Will Ranbir Kapoor Dethrone The Khan Trio At Box Office?
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Monday, 8th December 11:45 AM IST There was a time when Bollywood was ruled by none other than megastar Amitabh Bachchan. The 70s and the 80s were Big B’s days at the box-office. But, in late 80s and early 90s everything changed, the Khans “arrived”. The Khans we are talking about need no introduction - Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan. These three have been the box-office kings since many years. Many actors came and went, but these three Khans have continued to be at the top always, despite all the hits and flops they gave. But, soon it looks like things might change. There are many actors in the industry who have a potential to rule the box-office and of the them is the heartthrob of Bollywood, Ranbir Kapoor. Ranbir has the looks, he is great actor who has been lauded by the critics and the audience alike and has also tasted success at the box-office. He is also in the so-called 100 cr or 175 cr club. Well, one can also say that Ranbir is the youngest superstar in Bollywood. The reason behind it is that his films work at the box-office even without releasing on festivals. Do you know how Khans are called the box-office kings? They smartly release their films on festivals and extra-long weekends, thereby having more footfalls in the theaters. Their films that have been blockbusters hardly have had any great content, exception being Aamir Khan starrer ‘3 Idiots’. And when they try to make a content oriented film and release it in non-festive season – the result is ‘Jai Ho’ and ‘Talaash’. Both the films, starring Salman and Aamir Khan respectively, failed at the box-office. Both had a good content, but they were not released on a festival. ‘Talaash’ even failed to reach the 100 cr club. It collected only Rs. 93 cr, while ‘Jai Ho’, a Salman Khan movie to be released after a gap of more than a year, collected merely Rs. 111 cr. Let us remind you that Ranbir’s blockbuster movie ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’ had not released on a festival day, but still it collected more than ‘Jai Ho’ and ‘Talaash’ did. It collected Rs. 186 cr nett, which is just excellent. Not many fans will able to digest this fact that on one hand Shahid Kapoor and Emraan Hashmi failed to break 100 cr nett barrier and on the other hand even Ajay Devgn and Hrithik Roshan do not have one genuine big film in excess of 180 cr nett like YJHD in their long career. Another trend that has been observed is that no matter how much the Khans’ films have been hyped, once the fans are done watching the film in the first week, the collections start dwindling in the second and third weeks. Had the content been really good, then people who are not fanatics of the Khans would have also trotted to the theaters to watch the film. There is no 'Khan' film in last few years which had opening day of only 8 cr nett like 'Barfi!' and yet managed to cross 110 cr nett lifetime! Ranbir Kapoor has some really plump projects in his hand that can be blockbusters at the box-office. Ranbir has movies like ‘Jagga Jasoos’, ‘Tamasha’, ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’ and Ayan Mukerji’s next. ‘Jagga Jasoos’ gets the ‘Barfi’ team back. The movie is directed by Anurag Basu and stars Ranbir in the lead role. The second reason which can make this movie a blockbuster is Ranbir and Katrina Kaif’s pairing. The real life couple has earlier been part of successful films ‘Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani’ and ‘Raajneeti’. Moving forward, Ranbir for the first time will have a festive release (Christmas), ‘Tamasha’ co-starring Deepika Padukone. It has a lot of positive factors that can help it to break all box-office records. This is 1st time that 'Khans' or 'Roshan' or 'Devgn' had left such an important release date and this young star has grabbed it with both hands. ‘Tamasha’ is directed by Imtiaz Ali, who has earlier given hits like ‘Rockstar’ with Ranbir and ‘Love Aaj Kal’ with Deepika. Ranbir and Deepika’s pairing has always been liked by the audiences and their previous film ‘Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani’ was a blockbuster. Above all, the festive season release will surely help the film to boost the collection. Karan Johar, who had only directed Shahrukh Khan in his directorials (except ‘Student Of The Year’), too has now opted for Ranbir Kapoor for his next. Karan will be directing Ranbir in his next titled ‘Ae Dil Hai Mushkil’. Ranbir will accompanied by the gorgeous Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and the pretty Anushka Sharma in the film. With such a great starcast and reputed director, one can only expect a 200 cr club film. While we are at it, how can we forget Rajkumar Hirani's newest project, a biopic on Sanjay Dutt, for which he has cast Ranbir Kapoor. While Hirani has always preferred to make movies with either Sanjay Dutt or Aamir Khan, it is impossible not to notice that he chose RK when it came to choosing someone from the latest crop of actors in B-town. Last, but not the least. Ranbir is all set to turn a superhero in Ayan Mukerji’s next which will be produced by Karan Johar. Just imagine Ranbir as a superhero, the movie will surely take the box-office by a storm. With Ranbir, we will also get to see the young and beautiful Alia Bhatt in this flick; and we are sure moviegoers would love to watch these two on screen together. And yes, how can we forget Ayan and Rankbir have the track record of impressing their audience each time they’ve been together – ‘Wake Up Sid!’ and ‘YJHD’. So, this could mean one more blockbuster for Ranbir! With so many movies in hand which have the potential to be blockbusters, Ranbir is surely on his way to conquer Bollywood and break the Khan myth. Do mark this article, for the day RK Junior will bring down the Khan-trio’s kingdom, you’ll see that new superstar is born! Though we are sure that there will be few takers of such theory especially considering Ranbir is not present on digital platforms which results in less number of fans online but facts are out in the open. |