Article by Joginder Tuteja
‘Krrish 3’ and ‘Dhoom 3’ are all set to be 200 crore grossers.
‘Besharam’ is all set to be third consecutive century in the making for Ranbir Kapoor.
‘Chennai Express’ and ‘Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbaai Dobaara’ are comfortable 100 crore candidates.
There won’t be any stopping ‘Boss’, ‘Ram Leela’, ‘Gori Tere Pyaar Mein’, ‘Bullett Raja’, ‘Rambo Rajkumar’, ‘Highway’ and ‘Shaadi Ke Side Effects’.
However, other than the Fridays on which these 12 films release, there are 10 more Fridays remaining before end of year. Just like ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’, ‘Aashiqui 2’ and ‘Raanjhanaa’ which exceeded all expectations and over performed, chances are that there would be at least 4-5 major surprises coming from other films as well.
Here is looking at these films.
Madras Cafe
The film’s international look has done the trick. John Abraham has kept his promise of bringing something that can be proudly showcased to Hollywood as well. If the promo is any indication, this action film with a backdrop of war should be an intriguing nail biting affair. While it is a given that the film would be John’s biggest solo grosser till date, it would be heartening if this Shoojit Sircar directed film manages to recreate the success of ‘Vicky Donor’ at the box office.
Shuddh Desi Romance
Director Maneesh Sharma’s last ‘Ladies v/s Ricky Behl’ grossed more than his debut film ‘Band Baaja Baraat’ but couldn’t garner similar appreciation. He seems to be returning with vengeance in ‘Shuddh Desi Romance’. Sushant Singh Rajput has already tasted success with ‘Kai Po Che!’ while Parineeti Chopra comes with the tag of an actor as well. This is one film that could throw in a major surprise on its release.
Zanjeer
The film has been delayed by over six months and has been in news for not so flattering reasons. However what is indeed positive about this Apoorva Lakhia directed film is that it is looking very slick with some fast paced drama. Though Ram Charan Teja’s debut is not being as much hyped as is the case with an arrival of a quintessential Bollywood star-son, good content and positive word of mouth could do the trick.
Grand Masti
The film should be a good success. However the real pleasant surprise would be if it over-performs, just as has been the case with an ‘Aashiqui 2’ or a ‘Raanjhanaa’. Its riotous promo has done the trick with it’s target audience and the vibes are right too. Still, if the film manages to break the ceiling and take one of the top slots amongst the highest grossing adult films ever, it would be time to uncork the champagne.
The Lunchbox
Meanwhile, some nutritional food is expected to be served in Irrfan’s ‘Lunchbox’. With Karan Johar getting associated, there is added flavour to this platter which was waiting for just the right table to be served. The reports so far have been very positive, its promotion and marketing is expected to be on the right lines as well. Now it is just time for the lights to be dimmed, music to be played and offering to be savoured.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U35tPjwzSbA
Phata Poster Nikla Hero
The title couldn’t have been more opt for Shahid Kapoor who is indeed looking at re-instating his positioning as a quintessential ‘hero’. Reeling under major flops like ‘Mausam’ and ‘Teri Meri Kahaani’, he is in desperate need of a major hit. The film has Rajkumar Santoshi at the helm of affairs who is not expected to go wrong. However all involved would be keeping their fingers crossed to see how the film performs.
Ungli
This is yet another film which should turn out to be a success. However, yet again the difference would lie in ‘how big’ it turns out to be. With Emraan Hashmi and Sanjay Dutt leading the cast, this ensemble affair has Rensil D’Silva making a comeback with a well made but commercial failure ‘Kurbaan’. While it is expected that Karan Johar would go all out in the promotion, one waits to see the film indeed turn big.
Singh Sahab The Great
Now this is one major surprise that one is so-very-desperately praying that it occurs! Sunny Deol has always been loved by the audience but films like ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana 2’ hardly do any justice to his stature as an actor. On the other hand Anil Sharma too would be looking forward to leave the ‘Veer’ fiasco behind. ‘Singh Sahab The Great’ has a ‘great’ title and setting; all it has to do now is boast of good content too.
Joginder Tuteja tweets @tutejajoginder
Looking forward to movie ‘Shuddh Desi Romance’..
Vote For Ungli….
Madras Cafe for me. Shoojit Sircar is an amazing director and the trailer was awesome. It will have great content and will be great thriller.
My Predictions:
Madras Cafe – Flop / Below Average
Shuddh Desi Romance – Average
Zanjeer – Below Average
Grand Masti – Above Average
The Lunchbox – Flop / Below Average
Phata Poster Nikla Hero – Above Average / Hit
Singh Sahab The Great – Disaster
Ungli – Semi-Hit / Hit
Biggie Predictions:
CE – SuperHit / Blockbuster
OUATIMA – SuperHit / Blockbuster
Besharam – Hit
Boss – Hit / SuperHit
Krrish 3 – SuperHit / Blockbuster
Dhoom 3 – All Time Blockbuster
Ungli hit hogi boss.
Madras cafe …The trailar’s are very well made and promising..
The king khan will rock. Boxoffice pridiction of chennai express
paid priview 5cr
1st day 35cr
2nd day 25cr
3rd day 30cr
weekned 90cr plus
lifetime
180cr min if wom is average. 150cr if wom is bad.
240cr max if wom is excellent like all srk films expect ra1 and jthj.
oversease 85cr, 14.5$ mm, without any reason for the ultimate king of oversease, mark my words.
all set be ?ugli”
Okay,grand masti has a very funny trailer. .i think ppl will go to watch this movie. .
And suddh desi romance could be the best among them. .
Zanjeer has capability to become superhit. .
And about ppnh,it depends on other tracks of the movie and hypeness. .
About others,no idea. . .:p
Ungli, PPNH and Grand Masti…
I don’t think besharam will cross 100cr. Even before the release of Joker and Himmatwala predict it will be a hattrick 100cr for Akki or Ajay, but we know what happened, and the question is can besharam cross 100cr and rk will do a hattrick after salman and sharukh when aki and ajay failed. But the problem is trailer has got extremely negative reviews.
@romance express CE wont collect above 180-190 cr even if word of mouth is excellent.
Waiting for ppnh, ungli, madras cafe/lunch box
@belle phata poster nikla hero will be a blockbuster, shahid is back with bang.
@Indicine, will YRF’s next starrign Ayushmann Khurrana & Sonam Kapoor be released by the end of the year? Or will it release next year?
my fav chennai express and dhoom3 all time blockbusters
Singh Saab in 3d
Being a fan of Emraan Hashmi, I did vote for Ungli but Grand Masti no doubt is too good.
ungli
Madras Cafe will surprise eceryone mark my words its trailer is promsing
ppnh and ungli both will do good business and become blockbusters
so what SIR joginder tuteja is saying is that-
he is damn sure that both krrish 3 and dhoom 3will gross 200 crores and chennai express only 100 crore
is he criticizing chennai express…..
chennai express have the potential to cross 200
and it is far way ahead than ouatim 2
and if krrish 3 or ddhoom 3 have bad wom how is it possible to groos more than 100….
Phata Poster is the only likely film among these to make an impact.
@Day plz tell me bro why yjhd col 192cr with average wom, so if ce will get good wom then anything can possible.
Shahid kapoor is the nxt superstar..
likh kai de raha hu, PPNH superhit hai Boss!
Go watch Singh Sahab. It’s in 3D
“‘Chennai Express’ and ‘Once Upon Ay Time In Mumbaai Dobaara’ are comfortable 100 crore candidates.”
Comment above made me laugh
Emraan’s Ungli will strikes hardly with rest other movies. Emraan and Sanju gonna pull the crowd into theaters………..Die hard fans of Emraan Saab!
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