@Radhe
- Talaash was never called flop before release. It was voted most awaited film of 2012 in several polls. It was expected to do very well and even trade analysts voted it among most awaited films (from trade POV also).
How is it Aamir Khan magic when an offbeat film with a younger star Ranbir also managed to cross 100 crore nett at box office? It was also a non holiday release, unconventional subject and less promoted film. Talaash at least had big banners like AKP and Excel coming together. Barfi did not even have that. Even Raajneeti managed 92 crore nett two years ago (Prakash Jha or Ranbir/Manoj Bajpai aren't bigger names than Aamir Khan!). Aamir's own TZP collected 130 cr+ worldwide 5 years ago despite clash with Welcome! (Story of dyslexic kid is more risky, offbeat and newer concept than a story of ghost avenging her death or person dealing with guilt). Just calculate what its collections would've been had it released in today's times!
Talaash hasn't done anything marvellous at box office (even if compared to Aamir's own previous different subject/non mainstream films).
- 3 Idiots is of course Aamir's film only but its success was also due to its subject, ensemble cast. It's also a Raju Hirani film - a man who's given superhit/BB with a finished actor like Sanjay Dutt too. Of course I agree previous film affects the reception of next film, but my point was about Aamir Khan's box office in overseas markets - throughout, not just around 3 Idiots.
The topic was about OVERALL box office performance both in India and overseas markets.
- You are AGAIN bringing quality in the debate! The topic is only about box office. Box office record over the career is what constitutes star power not quality! (If quality constituted star power then Rajnikanth would never be considered a star at all and even Amitabh Bachchan would've been dismissed for his 70s-80s record!)
- No film as producer has been flop. Well firstly he has done very very few films, secondly, he controls budget and nowadays with change in business dynamics films are said to recover cost and get saved from being declared flops through other revenues itself! This is why that rejected and panned Ra One was also not declared flop!
Even if footfalls of a film like Dhobi Ghat were less, it escaped outright flop tag due to other revenues and less budget.
- How does his relationship with media figure in all this? Accepted that this Midas Touch thing started after Ghajini and 3I but some sections used it to brand his entire career. That is fair enough?
100 crore trendsetter is what I acknowledged in first post. But 100 crore is redundant now. Other stars are giving 2-3 100 crore grossers a year - with Ranbir Kapoor managing to give 100 crore grosser even with an unconventional film like Barfi. Whereas the trendsetter's film (comeback after 3 years) is to end at around 90 at max (it's 80 as of now per BOI and 84 by Taran Adarsh).
Salman Khan may not have been media favorite either but his overall record - you see it for yourself. For that matter even Sunny Deol was never a media friendly guy or even did any marketing.
FYI, at his peak through 1970s and 1980s Amitabh Bachchan had also banned media. Media relations and overall record in career are different. They are correlated (moreso now due to media boom) but did not matter much till beginning of 2000s decade.
I did acknowledge huge openings of Mangal Pandey and Fanaa.
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