It's little different than Great Bollywood Films That Failed. Here, the Intentions were Big and Ambitious but the Films didn't turn out to be great and hence flopped.

Ones that I can think of:

1) Love And God (K. Asif's pet project, more ambitious than MEA)
2) Hulchal (O.P. Ralhan)
3) Jaadugar (Amitabh)
4) Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja

Can you think of more??

Rana

There already is another thread for 'Great Films that Failed'
viewtopic.php?t=6533
Any ambitious film that turned out good in your opinion, but failed with the masses, should go into that thread.

In this thread, list only those films that despite all the effort and expenditure, turned out to be crap and also failed.

SHAAN (plenty of effects, tons of profits from SHOLAY invested into)
JOSHILAY (Shekar Kapur abandoned the producer whilst attempting to further the SHOLAY genre)
RAZIA SULTAN (period film producer gone pauper)
RAJKUMAR (Pankuj Parasher's costume drama went kaput)

Hey Ram

ASOKA..THE GREAT

LAMHE

MANY BHAGAT SINGHS

Just found this REVIEW:

Lamhe
Producer: Yash Raj Films
Director: Yash Chopra
Starring: Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Waheeda Rehman, Anupam Kher
Music: Shiv-Hari
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi

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Genre: Emotional Family
Recommended Audience: General
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Released in: 1991
Reviewed by: Avinash Ramchandni
Reviewer's Rating: 10 out of 10
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Lamhe is another 1990s classic romance by Yash Chopra and Yash Raj Films. This was followed by his son’s directional debut in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge , several hit productions (but not directions), including Aaina and Yeh Dillagi , and his own productional and directional venture, Dil To Pagal Hai . DTPH wasn’t the caliber of Lamhe , but was pretty decent anyhow.

The actors, for once, are outstanding in this movie—performance-wise and they looked great also. However, the take home winners of all the action are Sridevi, Anil Kapoor and Anupam Kher. The movie revolves around the three—Sridevi in both roles as Pooja and Pallavi, Anil Kapoor as Virren, and Anupam Kher as Prem.


The story is simple, though it wasn’t understood by the Indian audience and therefore flopped. Virren falls in love with a girl older than him (Pallavi), but she loves someone else. She marries him, has a daughter (Pooja). Pallavi dies and her daughter looks exactly like her when she grows up. Then she falls in love with Virren, but he is to marry Anita… and the story repeats itself… or does it? Find out if you haven’t seen this wonderful movie yet.

Aside from the astounding presentation, acting and ensemble, the film has other things working for it. The music is outstanding with super-hits like "Chudiyan Khanak Gayeen" by Lata Mangeshkar and then-newcomer Ila Arun and "Kabhi Main Kahoon" by Hariharan and Lata. The album came in two editions, the first one without the title song "Yeh Lamhe" and the Parody which was inserted after a few weeks of release in theaters.


Like all Yash Chopra films, the direction and screenplay are par excellence and the camera work is simple. The dialogues are superb also—including the mesmerizing scene where Pooja speaks to Virren’s to-be wife at a café.

If you haven’t seen this film yet—go rent it and watch a wonderful flick from the Chopra household—right from the heart of Yash Raj Films. It is certainly one of Bollywood´s more classic films.


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PLEASE CLARIFICATION:

There already is another thread for 'Great Films that Failed'
viewtopic.php?t=6533
Any ambitious film that turned out good in your opinion, but failed with the masses, should go into that thread.

In this thread, list only those films that despite all the effort and expenditure, turned out to be crap and also failed.

Love and God is a perfect example. This was K. Asif's most ambitious project. He wanted to make it perfect. In attempts to make it perfect, it took way too long. Many associated with this project kept on dieing on him (Guru Dutt, Sanjeev Kumar) and eventually he himself died before completing the film.

Rana

WEll u started this thread LOL? ha ha

Edited my starting post and added clarification.

Rana