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Post by srklover on Feb 21, 2019 3:09:26 GMT -8
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Post by Bushroda on Feb 21, 2019 8:38:18 GMT -8
Trailer looks very very intense. Will appeal to the nationalists but not to the families because of the violence. As usual like all Akshay Kumar movies, this too will end up with 120-125 crores.
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Post by Khan on Feb 21, 2019 23:01:08 GMT -8
Is this a Sikh vs Muslim film? Where the Sikhs are the good guys and Muslims the bad guys? đ´ Really progressive stuff Bollywood đ
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Post by abhijacko on Feb 21, 2019 23:14:52 GMT -8
Is this a Sikh vs Muslim film? Where the Sikhs are the good guys and Muslims the bad guys? đ´ Really progressive stuff Bollywood đ Thats a very simplistic way of looking at it. Thats like saying 300 is a movie about Christians [Greek] vs Zoroastrians [Persians], where Christians are the good guys |
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Post by Khan on Feb 21, 2019 23:19:40 GMT -8
That's a fantasy film. This is supposed to be a true story. Is reality that black and white?
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Post by abhijacko on Feb 21, 2019 23:21:27 GMT -8
I expected much more after all that hype.
Cant even see Akshay's face under that getup. And even in a movie based on "REAL events", he is again fighting 100 guys at one time, and making funny comments.
Not sure why Parineeti has a tan. She had such a promising start to her career, but she is completely losing her way. The last watchable movie I remember of her Hasee Toh Phasee.
The yellow /brown palette of the scenes looks very dull and boring
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Post by abhijacko on Feb 21, 2019 23:25:11 GMT -8
That's a fantasy film. This is supposed to be a true story. Is reality that black and white? Pretty sure 300 was also based on true events in history  Reality is definitely not black and white. I hate the overly pseudo-nationalistic tone in movies, but I usually reserve my judgement until I have watched the movie. There is nothing in the trailer to suggest that this is Muslim vs Sikh movie. The invaders happen to be Muslims |
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Post by Khan on Feb 21, 2019 23:33:56 GMT -8
Akshay mentions buildings mosques early on in the trailer whereas the opposing side disrespectfully mentions stepping on the turban.
Surely a topic like this deserved more intelligence but it's just the same old drivel from Bollywood. Progressiveness in Bollywood is limited to introducing filth into their films.
Let's hope the actual film is more balanced.
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Post by mohan10 on Feb 21, 2019 23:37:25 GMT -8
Is this a Sikh vs Muslim film? Where the Sikhs are the good guys and Muslims the bad guys? đ´ Really progressive stuff Bollywood đ Of course it is Sells like a hot cakes currently |
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Post by DonGirl on Feb 22, 2019 0:10:18 GMT -8
They showed this with Gully Boy last night. Ofcourse, he is building a mosque for Pathans and then they invade them.
The supporting cast barely had any lines. Looks like Akshay brought a bunch of nobodies with him and shot it himself.
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Post by gangsta on Feb 22, 2019 8:24:49 GMT -8
Is this a Sikh vs Muslim film? Where the Sikhs are the good guys and Muslims the bad guys? đ´ Really progressive stuff Bollywood đ Thats a very simplistic way of looking at it. Thats like saying 300 is a movie about Christians [Greek] vs Zoroastrians [Persians], where Christians are the good guys Perfect response. Especially given that this movie looks basically like a desi 300. lol Too much slomo for me, even the dialogues are spoken in slomo. I have no idea whether this will work, but I have no intention of watching it unless I am completely bored. |
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Post by Khan on Feb 22, 2019 14:28:14 GMT -8
Thats a very simplistic way of looking at it. Thats like saying 300 is a movie about Christians [Greek] vs Zoroastrians [Persians], where Christians are the good guys Perfect response. Especially given that this movie looks basically like a desi 300. lol Too much slomo for me, even the dialogues are spoken in slomo. I have no idea whether this will work, but I have no intention of watching it unless I am completely bored. Not really. 300 is a fictionalised version of an event that took place in 480 BC. The problem with comparing this film to 300 is that it isn't directly relevant or applicable to today's society (Spartans vs Persians) whereas Kesari is. It can lead to negative feeling and further divide. Let's hope this film is balanced and the film makers realise the positive/negative influence they can have on people. |
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Post by gangsta on Feb 22, 2019 14:41:17 GMT -8
^ FWIW, this looks pretty "fictionalized" as well to me. Its the latitude cinema gets, that, say, a book doesn't. Plus, I don't see this as being divisive at all. We are talking about an Indian army taking on Afghans. Calling this taboo is basically saying no one should ever make an Indo-Pak war movie ever again, because guess what, we are talking about a majority-non-muslim side taking on a majority-muslim one. That is a bit much I feel. If you want to talk about how all of these JP Dutta movies are filled with soldiers that should be calling a country as secular as this "India", and not some made-up "Hindustan", then I am all ears and on board. This is way over nitpicking I think. In my mind, its the same as saying Spotlight shouldn't have been made because it could end up portraying all Catholics as child abusers. No, I say let us show some faith in the audience's ability to discern the differences for themselves.
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Post by mohan10 on Feb 22, 2019 15:22:40 GMT -8
These âtrue storiesâ are all 90% fictionala anyways. KJO is cashing on the current ultra nationalisms sentiments, thatâs all.
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Post by Khan on Feb 22, 2019 23:06:00 GMT -8
^ FWIW, this looks pretty "fictionalized" as well to me. Its the latitude cinema gets, that, say, a book doesn't. Plus, I don't see this as being divisive at all. We are talking about an Indian army taking on Afghans. Calling this taboo is basically saying no one should ever make an Indo-Pak war movie ever again, because guess what, we are talking about a majority-non-muslim side taking on a majority-muslim one. That is a bit much I feel. If you want to talk about how all of these JP Dutta movies are filled with soldiers that should be calling a country as secular as this "India", and not some made-up "Hindustan", then I am all ears and on board. This is way over nitpicking I think. In my mind, its the same as saying Spotlight shouldn't have been made because it could end up portraying all Catholics as child abusers. No, I say let us show some faith in the audience's ability to discern the differences for themselves. This is part of the issue that the audience time and time again haven't shown that ability. I'm not nitpicking. For me the scenes in the trailer just looked so dumb. In this day and age, I want to see more intelligent film making from Bollywood especially when it's about a big historical event. It's just the same old "goodie" and "baddie" cliche which is fine in a fictional film. For a real event, I personally would have liked to see a bit more honesty/realism in the story telling. All said and done, gotta remember this is an Akshay Kumar film. |
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Post by abhijacko on Mar 21, 2019 23:58:11 GMT -8
This one has surprisingly gotten good reviews. Did not expect this
Still very skeptical of it and will probably only watch it when it comes on TV
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Post by sateesh on Mar 22, 2019 23:30:30 GMT -8
Kesari Second Day Business Saturday 23 March 2019 11.00 IST Box Office India Trade Network Kesari did well on day two as it grossed 16.75-17 crore nett which is a 20% apprx drop from the first day. The drop was mainly in Mumbai circuit which came down from 7 crore nett to 4 crore nett as the Holi holiday had really bumped up the collections in this circuit. The ratios are a bit more normal on day two with Delhi / UP doing better than Mumbai which is what happens with most North and sardaar based films in recent times. The first day was adversely affected by Holi in Delhi / UP which its second day collections did not fall. The final figures will even be better than day one in Delhi / UP as UP has made huge gains. It could collect 4.50-4.75 crore nett in Delhi / UP. The film also went up in CP Berar, Bihar and Mysore. The two day figures for the film are 38 crore nett apprx which is good and a jump on Saturday would mean the film will set it set up for Sunday when it will be all normal. The collections of Kesari till date are as follows Friday - 21,00,00,000 apprx Saturday - 17,00,00,000 apprx TOTAL - 38,00,00,000 apprx There was another release this week named Mard Ko Dard Nahin Hota which is a weird action film named after a famous dialogue from the 1985 Amitabh Bachchan blockbuster Mard but it will not even do the collections of that film released 34 years when the average ticket price was probably around INR 4-5 compared to INR 150 today. The film collected around 35 lakhs nett on day one and 30 lakhs nett on day two. The film did not release on one of the major chains but that hardly makes a difference. boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4849 |
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Post by DonGirl on Mar 27, 2019 22:18:39 GMT -8
This one has surprisingly gotten good reviews. Did not expect this Still very skeptical of it and will probably only watch it when it comes on TV Looks like paid reviews, like all Dharma movies. The movie is doing average business at the BO. |
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Post by sateesh on Mar 28, 2019 10:33:47 GMT -8
Top First Week Collections 2019 - Kesari Tops Thursday 28 March 2019 11.30 IST Box Office India Trade Network Kesari recorded the highest first week of the year so far with collections at around 100 crore nett. The film beat the next best on the list Gully Boy by a decent margin. Both Kesari and Gully boy were a Thursday release so had an extended weekend which helped the collections. Kesari will be hoping to go the Total Dhamaal way rather than the Gully Boy way post the first week onward. The film is the highest first week total for an Akshay Kumar starrer after 2.0 (Hindi) which did almost 128 crore nett while Toilet Ek Prem Katha is next best at 94 crore nett apprx. In terms of Gross figures the collections of Kesari and Toilet Ek Prem Katha are very similar. There have been six films topping topping the 50 crore nett mark in week one in the first 12 weeks of the year which is a pretty good return. The bigger tests lay down the road as the bigger event films have to go past the 200 crore nett mark in a week. The top first week collections on 2019 are as follows. All collections are for seven days. 1. Kesari - 1,00,00,00,000 apprx 2. Gully Boy - 93,50,00,000 3. Total Dhamaal - 92,24,00,000 4. Uri The Surgical Strike - 71,23,00,000 5. Manikarnika: The Queen Of Jhansi - 56,56,00,000 6. Luka Chuppi - 53,10,00,000 7. Badla - 37,78,00,000 8. The Accidental Prime Minister - 18,18,00,000 9. Thackeray - 16,83,00,000 10. Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aia Laga - 16,15,00,000 boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4866 |
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Post by abhijacko on Mar 28, 2019 18:18:44 GMT -8
Love how there are no bolded remarks in brackets for Kesari numbers about how it benefitted from Holi etc like how gully boy benefitted from a much smaller event of valentines day
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Post by karan on Mar 29, 2019 15:28:44 GMT -8
Love how there are no bolded remarks in brackets for Kesari numbers about how it benefitted from Holi etc like how gully boy benefitted from a much smaller event of valentines day They were calling it an Epic before release and predicting huge collections boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4743 |
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Post by DonGirl on Mar 30, 2019 4:07:26 GMT -8
Love how there are no bolded remarks in brackets for Kesari numbers about how it benefitted from Holi etc like how gully boy benefitted from a much smaller event of valentines day Now that the movie has underperformed. There are lots of articles floating around defending the average performance, calling Akshay the Rahul Dravid of Bollywood lol i am curious to know why Akshayâs movies dont go beyond a certain number. Even Tigerâs movie did 150/160 crores. |
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Post by Bushroda on Mar 31, 2019 8:06:56 GMT -8
i am curious to know why Akshayâs movies dont go beyond a certain number. Even Tigerâs movie did 150/160 crores. The problem is the over-exposure. Where most of the stars do maximum of 1 or 2 movies a year, Akshay Kumar does 3 to 4 (even 5 sometimes) movies a year. This doesnât allow enough incubation time for long term hype building for necessary marketing. Also, it leads to viewer fatigue. |
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Post by sateesh on Apr 17, 2019 7:38:28 GMT -8
'Kesari' box-office collection Day 25: The Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra starrer sees a good fourth weekend By - TNN Updated: Apr 15, 2019, 13:44 IST Akshay Kumar starrer historical drama ' Kesari' is continuing its good run at the box office, overshadowing all other freshly released and film and new competition. The Anurag Singh directorial narrates the historic tale of the Battle of Saragarhi has received widespread acclaim from the audience and also saw the biggest opening of the year. The film saw a good fourth weekend and is slowly edging towards the Rs 150 crore mark. According to the latest report on the Boxofficeindia.com, on its fourth Sunday, the film has managed to rake in a total of Rs 1.60 crore on its twenty-fifth day at the box office. The fourth weekend collection stands at a total of Rs 3.50 crore. The film has managed to collect a total of Rs 147.67 crore in twenty-five days at the box office. FYI, the film raked in a total of Rs 106 crore in its first extended week at the box office. The second week collection of the film stands at a total of Rs 29.62 crore. The film managed to rake in a total of Rs 11 crore in its third week. Akshay Kumar plays the historical figure, Havildar Ishar Singh, who led the 36th Sikh Regiment of the British Indian Army in the Battle Of Saragarhi, which was fought in 1897. The film tells the incredible story of 21 Sikh soldiers who fought valiantly against 10,000 Afghan troops. The film also stars Parineeti Chopra as the female lead, however, her screen time is considerably small as compared to the male lead. The film hit the screens on March 21. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/box-office/kesari-box-office-collection-day-25-the-akshay-kumar-and-parineeti-chopra-starrer-sees-a-good-fourth-weekend/articleshow/68886374.cms |
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Post by sateesh on Apr 25, 2019 3:58:32 GMT -8
Kesari Hits The 150 Crore Nett Mark Thursday 25 April 2019 12.30 IST Box Office India Trade Network Kesari has crossed the 150 crore nett mark in its fifth week with collections srt to be around 151 crore at the end of the fifth week. The film has crossed the business of Total Dhamaal depite having regional restictions which can be read about here (Kesari Victory). The film was a good commercial content film but due to it being overtly regional it meant that it became a metro / A centre film in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bengal and Nizam / Andhra while in other circuits it did well in all centres. There is a thing in the industry that these sardaar film have huge potential and it mainly comes due to the historic success of films like Gadar and Border but its not actually the case as outside these two films there have been many made but not many have actually done huge numbers. This is because outside Border and Gadar they find out it tough in the West, South and East. There is always this talk about Akshay Kumar getting a 200 crore film especially among his fans but this number of Kesari ensures its around the corner. The volume of releases makes it harder for the real big number but with Kesari doing 150 plus then universal good commercial content will easily go above 200 crore nett as if you double the Mumbai and East business of Kesari then you are at 200 crore nett already. The bigger commercial films are going to come over the next 18 months and the dates are correct and if they are liked like Kesari then 200 crore nett will easily be crossed. The collections of Kesari till dare are as follows and its looking like a finish near 152 crore nett. Week One- 1,03,18,00,000 (8 Days) Week Two - 29,62,00,000 Week Three - 11,37,00,000 Week Four - 5,02,00,000 Week Five - 1,75,00,000 apprx (6 Days) TOTAL - 1,50,94,00,000 apprx boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4952 |
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