Is MNIK worth the media coverage its getting?

Nothing against Shahrukh Khan or Karan Johar here. But watching every news channel and newspaper give My Name Is Khan national importance, is hard to digest. Even now with the film having released across all multiplexes in India, the topic of discussion and debate continues to be the film.

Surely there are bigger problems in the country, that deserve more coverage and importance, don’t you think?

Also would other actors get the same backing from the media, the government and not to mention the industry, as MNIK has?

1) When Aamir Khan’s Fanna was banned in Gujarat, not many stood up for the actor, least the media. The producers (Yashraj) lost a lot of money.

2) Hrithik Roshan’s last film Jodha Akbar too was banned in Rajasthan, later in Madhya Pradesh and eventually in UP. Where was the government, the media? Why wasn’t the same security and assurance provided to the film and its makers? The film lost 6 – 8 crores, no less.

All we are trying to say here is, irrespective of how big / small the film is, irrespective of who the lead star is, every film that is passed by the censor board should witness a smooth release all over.

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  • I LIKE SALLU NATURAL,SIMPLE N SWEAT ACTING.
    HIS COMEDY IS GR8
    IN PAST I LIK HIS COMEDY in
    biwi no1
    maine pyaar kyun kiya
    judwaa etc.
    bt he is not doing films wid gr8 directors.
    he is doing films wid bad n new directors.
    he should do work wid indias best,talented directors AS aamir,srk r doing.
    phir dekhna sallu ka kamaal.
    i like his serios acting in
    TERE NAAM
    JAANEMAN

  • hey fathiya!
    cool down !
    don’t be so angry.
    there is no doubt that we all love srk and his movies.
    but you have to accept that he is no longer no 1 star espacially in INDIA.
    he has given a lot to indian cinema and always got appreciation bothfrom ppl and media.
    but now ,its time for AAMIR KHAN to be called as king of bollywood because he deserves it.
    aamir has changed the life of ppl with his films .he deserves some respect.

  • 4 MNIK everybody promote film.
    sm days ago there was special screening 4 bjp ministers.
    n they promote film.
    every news channels were showing dis.
    after tht special screening 4 actors n they were
    promoting film in twitter.
    n every news channel were showing dis.
    then on 12th feb
    47000 workers of industry
    all bollywood
    all ministers n their family went to see d film
    n promote mnik
    every news channels were seeing dis 24 hours.
    yaar itni publicity kisi aur film ki nahi hui.
    holiday par itni publicity kar di.
    mnik ko national issue banaa diya.
    very cheap publicity
    promos ne to hype banaya nahi.
    promos r boring,not intresting,effecting
    bt publicity ne jabran hype bana diya.

  • if u wl work wid indias best n talented directors thn
    obviously ur acting wl b gud.
    bt srk past films,i hate his
    over acting,over-reaction,haklana(hukloo)
    aheaheaheaheaheaheaheaheaheheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
    bt sallu do natural,simple n sweat acting.
    his past films wid gud directors was awesome.
    bt uski family ne use gher liya hai
    sohail,arbaaj,sister,sister in law.
    thts y he is doing bad films wid bad directors n wid his brothers.
    common sallu b professional.
    n work wid gr8 directors,production team,music directors
    n also wid succesfull actors.
    bt his london dreams is very gud film
    bt i dont lik music,lengthn promotion of film.
    film ki bilkul bhi publicity nahi ki gayi.

  • @fathiya even akki is very popular in overseas but media is partial have they ever shown akki popularity,aamir popularity have they ever shown that forget new born babies they r innocient tu ulog ko kya pata be

  • srk huklooooooooooooooooo
    aheaheaheaheaheaheaheaheaheaheeeeeeeeeeeeee.
    although he is doing work wid indias best n talented
    directors,production team,music directors.

  • fathiya lives in a bubble world with her favorite idol….she hasn’t seen the real world….when the bubble will burst then her srk won’t b there to help her.

  • MNIK review of Komal Nahata –

    On the whole, My Name Is Khan is far from entertaining and also too boring for the gene­ral masses. It will be liked, probably even loved, by the Muslim classes and by the audien­ce abroad. But, for the heavy bud­get at which it has been sold, it will keep either its worldwide distributors (Fox Searchlight) or those to whom they have further sold the rights, in the red.

  • srk says,
    ye mere dudda ka paisa sirf mere aisho-aaraam n media k liy hai
    4 making me kingggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg.

    sallu says,
    ye mere dadda ka paisa sirf poor n needed peoples k liye hai.
    not 4 my enjoy n not 4 media.

  • Hey guys , all media & TV channels are says that 3 days before of mnik that HOUSEFUL……… HOUSEFUL…………HOUSEFUL………..HOUSEFUL

    In India 1950 prints 7.92 Crores .

    Where the collections ?

  • My Name Is Khan First Day Territorial Breakdown

    Saturday 13th Febuary 2010 19.30 IST

    Boxofficeindia.Com Trade Network

    The first day territorial breakdown of My Name Is Khan is as follows. All totals are approx figures.

    Mumbai – 1.75 crore

    Delhi/UP – 2.10 crore

    East Punjab – 85 lakhs

    West Bengal – 52 lakhs

    Bihar – 12 lakhs

    CP Berar – 37 lakhs

    CI – 28 lakhs

    Rajasthan – 43 lakhs

    Nizam – 48 lakhs

    Mysore – 70 lakhs

    Tamil Nadu/Kerala – 20 lakhs

    Assam/Orissa – 12 lakhs

    TOTAL – 7.92 crore

  • @ dipen

    7.92 crores isn’t that bad either, but yeah, is not record-breaking.i was shocked to see it under love aaj kal.

  • Of course, My Name is Khan is not worth the hype at all. And now after the Pune blast, everyone knows what the reality is. Shame on you, Karan Johar and shame on you,Shah Rukh Khan for the low level manipulative politics just to get a good opening. Now it seems the opening day collection in India is only Rs 7.9 crore which is not a good sign at all for a film which came with such an engineered hype and paid reviews!!!! As for the Congress it has reduced itself to a PRO of Dharma Productions!!!

  • all media & TV channels said on friday movie is HOUSEFUL no tickets available till weekend
    In India 1950 prints 7.92 Crores .
    Where the collections ?
    actually collection was 40 Cr
    I will tell where money has gone as listed below
    haitee – 5 Cr
    recent blast for pune – 5 Cr
    MEDIA for supporting 24 hrs to srkgay – 10 Cr
    also dont forget Mr. taran Adarsh – 10 Cr plus some gifts ( wrist watches, bracelett, necklace etc etc..)

    y cant u understand Dipin

  • Thanks Indicine for raising this issue, It’s very much hard to digest. Can u pls find the amount of money SRK & Karan give to media. Then the actual budget of the film will Incrise to 200 cr. i guess.

  • Mudassar,
    u r rite it is too much very heavy cant handle one person , so sabhi boolywood sites gaine hain collections uthanay, jab wapas aaine gi aap ko pata chal jae ga.

  • We agree with you, Preity. Salman should dump Sohail Khan immediately. We want to see Salman in films outside his family banner and with some very good directors like Aditya Chopra, Sooraj Barjatya etc. He should come out of his family set-up and also give up taking as co-stars absolute box office no-nos like Mithun, Jackie and Sohail. Salman in outside banner=surefire blockbuster. We are excited about seeing him in Judwa 2, in Mr.India (as Mogambo) and in powerful romantic films with two heroines like Deepika, Asin etc. Indicine, will you pl convey our message to Salman?

  • @Mn

    Taran Adarsh saturday collections ka bag utha nahi pa rahe hai itna heavy hai isliye

    Saturdays collections will be 6.5 Crores .

    @Afrid Khan thanks for your appreciation.

  • @ Afrid Khan

    Salmnan Khan is King of India??????LOLOLOLOLOL. Explain London Dreams, Yuvraaj and now Veer. A guy with so many flops can be king can he, ah cant stop laughing.

    @ Dipen Sen

    1950 prints for My name is Khan? Are you off you rock. Where in hell did you get this number.

    ! print=1 cinema

    Now check out the amount of cinemas

    http://www.mynameiskhanthefilm.com/TheaterListing_india.pdf

    O yes> 1126 CINEMAS
    SO WHERE HAVE THE OTHER 900 PRINTS GONE, ILL TELL YOU, NOWHERE!

    SORRY, but im a nuetral here (neither an SRK fan nor a Salman fan), untill your argument becomes FACT based, then your just another sour Salman Khan fan.

    And if you want to be proved wrong in your print calculations even more.

    Vijay Singh clearly stated a 120 print count for USA.

    hey presto: http://www.mynameiskhanthefilm.com/TheaterListings.pdf

    120 cinemas! (therefore 1 print=1 cinema)

    Seriously, go and rework your print count, otherwise dont comment on things you dont know fully about.

  • This is for everyone

    Mnik in India 1950 prints 7.92 crores .

    Average per print 7.92/1950

    = 40,615.38462 rupees

    Veer in India 1300 prints 7.01 crores

    Average per print 7.01/1300

    = 53,923.07692 Rupees

    Now you can compare who is the king of India .

  • @ Rex

    What these guys dont seem to understand is that My name is Khan failed top open in HALF of Maharashtra, even Taran Adarsh and BOI said that if it did it would have been the second highest firday ever as Maharashtra gross is usually double of delhi/UP, but o no, Salmans loyal fans are going to completely DISREGARD this.

    Sorry but you cant compare Veer and My Name is Khan

    Veer had a smooth problem free opening, it was only after that some parts of Rajasthan protested

    My Name Is Khan opened to Maharashtra protests, in which the whole of Pune failed to screen the film on the first day and some parts of Mumbai, Orissa aswell did not screen. Many screen also showed the film later on in the day.

    Sorry but no comparison for any right minded individual.

  • Dipen sen

    I feel sorry for people like you, who are deluded in every sense.

    Read the facts and youll know a 1950 print count is impossible. Sorry but im with the SRK fans on this.

    1950 prints when only 1130 screens showed the film, what fairy tale land are you livin in, Indicine pleas help this guy.

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