Kurbaan could be Karan Johar's first FLOP

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Niharika Jain

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Kurbaan, Tum Mile fails at box office

November 23rd, 2009

There has always been a general feeling within and outside the industry that controversies and promotional gimmicks always add up to boost box-office collections. There is also a strong feeling that most of the controversies in the film industry are not for real but are rather created by producers for obvious reasons.

But the present cases of Kurbaan this week and of Tum Mile released last week should conclusively indicate how these feelings don't seem true anymore.

Karan Johar produced Kurbaan had been in the thick of controversies since the last few days before its release. It was the Shiv Sena first who threatened to stall the film's screening because of its 'obscene' posters showing Kareena Kapoor's bare back. Also, somebody dragged the film to court and sought a ban on it as he felt it would hurt Islamic religious sentiments. But both these seem to have hardly had any impact on the box-office because Kurbaan did not open too well this week.

The case of Mahesh Bhatt's Tum Mile is different but the point that a controversy is not necessarily conducive to the box-office is proven here as well. After Mahesh Bhatt's son Rahul Bhatt's name figured in alleged terrorist Headley's case, some outfits in Gujarat disrupted shows of Tum Mile (which was released only a week back) and even forced exhibitors to pull out the film from their cinemas. In spite of television channels beaming the news about shows of Tum Mile being disrupted and cancelled, its collections just did not pick up in places where there were no untoward incidents.

All of which goes to prove that the days of controversies fuelling bigger tickets sales is becoming pass in Bollywood now.

https://www.realbollywood.com/news/2009/11/kurbaan-box-office.html

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Niharika Jain

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Posted: 16 years ago

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Kurbaan fails to allure

By ASHISH MITRA
Indiantelevision.com Team
(25 November 2009 10:40 pm)

MUMBAI: The pre-release hype of Karan Johar's

Kurbaan was so much that people presumed it to be the biggest hit of the year. On the contrary, the film opened below expectations.

Going by the paid previews held a day earlier, no one could even guess that the film would fare dismally once it opened in regular shows.

The collections of the first day was around 55-60 per cent at multiplexes while in single-screens it was between 35 to 40 per cent. The film, a UTV release, did a net business of approximately Rs 40 million on day one in India with the Bombay territory contributing Rs 15 million.

Reacting to the box-office performance of Kurbaan in his multiplex, Fun Cinema COO Vishal Kapur said, "While the response to the paid preview was very good all over, the opening has not been all that good; the reactions not being very positive. Though the weekend occupancy was on the higher side, to expect the same from Monday to Thursday was a bit dicey."

Reacting to the collections over the weekend, trade analyst Amod Mehra says, "No one wants to see films on terrorism anymore. Yes we had New York in between, but the film was not publicized as a film based on terrorism. On the other hand, the Dharma Productions film was publicised in a wrong manner."

Said Cinemax senior vice president Devang Sampat, "Our expectations to rake in around 85 to 90 per cent collections went awry on Sunday when we recorded just 50 per cent sales."

Come Monday, the business fell 55 per cent lower than that recorded on Friday and the release of Venus Records & Tapes' De Dana Dan next week will impact further business of Kurbaan.

In the overseas market too, the film has under-performed in the three key markets of UK, US and Australia.
https://www.indiantelevision.com/aac/y2k9/aac755.php

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Niharika Jain

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Posted: 16 years ago

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Controversies don't guarantee box office success

Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 12:21 [IST]

But the present cases of Kurbaan this week and of Tum Mile released last week should conclusively indicate how these feelings don't seem true anymore.Karan Johar produced Kurbaan had been in the thick of controversies since the last few days before its release. It was the Shiv Sena first who threatened to stall the film's screening because of its 'obscene' posters showing Kareena Kapoor's bare back. Also, somebody dragged the film to court and sought a ban on it as he felt it would hurt Islamic religious sentiments. But both these seem to have hardly had any impact on the box-office because Kurbaan did not open too well this week.

In fact, considering that the film is produced by Karan Johar, is extremely well-promoted, has lovely music and stars real-life love birds Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, it should have opened to a thunderous response. But the initial at many places on Friday was lack-luster. In fact even the paid previews of the film on Thursday didn't draw the desired crowds in many cities. No doubt, collections in some major cities on Thursday and Friday were impressive but the opening was disappointing in many other cities. This goes on to prove that the controversies around Kurbaan did not come to its rescue in ensuring an enviable opening to the film.

The case of Mahesh Bhatt's Tum Mile is different but the point that a controversy is not necessarily conducive to the box-office is proven here as well. After Mahesh Bhatt's son Rahul Bhatt's name figured in alleged terrorist Headley's case, some outfits in Gujarat disrupted shows of Tum Mile (which was released only a week back) and even forced exhibitors to pull out the film from their cinemas. In spite of television channels beaming the news about shows of Tum Mile being disrupted and cancelled, its collections just did not pick up in places where there were no untoward incidents.

All of which goes to prove that the days of controversies fuelling bigger tickets sales is becoming pass in Bollywood now.

https://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/features/2009/controversies-success-241109.html