Originally posted by: ponymo
Giving a flop has nothing to do with it being a good film or a bad film. How SRK butchered Don trying to be Amitabh, but was it a flop?
Sonam might not be a Rekha, but had Katrina been doing this film, what a total turnaround would there have been in predicting the fate of this film.
Regarding Aishwarya in Umrao Jaan, if one sets prejudice aside, they can identify it as a very good performance. She is excellent in period movies, and this was no different. The movie wasn't bad either, yes long and gets boring in places, but generally that's how period dramas are, not saying it couldn't have been better, but saying it couldn't have been much different if it were made in the best possible way. And especially releasing it between Don and Dhoom 2 was the biggest mistake, the youth could never identify with it. They'd rather watch the modern fast paced cinema. Why, even the original Umrao Jaan was a flop.
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