Originally posted by: Neerjaa
Why he wants to come out from his romantic image . Shahrukh Khan did great job as romantic roles few years back . Yes there should be great story to go with that .
Just from assessing how cinemas are divided among movies - and distribution etc. - it seems that next movie with FK will have difficulty being positioned as mainstream.
- FK is still restricted to mainly a ladies audience (and not the action-seeking male audience in very rough terms)
- for indian males a pakistani male as lead will not be a slam dunk - could possibly work in an action role (similar to his work in Jutt & Bond as a Bond-esque figure) - but there will be resistance from some of the more jingoistic circles (however that may even help a movie - if it makes a film "notorious" - just like criticism of "Haider" for it's location got some criticism - but did not seem to have hurt it in the theaters)
- FK will have to prove himself in his next role - which could be safe (playing on his niche) - or could explore something new. Ideally he would work the same angle with some additional nuances perhaps (since then it will be easier to convince distributors etc.) - compared to if he does a totally different role (which will again require "let us see how he does that role" first before he gets validation) - for his next role FK would need to start to consolidate his role into something more mainstream (unless he wants to relegate himself to "character" roles)
So maybe a bit of creative intelligence on part of FK - and his counterparts in Bollywood - may yield dividends. That is - pick a role which works for him - and which he can work well. On the other hand FK could do a smaller project as well on the side as well - if he wants to "explore" the medium further.
Maybe he will want to move quicker into production etc. type of roles - though there he will be taking on more risk as well. But with the right players/collaborations it may work ..
EDIT: By the way, I was mentioning this to someone some months back about the potential for increasing role of Pakistani collections in the profitability consideration of (some) Bollywood movies - the smaller or "art" movies (which generally have difficulty competing with the bigger offerings). This is because some movies may play better into the Pakistani sense - or (as we saw with some of Ali Zafar's movies) may actually have a Pakistani actor (reminiscent of how many Hollywood movies are starting to include Indian actors - just so they get an extra push in the indian box office). While the pakistani box office effect is small - maybe 1/10 from the numbers that have been posted here - but this effect will grow to maybe double or more as the multiplex phenomenon increases more (and smaller cities also get such places). However "Khoobsurat" is the first example where the Pakistani box office collections became significant well before that multiplex boom.
ADDING: In Pakistan the domestic movie industry is so anemic - and the new movies that are being made here are few and far between (multiplexes have attracted a demographic which had earlier stopped going to cinema because of the seedy state of disrepair they had fallen into). That the bulk of movie content is either Hollywood (and now Bollywood). The introduction of Bollywood movies was seen as a major break for the local cinema industry (since many people would be watching these Bollywood movies anyway - on DVD etc. or cable). So for Bollywood movies there is scant competition from local fare. This may change as local movies are being made in higher number (and often-times by people who are not completely associated with "Lollywood" - as a result there is a resurgence of Urdu fare compared to the Punjabi Jutt-in-London type of movies that Lollywood had slid into). So having Bollywood content has made cinema theaters viable - and the creation of cinemas has created a place where the (occasional pakistani movie can be shown). So contrary to the exclamation from some quarters (like Samina Pirzada etc. earlier - don't know what she thinks now) - that Bollywood fare will stifle the new cinema in pakistan well before the new cinema has an opportunity to take hold - contrary to that I would suggest that it is the appearance of Bollywood movies which has "jump-started" the economic engine of movies in Pakistan. Otherwise it would have remained in the "chicken-and-egg" stage i.e. need content that people want to drive cinema theater growth - and need local cinema theaters (that people who have the money are willing to go to) before local movies can be screened there.
Edited by reviewmovies - 10 years ago
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