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HZAnita

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Posted: 11 years ago

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http://businessofcinema.com/boxoffice/box-office-ram-leela-advance-booking-roof/119782

BOX OFFICE: Ram Leela Advance Booking Through The Roof!

By Neha Kirpalani on November 14, 2013

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With the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's magnum opus, Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram Leelamerely a day away, the Box Office buzz has understandably been heating up.

Touted as one of the biggest, most eagerly awaited films this year, it is no surprise that the advance expectancy for the Ranveer Singh - Deepika Padukone starrer is at an all-time high...

Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram Leela has all the makings of an anticipated potboiler. A stellar star cast, an ace director (returning to celluloid after a hiatus of three long years) and catchy promos. Add to this are the supposed "controversies" surrounding the film (are the lead stars actually dating? the alleged offence taken by certain sections of right-wing Hindus, and the Gujarati communities on whom the film is based) and all the pre-release hype is justified.

The ticketing windows have seen some action, in terms of advance bookings. A leading single screen theatre in Bangalore affirmed.

A spokesperson for the single screen said, "The buzz is expected to be huge for Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram Leela. We opened advance bookings on Wednesday, and there are only few seats per show left! I would say the buzz is above average for this film. We run four shows daily. The weekend looks very promising."

Sources have also informed us that at several theatres across the country, tickets are already sold out for the Friday and Saturday shows!

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Zazzie

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Posted: 11 years ago

#342

Originally posted by: zarak65

I think that is what makes a good movie, when after watching it u take the movie with you and u can't get it out if ur head.
No movie is perfect, but it seems that even with its faults, ramleela is a grand and great movie that will probably go down as one of the most memorable movies of bollywood cinema. But I will have to watch it to see if this is completely true.

Agree. There is something in RL which you take home. I think with me, when I watched it I was just gawking at the gradeur and 'prettiness' of the movie. 😆
That's why I wanna watch it again. 😳

I need to discuss the story and fangirl over Ranveer and Deepika.
Hurry up and watch it everyone. 😆😳
Do post your review here after you've watched it, would love to read your views. 😊

Edited by Humsafar. - 11 years ago

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Zazzie

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Posted: 11 years ago

#343

Originally posted by: zarak65

They did visit komal yesterday for an interview.

Aww that's good, me thinks Komal will give 3/3.5 for RL, despite sounding like a complete fanbot of RS, DP and SLB. 😆

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Zazzie

@.Bongsookie.

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Posted: 11 years ago

#344

Ram Leela: Movie Review

Posted by: Nabanita

Published: Friday, November 15, 2013, 5:15 [IST]

Adapting Shakespeare's work to Indian ethos is the latest thing happening in the hindi film industry. Inspired by this, the Bollywood's renowned filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali has made his foray into the Shakespearean territory which was mastered by Vishal Bhardwaj, with today's release Ram Leela (Ramleela). Based on Shakespeare's one of most popular romantic tragedies Romeo and Juliet, Ram Leela is set against the backdrop of guns and vengeance, the desi Romeo and Juliet fall in love and fight the world and their families to live their dreams.

Ram Leela, being one of the much-awaited flicks of the year, is expected to be a major box office hit owing to certain controversies that will sure drive audiences to theatres to see Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone in action. Click on this to see more pictures of Ram Leela.

Story:

The movie Ram Leela revolves around two major characters- Ram (Ranveer Singh), the local village Romeo, is a colorful, charming yet dramatic vagabond and Leela (Deepika Padukone) an unbridled and passionate village Juliet. The only thing in common between these two strangers is their families' hatred for each other.

The two communities have been sworn enemies since the past 500 years and their own kin falling in love with each other is worse than any storm that could have ever come. When Ram and Leela see each other for the first time, their worlds collide, wars are fought and destinies are written in blood, forever.

What will happen when they declare their love to the world? Will their families relent or will Ram and Leela carve their own destiny?

Performances:

Ranveer Singh looks dynamic and delivers a confident act, but fails to get it right at times. His mannerisms and dialogue delivery fall short sometimes from what's expected. Deepika Padukone is convincing and continues to enjoy the top of the game as Leela in the film. Deepika manages to bring in a lot of elegance and sexiness with her magnificent presence.

Music:

Ram Leela's music deliver as per the enormous expectations from it. The music is soulful, refreshing and has a high inspiration of Gujarati folk music. While 'Laal Ishq' and 'Dhoop' are undoubtedly the best amongst the track list, 'Nagada Sang Dhol', 'Poore Chand' and 'Ang Laga De' also leave a great impression.

Verdict:

Ram Leela is yet another SLB creation, replete with opulence and grandeur. For all its hype, grandeur, money, blood, sweat, music, tragedy, Ram Leela is worth a watch.

http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/reviews/2013/ram-leela-movie-review-124856.html

^^ Idk if this one's been posted before. 😆

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ramu61

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Posted: 11 years ago

#345

looking forward to it, hope it fares well at the box office, but most of all hope the movie is entertaining and the performances praiseworthy.

if it fails, certain ppl will blame deepika for it and laugh, and if it works well, it'll be not cuz of deepika but cuz of SLB n other stuff lol.

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Zazzie

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Posted: 11 years ago

#346

Trade pundits predict Ram Leela and Rajjo will be affected by Sachin Tendulkar's last match this week

When Ram Leela and Rajjo release dates were announced, no one knew that Sachin Tendulkar will be playing his last match at the time. And now Sachin's last innings will be played out in the city, which will affect the footfalls in the theatre. While the lucky ones will go to Wankhede stadium to watch him play the test match between Team India and West Indies (November 14-18), the rest of the country will be glued to their TV sets.

In these days of Twitter reviews and word of mouth verdict, the first week of a film's release is crucial. How will this affect the fate of the two films releasing this week Ram Leela and Rajjo. Read on for the expert view...

You can't say only cricket fans will be watching: Taran Adarsh
Yes, Sachin playing his last Test match is definitely going to affect the box-office business of Ram Leela and Rajjo. The whole world will be watching. I don't watch cricket but when I went for my morning walk my building people were talking only about Sachin and the match. He's an icon and you can't say only cricket fans will be watching it. Sachin will most definitely be a big competition to Ram Leela and Rajjo! People are bound to be glued to the television, radio, and want to know what's going to happen.

It is not an ordinary cricket match but an event, and whether we like it or not but when we have cricket on one hand and movies on the other as we are a cricket-crazy nation there is little to contest. But at the same time it also boils down to content and if the films are good they will run.

We have had films releasing during the IPL and school exams and yet they have done well. It's surely going to be a fight between Sachin and Bollywood but what many don't know, it's not just Bollywood a big budget Punjabi film is releasing in the North and the Telegu remake of Bol Bachchan will also release on the same day so even their box-office businesses are bound to be affected. Sachin is one person who goes beyond all barriers and regions! He is huge!

Audiences will go to watch the match: Vikas Mohan
Yes, Sachin's last match will definitely affect 30 per cent of the box-office. No one knows which day he will bat and if he bats on Saturday then the audience will get divided and collection will become weak. However, those who want to see first day first show of films, will go whatever happens.

Ram Leela is hot so it will get a good opening but as people know it's also Sachin's last match, they will watch it. It all depends on which day he will bat. If WI fields on Friday then TV won't cover Sachin fielding through the day and audiences will go to see watch the films. People are emotionally attached to Sachin and love to see him batting and cricket is a huge thing in India. No one can predict which day he can bat. If he's not batting, then people will lose that excitement on Friday and impact on the collections will be less. As far as Rajjo is concerned I doubt it will get 10 per cent opening. It's a non-starter and has nothing to appeal to anybody. If Ram Leela has good content, it will run. It is an expensive film Rs72 crore add another Rs20 crore for print and publicity, so it has to make over Rs100 crore to break even. Also, Ranveer Singh being the hero won't get as big an opening as a Salman, Akshay, SRK or Aamir film would have done.

It all depends on the product: Vajir Singh
Yes, the box-office business will get affected but if the movie is good then nothing can go against it. It all depends on the product. If the product is good, liked by the audience, it will rock. These days movies do well during IPL matches if content is good.

http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-trade-pundits-predict-ram-leela-and-rajjo-will-be-affected-by-sachin-tendulkar-s-last-match-this-week-1919347

I liked what Vajir Singh said.

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HZAnita

@HZAnita

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Posted: 11 years ago

#347

😆 Who guess Raja Sen would trash Ram-Leela? You win!!! 😆

http://www.rediff.com/movies/review/review-goliyon-ki-rasleela-ram-leela-is-a-mess/20131115.htm?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

Review: Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela is a mess!

November 15, 2013 08:54 IST

According to Raja Sen, Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela is an overplotted, bloody mess.

Begone, pretenders.

Why must Bollywood try to claw vainly at the works of The Bard?

Or, to be fair, why must directors overreach as they aim for instant literary endorsement?

In the last year and a half, three directors (who have previously made one good film each) have tried to tell the classic tale of Romeo And Juliet and fatally floundered, creating painful works worthy of great embarrassment.

Habib Faisal made the terrific Do Dooni Chaar and then gave us link to review the disgusting Ishaqzaade; Manish Tiwary made the interesting Dil Dosti Etc and then gave us the unwatchable Issaq; and finally Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who once made the impressive Khamoshi, has turned up a movie with a title almost as grotesque as its contents.

May the brilliant Bhardwaj sic his bloodhounds upon you, foul fakers.

Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela -- an acronym of which unfailingly reminds me of Greater Kailash Residential associations -- is a monstrously excessive film with a riot of colours, a girl who looks very pretty indeed and a daft hero, but despite that being the warning on the tin whenever you attempt (foolhardily) to buy into a Bhansali product, this can't be what you bargained for. GKRR is an overplotted, bloody mess.

Ranveer Singh, he of that dandruff song, plays Ram, and he does so head and shoulders more effeminately than you've seen any Hindi film hero.

He throws in the dhak-dhak dance step, for example, and later appears oiled up and wearing a dhoti tied lower than Shilpa Shetty would a sari.

He also speaks like a character written for Satish Kaushik in a David Dhawan movie, all poor puns and weird vocal tics and very lame dialogue. Singh pushes himself but the part is too imbecilic, and he only does well when falling down and looking up at the camera -- simply because it reminds us of his lovely Lootera.

Deepika Padukone plays his gal, Leela, a cleavage-thrusting princess who looks absolutely luminous but can't quite handle the sheer, relentless raunch the part demands.

She sells some of the dialogue impressively, but stumbles over the tu-tadaak overfamiliarity thrust onto her by the script, and performs the way SLB likes his ladies to: when she's happy, she's too happy; horny, too horny; sad, too pouty.

She looks like a million bucks, however, and so resplendent is Padukone with screen presence that it feels like watching Angelina Jolie in a bad film -- ie, it's all pointless, but there is something worth staring at. Her hero might carry a water pistol, but this Leela packs the guns.

Speaking of which, GKRR marks Sanjay Leela Bhansali's discovery of arms and ammunition, one that leads to his attempting dialogue more suited to Anurag Kashyap: the result is very poor indeed, awful rhymes alternated with soap-operatic exposition.

Performers like Supriya Pathak and Gulshan Devaiah are reduced to cardboard caricatures and hamming, and the ever-effective Richa Chaddha isn't given elbow room.

Somewhere in Rajasthan, there are a pair of warring families, and while even a typical Sarpunch-and-Judy show can be a blast despite the cliches surrounding it, this one plays out like a bad street-play with an unjustly fantastic budget.

The frames look luscious, the palette is eyewateringly vivid, and cinematographer Ravi Varman clearly has more of a blast than any audience member ever can.

Meanwhile the director, who has also written the film, keeps adding twists to thicken the plot and ends up with a loopy bloodbath that -- in the end -- serves no purpose whatsoever.

Save perhaps to warn us that SLB can be quite a sadist when he wants to.

Even the songs fall disappointingly short of memorable, and each of them sound like such a rehash of Bhansali's own hits that it's a wonder he -- instead of turning composer here -- didn't simply license rights to his own glorious soundtracks of yore.

At one point in this silly, wasteful, loud film with many a shifting accent, Ranveer Singh's Ram, a leading man addicted to selfies, takes a picture of himself and Deepika's Leela, proclaiming that it be announced immediately across Twitter (!) that Ram-Leela are now one.

Go ahead, then, make his day: tweet this film's score.

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zara321

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Posted: 11 years ago

#348

Does raja sen like any movie? He gave krrish 3 one star!

From the way he's written this review I think he deliberately trashes movies, trying to get a reaction. There is no logic behind any if his reasonings, so I don't think anyone should take is review seriously.

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Zazzie

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Sparkler

Posted: 11 years ago

#349

I knew Raja Sen would trash RL like no other. 😒
BUT he has undying love for Deepika, he just cannot criticise her properly. 😆😳 This:

Deepika Padukone plays his gal, Leela, a cleavage-thrusting princess who looks absolutely luminous but can't quite handle the sheer, relentless raunch the part demands.
She sells some of the dialogue impressively, but stumbles over the tu-tadaak overfamiliarity thrust onto her by the script, and performs the way SLB likes his ladies to: when she's happy, she's too happy; horny, too horny; sad, too pouty.
She looks like a million bucks, however, and so resplendent is Padukone with screen presence that it feels like watching Angelina Jolie in a bad film -- ie, it's all pointless, but there is something worth staring at. Her hero might carry a water pistol, but this Leela packs the guns.

^^ I feel like laughing at Raja Sen's attempt to criticise Deeps, such a fail at it. 😆

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MoodyFoodie

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Posted: 11 years ago

#350

Ram Leela Hit or Flop: Box office prediction

Posted in : Bollywood,Box Office
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November 15th, 2013.

After two box office duds in Saawariya and the critically acclaimed Guzaarish, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, the director of successful films like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas, returns with Ram Leela an epic romantic tale starring Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone.

The music of the film is a hit, the response to the theatrical trailer and other song promos have generally varied from good to excellent.

The other reason why Ram Leela is expected to do well is because of Deepika Padukone's presence. The actress is in the form of her life. Her three releases so far this year have all been super-successful. Race 2 (HIT), Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (Blockbuster) and Chennai Express (All Time Blockbuster). Last year, Cocktail was a massive hit with the multiplex audience too.

Ram Leela will be her last Hindi release of 2013. For those unaware, Deepika has a Tamil release Kochadaiyaan with superstar Rajinikanth.

Expectations are obviously high, but Ram Leela is likely to rely on word-of-mouth publicity to carry it through to safety as the costs of the film are high.

Response to advance booking has been good in parts of the country and the film is expected to open well at the box office today.

We expect the first day collections to be around 8-10 crores.

IF VERY GOOD (positive word-of-mouth)

Day 1 - 10 crore
Weekend - 35 crore
First Week - 53 crore
Final - 100 crore+ (Super Hit)

IF AVERAGE (mixed response)

Day 1 - 9 crore
Weekend - 31 crore
First Week - 46 crore
Final - 68 crore+ (Hit)

IF BAD (worst case scenario)

Day 1 - 8 crore
Weekend - 25 crore
First Week - 36 crore
Final - 45 crore (Flop)

What do you think - Will Ram Leela be a HIT or Flop at the box office? Will Deepika make it to 5 hits in a row? And finally the big question - has Sanjay Leela Bhansali returned to form, will Ram Leela be yet another classic romantic film?

Source: http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/ram-leela-hit-or-flop-box-office-prediction/