Filmmaker Maneesh Sharma came to Mumbai with a dream of directing Shah Rukh Khan and he finally realises it with next week’s release FAN. Directing a film starring SRK in the lead has its own advantages and disadvantages.
The advantage is, Shah Rukh’s presence guarantees a good opening at the box office, but on the other side, his films also come with immensely high expectations. The burden of directing a Shah Rukh film, which is watched by millions of people worldwide, is huge. When expectations are high, the chances of disappointing the audience is higher and Sharma knows it.
He had earlier said “I was an assistant on Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and today I’m getting to direct Shah Rukh Khan. It’s a dream come true. I’m a big fan of his powerhouse talent. Fan comes with a lot of responsibility. I have followed SRK’s life since his Fauji days. There’s no way I can let him down”
From a box office point of view, Sharma’s films in the recent past haven’t really performed well. His debut film ‘Band Baaja Baarat’ did well, ‘Ladies vs Ricky Behl’ tanked, while ‘Shuddh Desi Romance’ just about recovered its investment because of its opening. His highest grosser to date is ‘Shuddh Desi Romance’ which collected Rs 47 crore at the box office.
Almost all films have only appealed to a tiny section of the audience. That would have to change with a film starring Shah Rukh in the lead.
With FAN, the onus is on the director to deliver a good film because in today’s times when the word-of-mouth is spreading quicker than ever, only films that are liked by the audience are performing well at the box office. The multiplex audience isn’t even willing to give bad films a chance, because the ticket prices are too high for the middle-class to afford – especially at big cities.
For Shah Rukh, the success of FAN will be important. His last release ‘Dilwale’ did well at the worldwide box office, but the general perception is that the Rohit Shetty film did not perform.
The box office outcome of FAN will also have a direct impact on the much-hyped Eid clash between ‘Raees’ vs ‘Sultan’. If FAN fails, ‘Sultan’ will have a massive advantage this Eid. If FAN does very well, the battle will be more even.
Box office and everything else aside, when it comes to a film like ‘FAN’, the expectations from Shah Rukh Khan fans is huge. Will Maneesh Sharma deliver?
FAN releases in theatres on April 15. Advance booking opens across all theatres on Sunday.
To be realistic 155 cr…..
Anything above the wom has to be 4/5 minimum.
FAN will do 27 crore first day.. i m damn sure . weekend will be 85 crore.. lifetime.. 250 crore. all this if content is good.. if bad then 125 lifetime..
The promos are good .
The background score is thrilling. Loving it !!
I will watch evry Srk movie ,he enough makes his films Worthwatching . Amazing screen presence nd acting.
@Fasal a.ka crop circle.
My prediction 125 was on mixed response.
If it gets very positive response then 200 plus.
Mixed – 130
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Dear indicine
Kapoor and sons become the highest grosser of march but you dont post an article on it. Please do it fast. I am waiting for it.
Thanks
No buzz for hiltahua fan
@ms
ROFL
Pankha wil b a super crap…end days cuming soon for saa ruu kh
#hatesrKAY
Love you Sallu bhai
From Mars
Chennai express is not at all Srks movie the movie belongs to superhit 100 cr director Rohit shetty and 100 cr actress Deepika padukone
Poorey jitna jaldi accept karle yeh kadwa sach utna srk ke fans ke liye acha hai
Kyunki srk ke fans zaroor SALMAN KI AANE wali movie dekhenge lekin,Salman ke fans bhi zaroor dekhenge srk ki movie par internet par download karke.
Srks Chennai express is not ATBB agar ATBB hoti to phir bhi mante they ki badi hit hai karke magar srk ko ATBB DENA TO KYA ABHI BLOCKBUSTER DENA HI MUSHKIL HOGAYA SALMAN KE FANS NAHI WATCH KARNE KI WAJEH SE. Srk also have his contribution towards his movie CE but he earned only 27 crs. And rest of 200 cr belongs to Deepika and Rohit shetty.
If I were Srk fans I won’t be worried whether the last box office was not successful or it has to gross this much to compete with Sultan….
He has achieved almost everything..rather seems u guys are the one putting pressure too much esp for Fan…it shd be successful… If it’s not(I doubt) it does not mean Raees will have a negative impact. Raees is also another entity on its own plus it has Srk in it..people will still troop in to watch it…once the story line is good it will gross healthy keeping in mind it’s a commercial movie too.
Dekhtey hain kaun hai asli star aney wali EID par.
Tab koi excuse nahi chalegi srk ke fans se.
Isliye nahi kamayi, usliye nahi kamayi
Yeh hua isliye nahi kamayi, wo hua isliye nahi kamayi
Don’t want to see any kind of stupid reasons to hide ur film star.
Bekaari me pukaar rahe hai srk ke fans jo haaal Jthj,raone,don2,crappy new year aur Bunwale ka hua hai wahi haal bone wala hai Eid par
Last time sher ka bacha haradiya Ab to bache ka baap aaraha hai Eid par.
Shift karlega srk mere hisaab se agar FAN 200 cr bhi nahi kamasaki to box office par.
I am 100% sure and every SALMAN fan is sure about this,also srks fans themselves wants his star to choose different date after the collection of FAN movie
I have complete faith on MANEESH SHARMA.I liked HIS Ladies VS ricky behl the most,then band baja barat.and didn’t have seen shudh desi romance till yet.Ladies Vs ricky behl is not a flop,@indicine kindly correct it.
I complete have my trust on MANEESH SHARMA as the types of FILMS HE has made and HE is a CLASSIC DIRECTOR which is MOST IMPORTANT.and no of HIS previous films are as exciting and thrilling like FAN,so FAN has MAXIMUM chances to BECOME THE BIGGEST GROSSER AMONG ALL NON HOLIDAY FILMS.
last but not least HE IS AN SRKIAN.SO WE ALL SRKIAN can easily TRUST on HIM.because in past few years,certain bunches of untalented directors ruined and degraded KING KHAN’S career except MEGALEGEND YASHJI and FARHAN AKHTAR.due to them,FARHAN AKHTAR MOVIE suffered and due to salman YASHJI’S MOVIE suffered.
so at this situation only AN SRKIAN can bring that GLORY AND ULTIMATE POWER HOUSE OF TALENT OF KING KHAN and a TALENTED ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR LIKE RAHUL DHOLAKIA can PROLONG THAT ULTIMATE GLORY.
SO WE SRKIANS HAS COMPLETE TRUST UPON THESE IMMENSE POWERHOUSE TALENT HAVING DIRECTORS—-MANEESH SHARMA,RAHUL DHOLAKIA.
My prediction for Fan
160cr-positive
130cro-avag
110cr-negative
@javed bas kar……@xzone & @javed bark as much as you can….. Bcoz after release you both will b seen in mental asylum….. Hahahaha
If airlift with limit appeal and with no big director n not backed by big production house scores 130 crs then fan should atleast score more than 150 crs.anything less than 150 would be dissappointment…
Seems Indicine team is planning to stay up tonight.
Hope So ..
Hold the front page- wasnt this the crap that for past few yrs was being hailed as CONTENT RICH…? Why the sudden fretting n sweating Indicine…????
So the over hyped Billu 2 is no longer being labelled as Content Rich…. Now the director will be made a scapegoat for what I always said was a remake of Billu 1 but this time no Irrfan Khan just a duplicate SRK overacting even more than usual…!
@1:30am Tihar Jails resident drunk Complanholic
Abey bas kar- you had faith in Yesteryear King Charlie coming with a 300cr storm during Diwali 2014 but all you got was endless ridicule. This time everybody knows that Maneesh Sharma is no ‘Content Rich’ director but a clueless fan who thought 2 doses of overacting from SRK would mean double collections…! I
The buzz surrounding Billu 2 is dead now- only thing that can save the film from flopping big time is a national strike on friday ie theatre employees walking out hence shows being cancelled everywhere n film being shelved never ever to re-release…!
Seems like the media have already started playing the blame game by now calling Maneesh Sharma just ‘Maneesh Sharma’ and not as ‘Maneesh Content Rich Sharma’…!
Some well tbh 99% of Queens fans say Aamir is fanless n only has Content to bring him success but isnt it ironic that the 2nd richest tax avoider actor in the world cant buy even 1% of content for his crappy films…!
Irony is lost on them I guess
Inshallah FAN will surprise every one on 15 April…by thrashing each and every record…then srk haters will suicide just wait n watch
SRK reads out the letters received from his fans across the world:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhNu9KhTTA4
I like Salman as well but
some Salman fans are so senseless Lol..
guys Forget 2 factors (yrf and dharma) if we remove only one factor Suraj Barjatya (who delivers BB even with Shahid kapur) then our Bhaijaan was literally nothing for 2 decades…Salman himself said “whatever I’m today us because of Suraj” and also Salman had said once “ghar pe baitha rehta tha, kuch kaam nahi rehta tha phir papa kaam dilate the” soo big credit goes to Salim Khan as well for his career success…
He always have had a Godfather for his success that’s why he never needed to struggle hard or work hard..
Maneesh Sharma will not disappoint .
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@Fasal : Now take the screen shot of my below comment & keep reading to sulk.
Show me the single comment of mine where I predicted less than or 100 crs for FAN. If you prove I will leave Imdicine or become a Srk fan. Waiting for reply.
I hope you are not hallucinating after losing sleep in worry of FAN’s outcome.