The stage is set, and the ball has been set rolling. We have a huge year at hand in terms of the money at stake in the industry. And as the Mayans ignited a spark centuries ago, some people actually believe that the world is about to end in December, hence, the trade analysts believe that this mindset will help the business of big film releases this year considerably, because film buffs will throng cinema halls in huge numbers to catch a glimpse of their favourite stars in full glory for 'one last time'. And, a few big budget films involving our favourite Khan's (Salman, Shah Rukh and Aamir) have been lined up for release this year.
Let's talk about the 'perfectionist' Khan first. We have not seen Aamir Khan on the big screen since his cameo in 'Dhobi Ghat' in 2010. The thinking man's star is coming back with a suspense-thriller 'Talaash', which also stars Rani Mukerji and Kareena Kapoor in the lead. The movie is directed by Reema Kagti and is set to release on November 30. Aamir is playing a cop in the movie for the first time since 'Sarfarosh'. This movie is touted to be the movie of the year since Aamir is notoriously efficient in setting benchmarks at the box-office. If he wishes to do so, he has to get past his own movie '3 Idiots' records, which is the only Hindi movie ever to gross more than Rs. 300 crores. And the fact that Aamir is ultra-cautious before signing on the dotted line itself tells us how good a movie this one is going to be.
Then we have the King of romance, Shah Rukh Khan. King Khan has gone back to working with arguably the biggest Indian 'banner', Yashraj films. And by doing so, SRK has gone back to his roots, since it was the Chopra-produced movies only that made a star out of him initially, and got him the 'King of romance' tag. And moreover, the movie is being directed by the legendary Yash Chopra himself, who is back after his hiatus. In fact, he directed his last movie with Shah Rukh only, 'Veer-Zara', which was way back in 2004. Though we already have many reasons to advocate why this movie is sure to be a blockbuster, but we have two more: First, this is going to be an out and out love story, and this genre is SRK's forte. And second, Shah Rukh's love interest is being played by his arch rival's rumoured girlfriend, Katrina Kaif. Need we say more?
And now we come to talk of the 'Dabangg' superstar, Salman Khan. Though he probably has two releases this year, but his 'Ek Tha Tiger', which is due to release during his favourite time of the year, Eid, sounds mammoth. And according to us, this is 'the' movie which will achieve new standards in terms of box-office collections. According to rumours, Salman's extremely loyal fan-following will get to see a new-improved Salman with ripped muscles, et al. Salman is also getting back together with Katrina Kaif in this one. And what makes the feature even more enticing is that it is a Yashraj movie. Aditya Chopra has reportedly paid a bomb to Salman to be in his production. The movie is being directed by Kabir Khan of 'New York' fame.
Well, who wins the box-office race is yet to be seen, but the ultimate winner is sure to be the audience only. With Bollywood getting revamped in the recent years, one can be certain that they will not merely be whistling to their favourite stars, but will also have a good story tagged along. Although we have quite a number of other big movies in contention this year, namely Ajay Devgn's 'Bol Bachchan', Salman's 'Dabangg 2', Ranbir's 'Barfi', etc., but we have enlisted the biggest three of the lot above for you. Go to the movies, make merry!
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