How did Raja Hindustani become ATBB? - Page 8

Originally posted by: Skepblun

@Mr KaminA

Raja Hindustani released around Diwali in 1996. Huge advantage of festive release. Yes that year comparatively competition was less, especially Aamir's immediatew rivals did not have that much success as solo heroes.

But Sunny Deol's Ghatak did release near same time as Raja Hindustani. It was successful too. And Sunny had already had one huge hit in Jeet that year. How come Ghatak did not dent Raja Hindustani's business? It is amazing RH has more footfalls than DDLJ!
And this film ran in theatres for around a year!! It is not possible that it could have slowed down later. It is one of top ten longest running films in history of Bollywood.

Surprise of surprises is that Maharashtra Govt had also declared it tax free after it completed Golden Jubilee!

IIRC there was a strike of theater owners in MUmbai when Raja Hindustani released. It overcame that strike to become ATBB

Raja Hindustani clicked because house wives simply loved this movie IMO. If you can get house wives into theaters movie is going to turn out to be ATBB...

Now this was just my observation based on crowd near a single theater near my house...I don't have any link to prove it but i could see families going to watch this movie in theaters. Cars parked on the side of the road was a good indication.

It worked for several reasons...

Originally posted by: blue-ice

Maybe if today this movie is released it would fare average...but so would many other movies that were BB or ATBB at that time...The thinking of the people changes with time...that's why Lamhe works now...but didn't work then...

Originally posted by: VictorLordJr

Are you saying DDLJ, HAHK, KKHH, MPK, QSQT would also not be as HUGE as they were in this the 21st century of Bollywood

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That scares me

I don't remember much of the movie except that it was really dramatic. 😆

music was a big hit. but omg...pathetic was movie. actually all of dharmesh darshan movies are pathetic. i only enjoyed dhakan,bit here there. again music deadly.

Ur forgetting that Aamir and karisma also got best actor and actress award of it!

Originally posted by: Skepblun

@MrKaminA

That makes sense. Pehle aisa on-topic reply de dete toh kya jaata? You're always after me, trying to make assumptions about my "motive" behind writing whatever I write!

Originally posted by: don12

IIRC there was a strike of theater owners in MUmbai when Raja Hindustani released. It overcame that strike to become ATBB

Raja Hindustani clicked because house wives simply loved this movie IMO. If you can get house wives into theaters movie is going to turn out to be ATBB...

Now this was just my observation based on crowd near a single theater near my house...I don't have any link to prove it but i could see families going to watch this movie in theaters. Cars parked on the side of the road was a good indication.

Wow! Really? This is a surprise!

I didn't know this fact about this film.

The film had some appeal then! But how?

What was there for housewives to like this? Raja is far from an ideal man! And Aarti is naive, immature, listening to wrong people throughout except the end.

Or is it possible that they could relate with Raja's overdose of ego, short temper and Aarti's naivete and inability to balance relationships? Their flaws reminded them of their real life challenges?

Well the movie was just fine. In the year it was made, it had all indregients to become a superhit film. I m sure its easy for anyone in 2013 to tradh old films. In tht case sholay movie should have flopped too