War of Words: SRK and Deepika debate over Bajirao Mastani’s Audience Reach

With the films just a couple of days away from release, the stars of both the films are trying to persuade the audience into coming to the cinemas to watch their movie.

Come 18th December, we have a huge clash between Shah Rukh Khan starrer Dilwale and Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus Bajirao Mastani. While promotions for both movies are at an all time high, actors are trying to state why their film is better.

At a recent event, Shah Rukh was asked to comment on the clash between the two films. The star said “The other film (Bajirao Mastani) is also made by friends. Our genre is more family and happy-go-lucky kind. Their genre is niche and historical. For both films, audience will come in at different time and watch it. Both are really nice movies”

But when Deepika Padukone, the lead star in Bajirao Mastani, was told about what SRK said, she responded saying “I wouldn’t call Bajirao (Mastani) as niche at all. In fact, one of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s strength is, that in a film like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam or Devdas or Ram Leela, or even Black, he has his way of story-telling and yet he makes his movies globally appealing”

While Dilwale has a huge cast including Kajol, Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sanon and Varun Sharma, Bajirao Mastani also has the trio of Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra and Deepika.

The negotiations from the makers of Bajirao Mastani for higher ratio of shows at multiplexes is still on. The film has also managed to get a fairly decent single-screen release, thanks mainly to Eros International’s last film Bajrangi Bhaijaan.

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94 Comments

  • Eros international should be taught a powerful lesson….
    u expect higher shows hahaha
    I wish srk had signed yrf to have booked maximum single screens and multiplex shows so that bm would be left with 800 to 1200 screens …..!!!!!

  • Indicine apologies for mentioning BOI here :). But for the haters pls read the latest article on BOI the writing is on the wall, even you favortite BOI sites calls BM a niche film. ROFL, where will u all hide now. BM is on its way down and if Dilwale proves to be an entertainer BM bites the dust on 18th Dec hands down.

  • Bajirao all the way…..! Srk don’t try to over smart to call bajirao mastani niche film.
    Dullwale dull on boxoffice…. maximum collect 180cr (boi). On others hand Bajirao mastani 130cr over.

  • I dont Understand One thing If SRK is ‘DUNIYA KA SABSE BADA SUPERSTAR'(AS HE claimed in ‘FAN)
    THEN WHY HE & HIS FANS are bashing SLB or BM???
    WHY SO MUCH INSECURITIES???
    Why they are SPREADING NEGATIVITY for BM(INCLUDING SENSIBLE SRK FANS)???
    Why They think BM will affect DILWALE(WHILE BB & BAHUBALI both worked at box office)???
    @Chall,
    I didnt expect this from you, EARLIER you bashed SLB for Pinga I didnt say
    But now you are bashing him coz of MALHARI.
    MALHARI is Victory Song,
    If Bajirao I(Ranveer) is Celebrating his VICTORY in the film & motivating his soldiers, building their confidence for their future battles
    What wrong with that???

  • Niche means Hatke…..in short what srk meant is that his movie Dilwale is the same old wine in new bottle….while Bajirao Mastani is Niche….i.e, Hatke……….He has indirectly praised the movie.

    So now it is up to you viewers…..do you want to drink to taste the same old thing with a fancy new cover….or try something new…something different….something hatke…..something niche….???….lolz.

  • Deepika iz nothing in front of srk’s stardom . Tamasha nd fanny both flopped, even piku would hve been flop if the response would hve been average of D viewers nd audience. She will realise her Aukat soon .
    Ranveers energetic nd solid looking performance is d reason y I can watch it also . HE is d saviour of B.M

  • LOl even before the release of B.M some mindless people saying that B.M is master piece…LOl…Materpiece historical movie with lot of item dances..Ha ha ha ha ha…. Bahubali was worldclass movie..Dont compare it with SHIT Baji……

  • Y The makers of B.M released pinga singa songs before d epic song #Malhaari . Ranveer iz rocking in it . 2 good !!!

  • Nipun Returns
    December 16, 2015 at 1:10 pm
    If bajirao is a niche film then devdas was the baap of all niche films. Lol

    srk don’t mislead d audience.

    —– see the education level of salmir fans… Nipun bhai please learn the meaning of “NICHE”…… Big lol…..

  • Bajirao is a niche movie then Dilwale is a nich movie…
    Come on guys if you really hate this person then show it to everyone by watching Bajirao with your friends & family again and again….not just trash him and his pathetic fanboys in comments

  • lol
    it is a niche film everybody knows that
    people blabbering here will know day after tomorrow…
    read boxofficeindia articles…what they have to say
    it will flop badly In Shaa Allah…
    mr bhansali eros and dp will bite dust(i will leave ranveer here as he is silent)

  • dilwale all the way,as I said earlier bm will vanish after 1 st week
    DILWALE has the best pre release buzz after dhoom 3- box office india

  • what wrong in this statement I think Deepika became more over smart in recent if a comedy film tagged as comedy gern , action is tagged as action gern so what’s wrong if he said bm as a historical gern

  • i got the story of Dilwale on whats after reading this i can diffidently say Rohit shetty is not a Karan johar to make family drama. this time SRK and team are going cash friday saturda from sunday its self bajirao will rock if its WOM positive. SRK loose the race i must say after reading the story. Old SRK and Kajol, and Vedo kajol in movie, so boring.

  • i got the story of Dilwale on whats after reading this i can diffidently say Rohit shetty is not a Karan johar to make family drama. this time SRK and team are going cash friday saturda from sunday its self bajirao will rock if its WOM positive. SRK loose the race i must say after reading the story. Old SRK and Kajol, and Vedo kajol in movie, so boring…

  • @Aamir You really feel the warriors used to dance in such fashion using words like vaat lavli.See I’m not saying they have to completely stick to that era and facts since they are not making a documentary but there has to be a sense of decency watch jodha akbar to know what I’m talking about

  • @indicine: Don’t try to over-hype what they say. SRK said it in the most diplomatic way possible. He said his movie fan will also have niche audience. It is just his his perception. He didn’t mean anything bad for BM. The media misunderstood it purposefully. Deepika tried to clarify the same to the media. Same goes with his intolerance statement. It is his perception based on twitter fan wars and other personal experiences. Politics and media over hyped it

  • @Sky, Dilwale will cross 220 Cr minimum in worst case. I don’t overestimate, but in the worst case it will break outdated soap opera prdp’s life time record because this movie is directed by one and only rohit shetty and has much more commercial, audience friendly genre unlike boring outdated prdp. So my bet is 220 Cr minimum with clash for dilwale.

  • @sush,yeah WE remembered you who you’re,a classless dumb d grade movie watching rikshawala slumtard,anything else you want to ask then you can carry on.

    Hopefully your Mother will not feel any guilty after your claiming as KAJOL mam is your Mother.you’re so desperate that even playing with the emotional relationship,much to sharam karo ,don’t try to become like your antisocial idol at least.

  • @Challu : Where were when SRK fans (Specially @Iam AKN) tried creating negativity for PRDP ?? Only good things should happen with SRK and SRK fans only ? What about other actors and their fans ? Stop being a chameleon and come out clean. I wont mind seeing you as a spade !!!!!!!!!!!!

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