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 As things stand today, 'Kites' should take one of the biggest opening
of the year so far. There is no reason why this Hrithik Roshan starrer
shouldn't find itself in the same bracket as 'Housefull' and 'My Name Is
Khan', the two films that have hovered around the 30 crore mark as far
as the first weekend collections in India are concerned. While it is a
given that Hrithik will break the record of 'Dhoom 2' as far as opening
is concerned, it has to be seen that what kind of distance does the film
travels after the first weekend euphoria is over.
An arrival of a Hrithik Roshan film is an event in itself, just as is
in case of Aamir Khan starrers. Add to that the exclusivity tag that he
comes with and one can pretty much foresee a huge film here from the
house of Roshans. Hrithik's last full fledged appearance was in 'Jodhaa
Akbar' which came two years back though he did have an extended guest
appearance in 'Luck By Chance' a year back. Now is the time for his fans
to see him in all his glory and the kind of promotional built up which
this Anurag Basu directed film has seen over last one year, it can be
safely assumed that 'Kites' will see at least 80% opening.
Still, there is slight element of doubt that one has around how
'Kites' will stay on from Monday onwards. While the opening weekend
belongs to the actor and the promotion, the weekdays belong to the film.
Due to constant rumours around fallout between Roshans and Anurag Basu,
one wonders if the final product would have been impacted by any means.
There have been films in the past that have seen a total blackout
after a great weekend due to trouble between two makers. A glaring
example is 'Trimurti' which took the best opening ever of those times
but crashed once audience found out that collaboration of Subhash Ghai
and Mukul S Anand with coming together of big stars like Shah Rukh Khan,
Anil Kapoor and Jackie Shroff hadn't delivered expected results.
This is why one gets a little apprehensive about how 'Kites' would
continue to fly from Monday onwards. For Bollywood's sake though, one
prays that 'Kites' doesn't turn out to be 21st century 'Trimurti'.
Rudhir Burman / Sampurn Wire
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