Varun and Alia's Success Is All Nepotism - Page 11

Originally posted by: Luna46

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Judwaa 2 hasn't changed any scenario. It's lifetime collections are going to be nearly same as TEPK. But more was expected from both the movies at box office, since they were released solo on such a big holidays. It's just that trade has lowered their expectations from movies, because the industry is going on such a bad phase. Trade would've expected Judwaa 2 to collect nearly 170 Crores, if there hadn't been so many box office failures this year.

Content or not, movies are not performing to their true potential. And the reason is online streaming websites. Audience taste hasn't changed. They have just stopped visiting theatres regularly.

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why will someone expect 170cr from judwaa2?

it was made with 70cr budget..it isn't some padmavati or bm

even film like rowdy rathore,singham,singham return collected within the same range


before judwaa2 released,no one was expecting 170cr...most were even predicting a flop after the trailer.


And the last comedy film that perform above expectation will be in 2013/2014...most are saying only content film are working but judwaa2 worked without good critics rating or superb wom

Originally posted by: .rasgulla.

The Nepotism debate never seems to get old😆😆

Originally posted by: edunn

I was talking about trade, not someone or anyone. Big budget doesn't always equals to big collections, and neither the other way round.

170 Crores was just my imagination, that how much trade would've expected. Trailer and songs did got a good response, and it was shown in the opening. Critical appreciation has literally nothing to do with box office, atleast in the case of masala genre. And the wom was same as TEPK.

Judwaa 2 was also a sequel of a popular 90s movie starring Salman. That was a big plus point.

Singham Returns was also an underperformer, and it was released 3 years back. Rowdy Rathore and Singham were released 5-6 years ago.

I'm not questioning Varun's star power or saying Judwaa 2 has underperformed. The movie has done really well at the box office in this scenario. But it would've done more, if the industry hadn't been going on such a bad phase.

Edited by Luna46 - 7 years ago

Originally posted by: BeingChevi

This again?🤔

Varun and Alia's success is because of nepotism. (Yes, their surnames drag the people to the theatre That's why it's a full house for Abhishek Bachchan, Uday Chopra, Aditya Roy Kapur, Shraddha Kapoor starrers)

Sid is the least favored one out of the trio. (Dharma loves looking at its financial status after Sid films 😆kitne bhi tu karle sitam has has ke sahenge hum... *sends next offer to Sid*)

Varun's father gets his films for him. (Even if this was true, the film doesn't rest on David, he is not the one who the public are paying to see - again, invalid.) Same goes for Alia. Earlier, I would also question why she's getting so many opportunities but she's made the best out of all of them - delivered some great performances so she is deserving of the opportunities that come to her IMO.

Varun and Alia haven't signed bad films... (bad films meaning flops? Maybe their presence is what saves some of their films? Kabhi socha hai😳At least that's the case with Dishoom, for sure.😆)

Also love how the TM credits everything but Varun/Alia for their success (from hit songs to big production house etc.) but Sid gets sole credit for the opening of Ek Villain. Kamaal hai😆

Anyway, this viewpoint is nothing new though I was hoping after 9 straight successes, this will die down. Guess people won't change... They'll just be waiting in the wings for Varun to fail once and they'll be like: Aha! I told you so.😆😆