KANK-BIGGEST GROSSER OF SHAHRUKH KHAN

Trade Talk-17th August 18.00 IST

Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna is on its way to becoming the biggest blockbuster that urban India has ever seen. The collections have held up well this week at multiplexes and big cities and the advance for the second weekend is very good. The smaller centres are not up to the mark and have seen falling collections but the phenomenal collections from urban India may take the film to a 60 crore nett gross. In the first week it may notch up 8 crore alone from the three big cities in Mumbai circuit of Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Pune. Bangalore seems to be heading for 75 lakhs+ while Delhi is certain to fetch another record. The collections from just Indore and Bhopal will see it winning in CI. In East Punjab, the collections from just Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Gurgaon and Faridabad will be in the 1.50 crore region. CP Berar and Bihar are weakest as there are no multiplexes in these circuits although collections in bigger cities of CP Berar like Nagpur, Jabalpur and Raipur are good. The media has said the film has a poor word of mouth but this is not true unless they have made this film a special case and are talking about the word of mouth in places like Hissar or Hanumangarh when normally for every film its Mumbai or Delhi. The word of mouth is good in big cities and this film is set to be the biggest grosser of Shahrukh Khan's career.