Aamir Khan Film Brings Cheer to Bollywood
December 29, 2009 by Trend PK
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MUMBAI: Aamir Khan’s new film has given Bollywood a boost after a disappointing year marked by a damaging strike, swine flu fears and a series of big budget flops.
The romantic comedy “3 Idiots”, which was released worldwide last Friday, Christmas Day, took more than one billion rupees (20 million dollars) in its first four days, Reliance Big Pictures said in a statement Monday night.
Producer Vinod Chopra described the opening weekend as “overwhelming” while Reliance Big Pictures chairman Amit Khanna said it was “phenomenal”.
Indian newspaper reports said that the film’s initial box office takings even beat Khan’s Christmas 2008 offering “Ghajini”, which went on to become Bollywood’s biggest grossing film of all time.
“3 Idiots” is based on the best-selling debut novel by Indian author Chetan Bhagat, “Five Point Someone”, about three struggling students at a leading business school.
Khan is known for making one big film per year in an industry where leading actors and actresses can be working on several movies at the same time.
Industry analysts had expected “3 Idiots” to do well, suggesting that other studios could follow Khan’s example and concentrate on the quality of scripts and production rather than quantity.
The last 12 months have been disappointing for Bollywood, with revenues hit by a two-month boycott of multiplex cinemas led by producers over box office takings, then swine flu, which closed some cinemas on public health grounds.
Both delayed the release of movies, causing a backlog then a glut of new films opening at the same time, denting takings from a public that is showing signs of disaffection with under-performing big budget films.
Aamir Khan Film Brings Cheer to Bollywood was first posted on December 29, 2009 at 4:27 pm.
I Am Not Anti-social: Shahrukh Khan
December 29, 2009 by Trend PK
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MUMBAI: He may be known for being reserved. His interactions might be limited to a select few, but this does not bother SRK in the least.
The superstar of Bollywood has vehemently come out in the open against people who dub him anti-social. In a recent interview, King Khan admitted that he loves to be on his own but this should not be misinterpreted.
SRK, who is all set to roll out his biggest film till date; MY NAME IS KHAN (MNIK), is gung-ho about his character Rizwan Khan in the film. SRK feels that playing Rizwan was one of the big challenges and he enjoyed every bit of it.
According to SRK, MNIK, is not a serious subject, but something that will have its lighter moments. So, to call MNIK a film based on terrorism will be a gross mistake. The film also assumes significance since we will get to see SRK pair up with Kajol after ages.
I Am Not Anti-social: Shahrukh Khan was first posted on December 29, 2009 at 4:35 pm.
