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KANK rakes in the big bucksKabhi Alvida Na Kehna, dealing with the subject of extra marital affairs, is by no means a typical Karan Johar movie. But with the box office coffers filling up at home and abroad, it seems to be quite a success story.
The movie features some of the biggest names in Bollywood and the director's chair had Karan Johar's name on it, but with a script that rides the crests and troughs of extra marital emotion, the director himself seemed to have braced himself for some mixed responses.
Says Karan Johar, filmmaker, "It is a film that will be open to various sorts of discussions and debates. The point of view reflected in the film may be mine, though it may not find a sense of agreement with others. But I think that the debate and the controversy might just translate to excitement in the cinema hall, which I'm hoping will happen."
That certainly seems to be the case, with the movie pulling in 100-per cent openings in Delhi, Pune and Bangalore. In Mumbai, the first day raked in Rs 76 lakh. A surprising turn is that Chennai, famous for its protests against scantily clad women, has seen KANK steamroll native competition in most theatres.
Amol Mehra, trade analyst, while speaking on the movie's acceptance said, "Whether Chennai, Hyderabad or Mumbai, the bulk of business comes from multiplexes. The multiplex culture is very different from Indian sentiments."
The movie has done even better across the seas. In the first four days of its release, the movie came in at slot number 5 on the charts, and pocketed a cool 7.5 million. American collections were pegged at $1.4 million.
Although it is still early, it does seem that Indian audiences are gradually moving away from the ever-popular wholesome family drama, putting smiles on the faces the buyers of all those record 1,000 prints
The movie features some of the biggest names in Bollywood and the director's chair had Karan Johar's name on it, but with a script that rides the crests and troughs of extra marital emotion, the director himself seemed to have braced himself for some mixed responses.
Says Karan Johar, filmmaker, "It is a film that will be open to various sorts of discussions and debates. The point of view reflected in the film may be mine, though it may not find a sense of agreement with others. But I think that the debate and the controversy might just translate to excitement in the cinema hall, which I'm hoping will happen."
That certainly seems to be the case, with the movie pulling in 100-per cent openings in Delhi, Pune and Bangalore. In Mumbai, the first day raked in Rs 76 lakh. A surprising turn is that Chennai, famous for its protests against scantily clad women, has seen KANK steamroll native competition in most theatres.
Amol Mehra, trade analyst, while speaking on the movie's acceptance said, "Whether Chennai, Hyderabad or Mumbai, the bulk of business comes from multiplexes. The multiplex culture is very different from Indian sentiments."
The movie has done even better across the seas. In the first four days of its release, the movie came in at slot number 5 on the charts, and pocketed a cool 7.5 million. American collections were pegged at $1.4 million.
Although it is still early, it does seem that Indian audiences are gradually moving away from the ever-popular wholesome family drama, putting smiles on the faces the buyers of all those record 1,000 prints
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