Can Khiladi 786, Dabangg 2 turn the tide?

There were five biggies that were expected to bring in ton loads of entertainment and also emerge as no less than blockbusters in last quarter of the year – ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’, ‘Son of Sardaar’, ‘Talaash’, ‘Khiladi 786’ and ‘Dabangg 2’. While JTHJ and SOS have stopped at being ‘Hits’, verdict on ‘Talaash’ is still awaited (there is a good chance that it would be a Hit eventually). However the much cherished word, ‘Superhit’, if not a ‘Blockbuster’ is still awaited. Most importantly, wait also continues for a film that is liked by most (universal hit). Well, at least amongst the target audience.

Khiladi 786 - Dabangg 2

One is inclined to keep fingers crossed and expect that ‘Khiladi 786’ and ‘Dabangg 2’ turn out to be two such films.

For starters, both films are as unpretentious as they get when it comes to it’s target audience. Do we really know the storyline of any of the two films? Well, did I just use the word ‘story’? Hey, even the makers haven’t tried to throw this word at us as yet! And no, it is not because they feel that talking about the story may end up ‘revealing’ what the film is all about. However the fact remains that the Akshay Kumar starrer is being spoken about for its music and action. As for the Salman Khan starrer, it is in news for ‘attitude of Chulbul Pandey’.

The stories that would eventually play on screen could well be incidental!

However, what both films are promising is wholesome entertainment. Some may choose to scoff at ‘oh, so is this what I end up getting in the name of entertainment?’ Well, debate as some may, the fact remains that those who visit theatres in nook and corner of the country can’t be expected to sit down and critically acclaim the pointers around good v/s bad cinema. They are equally happy to munch their popcorn while watching ‘Ek Tha Tiger’, ‘Rowdy Rathore’ & ‘Agneepath’ or eating ‘samosas’ during ‘Barfi!’, ‘OMG Oh My God’ and ‘Kahaani’.

Simply put, for all the criticism that ‘Khiladi 786’ and ‘Dabangg 2’ may end up getting on their release, if they are entertaining enough for a larger segment of audience to give them a thumbs-up, they would work at the box office and (perhaps) turn out to be the quintessential superhits/blockbusters that industry has been longing for. If they are not, they would be out. Simple!

As for the critical nuances, they can wait!

Joginder Tuteja tweets @tutejajoginder

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97 Comments

  • How sad it is for bollywood,class movies like talash,jthj were just hit but k78n,d2 masala tapori films r going to b superhit. . .

  • Yes, plz sallu yes u r king of BOI bt dnt spoil bollywood, stop tapori,slow action, masala,item song, faltu movies.

  • Khiladi 786 and Dabangg 2 have great chance of becoming blockbusters as Indian audiences today want to watch these kind of movies on national level.Great Films like My Name is Khan,Jab Tak Hai Jaan and Talaash are being rejected in single screens which accounts for 50% business of big films.However such kind of masala entertainers does not find audiences overseas where as Great films mentioned above are blockbusters overseas.

  • @ dude plz understand the article…everybody doesn’t like class movies….people also like to njoy movies like ett, dabangg ,rowdy!…

    yes talaash is a class movie…..but plz don’t call jthj a class movie…calling jthj class is an insult to the word “class”!

  • lets see….both lookin good for big opening…..it needs to have the content to do humongous business…..khiladi 786 have 2 weeks…it will be huge in SS and have an avg start at multiplexes….and as far as Dabanng 2 is concerned …it will have an earth shattering opening …Dabanng had a good storyline and D2 is being directed by another director(AK)…..it all depends on the content…..

  • @ arjun singh…ett has the highest per screen avg in usa….so how do u say that these films didn’t find acceptance in overseas??

    also ett total overseas is 60 crores…& jthj likely total collection will be at max 75 crore…then by only 15 crore diff how do u say ett wasn’t accepted overseas???

  • it will be a shock if Dabangg 2 does’n t cross Dabanggs collections….these days every top star film is a hit, this will definitely join the list… For Salman khan BB=Hit…

  • Kiladi wont become Huge Grosser and lifetime will be Under 100cr due to only 2 free open weeks whereas Dabangg 2 is sureshot Blockbuster as 3 Open free weeks for All Multiplex(Imran Khan starrer releasing on Jan 13) and Whole Month Run for Single Screens.

  • @tejas
    LOL,ETT is not masala film like dabangg,RR so film worked at Overseas.
    By the way,Dabangg 2 will be much lesser than Tiger in Overseas…

  • isn’t jthj superhit????
    its budget was 60cr and it has done 119cr (currently)…
    even komal and taran declared it as superhit….. :P
    well anyway i am just khiladi!!! just 2 days to go!!!!!….

  • @ nihal…yep jthj is superhit…but collection is 101 crores according to box office india, boxofficeday.com, buisness of cinema,& wikipedia….

    yep me too excited about k786

  • @ raj okay ett was not a masala film…. but i guarantee u dabangg 2 despite being masala action will gross as much as that of ett that is 60 crore…b coz ett was not released in pakistan ( where it lost 8-10 crores) …& dabangg 2 is going to release in pakistan!!

  • Friday release film like Dabangg 2 Can do 200cr in India?
    Well Its hard to believe.

    Tiger have 52cr in 2 big holiday.
    Independent-32cr.
    EID-20cr.

    Atleast 160+cr seem very good for Dabangg 2 because Its Friday Release.

  • @tejas
    But dabangg 2 will much lesser than other markets than Tiger and pakistan collection will be only BONUS for Dabangg 2.
    Ex-USA
    Tiger-Around $2.5M.
    Can d2 collect $2.5M in USA?
    Bodyguard was $1.8M in USA.
    Not only USA also find out other markets.

  • @ raj dabangg 2 also has holidays:-
    1) christmas (tuesday)
    2)year end (2nd monday)
    3)new years 1st jan (2nd tuesday)….
    so it is possible 200 + atleast…

  • @dude what a pathetic comment is this can u plz tell me what is classic about jthj i have seen jthj not a even a single classic moment in the movie if there is can u tell me here
    just commenting stupid things wont make movie classic
    and ur jealousy is shown in that u have already declared k756 and d2 crap as well as super hits
    so scared srk fan u are
    and trust me i am srk fan and salman khan fan too
    but accept this that srk had his time but this is the era of salman khan evn aamir can not give back to or
    last words for u
    salman khan zindabad

  • @dude what a pathetic comment is this can u plz tell me what is classic about jthj i have seen jthj not a even a single classic moment in the movie if there is can u tell me here
    just commenting stupid things wont make movie classic
    and ur jealousy is shown in that u have already declared k756 and d2 crap as well as super hits
    so scared srk fan u are
    and trust me i am srk fan and salman khan fan too
    but accept this that srk had his time but this is the era of salman khan evn aamir can not give back to back atbb
    last words for u
    salman khan zindabad

  • @tejas
    Dabangg 2 First week will likely Max 110cr at best case scenario(Sunday & Tuesday are big holiday in 1st week).
    2nd week should be 50+cr and 3rd week should be 30+cr to order to touch 200cr.
    Ok Lets See.

  • those srk fan and ajay davgan fan plz check boxofficeindia today view both sos and jthj gets only hit status..dont even superhit and after 20 days jthj collect 100 cr and sos dont eve come closer to that ..it is most reliable site/…what srk and ajay fan say now????????????

  • @ dude….you need good dudes around you….jthj a classic!! what a joke man!!!

    you insulted the “classic” word by calling jthj classic…!

  • @tejas
    Yes Max 55cr for Dabangg 2 in Overseas if Film is Good.
    Christmas holiday is Very Huge in Overseas so it’ll help dabangg 2.

  • I dont understand why these people cry at mass films.Do films like barfi,kahaani,oh my god,english vinglish,student of the year were mass masala or action films didn’t they make profits or were they disasters or they are not liked by indians.So please stop thinking like fools.

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