Is Aamir Khan's box office overrated? - Page 13

Originally posted by: don12

Ghulam/Ishq/JJWS/Sarforosh might not be super hits but they were hits. Its not like those movies flopped at BO.

Sorry. You're mistaken. A hit is a HIT. Average, commission earner or semi hit type films are NOT hits.

Ghulam, Sarfarosh, JJWS are NOT clean hits in ANY trade portal or journal out there. They were all average/above average/semi hit types which were later pedalled as hits by some fans and media.

Here are archives of BOI-

JJWS - Average : http://web.archive.org/web/20060617165338/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/1992.htm

Ghulam - Above average: http://web.archive.org/web/20060617165709/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/1998.htm

Ishq - Semi Hit : http://web.archive.org/web/20060617165655/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/1997.htm

Sarfarosh - Above average : http://web.archive.org/web/20060617165722/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/1999.htm

If averages or semi hits are also taken as hits then what if same is applied to other stars out there? Their track record will be even more miles ahead!

Aamir is the most overrated actor after Kareena in Historz of Amitabh Bachchan 🤢

Originally posted by: don12

Big NO. Aamir Khan can pull audience to theaters. He might not have craze like Salman Khan but he sure can get audience in theater.

Aamir Khan made some bad movies in 90s. No denying that but people saying he gave 7-8-9 superhits one need to know that Aamir Khan fortune turned around with Multiplex growing like Mushroom.

Even DCH was super-super hit in Mumbai/Delhi and Mysore circuit. Now people call it average because it did not do well in Bihar/CP-Berar. DCH has similar pattern to ZNMD and it would have done similar business.


One also does need to also take into factor how many movies Aamir Khan is doing.

Can you compare how many movies Aamir did post Lagaan (2001) and SRK and Salman Khan did??

I don't think Aamir Khan has given a flop since Lagaan. Now how is that for efficiency??? Even Mangal pandey had the biggest opening that year. Now that is BO pull. A period movie getting biggest opening.Only Aamir can do it. Salman Khan failed to do it with Veer and SRK failed miserably with Asoka.

It's overall track record since beginning of the career which is being discussed here. Comparison with other Khans was brought by someone else. But I was just talking about Aamir alone.

His career seems to have taken off only post Lagaan (2001) and rise in multiplexes, change in business dynamics helped him further (like how movies are said to recover cost from other rights and said to make profits irrespective of box office performance and everything nowadays depends on weekend business).

It is not like "some people" call DCH average. It is the trade. The overall verdict of a film is decided on basis of its business across all territories not on basis of performance in one or two circuits!

Dil Se was good overseas but overall it is a flop. Akshay Kumar's Jaanwar did well in Bihar but overall its verdict is average. DCH doing superhit business in some particular circuit does not make a clean hit!

In that sense one may even label Yamla Pagla Deewana a blockbuster based on its great business in East Punjab circuit! Business in one or two circuits doesn't decide overall verdict of any film.

Things like "if it would have released today, then it would have done this much" can apply to several films in past which didn't do well back then but have good value now.

It's about what actually "is" not what "could have been".

Opening of Mangal Pandey was exceptional but it was also due to the hype of return of Aamir Khan after the Oscar Nominated Lagaan! Media and everyone else had hoped MP would repeat Lagaan magic.

Other stars of period films didn't have Oscar nominated tags behind them.

Lastly, doing no films means nothing. Obviously if you won't do anything you won't have any flop (or hit).

Originally posted by: .Spam-ALOT.

LMAO !! Aamir's movie just doesnt work cause of script..With almost zero promotions and such a different storyline Talaash did reasonably well. Only he had guts to try something like that. Even Raja Hindustani which had poor script did well..Why ? Cause of Aamir imo.😆 When other superstars do movie like Aamir's it flops. Example : Swades.

Talaash did not have almost zero promotions. Agreed it was never as hyped as Ghajini was. But it was promoted on TV shows like CID, Star Parivaar, and at Windows 8 launch events. Aamir went to many different cities with his Talaash team before release of the film.

It is just a supernatural film, nothing gutsy or risky. A TZP can be called a risk. Not a supernatural or mystery film. It is not an idea which audience is not used to.

You think Raja Hindustani did well due to Aamir? Please check his box office record both before and after that film. And check Karishma Kapoor's box office record before and after that film in 90s.

The oddest thing is that fans here keep talking about acting, script sense. What's that got to do with box office?

Then what's Midas touch?

Originally posted by: .Spam-ALOT.

I dont understand when people say that Aamir doesnt have major fan following.. His fan following is huge..Just cause Salman and SRK have bigger fan following doesnt mean that Aamir doesnt have huge fan following..Media started praisng his BO power only after Ghajini I guess and that is fair..He has been great at BO after Ghajini..He is anyday way ahead of the other two so called superstars..Some of his movies like Lagaan, TZP, 3I, RDB created history. Although SRK and Salman's movies earned more they never got appreciation like Aamir's movies. Some of his movies will be remembered forever. His movies mean quality. BO records in 90s was not good but his performances were..I know that this topic is about his BO numbers only but if people can bring other superstars and belittle Aamir then I guess its also fair to talk about quality..All he cares about is to do his work with perfection..He doesnt run after success unlike the other two superstars and doesnt keep doing the same type of movies..Success runs after him. He is an all-rounder and not just a superstar but also one of finest actors unlike the other two.

I did not want to touch this topic because it was a different debate altogether. Still I'd clear up some stuff before you for a fairer debate.

You claim SRK/Salman movies never got appreciation like Aamir's movies. I guess you're forgetting the appreciation received by MPK, HAHK, DDLJ, CDI, Swades, Dil Se. In case of SRK, even his much derided Devdas has been part of several international best films lists and was recently included by TIME in greatest movies of millennium list. His MNIK might have got less appreciation in India but it got lot of appreciation in Muslim countries where audiences related to its concept.

Salman's MPK and HAHK single handedly redefined movie business and set trend of family oriented sagas in 90s. Even Adi Chopra admitted parts of DDLJ were inspired by MPK and HAHK. DDLJ is the only Indian film in 1001 movies to see before you die and was second only to Sholay in BFI's poll on Greatest Bollywood films ever.

Swades and CDI have also had really good impact, won awards and appreciation.

Just because other stars have their image larger than life so their good work, its impact tends to get less noticed.

SRK did Darr, Baazigar, Anjaam - total anti hero roles which were considered anathema for any actor aspiring to be a lead hero. Yet he succeeded with them. I mean even he was versatile and tried different stuff. For that matter, Salman Khan is the only star who had guts to play an AIDS patient onscreen (Phir Milenge) whereas other mainstream stars haven't even dared to do films around this subject.

The only thing which no other star has is an Oscar nomination. But no one else apart from Aamir, has that except Raaj Kumar and Nargis - whose Mother India was first Indian film to get nominated in Oscars! That Oscar nomination colours an ENTIRE career, does it?

Some members here brought up other Khans' mention but it's not just about comparing with them. It's overall.

People claim Aamir doesn't run after success, then what is Dhoom 3? Or what were Ghajini and Fanaa? They were as commercial as it gets and not quality or pathbreaking stuff from a mile!

You claimed he doesn't do same type of films. In 90s, he mostly did lover boy roles till he started doing variations with Earth and Sarfarosh. Since Lagaan he has mostly done social/youth issue based films or action/romance like anybody else. Though it's true he's done more variation post Lagaan than he did in 90s.

But some people try to discount 90s completely and base all judgements on post Lagaan reinvention.

All rounder stuff is always debatable. Salman had also given hits in romance, comedy, action, drama in past. Only now he's stuck to masala. SRK had also given hits in romance, drama, action, anti hero stuff etc.

I did not want to discuss acclaim or stature of other Khans films. But it seems people here are hell bent discussing other Khans only.