Live QnA begins at 8PM today. Post your questions in the comments section below. We will be answering 10 questions today.
Q. I have just one question that is regarding Actual and real.box office collection of DDLJ as according to me it is not possible to be remain on 61 crores from last 20 years. I think I will get my answer this time around as I already asked this question several time but till now didn’t get the answer – Sameer
A. Ticket prices are as cheap as Rs 20 even for the balcony tickets and the film is running only one show in a day. So even though it does go houseful once in a while on Sunday, Yash Raj Films is funding the screening of DDLJ. It’s not for money or box office collections, it’s about the legacy of DDLJ as the longest running film in the world.
Q. How did Abhishek Bachchan’s career go off the track so badly when he was apparently doing reasonably well till 2008 (Dostana in 2008, Guru in 2007)? – Siddharth
A. Abhishek Bachchan was never a bankable star. The two solo-hits of his career are ‘Bunty Aur Babli’ (2005) and ‘Guru’ (2007). The former came when almost every Yash Raj Films was working at the box office and Rani Mukerji was at the peak of her career. The release of ‘Guru’ was perfectly timed with Aishwarya and Abhishek’s engagement and marriage announcement, so that helped the opening of the film. We don’t mean to be too harsh on him here, but as a solo hero he was never a crowd-puller.
Q. Do you think Prem Ratan Dhan Payo will do very less business at box office? It stars Neil Nitin Mukesh, Arman Kohli and Sonam Kapoor who are not A-list actors. Moreover, Sooraj Barjatya has returned to direction after 10 years, people have become more modern now for his films? – SK
A. It’s difficult to explain the craze that Salman Khan is commanding currently. Kick didn’t have a popular heroine and the director (Sajid Nadiadwala) was making his debut. It still managed a huge opening at the box office. Jai Ho was a complete washout as far as the production values, music, director and it didn’t have a particularly ‘stunning’ looking or established heroine either. Even then, it collected Rs 26 crore on its 3rd day, which is huge because the word-of-mouth did come into play, but people still came to watch because of Salman. Prem Ratan Dhan Payo will take a record-breaking opening. If the music, trailer and other promos work, then sky will be the limit as far as the opening is concerned. Lifetime, obviously, will be content dependent.
Q. What do you think about clash of Dilwale vs Bajirao Mastani and Raees vs Sultan? You think clash will happen or will it be averted? – Sahir
A. So far there hasn’t been any sign of the Dilwale and Bajirao Mastani clash getting averted. In fact, the makers of Bajirao Mastani are booking single screens for December 18 release. Shah Rukh himself has said in several interviews that clashes don’t affect him because he has won most of them and there are 300 movies releasing in a year and we only have 52 weeks. A clash will affect the opening of both films, more so for Bajirao Mastani because it doesn’t belong to a universally appealing genre. A film like Son Of Sardaar has a better chance against Jab Tak Hai Jaan, but releasing an expensive film like ‘Bajirao Mastani’ on the same day as a massive film like ‘Dilwale’ is an extremely risky business decision. But then, Sanjay Leela Bhansali knows better. He has suffered because of a similar clash – Saawariya vs Om Shanti Om back in 2007 – so he’ll be well aware of the consequences if the content of ‘Bajirao Mastani’ doesn’t find appreciation.
Q. Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhat are doing well, but will they be able to carry the high budget of Shhuddhi? – Shweta
A. A film with Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt would cost Karan Johar as lot less than a film starring Salman Khan or Hrithik Roshan in the lead. A film like ‘Baahubali’ had unknown names for the audience outside South Indian markets, but the film did very well due to its content, grandeur and scale. Also, Varun has shown that he is a bankable star. He has his audience that come to watch his films and that’s set to grow further with the release of ‘Dilwale’ later this year.
Q. What do you think the collection of Bahubali if it was done by Hrithik and the film will be just a Bollywood movie – Vinshal
A. Well, the reason why 3 films release each week, even though most fail, is because the film industry is highly creative and extremely unpredictable. Baahubali has collected nearly 3 times more than the previous highest grossing film in Telugu. It has collected 5-6 times more than the previous highest dubbed Hindi film. 3 Idiots smashed all records by a huge margin. So a film like Baahubali starring Hrithik Roshan, if it manages to find the appreciation that the Telugu film did, could potentially break all previous records by a distance.
Q. What’s your take on the movie signing spree Shah Rukh Khan has been on? In all probabilities, he would have 5 releases in approx 1.5 years (starting from Dec 2015). Do you think it can act as an overdose of SRK? Which may or may not be an ideal thing for a superstar of his stature?
A. Shah Rukh has always said that he wants to do 3 films per year and if he does manage that many films a year, the trade including exhibitors will be delighted. As long as the genre of the three films that are releasing back-to-back, don’t get repetitive, the audience will come to watch. In a way the release gap between two films featuring the same star is talked about only because Akshay Kumar releases 4 films every year. While a gap of 49 days (Brothers to Singh Is Bling) is not ideal, that can’t be the reason for poor opening or a film’s failure. For example, Salman Khan’s Bodyguard released less than 3 months after the release of Ready, both were blockbusters. Jai Ho released 13 months after Dabangg 2 and that film didn’t do too well at the box office. So as long as ‘Dilwale’, ‘Fan’ and ‘Raees’ are good films, they will do well at the box office. Shah Rukh Khan films always open well at the box office, that won’t change even if he happens to have two releases in two months.
Q. Does Varun have it in him to challenge the position of Ajay/Akshay? – Shweta
A. Most certainly. He has already taken giant strides with films like Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhani and ABCD 2. Even an off-beat film like Badlapur did well at the box office. The budget of his films are under control, because his remuneration is much lower than the likes of Akshay and Ajay. That, along with his popularity with the urban youth (who spend more on films), gives him a huge advantage.
Q. How much Phantom needs to collect to be called a clean hit?
A. Phantom is an expensive film which was delayed for more than a year. It had to collect more than 80-85 crore to be a reasonably good grosser, but it looks like the film will finish with lifetime business of around 60 crore, maybe a little more if the film shows growth in its second weekend. But with ‘Welcome Back’ releasing tomorrow, business of Phantom will be affected.
Q. I believe opening day collection depends on Buzz and lifetime depends on WOM, so why are you playing safe by not answering the question that whether ‘PRDP will be able to break HNY’s opening day record’ ? Abhyuday
A. It’s impossible to accurately predict opening day business without watching the trailer. It definitely has the potential to beat the opening day business of Happy New Year. The day after Diwali Puja is the best day for film business in the year.
That ends the Live QnA session. We will now be giving short answers to the questions below.
Q. Budget of Bajrangi Bhaijaan? – Prakash Jha
A. 120 crore.
Q. I read an article about SRK doing an Anand L Rai movie opposite Katrina! Also there was a rumour that he will play a dwarf! is it true? – James Khan
A. It’s partially true. But wait for the official announcement.
Q. What is ur expectation from Welcome Back? How much it need to collect to become clean Hit? Rabbe
A. It’s expected to open well. The first film did well at the box office and was also hugely popular on television. Akshay Kumar will be missed.
Q. Currently the highest paid Bollywood celebrities? Farhan Haider
A. The Khans, Hrithik and Akshay. Kangana and Deepika get the highest remuneration among female stars.
Q. Top Highest grossing hollywood films in india? Bhaumik
A. Furious 7 and Jurrasic Park. Spiderman 3, Avatar, Avengers: Age of Ultron, 2012 are the other major grossers.
Q. Since Fox Studios is unlucky.. Can Prem Ratan earn more than 200 cr? – Durga Prasad
A. The past of Fox Studios doesn’t really matter. People are not going to not watch PRDP because Fox is presenting it. Eros was going through a worse phase, but now have Tanu Weds Manu Returns and Bajrangi Bhaijaan.
Q. Which are the top 5 grossing Bollywood films in overseas in 2015? Babaji
A. Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Dil Dhadakne Do, Piku.
Q. Is Hrithik doing Aashiqui 3? Mishal
A. No.
Q. Trailer & Both songs of Singh Is Bling looking promising.Can it collect 20+ on Opening Day? Rabbe
A. Unlikely. It’s looking at opening day of around 15 crore.
Q. Is Hrithik Roshan confirmed in YRF’s ‘THUG’? How many days are remaining of Mohenjo Daro shoot? Bivan
A. No, Hrithik hasn’t signed any film after Mohenjo Daro. Shoot of the Ashutosh Gowariker directed film might be wrapped up year end of early next next.
Q. Could u explain what exactly footfalls are? I have an extremely vague and ambiguous understanding of them, but they are vital to a films success and i would like to know what they are exactly. Messi.
A. Footfalls means number of tickets sold, simple as that.
Q. Srk next upcoming projects – Maahi
A. You can check his full list of upcoming movies
Q. Who is bigger Saif Ali Khan or Ajay Devgn or Shahid Kapoor? Ragib
A. Ajay Devgn, by far.
Q. Why Emraan Hashmi films are continuously flopping? King
A. Because he’s been doing bad films and everyone is kissing.
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According to psycho mental @sss,
Saif Ali Khan won Bharat Ratna.
Srk got 19 abs for HNY.
Charlie will always arrive with storm but in reality it will be a phussss pataka !!!!!
And now new one, Salman Khan has more multi starrer than Saif Ali Khan !!!!!
Baniye ki kanjossi aur (chaddi) Baniyan ki Daring !!!!!!!!!
@Sky : Whats wrong with you ? Are you the same @sky the Aamir fan ?
Indicine has already answered your doubts through Jai Ho. Despite most of the things against it Jai Ho got a good opening solely due to Salman !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree he was not in league before Dabangg but how many failures he had after it ? Even Jai Ho was not a failure but below the expectations due to his phenomenal run at Box Office. I agree that he did more remakes compare to his contemporaries but actually that is tough task if it goes horribly wrong. At least you will have 30-40% of audience who has watched the original before remake is released !!!!!!!!!!
@Hrithik
You tried hard to be funny and humorous but you failed like your bhai failed every time in comedy(Partner and MSKG are good examples where Akki and Govinda were way ahead of salman).You would consider this comment as biased as I am srk fan but ask any neutral person about the fact.Tumhara comment aur bhai ki comedy sirf bhai k chamcho to achi lagi ge neutral audience ko nai..
@sss
Earlier I used to think that you unnecessarily bash Salman ,amir and their fans but now I realized that they only understand that language.Keep It Up.We are with you.
90-95 srk vs salmon, 95-00 srk vs amir, 2000-06 srk vs rittik, 06- 10 srk vs akki, 10- 16 srk vs salman & amir. is it right? when salmon amir film release they gets two weeks free but when srk film release every one want to clash why why?
@Indicine, why does this Hyderabadi Mechanic SSS always write lengthy comments in broken English?
Wut will b the screen share between bajirao n dilwale…
And raees n sultan…
@sky:
You could have done the same thing without degrading Salman. It’s clearly visible that it was a bashing comment than defending Aamir. Also @indicine did not say a single word against Aamir. It’s shocking that you can’t tolerate @indicine praising Salman. Never expected such things from you.
@Hrithik, you rock rude!
@Sky, why do you ask questions to @Indicine undermining Salman’s stardom ? Why do you take his name to make your pseudo analyses seem true? Find any other way to do that?
Dude, see these: the casts and crews of Salman’s films.
1- Dabangg (Abhinav= debuting director, debuting heroine, new producer & bsnner, low budget, set in rural areas, with music directors that others don’t work with)
2- Ready (Anees Bazme=well, successful director, Small banner, Asin= after her 2nd film which was flop, moderate budget, well popular music=well music doesnt ensure a film’s success =e.g. Roy)
3- Bodyguard (Siddique= who is he?= a south director debuting, small banner, reunion of jodi whose earlier films were flops, moderate budget, music=ok)
4- ETT= it had everything in its favor, that it earned huge and had the highest opening of the time)
5- Dabangg 2= Blockbuster = no need to say why
6- Jai Ho= non holiday,lower ticket price, no good music, small banner, who’s heroine, some section of the audience boycotting it due to Modi controversy= yet crossed 100 crores
7- Kick= Debuting Director, C List Heroine,
8- BB= Actress at her decline, new banner, moderate music, moderate budget= ATBB
Kabir without Salman= New York, Kabul Express, Phantom
Dude, like you said, I am not undermining Aamir and his success.
Salman does two movies a year. Both become BBs/ATBBs. Meanwhile, Aamir does one movie in two years, they became ATBBs.
But compare the casts an the crews of his films with those of Salman’s films.
Yes, I should say Ghajini was successful because it had a debuting heroine and a debuting director.
Aamir had a non holiday release, Taalash,it didnt cross 100 crores!
Remake factor doesn’t always work. Remakes in B’wood flopped mostly with other actors. When you remake a film from the south, there are not two things there: Excitement of the story of the film and major portion of the market in the south.
………..Yes, I should say Ghajini was successful because of mainly Aamir as it had a debuting heroine and a debuting director.
@Sky, indirectly accepted 3 idiots, Dhooom3 and PK success because of Raju hirani and Dhoom brand. He quality haters just like @Eric.
@hrithik Charlie arrive with strom what wrong in it ????? have you forgot he arrived with Strom gave massive shock to his haters when somes haters predicted that HNY will not cross 100cr bcoz it was directed by a flop director but what happend it did 44.97 cr opening and cross 100cr mark in just 3 days still it has highest single day and weekend record lots of hatter being hospitalized by that massive shock .
it same like srk fans predect but lifetime didn’t match our expectations due to bad wom and content
after that your so called superstar came wider screen size and hike ticket price you all expected that after failure of two time with jai ho opening and kick he broke the record that time but starpower didn’t work he collected not even 1- 2 cr but 20 cr less than HNY after best wom he didn’t do that which ra.one did wid bad wom collected 25cr in third day which was highest single day collection of that time
@Eric : No one is obsessed with you. The only reason I keep writing your name is you argued with me for no reason. You even called me that as my ‘true character’ when I called Aamir as Perfectionist instead of a Superstar. At least these haters have a valid reason to debate with us but what you did was totally unwanted and not justified !!!!!!! anyways I will avoid writing your name but I also expect not to jump into wrong conclusions !!!!!!!!!!! Thanks
@fan pk : Srk fans karey toh chamatkaar aur Salman fans karey to bala….ar ?? Lol
When did I claim to be a saint. Yes, I still says I am not a born hater of Srk but read Phenom and @sss comments before you jump to any conclusion. What do you expect from me after reading these comments? Why should Srk fans have all the fun ?? If you do 10% we will retaliate with 50%.
You may not like my questions or may not find it as funny after all it is against srk you cant digest it. It is for humor so i will take it as humor even though it is against Salman. It was srk who yells Meenamma Menamma and hides in Shaulchalyaas even in his movies not Salman !!!!!!! According to srk fans, if Johnny Lever was bigger than Salman then why not all the things I listed as true ??
Have fun !!!!!!!!!! but wait for :
This Christmas : Maratha warrior vs Maratha Mandir
Eid 2016 : SULTAN vs Baniye ki kanjossi aur (chaddi) Banyan ki Daring !!!!!!!!!!
Is there any other Salman fan who is feeling that even some true Aamir fans have started feeling insecure since BB success? I hope my guess is wrong and they continue to remain as before. We do not need support from Aamir fans (specially who write against Salman) but the least we expect from them is they will not write anything against Salman like we never write anything against Aamir !!!!!!!!!!
@Myanmar Yangon just shut your mouth idiot. Dhoom 3, PK, 3 idiots and ghajini all became ATBBs and credit majorly goes to aamir. You should also accept that salman’s movies are success only due to masala genre and remakes. So shut your mouth.
Non actor’s fans dont get so much hyper about @sky’s comment. Truth is always bitter. Sky is saying what the bitter truth is. That’s how non actor is surviving in Bollywood. Dont compare legend Aamir khan who has not only given box office storms but also masterpiece classic movies with classic performance.
@sky I agree with all your points. Hatts off to you. Ignore the loons and no need to give any explanation to any idiotic fans like @Tiger the chuha and wannabe @ hrithik or some undeveloped country’s street dog @Myanmar Bingo.
@Myanmar:
Plz don’t compare #sky with kal lounda #Eric- the chameleon. #sky might found his own reasons to post that comment.
@Anand the fake you idiot talaash released more than 1 year before jai ho and it was a pure dark thriller. You are comparing a dark thriller talaash which is pure multiplex movie to out and out action masala movies like jai ho? Dont you have brain in your head? I had decided to keep quiet and ignore loons like you,@hrithik, @tiger, @Myanmar etc but you all have crossed the limits. Put salman in talaash and release between 3 masala/ highly promoted films like SOS, JTHJ and Khiladi 786 and we will see if it crosses 100 Cr or not. And jai ho a
Struggled to cross 100 Cr despite being out and out masala movie with action, social message, huge promotions, republic holiday release while talaash was completely opposite, very less promoted, less number of screens than jai ho, no masala, pure thriller with suspense, serious story, non holiday release after diwaali on November and still it came close to 100 Cr. So shut your nonsense and stop comparing talaash to jai ho. Talaash despite pure multiplex movie which appeals to only limited audience opened with 14 Cr with very few screens compared to jai ho and what about that? That’s only because of one name aamir khan. So stop comparing aamir to Salman. Salman has a long way to go to match aamir be it stardom or acting skills. I am not bashing Salman but I am seeing you, @myanmar are bashing aamir by giving credit of all his movies to directors, scripts but not giving the same credit to directors, products or remake when it comes to salman’s movie. @sky was just asking indicine to stop these biasness against aamir what was wrong with his comment? Shy you needed to overreact like this. Indicine is anti Aamir site who never give credit to aamir for his monster success but always overrate srk and Salman unnecessarily which makes me and other readers pissed off. So shut your nonsense and wander off from here. Aamir is ruling Bollywood and will continue to rule Bollywood. This fake sites like indicine cant do anything no matter how hard they try to degrade aamir’s achievements. No one can match aamir in Bollywood be it box office stardom, acting, quality, etc.
@Anand also BB’s success is due to kabir+strong word of mouth. Phantom, new York, Kabul express didnt have extremely strong word of mouth as BB so stop comparing those films to BB. Neither they had any big statcast. So comparison is invalid. And jai ho also struggled badly despite solo republic holiday release and still struggled to cross 100 Cr on the other hand talaash released on pure non holiday without masala and the difference was very less between it and jai ho despite less number of screens than jai ho. If talaah released on republic day with as many screens as jai ho than sure shot it would have earned way more than jai ho and also it would have been superhit. While look at the verdicts. Talaash was a clean hit while jai ho was above average. That’s enough to close the matter.
Guys ignore that @eriChameleon n his multiple fake IDs
@indicine
Why my comments are not publishing??
@DST aka Eric:
If #indicine is fake site then what the hell are you doing herehere??? Get lost chameleon queen fan.
@2:30am hyderabadi mechanic Complan Boy
So at 2:30am in the early hours of the morning whilst sleep walking n drinking a fresh carton of Complan you were sleep writing it seems…!
The only reply I have is did you take your medicine before going to sleep coz you writing nonsense during the daytime is very bad but now that you are writing garbage during the night then things are just gonna get awhole lot worse for us the readership of indicine.
@DST : If you give respect we will give you double respect. If you bash Salman or his fans we will double bash you. We can also say lot of things about Aamir which are facts and may hurt you but we dont want to instigate a fight here. Never Understestimate 3 things in life :
* SALMAN
* SALMAN’s movies
* SALMAN’s Fans !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Samjha ullu or lallu ?? Babaji ka Thullu !!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-p
@sky
Out of respect for what you have done for yrs on this site when defending Aamir on Aamir articles, at times single handedly against the loons like xrate or his heir apparent complan boy today, hence I will respectfully let you have your ‘moment of weakness’ today.
I wont ask why you wanted to overelaborate on the notion that Indicine favours Salman over Aamir bcoz to me they favour Queen over both Salman n Aamir but you had your reasons so thats fine. You have imo earned the right to let off abit of steam so no problem.
I still look forward to standing side by side with you on No Mans Land when future Aamir articles release when our enemies like complan boy viciously attack Aamirs stellar boxoffice record. God bless you my friend.
@fan pk : Your friend was writing ‘Charlie coming with 300 crs strom in India’ at the end of every comment before HNY release. He referred to the lifetime collections and not about opening/weekend. About so called SRK stardom, When was the last time his movie released on non holiday or working day ? or wait for PRDP if it releases on same day as HNY your mouth will be shut !!!!!!!! If you are insisting on the opening /weekend then let Srk release his movie on a working day and give a 25+ cr opening or a 100 crs weekend !!!!!! if you still insist about it then doob marne wali baat yeh hai srkians ke liye that even one movie old Hrithik bashed srk on opening and weekend (MK vs Mohabbatein). If you still not agreeing then all the srk clashes which he won is due to only content applying your logic about lifetime and stardom !!!!!!!!!
Wait for Maratha warrior vs Maratha Mandir this Christmas !!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Anand : Thanks buddy, you too keep rocking !!!!!!
@Eric : I dont care WTH are you. If you give respect you will receive the same. If you show your attitude and then we also know how to give it back !!!!!!!! Better stop it here and dont instigate the fight between fans. I request Salman fans to ignore @Eric & @DST as they are chameleons in disguise and has been trying to create a rift between fans from long time. We know @sky as he has been on Indicine for long time, some times he only knows his ideologies so not a big deal. He has supported Salman and his fans in past so ignore him this time !!!!!!!!!
@1:45pm hyderabadi mechanic Complaining Complan Boy
Stop overhyping that asad nangawala khan…!
The only thing that bhojpori peasant is good at is standing nanga on railtracks waiting for King Charlies arrival so Charlie can take him to the Gola planet for him to carry out his manhunt for the 3.6 billion abducted paglapurians…!