Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Aamir Khan and Akshay Kumar at the Box Office: Karma runs on hair!
A long time ago, I noticed a strange co-relation between the box office performance of two of our biggest stars - Aamir Khan and Akhsay Kumar - and the length of their hair. (Original post: Aamir and Akshay at the Box Office: A hair raising trend)
I predicted the box office performance of their upcoming movies purely on the basis of how they would wear their hair. Hells Bells! I was right. Clearly, I had stumbled on something that renowned physicists or any of UK's hot line Pandit Maharajs or Peer Sahibs were unable to figure out.
It's time to take a look at Aamir and Akshay's hair-raising performance again and make another set of predictions.
The shorter Aamir Khan's hair is, the better his movie performs at the box office. Based on the data below, my prognosis for his upcoming 3 Idiots is that it will be a hit - somewhere in between the general hitness of Fanaa and Tare Zameen Par. Why? Because the length of his hair in 3 Idiots is somewhere in between.
| Aamir's Movie | Length of Hair | Box Office |
|---|---|---|
| Mangal Pandey (2005) | Long | Flopistan |
| Fanaa (2006) | Medium | Hit! |
| Tare Zameen Par (2007) | Short | Super Hit!! |
| Ghajini (2008) | Miniscule | Blockbuster!!! |
| 3 Idiots (2009) | Short | Prognosis: Super Hit! |
The box office performance of Akshay Kumar goes down the shorter his hair is. In this he is the opposite of Aamir Khan. Check out the table below for definitive proof. The anomaly in there is his 2009 hit Kambakkht Ishq in which his hair was short (not to mention it had been chewed at from the front by a parrot-like bird or small animal). But we all know that this was a movie that was a hated by everyone except Akshay, his producer and Kareena (because she got to stick it to mom with that Skinemax performance). So it doesn't count.
Fortunately for Akshay, happier times may be just around the corner. He wears his hair at medium length in his upcoming comedy De Dana Dan. My prognosis is that it will be a hit. Hang in there Akki, happy days are here again!
| Akshay's Movie | Length of Hair | Box Office |
|---|---|---|
| Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) | Medium | Hit! |
| Tashan (2008) | Short | Flopistan |
| Singh is Kinng (2008) | Long | Super Hit! |
| Chandni Chowk to China (2009) | Short | Flopistan |
| 8x10 Tasveer (2009) | Short | Flopistan |
| Kambakhht Ishq (2009) | Short | Hit! (what yaar?!) |
| Blue (2009) | Short | Flopistan |
| De Dana Dan (2009) | Medium | Prognosis: Hit! |
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