After trouncing the competition (Mohenjo Daro) during the ‘Independence Day’ weekend this year, Akshay Kumar and Neeraj Pandey were quick to announce their next film ‘Crack’ for the same weekend next year.
The announcement came just days after there were strong reports within the industry, that Imtiaz Ali and Shah Rukh Khan were eyeing the ‘freedom weekend’ to release their next film, which has already gone on floors in Prague.
Attached is our tweet on August 15, soon after ‘Crack’ was announced.
Just when there was talk that SRK – Imtiaz were looking at 11 August 2017 as a potential date for their next film, comes a big announcement!
— Indicine.com (@indicine) August 15, 2016
It’s a well known fact that Shah Rukh likes to announce the release dates of his film, only after it goes on floors. By sticking to this strategy the superstar has missed out on all the big dates.
While Eid is no longer an option for any actor other than Salman Khan, announcing films early for weekends like Diwali, Post IPL, Independence Day etc, can make the competition think twice before announcing their own film.
With the unexpected announcement of ‘Crack’ coming early, the makers of Imtiaz Ali’s film are now in two minds. If they go ahead and announce the film for the same date, it could set up yet another big clash, which puts the weaker film (even if it isn’t a bad film) at a much bigger risk.
There are other factors too – Akshay Kumar is on a career-high after two major multiplex hits in 2016. Neeraj Pandey himself has a big film like ‘MS Dhoni: The Untold Story’, if that film works, it would make ‘Crack’ bigger.
There are also reports that the makers are considering the Dusshera weekend, which has plenty of holidays, but the concern will be ‘Pre-Diwali’ period that will curtail the box office prospects of the film in the long run.
If the clash happens, it’ll not just be SRK vs Akshay, it’ll also be a clash between two acclaimed directors – Imtiaz Ali (Socha Na Tha, Jab We Met, Rockstar, Tamasha) and Neeraj Pandey (Special 26, Baby). Vote and tell us who your favourite director is.
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Worldwide collections of superhit movie of Akki (Rustom) = Worldwide collections of flop movie of Shahrukh (Fan)
Worldwide collections of most profitable movie of akki in recent times = Worldwide collections of least profitable movie of shahrukh in recent times
#Stardom difference
After reading 269 comments
Moral of the story
After Ashutosh and Hrithik
Now Akshay and Neeraj will destroy SRK and Imtiaz Ali
All the best new actor director team
As they are giving movies like As Bachchan and Mehra did in past
So all the best to Khiladi Kumar
Critically Akshay will get success but commercially its Sharukh all the way.
Anyways waiting for crack neeraj sir is intelligent filmmaker and one of my fav director.Akshay sir Line up and selection is just awesome.
From srk fan.
Indicine my question is Salman really 8th standard failed? No wonder the way he speaks , his tweets has no class.
@Rejan : Personally, I don’t have anything against Srk. I had also wished Raees to release solo on Bakrid instead of BBD. But I hate some srk fans @sss @javed and many others who unnecessarily bash Salman for no reason. I know Srk is going through low phase the more I have tried to ignore Salman haters (read Srk fans) n wish Srk good some of his fans change my good intentions towards Srk. I would also like to see Salman-srk fans becomes friends but it is not going to happen soon looking at this comment section. I appreciate your intentions though.
@Zuheeb : Now u want Salman to leave Eid to allow your queen to get a bheek & he can deliver some big grosser? Your idol was a Diwali Khan he could not hold on to it like Salman doing it for Eid and you expect queen can deliver big on Eid which is not as big as Diwali & Christmas !!!!!!!!!
@jobhimein : Eid in India have only one holiday throughout the nation. Some Muslim sections celebrate for 3 days but they are not majority in India. Hope this helps.
Imtiaz Ali’s movies are very confusing.. And irritating. Till date I have not liked a single movie of him.. ROCKSTAR, LOVE AAJ KAL, TAMASHA.. all were boring.. His movies at best can earn, 60-65 cr.. With SRK, it may go to 100-110. But looking at SRK s present position. It will do 85-95 cr. Which will literally mean yet another flop. On the other hand CRACK can do 120-140 and be a HIT due to controlled budget.
@NN
Yes U were right I should never have and I will never appeal them for friendship now.
@SRK Fan Apologies
1. Acc to Bhaitards, Madhuri dixits Hahk had 4 cr more footfalls and Rs.7 cr more earning in ”Domestic” Box office. In 1995 a flop movie Yaarana had clashed with DDLJ, even it had made 6 to 7 cr. Footfalls of a 7 cr movie then used to be 80 lakhs around. But as per these people Hahk’s 7 cr meant 4 cr footfalls. Isnt that funny? I mean seriously! From where do these people learn such accounting. Hahk was a bigger budget movie, and ticket price were also higher than DDLJ given the craze surrounding its lead heroine
2. Now this Tiger is arguing about DTPH. Lol, Dtph was a 2 heroine movie, both heroines had equal space but Srk had much space. In hahk forget Madhuri, aloknath had more space than Salman. Salman appeared in those 14 songs thats why its too much
3.Srk came very close but couldnt beat Hahk domestically by a few crores fine. But what about the overseas of Ddlj and worldwide yes worldwide of Kabhie khusie kabhie gham which salman chased for 15 and 10 years respectively.
4. Can u compare an all time classic like Veer Zaara with over crapfest Bodyguard??Is it logical??
I respect Salman’s current standing and dont wanna get this fight ugly. Yet accept it Salman came after 2010 only.
1992
Srk ahead
1993
srk ahead
1995 1997 1998
srk ahead
srk had 3 back to back record openers
Karanarjun
trimurti
koyla
If Trimurti or Deewana are not srk films(acc to rickshawalas) then how can No entry be salman film
After 1992 srk made his debut Salman had 7 hgoty. Leave No entry its 6 only, srk has 5 hgoty domestically, 9 hgoty worldwide and 17 overseas!!!!And thats a record.
@hritik
Even I tried to be kind but have been criticized by own fanbase. I have never begged. Trying to make friends doesnt means Begging.
Also some commentors from Salman Fanbase say a lot bad things to SRK. I just could not tolerate it.
@NN
Hahahahaha not so Claasics, but atleast better than other tortures.
lol…All 12 SRK films were successful released on diwali but SRK is not the one to stay forever in his comfort zone (:
Salman without Eid highest- 195crs (PRDP)
Eid without Salman highest- 208crs (CE)
enough said :P
U can luv him or hate him can’t ignore him SRK haters enjoy his bad phase As a fan I m waiting for RAEES
No doubt Neeraj Pandey is extremely good director but way of working of Imtiyaz Ali is Devine
@ indicine : approve these comments nothing wrong in it
@ 3:41 pm
Hrithik, speaking good words but your actions should reflect that …. tell me what was the need to drag shahrukh in this article in first comment
http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/deepika-padukone-ranks-10-in-forbes-list-of-worlds-highest-paid-actresses/
Did any shah fan @ sss @javed instigate you there? You say have nothing against shahrukh but your comments dont say that.
@ indicine : approve these comment nothing wrong in it
@ 3:41 pm
Hrithik, speaking good words but your actions should reflect that …. tell me what was the need to drag shahrukh in this article in first comment
http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/deepika-padukone-ranks-10-in-forbes-list-of-worlds-highest-paid-actresses/
Did any shah fan @ sss @javed instigate you there? You say have nothing against shahrukh but your comments dont say that.
Some. Akshay Kumar fans are jumping with excitement thinking that srk is just another tom,dick and harry and it would be easy to beat him ,get ur facts right akshays highest grossing movie is rowdy rathore at 133 crores and shahrukh’s underperformer dilwale netted 150 CR’s.and guys he is srk no matter what phase he going his movies set opening records,even a movie like fan netted close to 20 CR’s and we won’t even talk about overseas where Akshay is nowhere and srk is miles ahead.Imtiaz Ali has a better track record than neeraj pandey,both baby and special 26 were under performers and niche film.It is a foregone conclusion that if crack clashes with srk film,it would suffer badly,srk is miles ahead of akshay Kumar both in terms of box office and stardom,so akki fans be happy for him as this year he has done well but taking on srk would be his most unwisest decision if he clashes,read boxofficeindia article for more on this,it would give u a clear picture
@bicky: srk can defeat salman sir only in your dreams…let him first defeat Siddharth malhotra on non-profitholiday
@ Rejan
You hurt many shah fans here by your comments but it is ok you apologised. We do not expect you to defend shahrukh and write long comments but we expect you to respect shah and his fans. Demeaning shahrukh by calling coward and out of the race etc is unacceptable. Check some of your comments:
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Rejan
August 26, 2016 at 6:28 pm
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Have a good day!!!!!
Anyway I hope srk salman fans dont fight. This is harming srk more. U guys are the biggest fanbase across globe today. Pls love srk and support his films too. Forget these mindless commentators like @sss and @Javed, Let them bark , these are unlucky charms for srk. I appeal pls support srk in his bad phase. I watch all Salman movies FDFS anyway”
Question : how do you consider salman fanbase as the biggest here? Have you counted fans of both? Pathetic. Reading your comments look more begging to me than appealing. sss and javed i dont agree with their comments but using the word barking for fellow shah fans and continuous begging to salman fans. Poor.
Another comment below:
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Rejan
August 26, 2016 at 6:11 pm
@hritik
this salman khan king khan is a Salman fan, read his comments in other articles too. Srk is almost out of race, accept it or not, if Srk continues to decline fanwar between Aamir vs salman is gonna get very ugly now. It has started very harshly. Visit a twitter Id of any aamir fan randomly, or even Salman fan, u will see. I have followed a lot of Aamir fans(me myself being one) and have seen it”
SRK almost out of the race? Every one said that and then he delivered a HGOAT chennai express. Even a genuine sallu fan would not call him out of the race and you are a shahrukh fan right?!
Comments like above are extremely irritating for shahrukh fans and make us
think of you as chameleone. More when you call yourself a shahrukh fan.
Now you have apologized. Ok. You have already lost respect of many. If you continue commenting this way you will loose all. Will repeat. When you write above comments you do more damage then you do good by writing long statistics about shahrukh.
@ Indicine nothing wrong in my comments approve this one
@ Rejan
You hurt many shah fans here by your comments. It is ok now you apologised. We do not expect you to defend shahrukh and write long comments but we expect you to respect shah and his fans. Demeaning shahrukh by calling coward and out of the race etc is unacceptable. Check some of your comments:
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Rejan
August 26, 2016 at 6:28 pm
@hrithik
……
Have a good day!!!!!
Anyway I hope srk salman fans dont fight. This is harming srk more. U guys are the biggest fanbase across globe today. Pls love srk and support his films too. Forget these mindless commentators like @sss and @Javed, Let them bark , these are unlucky charms for srk. I appeal pls support srk in his bad phase. I watch all Salman movies FDFS anyway”
Question : how do you consider salman fanbase as the biggest here? Have you counted fans of both? Pathetic comment. Can you explain? Reading your comments look more begging to me than appealing. sss and javed i dont agree with their comments but using the word barking for fellow shah fans and continuous begging to salman fans. Very Poor.
Another comment below:
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Rejan
August 26, 2016 at 6:11 pm
@hritik
this salman khan king khan is a Salman fan, read his comments in other articles too. Srk is almost out of race, accept it or not, if Srk continues to decline fanwar between Aamir vs salman is gonna get very ugly now. It has started very harshly. Visit a twitter Id of any aamir fan randomly, or even Salman fan, u will see. I have followed a lot of Aamir fans(me myself being one) and have seen it”
SRK almost out of the race? Convincing @hrithik sallu fan that SRK is over !!! Every one said that and then he delivered a HGOAT chennai express. Even a genuine sallu fan would not call him out of the race and you are a shahrukh fan right? What do me make of your these comments? You saying not to call you chameleone???
Comments like above are extremely irritating for shahrukh fans and make us
think you as chameleone.
Now you have apologized. Ok. You have already lost respect of many shah fans here. If you continue commenting this way you will loose all. Will repeat. When you write these comments you done more damage then you did good by writing long statistics about shahrukh.
@ NN
Read the comments of @rejan i shared calling shahrukh out of the race, salman fanbase largest, etc. Never expect these comments from real shah fan. You are favoring this @rejan but read his comments. These are not peace making but insulting comments. We Accept his apology also. But @xzone, me and many other shah fans will be wary of this guy.
@ indicine
Have shared comments of @rejan for all srkians. They must be aware of his other comments.
Approve my comments
@ Rew1,
Naah, You got me wrong…
It was me who not only bashed in fact just thrashed Salman And Aamir due to their poor fans, IN REPLIES OF AKKI’S DEGRADATION MADE BY YOU ALL FIRST…
The Unmatchable Akki aaj bhi wahi hai, Mere Bhai…
You will start, I will finish…
Iss game mein to shuru se mazaa aata hai, Bhai…
I knew it, My this way to get others to make understand something will be replied by such morons like You…!!!
@ Indicine : this is very important and nothing vulgar/abuses. Dont block this one. No bashing only sharing with @rejan where he went wrong
@ Rejan
No one stops you from being kind and bring peace. It is your some comments which irked many shah fans
1. In a comment you said to sallu fan admit or not shahrukh is out of race compared to salman and aamir. Convincing sallu fan about that? Even a neutral and genuine sallu fan would even not say that and you are shah fan?? Seriuosly? All said same but one CE released and was HGOAT. He is just one top hit movie away. Out of race? Shocker
2. Said here shahrukh should not run away like coward later. Run away from what? Has he announced this release date for The Ring ? You and @tiger real king thoughts were similar here. Ridiculing shah for a date not announced being a shah fan. Another shocker !!
3. In a comment said to a salman fan that salman fanbase is largest? Wow!! It is in the top 2 but largest? Any Proof? All shah movies open no lesser than salman. Even more. His wrong scripts have let down. His fan base is no less then any one. That claim was another shocker.
When you say all above you loose respect of shah fans. Silly baseless stuff. Dont blame shah fans for your silly comments. As @NN said you write good comments with stats and defend shahrukh but above comments disappoint and irk many. We appreciate peace calls and want peace but we are actualy irked by your above silly comments. Irrational and ridiculing comments. Can share all your comments if you say. You have apologised and is accepted. Saying all this as you blaming shah fans for backlash. It is not your peace effort it is your above comments that was problem. Be careful in your words if you are a true shahrukh fan.
@ Indicine appealing to you to approve comment. This @rejan saying we srkians bashing him for being kind which id fully wrong. Showing him his comments and mistake is important.
@harsh dholakia,you’ll review the comment section of md vs rustom before one year of release,then everyone was talking at that time that rustom can’t cross even 40cr and md will do 180cr or above!!!!!but what happened?????
No Bachchon,no Mehra,may akki/some director copied them but nothing gonna happen if someone is doing clash against THE KING OF BOLLYWOOD/THE KING OF CLASHES.
and here too akki is supporting by salman,amkr and all fanbase while SRKIANS alone thrashed all.
MORAL IS—-KING SRK will remain THE UNDISPUTED in upcoming clashes.and HE is not fool like hrithik roshan.THE RING will be much more entertaining than neeraj pandey movies,s o don’t worry it’s predicted,now akki is in risk.
@the slb,really you’re so much confused rofl.
JAB WE MET—-ONE OF THE BEST LOVE STORY WITH GRAND SUCCESS
IMTIYAZ’S DEBUT MOVIE—-LIKED souch by @indicine starring by sanjay deol,once @indicime said that.
Rockstar —-south being a niche movie,It relalh rocked by Ranbir-Imtiyaz and best performance and good success of the year.
highway—-praised by critics but was a niche genre having no big star
tamasha—-was only disappointment
But now see neeraj pandey
a Wednesday —-very good movie,b it a flop.
sp26—-good movie,bit a semi hit only.
baby—-average movie,manipulated a lot in box office,still an average success even though praised so much by critics and good direction on REPUBLIC day with high publicity,but still didn’t worked!!!!!why?????
Now see with whom people are so much confusing?????
Obviously it’s neeraj pandey who made peoples so much confusing which reflects in his movie’s box office success even after so much overhyping in the name of patriotism,still failed in baby that too on a holiday too,rofl.
Butif Mahenjodaro was extremely worst movie,that’s why it couldn’t survive Infront of Rustom.though rustom was entertaining.but still neeraj was not the director of rustom.so crack will be as much as boring and confusing and weil go in baby way and THE RING will easily thrash it.
BECAUSE this time akki will not face hr/md.neither Imtiyaz is working with Ranbir,r ofl.
THE SCENARIO IS COMPLTELEY Differen—-THE RING WILL BE ANOTHER “JAB WE MET” OR EVEN BETTER.
So akki/neeraj,change the date.
@hrithik,I already told I hate criminal khan because of his sins and crimes mostly then I hate because of his darpok nature and hypocrisy(what he did with JTHJ IN 2012).I’LL never forgive your criminal star.and friendshipwith lallutards will never ever gonna happen anyday.
@Zameer
fine I have already said I retrack those comments, nothing about loosing respect.
And u have not posted full comment. U have posted only those parts of comment where I am angry,
I m new to social media, they started saying filthy things to Srk so I got worried. So I said those things. I have never ssid Srk is out of race. His movies are opening well but falling down doe to -ve WOM
Pls read all those full comments. There are more +ve sides.
@zameer My point was Srk should have clashed so that Bhaitards would not have got these chances to call him nonsense.
And that cmnt u have posted here is ridiculous. Think of it, I had said that it will be good for all fanbases if Srk remains in top compeition, nothing about begging. Ya I respect Aamir too
I respect srk very much.
@Gupta : What is disrespecting towards Srk in my comment on Deepika’s article? I told the fact, she talked so much about her identity, individuality & principles and blindly does a crap HNY for Srk. It was a fact about Deepika but if u guys keep finding fault in our comments then no one can help. You should be thankful to me that I did not call srk with unwanted names in that comment or bashed him to provoke you guys, that is exactly what some of your Srkian mates do on Salman articles. I could have done the same but it won’t make any difference between them & me !!!!!!!!!!
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