Kurbaan Opens To An Average Response - Page 3

I was expecting it.😉

well said lovantika 👏 ..... audience dont wanna see the movies which sympathize with terrorists at the end and try to show circumstances what made them terrorists....and this movie released when 26/11 is here ...when ppl r remembering martyrs, victims... karan released a movie based on terrorism .......

The problem with Kurbaan is that it 'appears' to be an intellectual kind of film. And the movie audience doesn't like the excercise its brain cells whilst watching a movie. I mean, when was the last time a really good, thought-provoking movie was a runaway hit? Rang De Basanti comes to mind, but that movie had Aamir Khan and great music. Saif isn't as big a star as Aamir. Some might cite Aamir's Taare Zameen Par as a 'thought-provoking' film, but IMHO, TZP was exceptionally dumbed-down, sentimental and kinda preachy. It's a movie that dictated to use it's theme and message, leaving nothing to interpretation.

well after reading plot and scenes of the whole movie including the spoilers etc, i srsly don't see how this movie can be one of those "intelligent flicks".. there are so many holes in the plot..and so many WTF moments..

so Vivek's and Kareena's characters decide to play hero without getting the right authority and resources involved... and seducing a terrorist to get some documents ..LOL way to go Bollywood... it must be in major dearth of good movies that any movie with a slightly serious plot or some global issue get hailed as great...

I haven't seen the film so I will decide if it is indeed intelligent or not once I leave the theatre but from the reviews I have read there seemed to be quite a few in-your-face-WTF-kind of loopholes in the plot - much like New York which was a runaway hit.

And yes Taare Zameen Par had its own problems.

There are some films that haven't been runaway hits or the biggest grossers of the year but they have done well commercially and were also intelligent (IMO ofcourse) - some of them are Oye Lucky Lucky Oye (its a satire about class and consumerism in Delhi - definitely not your average masala fare), Kaminey also did well (another film laced with dark humour, and there is certainly no escapism in it - it is an intelligent lark), Dev D was a success (and that is certainly not feel good cinema). OLLO especially deserves a mention because it suffered initially when it released right when 26/11 happened and the whole country was glued to the TV screen. But the film picked up with good word of mouth.

I think Kurbaan's problem might end up being that they promoted the sex scenes a bit too much considering it was supposed to be a "hard hitting film about terrorism". That might have kept viewers confused/wary and away. If other intelligent films with lesser star power (Dev D, OLLO, Khosla Ka Ghosla etc.) can do well then why can't a film like Kurbaan which boasts of such a big star cast? If anything atleast the film should get a good opening. New York with a similar theme did get one (and I didn't think the film was intelligent or good). I think these days the kind of opening a film gets is entirely dependent on how its promoted and whether it has the big names or not.

Tha'ts what I JUST said Geet, to someone on kareena's forum. Dharma screwed up big time. HTey promoted all those intimate scenes all together and in every aspect and you know hwat...when I watched it...it was NOTHING! Rasiya lasts a min max. THe rest are casual closed lip kisses. Very sweet, nothing vulgur. If anything, johar just alienated the family audiences even more.

I am not at all surprised. The theatre I was in was more than half empty and its a big theatre. My friend to another one and even his theatre was okayish while one of my friend is going today so I ll ask her as well.

My friend watched the first show and said it was pretentious at best. No she wasnt the aam junta who need to escape the reality of life. According to her the film sucked because of the many loop holes. IMO I think they raised the expectation too high promoting it as an intelligent serious film.
Edited to add that her Multiplex was full.So it might do good business over the weekend who knows.