Kurbaan was a different ball game altogether..lots of things added up there..
firslty, there was the exhaustion of the terrorism theme...Fanaa, New York, Allah ke Bandey all came b4 kurbaan and so ppl got sick of watching the similar themed film over and over again.
Secondly, kurbaan was marketed as a serious film, replete with sex scenes and stuff...tht puts off a major chunk of the audience, underages and families who wont go watch the film thanx to the evidently adult content. With New York, it was marketed as a yuppie college friendship theme with Hai Junoon, Mere sang videos being streamed continously everywhere...and even in the promos, which stars off as a candy floss entertainer... obviously, it would have a bigger audience.
Lots of other things added up to one being a hit and the other being a flop...i'll give it to katrina tht rajneeti was a hit majorly because of her because they used her and ranbir in the marketing and the promos...similarly with APKGK...but i disagree abt NY.
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