Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan: Top 5 performances

Film critic Joginder Tuteja answers 5 questions from Indicine readers.

Q: In your view, which are the five best performances of Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan? – Hassan Satti

• Shahrukh Khan: Chak De India, Baazigar, Swades, My Name Is Khan, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge. Aamir Khan: Rangeela, 3 Idiots, Lagaan, Sarfarosh, Andaz Apna Apna

Q: What would be your ‘Dabangg 2’ prediction for the first weekend, first week and lifetime collections? – Zubair

• As of today, on a conservative side, this is how ‘Dabangg 2’ is expected to stand at the bare minimum: First weekend: 55 crores+, First week: 90 crores+, Lifetime collections: 150 crores+

Q: I have read from your recent replies that there is a difference between ‘can’ and ‘will’ so my question is that ‘will’ Dabangg 2 cross 200 crores at the domestic box office? – Aashish Thapar

• Please see above reply. While 150 crores+ is a given, it would be the eventual content that would decide if 200 crores is achieved by ‘Dabangg 2’

Q: What is the reason that Shahrukh’s films do extraordinary collection in overseas and ordinary collections in India? Same was the case with ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’ and ‘My Name Is Khan’? – Abhijeet Patnaik

• Three 100 crore successes in a row are not ordinary by any means! Yes, his ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’, if backed by better content, had the potential to cover much greater distance, though that didn’t happen. Still, it is just that he is a super achiever in overseas and is boasting of the kind of numbers that are unmatched by his contemporaries. Hence the difference in overseas and India collections become much more apparent.

Q: Why media and fans are so obsessed with so called 100 crore club? Majority of 100 crore films are below average movies with ordinary performances. There have been great movies made in the past that have much higher footfalls than the 100 crore movies and can be watched many times. Great content movies even with superstars don’t work in a big way whereas senseless movies makes massive collections. – Gaurav Handa

• Movie watching in India is such that it is ‘popular’ cinema that finds major footfalls. What may be ‘average’ and ‘ordinary’ for some could be ‘entertaining’ for most. The fact that these films are doing a business of 100 crores or more simply translates into the fact that more people are interested in watching them when compared to other films with ‘great content’. That could well be debated or challenged but the outcome is crystal clear and the obsession is only going to stay on.

Joginder Tuteja tweets @tutejajoginder

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