terrorism comes only from the suspect Rizwan Khan (and/or Mandira) causes with his strange behaviour (Asperger´s syndrome). Please ppl first get informed rightly about the film, (no offence) coz others might take that for granted what you say even though it´s wrong. Maybe then too much confusion and irritation. :)
Kurbaan being not built on a similar subject definitely won´t affect MNIK. The distributor and partner of this 2 indian production houses (Dharma + RedChillies), Fox studios, won´t fail or miss the chance of promoting it in the best possible way (Slumdog Millionaire wasn´t produced or directed by an indian prod.house but has almost only indian actors/actresses in it and was dealing with indian poverty) and was an absolute blockbuster) that normally should help it and all the more coz they have invested nearly 100 crores. So they must have been aware of the grossing at the BO of the film. Then we have SRK and Karan: They won´t leave a single stone unturned to do everything that their film will come out as a mega blockbuster, SRK will give his last shirt for that film for sure! Honestly, i don´t have any doubts that MNIK will top Ghajini by at least one length! My personal reasons for this, let´s call it, ´guarantee´ (some already mentioned):
- SRK in the lead
- Kajol in the lead (knowing that she will be there with SRK), so
- the magic of SRK + Kajol back on screen after a gap of 9 yrs
- the dream team SRK+Karan+Kajol who had blockbuster films already, are back together after a long time
- SRK in at least 1 wet scene (flood scene, here it doesn´t matter whether with top on or off)
- location choice – hence many Americans will watch that film for sure
- Fox studios (1 of the real big american banners – internationally!) totally involved and wouldn´t spend so much money for nothing or only an average performance at BO
- the languages – much more English than in previous movies and less Hindi, so that it´s understood by a wider audience
With all that factors, i´m really pretty sure, it´ll have more net than Ghajini, coz with Ghajini it was counted worldwide and the same will go for MNIK. I really think, worldwide means more than only India coz if i´m not completely mistaken, the indian filmindustry nowadays wants to reach out to the whole world to get the popularity that it deserves (of course against Hollyblah) Btw: The 1st 4 movies in the list of BO India´s website rated overseas top earners had all SRK in the lead, right the 2nd from above the combo SRKANDKajol! That means a hell lot! And if i´m further not mistaken, as an all time earner there´re only 2 films (1 SRK´s and 1 Salman´s, AB´s excluded) listed there.
Sorry for the length…;)
November 26th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
well that wont happen!!!
srks films were the best, are the best and will be the best forever!!
just cuz of kareenas film it doesnt mean tht srks film will go a flop!
November 27th, 2009 at 6:02 am
As much as i´m rooting for SRK i have to admit, that films of other stars i like, have also done very very well. But for this upcoming one i absolutely agree with you @Bejul.
November 29th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
This movie is going to b Blockbuster Flop ….
Karan johar ko movie banane nahin ata .. saala kurbaan mein bhi Love story banaya .. and dhoom2 mein bhi…. isliye dhoom1 achi thi dhoom2 se …..
whenever KJo stop making lovestories in action movies ..the movies will break records ………….
November 29th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
Thank you so much Daylight. I second whatever you say! Especially the Shah Rukh-Kajol-KJo-MNIK part!!! :DDD Yea. People should get the information right in them about MNIK before they criticise or say anything about the movie without actually knowing ANYTHING AT ALL.
Trust me. My Name Is Khan will be the BIGGEST BLOCKBUSTER ever produced in Hindi film cinema!!! ;DDD Regardless of what negative remarks come out from those people who are just jealous of Shah Rukh and Kajol chemistry. ;D And of course KURBAAN won’t affect MNIK as those two movies are of different issues. If these people hate Shah Rukh so much, why are they wasting time commenting on this? Get the h*ll out of here! Sorry for being vulgar. =)
November 29th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
I am totally agree with u Darina.. srk is the biggest superstar of the bollywood….
December 4th, 2009 at 2:12 am
I think it’s not going to affect MNIK at all. I am waiting for this movie very anxiously. This movie is going to be the biggest blockbuster ever. I feel the same as Fatiha feels. He is the Badshah of hearts. SRk we love u.
December 17th, 2009 at 9:17 am
I know MNIK will cover its cost but not sure as to how much money it will make because it is a very high budget movie and 3 idiots is also comming soon. All we can hope is that it will SMASH all records and go to watch the movie regardless of what the SRK haters have to say. All wish him all the best for this movie as he is invoived in it’s production aswell. I am also fed up with the whole 9/11 topic but I know this movie is MUCH more that that and with SRK’s presence it will surly make our hearts move. ALL THE BEST TO KING KHAN.
January 16th, 2010 at 5:55 am
Hello All,
Iam the biggest fan of Shahrukh Khan who can go beyond the boundaries of being a fan of an actor!. I watched Rab ne banadi jodi 28 times in theater and watched Dulha mil gaya 6times just coz of the great superstar ever India had produced!!. No wonder why he has got Padma shri, consider among top 50 most influential people in the world by a magazine!.
There is no doubt that My name is khan will cross 3idiots records at ease…..because he will not hype his movies just simply like Akshay did for Chandini chowk or blue eventhough he knows these are crap movies.
I am an indian workin in dubai as a software engineer. Here fan following for Shahrukh is immense, mind blowing. Even if the whole india stop watching my name is khan…..this will break 3idiots records!!.
Shahrukh khan is the most down to earth,humble actor who never involves in any controversy in his personal life, unlike other actors. I adore him for the below reasons…
* He is the one who came from background other than film industry (also like Amitabh)
* He never acts in movie, he lives the character!!!
* He stirrs the soul with his superb unique acting style. He will make thousand expressions in one scene which other actor fails miserably.
* Because of him, We got to know what love is!!! (from Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge).
* He challenged critics by taking the project of Chak De India with his superb performance!!!. I doubt any other actor would have ever dare to do the role of coach!!
Eventhough Aamir does good movies just like Tare zameen par, ghajini, 3idiots but i feel SOMETHING is missing in Aamir’s acting when compared to Shahrukh Khan!!!…May be the emotion quotient, a great punch to love scenes with effective stylish presentation is missing with Aamir khan.
Every website is publicity that Aamir is no 1 with just 2 big hits – My answer is just put this way!…”If all Aamir khan’s previous movies were made with Shahrukh and All Shahrukh movies with Aamir khan, Then you will see that all aamir movies would have become hit even with Shahrukh but not the otherway around!!!!” So he is called the badshah of bollywood!!.
Also compare the awards…how many Aamir or Salman has got? and how many Shahrukh has achieved??.
Truly he is the undisputed king of bollywood!!!!
Note: I compared only 3 actors as they are the only big ones who adds fuel to run the bollwood. (the other ones are Amitabh n Hrithik to some extent and the rest all actors are crap in bollywood)
January 31st, 2010 at 6:41 pm
u ar an idiot.MNIK is not a terrorism movie its a sweet love story.