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Zoran009
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Which film will rescue Bollywood?

Subhash K Jha | April 17, 2003 10:29 IST


The response to Anil Sharma's The Hero: Love Story Of A Spy (Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra) has been disappointing. Apart from the niche success of a few films like Tujhe Meri Kasam (Ritesh Deshmukh, Genelia), Jism (John Abraham, Bipasha Basu) and Ek Aur Ek Gyarah (Sanjay Dutt, Govinda), this year's releases have gone down the drain.

rediff.com takes a look at the clutch of attractively packaged, glossy, star-studded films on which the industry is now pinning its hopes:

Bhoot: Ram Gopal Varma's films always evoke tremendous curiosity. This time, the curiosity level is pronounced, thanks to its starcast.

Urmila Matondkar and Ajay Devgan play a couple who move into a flat haunted by a tragic suicide and begin to face unexpected problems. Enigmatic neighbour Rekha helps them deal with their crisis. Nana Patekar and Fardeen Khan also play stellar roles.

The film has a suitably chilling soundtrack.

But is the audience willing to be scared by a realistic horror film? Will they accept Bhoot in its songless splendour? We have to wait till May to find out.

Andaz: Producer Suneel Darshan and director Raj Kanwar desperately need a hit to boost their box-office credibility.

Kanwar's last film Ab Ke Baras (introducing Raj Babbar's son Arya), was a thundering flop. Darshan's Talaash, starring Akshay Kumar and Kareena Kapoor, also bit the dust.

Andaz is counting on the glamour quotient -- former Miss World Priyanka Chopra and former Miss Universe Lara Dutta squabble for Akshay's attention in the film -- to pull the audiences in. Besides, the film looks fetching and Nadeem-Shravan's music is a success.

On the flip side, the Priyanka-Lara pair is not exactly novel as the former has already made her debut in The Hero. Also, audiences rejected a far more box-office worthy pair when Kareena Kapoor and Rani Mukherji competed for Hrithik Roshan in Mujhse Dosti Karoge.

Andaz is scheduled for a May release......................

http://rediff.com/movies/2003/apr/17bolly.htm
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Bhoot, Darna Mana Hai, Zameer, LOC, and MPKDH will all be successes.

I'm not looking forward to MPKDH, since I want to see other films as The Hero, Pran Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye, Jhankaar Beats, Armaan, Chori Chori, Qayamat, and Footpath.

These website people (Planet Bollywood, IndiaFM, Rediff) always complain about hits and flops. It's irritating! The directors want to keep making more and more films, and make them all senseless, so let them!
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NONE OF THEM !!!

:bash: :bash: :bash: :bash:

the only films that will enjoy BO will be the HOLLYWOOD flicks x men 2 matrix 2 & 3 etc !!!
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Which film will rescue Bollywood from the clutches of what? Mediocrity or poor box-office ratings?

My guess is that adding to the mediocrity will be MPKDH, LOC, Andaaz, The Hero and Footpath. All these directors have proven before that mediocrity rulez in India! Some of these will be hits.

I'm looking forward to Chalte Chalte, Bhoot, Ek Hasina Thi, Darna Mana Hai, Boom and 1857-The Rising.



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