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Rohit

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Trailblazer

Posted: 9 years ago

#851

SRK should be proud of fan 👏

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ElOqUeNcE

@ElOqUeNcE

Rocker

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Posted: 9 years ago

#852

Originally posted by: DeliciousDevil.
Funny! Critically acclaimed and still not able to perform at BO.

Ohh! I forgot its not everyone's cup of tea. No item songs no heroine. Jungle book might have all of it

dont u know JB has heroine n item song in it...LOL

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ElOqUeNcE

@ElOqUeNcE

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Posted: 9 years ago

#853

Originally posted by: TheBoss
My name is Khan and Swades is two of his most under rated movies.

LoL...just becoz swades n mnik didnt do well at box doesnt mean they're underated...

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Sherlock.

@Sherlock.

Dazzler

Posted: 9 years ago

#854

See the praises he is getting for his epic performance. That is more than enough.

Also because of Dilwale dent many people are avoiding going. It will not be flop.

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-SalShah4eva-

@-SalShah4eva-

Elite

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Posted: 9 years ago

#855

I loved this thread. It was so nice to see silent member here and loved readin everyone view. I got to know we had some talent members her. I am one of the crazy, I;ve read all the pages of all the review threads of Fan😲

This thread might die after an week or sooner. Everyone do come during raees. I will active once raees trailer launched.
Im gonna miss this thread

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TheRager

@TheRager

Achiever

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Posted: 9 years ago

#856

Fan - The Genre Makes It Tough

Thursday 21 April 2016 11.30 IST

Box Office India Trade Network

Fan dropped on the second day at key centres which basically sealed its fate and the postmortems will happen but the genre of the film always meant an uphill struggle to meet expectations which were mainly there because of a big star like Shahrukh Khan. It could have succeeded but was never going to be a superstar level hit. The highest grossing thriller till date is Holiday - A Soldier Is Never Off Duty at 112 crore nett and that says it all.

The next bests are Ek Villain and Race 2 and the list of disappointments in the genre is huge not just over the last few years but since they started being made in Hindi. The last big hit in the genre was Agni Sakshi way back in 1996 and this was mainly driven by Mumbai circuit which had a tax free status.

The last one to do extraordinary business all over was actually a Shahrukh Khan film Darr in 1993. This is probably the most successful thriller genre film in India ever but the reason it went so far was that other elements that are needed in a Hindi film were blended so well in the film especially a love story and music. Also it was directed by the one of the greats of Hindi cinemas Yash Chopra and there no directors of that level today in the Hindi film industry.

Basically the bigger the star, the bigger the risk with this genre. The more popular you are then the higher the expectations go which just can't be met with the genre especially the sort of number that is expected of a Shahrukh Khan or a Salman Khan starrer. Its difficult to meet expectations and if a few circuits reject the film then the gap between expectation and final result can look huge which is the case with Fan.

The downside of mega stardom is that you can't really go out of the drama, action and love story genre today as box office numbers are reported everywhere and outside these genres you need some outstanding film to put up a megastar number.

It is also interesting to note that the other superstar of the day Salman Khan has no film in the thriller genre in our database which goes back to 1994. Not only Salman Khan but even the legendary megastars of prior generations with great box office records are likely to have filmographies devoid of thrillers.