Will SRK’s Dilwale clash with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani?

We answer 5 questions from our readers as part of our popular ‘QnA’ section. You can send us your questions using the form at the bottom of the article.

Q. What chances do you think there are of ‘Dilwale’ having an open release date? Do you think Bhansali will bow out of the Christmas slot? - Rahul

A. Shahrukh Khan’s ‘Dilwale’ will get a solo release. It would be suicidal for any producer to clash against a Rohit Shetty film starring SRK, Kajol, Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon. More so for a costly film like ‘Bajirao Mastani’. The last time they clashed (Om Shanti Om and Saawariya in 2007) the results were disastrous for Bhansali.

Q. What is the lifetime collection of Baby? - kritagya

A. Baby has collected Rs 96.91 crore so far. You can check the detailed day-wise collections here. For the latest updates on collections of all movies in 2015 – click here.

Q. I have a question about Akshay Kumar and Sidharth Malhotra starrer ‘Brothers’, which will release on Independence Day 2015. Can Brothers break 32 crore opening record of Singham Returns and 139 crore lifetime record of Singham Returns ?  - Faizan Tariq Khan

A. Brothers is releasing on 14th August (non-holiday), so it has no chance of collecting more than Singham Returns on Day 1. It could, however, get close to the 30 crore figure on Day 2, depending on how well the trailer and film is received. We expect the first day collections to be somewhere around the 20 crore mark.

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Q. A film like Queen and Dum Laga Ke Haisha can collect better in second weekend than first due to great word-of-mouth.. But these trends would be near impossible for a film like Happy New Year, Dhoom 3, Dabangg.. correct? Because the first weekend is usually full to capacity. So can the second weekend be even bigger? - Sherhryar

A. You are right. Big films that open well have absolutely no chance of collecting more in second weekend. Both Queen and Dum Laga Ke Haisha released on limited number of screens and took slow starts at the box office. They gained momentum through the first week due to good reports and mouth publicity, which helped those films peak in Week 2. Among mega grossers, 3 Idiots and PK are the best trending films. PK dropped by 47% in Week 2 (it collected 182.89 cr in first week and 95.64 cr in second). 3 Idiots dropped by just 28% in Week 2 (79.5 cr in first week, 56.5 cr in second). Dabangg, one of Salman’s best trending films, dropped by 65% in Week 2. If any big film today manages to hold like 3 Idiots, it will easily cross the 400 crore mark in India!

Q. How much a female centric movie by Alia Bhatt or Deepika Padukone can earn, if the movie has same word of mouth like PK and 3 Idiots? (I assume Alia and Deepika to be the biggest crowd pullers amongst actresses).

A. Deepika and Katrina Kaif are the two biggest female stars in the industry. As for how much their films would earn with fantastic word-of-mouth, it would entirely depend on the genre. A concept film like OMG! Oh My God earned 80 crore plus, even though it took a slow start. If Deepika or Katrina attempt a film with sex as its selling point, like Vidya Balan’s ‘The Dirty Picture’ for example, then it can even cross the 100 crore mark.

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    Sanjit has known the Bhatts since Haunted and insists you can’t cheat Vikram. “He knows what he wants and reviews the film, pixel by pixel, nothing misses his eye,” he says.
    Sanjit informs that Amyra Dastur had to shoot every action scene twice – Once with the hero and once without him. “In the middle of a dialogue, Emraan would disappear so we had to shoot two different tracks. The script was being shot live and we were animating the sequences in parallel,” he explains.
    Buzz is, the film is inspired by Hollywood films, Hollow Man and The Invisible Man, and Boney Kapoor’s Mr. India. But Sanjit insists that the only similarity is the invisible man. “Mr. India has a gadget that brings him back, Mr. X doesn’t,” he says.
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    He adds that every scene had to be tracked individually, then matched with the moves and finally processed for animation, lighting, compositing and rendering. “Since it is a 3D film, the rendering for both the eyes had to be done separately. That meant five days to animate a scene for the right eye and probably two-and-a-half days for the left one,” he says. “After that, each shot had to be checked using 3D glasses so that it didn’t hurt the eye when played on the big screen.”
    Despite all the precautions taken during filming, an improper line of sight was noticed during post-production. “We had to use hundreds of layers to match the scenes. We modelled Emraan’s body digitally, down to his hair and fingernails, and fixed everything frame-by-frame,” he recalls. “We couldn’t use a body double because the body language would not match. So we had to manipulate audio, video and facial expressions. Emraan was a complete sport and agreed to even shoot those portions where he wouldn’t be seen on screen.”

  • Thank you for your answer Indicine.com
    But you did not told about lifetime collection, can Brothers will cross 139 crore lifetime collection of Singham Returns ?

  • Bhansali’s bajirao mastani is made of almost 100 core.And as being a period movie,it would have different kind of audience.So,if Dilwale and Bajirao mastani comes out on the same date it would effect both of the films.
    Dilwale:
    pos:
    1.star cast,Srk-kajol jodi,varun-kriti
    2.Direction:rohit shetty
    3.Genere:comedy action.

    Neg:
    1.Bad story line(as we all know it)
    2.Music can be so so(though we can’t predict it now)
    3.Acting skills won’t be that good(as the genere of the film suggest it)

    Bajirao mastani
    pos:
    1.cast:Ranveer-deepika-priyanka and many more good actors(though it is less strong than the star power of dilwale)
    2.Sanjay leela’s direction
    3.more than 100 core budget(the look of the film is going to be rich.)
    4.Music is going to be classic (as music director is bhansali himself)
    5.Acting skills are going to be high(as we have seen in ramleela

    neg:
    1.many people doesn’t like period movies.
    2.cast is not as strong as dilwale
    3.the movie will get less screan than dilwale
    4.Just like saawariya if sanjay do a bad direction(hope he doesn’t.As it is his dream project)

    So if these two films comes out togather,it would be a tough game for both of them to beat each other.

  • On what basis do you say that Hritik Roshan is the “second” biggest crowd puller after the Khans even though his films open as huge the Khans and are one of the biggest grossers? (For example, Krrish 3 and Kick both opened on a non holiday and on pre diwali and pre eid periods respectively and both earned around 25 crores even though songs of the former didn’t worked plus pre diwali is worse period than pre eid plus it was released on lesser screens not denying the fact that it was a big brand of successful film prequals)

  • Any film in the world with star cast SRK, Kajol, Varun n Kirti can’t break record of #Dhoom3 also forget about #PK..KRK

  • Top 3 Biggest actors,Greatest actors and Biggest Legends of Bolywood ever:

    1.Amitabh Bachan

    2.Dilip Kumar

    3.Aamir Khan

  • Salman has 1 Worldwide All Time Grosser HAHK

    Aamir has 3 Worldwide All Time Grossers 3 idiots. PK, Dhoom:3

    SRK: ERROR

  • Bajirao mastani release on Christmas this year because if SLB postponed, he face Mohen jo jadoo for AWARD. So Christmas is perfect for BM huge star cast Deepika, Priyanka and AIB famous raannveer. Dilwale crush by Deepika.

  • BM budget is more than 100cr not like a low budget haider, so no chance of clashing with dilwale

  • @NVS, you rockz man..,
    Nowadays i miss entertain comments from @Navin, bulli, Trust me and megha grandma.

  • thre will be controversy around baajirao… im maharashtra it will help it… they will probubly take release date 1 week before or 1week later dilwaale,,which will be average movie with gr8 marketing…
    probubly bhansali will get 25 dec…

  • @jaggu . yes bro , I agree & disagree with u , had my king srk done P.K it would collected much more than aamir’s PK that I agree but just 400 crores! Kali bus 400 crores, kamaal karthe ho yaar ? I will disagree with this , kya yaar we are talking about global superstar who has more than ??? billion fans , so how can u underestimate him? please don’t underestimate the power of my king , had my king done pk it would have collected 3500 crores in India & 5300 crores overseas easily , so bro please comment realistically from next time.

    my king’s movie predictions (I am predicting the minimum collections as my king & his movies have no limit):

    fan – 375 crores in India + 475 crores overseas

    dilwale – 500 crores in India + 500.0000000001 crores in overseas

    had my king been in 3 idiots then its collection could have been 432 crores India + 546 crores overseas

    had my king been in talaash then 250 crores India + 280 crores overseas

    had my king been in dhoom 3 then 600 crores India + 700 crores overseas

    I am a realistic srk fan bro , my king never ever over-acts even in one scene that’s why he has won the most number of Filmfare awards ( which are considered as mother of all the awards according to my best friend Mr.sss) , bro I should tell u about my best friend sss , he eats complan in breakfast mixed with coconut & some lassi, he eats complan in lunch mixed with more coconut and some more lassi and in dinner he eats complan with much more coconut and lassi , he basically finishes 3 kg complan bottles in a single day , may be that’s why he is the most intelligent , most sensible, most logical & most realistic person this world have ever seen and about his English , uufff kya kehna he is just unreachable. my king likes him so much.

  • @indicine,many times I told you people’s are posting hindi comments and you’re approving.ids like @nvs posted maximum times,@virat kohli,@gj007 also.all those hindi comments are provoking others.it you who made rule not to approve hindi comments.if WE are commenting same with a line hindi sentence also didn’t posted.have you decided you’ll do this for your regular commentators or not to approve such comments of only SRKIANS.are rule is differing from salman fans to SRKIANS?I just made you known of violating your own rule.or the rule that made by you was just a joke or some type of time passing comments.IF NO,I will request you to kindly delete @nvs’s provoking unnecessary 07:31pm hindi comments.one more thing,be strict to your rules!

  • @NVS:BRLNT COMENTS..3rd time apko congrts keh rha hon, lkn indicine ne congrts wla ek b coments post nai kya.

  • mr. legend aamir khan & nvs this is for you —-

    I hope u read this —-

    u first look at your star then abuse our king srk… just shut up & be in your limit…. tum bol rahe ho na 7 year ya 8 year se srk ki film top par nahi aa rahi or blah blah blah… look at your aamir’s career.. 1095-2008 next highest grosser dene me 13 years lag gaye… superstar hota to har year blockbuster deta… aamir jaisa biggest super duper insecure Maine life me nahi dekha… 50 baar script padhke sign karta hai.. khud ke stardom pe bharosa to hai nahi… poore career me ek film non Christmas par blockbuster gayi hai I.e. raja Hindustani…. aur kin filmo ki success par itna kood rahe ho tum aamirians.. pk 3 idiots dhoom 3 . jiski success ka saara credit unki super strongest scripts aur biggest brands ko jaata hai… apne slot se hato aur talash aur Mangal pandey jaisa result paao…. srk uski tarah insecure nahi hai… vo bekhauf hoke film sign karta hai aur bekhauf hoke film release karta hai… chaahe koi bhi release date ho chaahe competition ho…. aur to aur aamir ko itni strongest scripts aur biggest brands ke baad bhi apni film par bharosa nahi hai Jo use Christmas holidays me release karta hai which boosts business.. with 30% screens hike.. 30% ticket hike… solo release… 5 open weeks…. itna karke to john Abraham bhi 500 crores kar jaae…. Lol…

  • mr. legend aamir khan & mr. nvs —

    don’t never ever compare your star with our srk…. king khan ke sirf naam se film chalti hai… vo kachra bhi laae na to chalta hai…. pk agar aamir ke stardom par hit hui hai then u r d biggest lol…. aamir ka khud ka star power hota to pk ki opening 26 crores ki bajaae 45 crores aur weekend 125 crores hota.. lol… it clearly indicates word of mouth & strongest content plays a vital role in pk success…. how can an actor be so so insecure like him…. pk postponed from 1 June to Christmas… becoz he knows holidays milegi 5 open weeks milenge 30% jyaada screens 30% ticket hike milenge….. if we look at srk’s films than we find srk continuously gave hits in any condition… rnbdj just after Mumbai terror attacks with non holiday result blockbuster.. mnik non favourable Feb exam timings release result 214 crores worldwide…. ra.1 jthj Hny on diwali result hits & overseas blockbusters… CE on eid result atbb… don 2 Christmas….. but aamir Christmas se hata aur talash just 154 crores with no dhoom/hirani….. I want aamir to release his film dangal in non Christmas… aur normal screens aur normal ticket rates and with competition with some other films… tab uska asli star power pata chalega.. I want to see whether dangal beats grand masti or not without dhoom/hirani/Christmas/normal tickets/ normal screens/non solo release with competition….

  • sad for aamirians but true… aamir ki film bhale kitni hi 500 crore ya 600 crores kar jaae fir bhi aamir kabhi Bollywood ka king nahi ban sakta…. king banne ke liye 10 me se at least 8 jagah aage hona chaahiye…. aur aamir ek hi jagah aage hai I.e. box office collection… vo bhi strongest scripts. biggest director. biggest brand.. Christmas holidays. solo release. 30% screen hike. 30% ticket hike. aur 5 open weeks ki help se….

    aamir ke paas KKR nahi hai… redchillies vfx nahi hai… aamir world’s 2nd richest actor nahi hai…. aamir top richest Indians top 50 me nahi hai… aamir ke paas yearly 27 brands endorsement nahi hai…. aamir ke paas various governments ke respects nahi hai… aamir ke paas 9 filmfares nahi hai…. itne awards bhi nahi hai…. aamir ke paas overseas 20 blockbusters nahi hai… aur ha ye mat samajhna ki top 3 me teeno highest grosser se aamir overseas ka king ban gaya…. srk ki ordinary film bhi overseas me blockbuster chali jaati hai… aamir need strongest content and chritsmas in overseas…… aamir is a sheer loser biggest insecure actor in d history of Indian cinema….. shame on u aamirians….

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