The big clash between Anees Bazmee’s Welcome Back and Aamir Khan – Rajkumar Hirani’s P.K has been averted. The reason is pretty obvious – no film would want to clash with a film as big as P.K.
“I am in no hurry. I have no ambition to create a dhamaka (blast) for Christmas. Any Friday will work as long as another big film is not lined up for the same day,”
“My producer Feroz Nadiadwala wants us to stick to our December 19 release date. But I see no point in a box office tussle. I’m going to convince him to opt for another release window”
“I’ve my own audience. But why get into an unnecessary tussle at the box office? It is bound to damage one or the other film. I’d rather wait for another opportune Friday.”
“Rajkumar Hirani is a very fine writer and director. On top of that, he is back with his ‘3 Idiots’ leading man Aamir Khan. So there’s bound to be fireworks at the box office. Why take the risk of getting burnt?” he said.
The new release date hasn’t been announced yet, but there are reports that Welcome Back might release in January. With rumours doing the rounds that Haider too is likely to be postponed to a later date, it most certainly looks like not many in the industry would dare release their film on the same date as the ‘Big 5’.
And it simply doesn’t matter if the comparatively smaller film announced their release date first – It happened with Chennai Express and Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai Dobaara last year. This year, two films scheduled to arrive during Christmas, Welcome Back and Bombay Velvet, has decided to let go of the Christmas weekend and make way for Aamir Khan!
PK has to be a very well made film to break D3’s record…
Otherwise if it does’nt clicks with the audience it wil fall badly…and may struggle to reach 120crs also..
and aamir gets lucky again. really wanted to see how his movie would fare against competition. I don’t think P.K would have the same appeal as 3 Idiots or Dhoom 3 though I am sure it will be great movie but I don’t expect certain segments of the masses and kids to enjoy it as much. Welcome should release 2 weeks before P.K.
Welcome back now will be a compete washout. Clashing with pk would have been better as it would get the limelight and collect decent just like sos benefited clashing with jthj
PK won’t have an earth shattering opening like D3…
PK first day :18-20crs if music is gud and good enough buzz is created
Wooooo……for the first timr ever someone mentioned OUATIMD as a smaller film comparing to CE…..
oh now that it’s averted otherwise i was wondering will it go the same way as Taare jamin par and Welcome.
coward Bazmee.
i just wanted a clash coz iam sure P.K will fail and Raju’s idea making a movie about religion will suffer like Spain football team tonight
Honestly, I am not surprised…I knew this would happen. You don’t clash your film with the “MEGA-MOVIE” which is supposed to collect 300 crs and make the Bollywood history..At last a good decision
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PK could be collected over 250 cr in india…… PK PK….
P.k has to be like 3i if it is like 3i then it will definetly cross 200cr. Otherwise it will be dhobighat2 if content is not grt.
Now nobody can stop amir and hirani.
100% 300cr in any condition.
It’s funny how they burn srk when he destroys the competition unlike others
This is the power of Aamir. There are two legends in bollywood who everywhere is afraid of clashing:
Aamir and Salman
Welcome Back you can clash with HNY. It would not hurt your collections much. Srk is not big star.Remember JTHJ vs SOS?
There are 3 films fighting for top grosser of 2014:
Kick, PK and Bang Bang.
Make way for Aamir Khan!
Who are the Big 5 stars?
Salman, Aamir, Srk, Hrithik and ???
Ranbir or Akshay?
Aamir khan ki aukat nahi hai,clash k saath hit dena ki….If he had clashed his film P.K with Welcome back,then make that film hit I will admit him a superstar….He should get a life…
Okay, nothing against hirani or aamir but it was anurag kashyap the first person who had booked the christmas (25th dec) date for bombay velvet a year ago before anyone else did, then welcome back locked the 19th dec date long ago. But then PK came, first it snatched away the 25th dec date from bombay velvet and poor anurag ha to prepone his movie. again PK preponed to 19th dec and now poor anees bazmee has to change the date just to satisfy aamir a solo release. whats this ?? dadagiri of khans?? are eid,diwali,christmas their own property ?? don’t every actor and producer have equal rights over the holiday dates ? bombay velvet and welcome back booked the date first, they deserve it. aamir wasn’t sure of coming on another date except christmas as he considers it lucky, thats why he went from post ipl date to christmas date. good luck to hirani for the movie please seriously ,this was simply unfair and biased.
So it is confirmed.Noone has guts to clash with Salman and Aamir. Top films of 2014:
1.Kick/PK
2.PK/Kick
3.Bang Bang
4.Bombay Velvet
5.HNY
both films are crap before mth and soty.
John abrahm and amir khan stand nowhere
infront of sid-varun.
@king Noone has guts to clash with Aamir so what will he do. He is the most respected and ATBB actor. Srk is a small actor so noone is afraid to clash with him.
@ varun-sid plz don’t be irritating with varun-sid varun -sid On every post.behave like a human being….
@Trooper, Raj Hirani knows audience better than you. His films are for everybody.
@varun-sid Respect Amir …don,t compare him with new actors. Sid & Varun r still Child.
Budgetwise, OUATIMD was a bigger film than CE but Star power wise CE was bigger! King rules.
Its a perfect time for new comers to join Bollywood. Big stars already near to 50.Emraan & Shahid r unlucky bcoz of their bad time entry to bollywood.But they r still young. So they have to become Super star.
pk will be very risky film if it click then 300 crore club will be created but if not then 150 crore will be difficult.
The Rise of “Serial Kisser”
How rarely does this phenomenon occur where a
23 yr old working as an assistant director for a
film, becomes the male lead of the sequel and
the re sequel of that film? Yes, we are talking
about Emraan Hashmi who assisted Vikram Bhatt
during Raaz and later became a poster boy of
the Bhatt camp for a decade now.
Though Emraan debuted in Footpath, he came to
the limelight with Anurag Basu’s Murder where
he played a role that was oozed with confidence
when it came to the steamy scenes. Emraan as a
womanizer on screen shocked the nation by
showing no qualms in doing sex scenes in
Murder. The 13 kisses in the film were a record
that time, and also started the trend of bold
movies in Bollywood. Making out on a terrace in
that black silky blanket was like an unofficial
advertisement of what Emraan’s further movies
would be
murder
Murder was followed with Tumsa Nahin Dekha
where he teamed up again with Anurag Basu.
The first trailer of this film had Emraan bowled
by Diya Mirza at a busstop and immediately
giving a lip-lock. And that gained him the title
‘Serial Kisser’ . The movie however bombed at the
box office.
zeher
Zeher was Emraan’s fourth movie and the birth
of a genius director from the Bhatt camp, Mohit
Suri. Emraan played a cop and was paired with
Shamita Shetty and Udita Goswami. The illicit
affair aspect was present in Zeher too where
Emraan is in a secret relationship with Udita.
The songs of Zeher especially ‘Woh Lamhe’ , and
‘Agar Tum Mil Jaao’ are extremely popular chart
busters. A new beginning of unstoppable hit
music numbers of Emraan took off. The next
movie of our serial kisser was Aashiq Banaaye
Aapne, where the raunchiness climbed up the
ramp even more. The title song became the
hottest number of the year visually, and
musically too which made Himesh Reshamiyya
the topmost composer for few years that
followed. Performance-wise Emraan had nothing
new to offer since the Murder days.
aba
His other release in the same year was
Chocolate which went unnoticed and his routine
performance seemed weaker as he was acting
alongside talents like Irrfan Khan and Anil
Kapoor. The next film was Kalyug, where he
played a supporting role of a punk with a heart
of gold. Kalyug was Emraan’s second film with
Mohit Suri. With an interesting role and
relatively better performance, he climbed
another step in becoming a good actor.
kalyug
Just after he made his presence felt in Kalyug,
Emraan came with up with two forgettable
movies which again put him in the womanizer
zone and offered nothing more than a bunch of
smooches. Jawaani Deewani and Aksar damaged
whatever the little amount of hope he created
from Kalyug.
aksar
In 2006, Gangster came as a blessing to him
where he portrays a cop in disguise. He utilized
the opportunity well to show the sleek switch
from the lover to the scheming cop towards the
climax. The next significant movie where we
could see a groomed actor in him was in
Awarapan , again directed by Mohit Suri. The
problem however was he intermittently did some
terrible movies like Good Boy Bad Boy and Killer
which focused only on banking upon his serial
killer image, which obviously failed at the box-
office. Not surprisingly, the ones which had
substantial characterization like in Jannat
worked well.
jannat2
A milestone in his career which put a stop to
the inconsistency of how his movies fared at box
office was Once Upon A Time In Mumbai . It was
a very important event of his career, as he
passed the acid test. The acid test was
performing in par with Ajay Devgan, and he came
out in flying colors. His performance as Shoaib
was loved and triggered some wonderful roles in
the subsequent years. Though his ease and
expertise in enacting bold bedroom scenes was
continued to be used, it was given a lower
priority than the characterization. His role as
Abraham in Dirty Picture was well-written and
performed flawlessly. He created a space for
himself in the movie when the movie comprised
gems like Vidya Balan and Naseeruddin Shah. In
Murder 2 also, he was impressive as the
suspended cop trying to unveil the mystery
murders.
murder 2
In the 2012 and 2013 releases, he delivered
some amazing performances in three completely
contrasting roles. In Ek Thi Daayan which came
from the Vishal Bhardwaj camp, he played a
magician Bobo , who is suspicious of women with
a long plait as Daayans . In the caper comedy
Ghanchakkar, he worked with the very talented
Raj Kumar Gupta. His displayed some
commendable histrionics as Sanjay, who loses
his memory after a bank robbery. In Dibakar
Banerjee’s Shanghai, Emraan gave his career-
best performance as Joginder in a completely
deglamourized but a wonderful role.
Shanghai
The story of Emraan’s rise is a great illustration
of persistence and hard-work. Emraan has come
a long way from an almost B-grade hero to a
bankable actor of Bollywood! The other factors
which contributed to his success are: Music and
Mohit Suri. Emraan is the only actor who could
get numerous best-of-the-best music tracks in
the last ten years. There is at least one number
from each of his movies that top the charts
whenever they release. Mohit Suri has been
phenomenal in giving Emraan roles that would
bring out a better actor out of him. From Zeher
to Kalyug to Awarapan to Raaz2 to Crook to
Murder 2, he has been the fuel. Their 7th
venture together is Hamaari Adhuri Kahaani
which also stars great talents like Vidya Balan
and Raj Kumar Rao.
Pk will be a blockbuster and highest grosser of the year as well.
Nt amir,but it’s shitty srkfans’ srk who is afraid of clash and behaves as a beggar in front of jeetu ji.