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 Ok, so NEW YORK has been a huge success while coming weeks promise
jumbo size entertainment as well, what with KAMBAKKTH ISHQ, SHORTKUT -
THE CON IS ON, SANKAT CITY, JASHNN, LUCK, LOVE AAJ KAL, AGYAAT and
KAMINEY arriving in quick succession. However, it would still be too
early to forget some of the recent disasters that Bollywood has faced
during the fortnight gone by.
First and foremost let's talk about RUNWAY, the film which released
alongside NEW YORK. The film has been kicked and buried deep down with
not many being even aware about this Amarjeet Shukla and Tulip Joshi
starrer. Despite some melodious music, the film would be most remember
for it's shoddy direction and downmarket treatment.
Films that released a week earlier have been 'red' as well for their
investors. PAYING GUESTS, for all the claims by it's makers to be a
success, has bitten the dust and is hardly in the reckoning in it's
second week. The film is a flop, what with just 6 crores coming from
it's first week in spite of a big release of 500 cinemas. A comedy, it
has just not excited the audiences and should soon be finding a release
on home video. The only person who has come out unscathed is Shreyas
Talpade who has done well once again in a comic outing after GOLMAAL
RETURNS. However, it would be a surprise if PAYING GUESTS would ever
'return' despite producer Subhash Ghai and director Paritossh Painter
being gung-ho about coming up with a sequel.
The other three films that released alongside PAYING GUESTS have been
all disasters, as indicated by less than 10 lakhs that they all have
earned between them. Yes, you read it right - sum total of collections
of LET'S DANCE, HUM PHIRR MILEINGE and RAFTAAR hasn't even crossed 10
lakhs. While Gayatri Patel's debut flick LET'S DANCE, which was centred
on dance, was the best reviewed of the lot, it's 4 lakhs total in week
one immediately qualifies it as a box office disaster. As for Sarvar
Ahuja, the young man continues to make poor selection of movies that
hardly justifies the talent that he possesses. His HUM PHIRR MILEINGE
has managed just 2 lakhs across the country. Similar are the
collections for a small time film called RAFTAAR which released without
any promotion and disappeared over it's opening weekend itself.
If one talks about the bigger films then KAL KISSNE DEKHA, which cost
quite a fortune for it's makers, has completely drowned with a fall of
more than 80%. With just 1 crore more coming in the second week, the
film has almost closed shop at 6.5 crores. As for Mithun starrer ZOR
LAGAA KE HAIYAA, lesser said the better. The film's 20 lakhs total is
lesser than what Mithun Chakravorty's Ootywood movies have made in the
past.
With such pile up of movies expected to be a thing of the past, one
sincerely hopes that the era of disasters is over and better months are
there ahead for the Hindi film industry.
Sampurn Media
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