Akshay Kumar Doing Different Types Of Movies| Why doesn't SRK try ? - Page 3

Originally posted by: Love_Katty_24-7

This movie releases on 3000 screens and it is not commercial? The producers spent 100 crores on its budget and it is not commercial???niche product is meant to be a product which is for limited audience. You don't release niche movies in 3000 screens. Niche movie is something like Dhobi Ghaat or an Udaan or a Raman Raghav which is released in only 600 or less screens. You don't have a niche movie screening in almost 70% of the available 4500 Hindi screens in India.

And yes the action sequences were OTT, and not something you would see in a niche, off beat product.

Anyways let's agree to disagree, so things don't sour.

I'm talking about the content here. A Vicky Donor too was made on a low budget but is it commercial? Hell yeah! I'm pretty sure the budget of Band Baaja Baraat wasn't that huge either. But is it commercial? Yup! You can release the movie in as many theaters you want but if the content it is based on doesn't have the trappings of commercial cinema , you would call it off beat or niche. The movies you quoted are off beat as well. The only commercial element in a movie like FAN is the fact that it stars Shahrukh in it , which is why it was released in as many theaters. They wanted the movie to earn profit as the budget was quite big. And the budget wasn't big for the heck of it. The movie required a lot of VFX work hence the budget.

Two chase sequences in a movie which are very much part of the script doesn't automatically make it some commercial potboiler. Commercial cinema basically taps into whatever is popular at the time. FAN had none of those elements. It didn't have songs , it didn't have female leads , it didn't have a storyline that revolved around romance , it didn't have any patriotic undertones to it , it didn't have comedy. It was a story about a superstar and his fan , one where both characters were very complex and flawed , one where the storyline itself was dark...that to me is as off beat as off beat gets like I stated before.

Things don't have to sour , we are just discussing our opinions here. That is what a forum is for :).

experiments karne se darr nahi lagta saab,... box office se lagta hain😆

SRK is trying different genres. Fan was totally different from what he has done till now. But people did not accept it. If he no longer cares for BO numbers he can continue to do off beat movies. BO blockbusters he gets only for masala entertainers like CE HNY. He should a mix of both every year, 1 movie off beat and 1 masala commercial.

Akshay is all about money..throw him money and he will do gutter a prem katha. Shahrukh does not do too many movies...so he cannot do too many roles either. No comparison

Bechara srk is going through an identity crisis...romantic hero bane ya thriller films kare ya dhang ki scripts chune...kuchh samajh nahi aa raha uske baniye waale dimaag ko..😆

Originally posted by: dahee

Because he makes all his different type of movies into SRK-type movies.

Originally posted by: charminggenie

+1

Even Fan was Srk-ed in the end. Every single film ends up getting treated to play up his image. Also even Raees was formulaic. SRK needs to quit trying to be that "larger-than-life" character even in the niche movies.