Sunday, 21st October 10:00 PM IST
We are heading towards end of the year and we already had some big blockbusters. But it seems real cracker of the films will make the end of the year special. Films like “Dabangg 2”,”Jab Tak Hai Jaan”, “Talaash”and “Khiladi 786” and “Son Of Sardaar” promise some big bucks at box office.
We are here to compare these biggies and their box office prospects. Remember this is not box office predictions which we do anyways before the release. This is just a comprehensive view of films in general and box office figures are a complete rough estimate of film’s performance at minimum.
Below is the table depicting films’ expected performance, pluses and minuses -
Film
| Box Office Prospect*
| Pluses
| Minuses
|
Dabangg 2
| 175 cr
| Salman Khan,sequel
| Director,nothing new
|
Khiladi 786
| 105 cr
| Khiladi brand,masala
| nothing new,low production values
|
Talaash
| 135 cr
| Aamir Khan,different plot
| dark,unexciting music,massy element
|
Jab Tak Hai Jaan
| 165 cr
| Yash Chopra,SRK
| old type classic romance
|
Son Of Sardaar
| 105 cr
| fun film,massy music
| nothing new,director
|
Out of these films, “Khiladi 786” looks like a dark horse as film can easily surprise especially going by the recent performances of Akshay Kumar starrer like “Rowdy Rathore” and “OMG Oh My God!” “Talaash” is strangely failed until now to generate any kind of buzz though it’s a next release of Aamir Khan after “3 Idiots”.
“Dabangg 2” simply going to take mammoth opening going by recent box office performance of Salman Khan but it seems that film will fall short of “Ek Tha Tiger”. Film is releasing on 21st December and that is not one big holiday in India likes of Eid and Diwali. Also film is a directorial debut of Arbaaz Khan which makes it rather dicey affair.
Then there is clash on Diwali between “Son Of Sardaar” and “Jab Tak Hai Jaan”. At the moment on paper fight looks close but mammoth distribution power of Yash Chopra coupled with star power of SRK-Katrina-Anushka make it a more potential film at box office. Though “Son Of Sardaar” has great buzz but that is over burn of marketing campaign among certain section of audience.
So let’s enjoy one of the most lucrative last two months period at Bollywood box office ever.