Tinseldom is glittering ~ and so much of hype surrounds making, production and
release of movies that perhaps directs towards its success too. Remember in Oct 2010, Rajni starrer, Enthiran
opened in 3,000 screens worldwide,including 500 screens in Tamil Nadu, 300
screens in Andhra Pradesh. The film
raked crores of Rupees – an industry where there could be no direct proportion
between what is invested, what is spent and what is gotten ..... also nothing
is guaranteed too. Now there is so much talk and hype about Salman Khan starrer
'Kick' that reportedly making fast bucks in box office.
Reports quoting Koimoi suggest that it did a good business of Rs 26 crores on Day 1
and however the numbers that were predicted to go up on Saturday stopped at Rs
27.10 crores.
Kick is a 2014 Hindi action
thriller comedy film, directed and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under the
Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment banner. The film features Salman Khan in the
lead role, alongside Jacqueline Fernandez; while the screenplay was adapted by
Nadiadwala and Chetan Bhagat, it is a remake of the Telugu film of the same
name. By some estimates, Kick is set to cross
the big Rs 100 crore mark. So its debutant director Sajid Nadiadwala and rest
of the crew must be basking in glory; again according to Koimoi, it is faring
better than Ek Tha Tiger that made 47.50 crores on 2 days.
This is no post on the cinema or how its stars are raking in moolah –
but something else ........... in what must be the most absurd explanation of a
film's opening collections falling short of industry expectations, Daily Mail
chose to blame Narendra Modi for Salman Khan's Kick grossing lesser than some
of his earlier films and some other blockbusters likeDhoom:3 and Chennai
Express. The report analyses that Kick is grossing far
less than Dhoom 3 and Chennai Express. Of
the various reasons cited, the one that the article decided to emphasise was
how Khan's 'proximity' to Narendra Modi could have been a reason why his film
didn't do well. It is true that Salman Khan met Narendra Modi prior to the
release of Jai Ho amid much fanfare and the Urdu version of the PM's website
was launched by his father Salim Khan, there is very little evidence that
Salman Khan and Modi communicate regularly. Khan was also seen at Modi's
swearing-in, but then again, during a press conference after his meeting with
Modi, Khan famously declared that he will vote for Congress MLA Baba Siddiqui,
whereas the rest of the country can vote for Modi if they think he is a suitable
PM candidate. Much to the amusement of politics watchers he said this in the
presence of Modi himself.
The report on Daily Mail
also suggests that the film might have done less business as it released during
the Ramazan period and a couple of days before Eid, preventing a lot of his
Muslim fans from watching it right away.
The tinge that is sought to be portrayed is that Salman Khan's fans are
mostly Muslim youth; that it stems from the star being Muslim himself ~ and
taking it further his assumed proximity to Narendra Modi, leads to the film not
doing well.
There are other sections of
Press which are glorifying what otherwise could be a regular movie – that it
has managed to surpass Salman's own record for day one. A tiff between Salman
and Mumbai photographers, weeks before the release of the film, is being seen
as an additional reason for the film Kick's poor opening day +1 !! Trade
pundits are predicting that Kick will see a hike in its collection in the
coming week.
Jayam Ravi Vadivelu in Thillalangadi
Kick, the Telugu action comedy
film, directed by Surender Reddy was
released in May 2009. It starred Ravi
Teja, Ileana, Shaam, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Brahmanandam, Venu Madhav, Sayaji
Shinde, ... In Tamil it was ‘Thillalangadi’
.... starring Jayam Ravi, Tamanna, Shaam, Vadivelu.... Finally, Cinema is
nothing more than an entertainer and a film becoming a hit generally follows no
rules – some movies which were acclaimed to be good technically, having good
story value and starring famed actors / actresses have bombed in box-office,
while some masala, which have nothing worthy have been run-away successes....
Recently, Salman Khan was in
news for – the Apex Court has issued notice in the 1998 killing of two Chinkara
deer and a black buck during a film shooting in Rajasthan. The notice follows Rajasthan government's
petition challenging a High Court order suspending the actor's conviction in
the case. The actor is accused of
hunting and killing the endangered deer while shooting his film Hum Saath Saath
Hain in Rajasthan in 1998. His co-stars - Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre
and Neelam - are charged with inciting the actor to hunt.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
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