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Expectations vs reality: Bollywood films that fell prosaic in 2017
- Updated: December 22, 2017
Big names, impracticable budgets, lifelike locales and shining promotions — and yet, deficient box bureau collections. The Year 2017 has been a churned bag for stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Kangana Ranaut and Ranbir Kapoor
Big names, impracticable budgets, lifelike locales and shining promotions — and yet, deficient box bureau collections. The Year 2017 has been a churned bag for stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Kangana Ranaut and Ranbir Kapoor. While hopes were pinned high on some of their films, they fell prosaic in front of a audience, who had approaching most some-more than what they got.
A still from ‘Tubelight’
Industry experts like Girish Johar and Vinod Mirani have described 2017 as a “very disappointing” and “bad” year as a Hindi film attention was rattled by failures. And amidst that came films like “Toilet: Ek Prem Katha”, “Golmaal Again” and “Fukrey Returns”, that perceived a good response.
IANS has gathered a brew of films that came with high expectations though unsuccessful to strike a chord with a audience.
“Jagga Jasoos”: A low-pitched play starring Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif, a film had been in prolongation for over 3 years. It was finally expelled in 2017. The film met with a lukewarm response during a box bureau as it collected a small Rs 54.16 crore. The brouhaha over a film’s collection even led to Ranbir’s father Rishi Kapoor lashing out during executive Anurag Basu, job him a gorilla and observant that he “indulged too most in a film”.
“Tubelight”: After a fibre of blockbusters including “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” and “Sultan”, Salman Khan unsuccessful to light adult a box bureau with “Tubelight”, set opposite a 1962 Sino-Indian war. The expectations from a film were high due to a pairing of Salman and executive Kabir Khan, who have in a past given hits like “Ek Tha Tiger” and “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”.
The “Dabangg” star had reportedly betrothed to lapse income to a distributors for a detriment and after trade researcher Komal Nahta reliable on Twitter that a actor will reinstate approximately Rs 35 crore.
“Bhoomi”: Ever given actor Sanjay Dutt was expelled after portion his jail tenure for bootleg possession of arms in a box associated to a 1993 Mumbai sequence blasts, all eyes were set for his quip film, helmed by Omung Kumar. Though a film ran high on emotions, it unsuccessful to stir his fans.
“Jab Harry Met Sejal”: Great destinations, lots of transport and a really clever storyline — this is what one expects from an Imtiaz Ali film. Featuring luminary Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma, a film, that was criticised for a disjointed storyline, didn’t packet a approaching moolah. Shah Rukh too reportedly gave refunds to a movie’s distributors.
“Rangoon”: Directed by National Award leader Vishal Bhardwaj, a film had an garb expel of Kangana Ranaut, Saif Ali Khan, and Shahid Kapoor. Despite garnering good reviews, a film was a disaster during a box bureau as it usually collected Rs 20.68 crore. After confronting a reversal with a disaster of a duration drama, Kangana, who tasted success with films like “Queen”, pronounced that “people have a bent to encash on someone else’s failure”, and will give a “discount” after a box bureau debacle.
“Sarkar 3″: The third installment of a renouned “Sarkar” authorization saw some of a sought-after names like Amitabh Bachchan, Manoj Bajpayee, and Jackie Shroff entrance together, though a film reportedly done reduction than Rs 20 crore during a box office.
“Ok Jaanu”: Released in January, a assembly was looking brazen to a charity by Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor, who were teaming adult again after they combined sorcery with “Aashiqui 2″. A reconstitute of Mani Ratnam’s Tamil film “O Kadhal Kanmani”, it usually raked in Rs 23.64 crore in India, and comparisons with a strange didn’t work in a preference either.
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