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Zoran009
PostPosted: Fri Jul 04, 2003 3:37 pm 
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Small Wonders

Roshmila Bhattacharya




The housefull boards are up outside the theatres again. And we have to thank a Bhoot for it. The star-studded chiller-thriller shot in a nondescript apartment, cost its producer Nitin Manmohan just Rs 6.50 crore with print and publicity. Its adventurous director, Ram Gopal Varma has been quoted as saying that the money was recovered within three days of the film hitting the theatres and scaring the daylights of its audience. Bhoot in its four-week run at the box-office, has already crossed the Rs 2.50 crore mark in the Bombay territory and is nearing the Rs 2 crore mark in Delhi-UP. With at least another crore coming in from Bombay, the film should touch the Rs 10 crore mark.

The shock success of this desi Exorcist was followed within a couple of weeks by another surprise “blockbuster”. Shah Rukh Khan’s third production after Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani and Asoka, Chalte Chalte was an unpretentious, simply told marital drama. Despite a sojourn in Athens, the film was reportedly made on a rather modest budget of Rs 12 crore. Determined not to be third time unlucky, the businessman-actor ensured that he had earned back a large part of his investment before the film’s release. Shah Rukh Khan is a bankable name overseas and the overseas rights of Chalte Chalte fetched him Rs 6 crore. Jatin-Lalit’s foot-tapping score was snapped up by T-Series for Rs 3 crore. Relatively risk-free, SRK then shrewdly worked at getting himself an elusive hit..............

While Jhankaar Beats is a “hit” mainly in the metros and upscale multiplexes, Khwahish has worked well in the smaller centers. Another film about a young married couple and the problems they face, Khwahish opened a month late following the impasse between producers and distributors that stalled releases in April. The strike, says producer Vivek Nayak, cost him an additional Rs 25 lakh that he could ill-afford. He also lost out on 6-7 distribution deals. However, despite this, the Rs 2.25 crore film collected a crore in its first week itself, giving distributors reason to smile. The exultant producer immediately announced his plans to dub the film in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam and release it in the three Southern states after the monsoons.

God has certainly showered his blessings on the box-office this June with Bhoot, Chalte Chalte, Jhankaar Beats and Khwahish raining in money. However, it was in May that the drought of disasters really ended with Tips’ Ishq Vishk. Helmed by another first-time director, Ken Ghosh, the feel-good campus caper was targetted specifically at the generation next. Propped up by a high-powered publicity campaign, pushed up by a hip-hopping score, pepped up by a host of fresh faces, Ishq Vishk pulled in almost full houses in its first three days. The “big” opening was just what this “small” film needed. The Tauranis who released the Rs 7 crore film themselves, are claiming to have already made a profit of a crore. No wonder Ishq Vishk is being touted as the first “genuine hit of the year”............

http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.ph ... nt_id=4820
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bhaskar
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I've just got a copy of Jhankaar Beats, and seen bits of it.....it does look refreshingly different and funny....looking forward to watching this one.
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Kishi6406
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Jhankaar Beats and Ishq Vishk were both not entertaining! Waste of money! :rolleyes:
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JamesBond007
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Kishi6406 wrote:
Jhankaar Beats and Ishq Vishk were both not entertaining! Waste of money! :rolleyes:

Oh shit. He speaks a mouthful again! :D
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bhaskar
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Kishi6406 wrote:
Jhankaar Beats and Ishq Vishk were both not entertaining! Waste of money! :rolleyes:

I think Kishi didn't like Jhankaar Beats cos it goes against the Indian culture.......... :rolleyes:

I just watched the fiom, and it's no masterpiece, but it is a nice change from the norm. Definitely not a family film, but it is hilarious in parts. Well worth a watch......just without the kids.

BTW Kishi - you shouldn't have watched Jhankaar Beats - it had an A certificate - 18 years and over only :p
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Kishi6406
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BTW Kishi - you shouldn't have watched Jhankaar Beats - it had an A certificate - 18 years and over only


Well, guess wot? I have another mouthful for all of you:
PISS OFF SHITHEADS!

These stupid jokes are ending now, because I'm leaving this shithole. I don't need to be here anymore, because zulm.net was a last resort. I piss on all of you! I don't need to be at some crappy site that was once the best, and now sucks!

#### arsh, jamesbond007 and bhaksar! #### zulm.net and it's crappy website!These past six months have been hell. It's finished. All of you can kiss my ass and go to hell!

That's it!

Kishi :bash:

Motherfuckers, all of you are going to hell!
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dograk
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Kishi6406 wrote:
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BTW Kishi - you shouldn't have watched Jhankaar Beats - it had an A certificate - 18 years and over only


Well, guess wot? I have another mouthful for all of you:
PISS OFF SHITHEADS!

These stupid jokes are ending now, because I'm leaving this shithole. I don't need to be here anymore, because zulm.net was a last resort. I piss on all of you! I don't need to be at some crappy site that was once the best, and now sucks!

#### arsh, jamesbond007 and bhaksar! #### zulm.net and it's crappy website!These past six months have been hell. It's finished. All of you can kiss my ass and go to hell!

That's it!

Kishi :bash:

Motherfuckers, all of you are going to hell!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the baby's all grown up and leaving
i'm so sad...

:p :p

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zulm.net was a last resort.

from what? dropped outside someone's house in a crib eh?

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btw kishi ji before you leave, could you plz tell me - are you a man or a woman? :D :D :D



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Zoran009
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Dograk, yaar!! see u in HELL! too!! :baaa:
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JamesBond007
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Oh my!.....Hmmm..... This is not good, see what you guys did? hehehehe!
Play with the pups and get bitten by the fleas! At least I have the best of company in hell! :D

Izzy baby don't you dare even think of it! :p



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theon
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come on kishi...this is the internet...get used to people disagreeing with you in not-so-polite ways. don't let us get to you, we're just joking around.

and if you're really serious about leaving, at least start a new topic declaring your divorce from zulm.net, explaining your grievances at length so we can all have a good laugh. :thumbs:
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