You Asked It

Q. Are films like Airlift, Neerja and Kapoor & Sons duds as they didnt get good trps and can we call Bodyguard a masterpiece based on trp?.
Ans. Its a stupid line of thought to begin with on so many levels. Firstly TV doesnt generate the kind of revenue it used to. Secondly, who watches tv these days beyond a handful of senior citizens? From the school going audience to office going, everyone is into youtube, whatsapp and facebook. Our generation dont swtich tv for movies. we go online. and movies like airlift , neerja and kapoor and sons will always be the favourite there. imdb, youtube,facebook, whatsapp views are evidences. The TRP ratings used to matter in stone age of cinema in 80s and 90s when TV was our only source of entertainment. There are some who are still living in stone age. they have apparently not outgrown from the 90s when families used to switch to tv for "watching movies", that was then. when we didnt have dvd and laptop and most importantly the internet. now we dont need tv and movie channels for us to wait for them to telecast our movies. we can watch our movies whenever we can by going online or through torrent.Anway these things are written for some dimwitted fans which doesnt mean anything in todays world.
N. Modi

Q. What will be the final lifetime of Sultan?
Ans. The film is likely to finish lifetime around 285 crore nett.It could well be on its way out of theatres with Kabali hitting the theatres this friday.

S. Swamy

Q. What is your expectations from Rustom and MohenjoDaro?
Ans. Ideally the two should not have clashed for both films to optimise their potential. Mohenjodaro doesnt seem to look in the league of swades and lagaan. Rustom might have an upperhand in the long run as the movie is set in modern era compared to MJD and with neeraj pandey associated. At present MJD can do 80 cr while rustom can do 100cr+. Both are economically well placed to recover.
A. Shah

Q. Why did salman not get the best actor award for Bajrangi Bhaijaan when it was the most loved movie of the decade?
Ans. Awards are not given for C Grade films
M. Bhagwat

MohenJo Daro Economics and Budget: Hit or Flop?

MohenjoDaro Budget and Economics:



Cost : 100 cr PNP : 15 cr

Satellite +music: 60 cr

Recovery from Theatrical : 115-60 = 55 cr

Overseas : arppox 30 cr so Distributor share of approx 12 cr

Domestic : 60 cr nett so distributor share of approx 35 cr

35+12 = 47 cr.

Profit/LOss: - 8 cr.

Verdict : below average/losing

HIGHEST RATED IMDB FILMS OF BOLLYWOOD SUPERSTARS : WHO IS THE BEST?

according to imdb career wise, its AAMIR KHAN number 1 at 84% , followed by HRITHIK 65%, SHAHRUKH At 61%, akshay 40% and SALMAN at the last with 29%

aamir khan 10/60 films rated below 6/10 which means 16% crap films and 84% good films

http://www.imdb.com/filmosearch?role=nm0451148&explore=title_type&sort=user_rating%2Cdesc&mode=detail&page=2&title_type=movie&ref_=filmo_nxt

HRITHIK 13/40 films rated below 6/10 which means 32% crap films and 68% good films

http://www.imdb.com/filmosearch?role=nm0004335&explore=title_type&sort=user_rating,desc&mode=detail&page=1&title_type=movie&ref_=filmo_ref_typ

shahrukh khan 38/98 films rated beow 6/10 which means 39% crap films and 61% good films

http://www.imdb.com/filmosearch?role=nm0451148&explore=title_type&sort=user_rating%2Cdesc&mode=detail&page=2&title_type=movie&ref_=filmo_nxt

akshay kumar 77 films out of 127 films rated below 6/10. which means 60% crap films and 40% good films

http://www.imdb.com/filmosearch?role=nm0474774&explore=title_type&sort=user_rating%2Casc&mode=detail&page=2&title_type=movie&ref_=filmo_nxt

SALMAN KHAN 75 films below 6/10 out of 106 films which means 71% crap films in career and 29% good films.

http://www.imdb.com/filmosearch?role=nm0006795&explore=title_type&sort=user_rating%2Casc&mode=detail&page=1&title_type=movie&ref_=filmo_ref_typ

BOI : RELIABLE OR JUST ANOTHER ANONYMOUS BLOG ?

Ever since the late 2000s, there has been controversy over the Box office figures for Bollywood movies. There are so many blogs out there , mostly anonymous who claim to have their own "sources" . The most popular among them is a site called "BoxOfficeIndia.com (BOI). There are online fans who swear by their numbers and question the Official numbers which are printed in Media and newspapers. But does the website itself swear by its numbers and authenticity? A little investigation reveals a lot:

Here is what BOI has to say about its "accuracy"

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BOX OFFICE INDIA AND ITS AFFILIATES DO NOT CONTROL, REPRESENT OR ENDORSE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OF THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE WEB SITE AND OTHER USER AND MEMBER GENERATED PAGES AND THAT ANY OPINIONS, ADVICE, STATEMENTS, SERVICES, OFFERS OR OTHER INFORMATION OR CONTENT PRESENTED OR DISSEMINATED ON THE WEB SITE OR ON ANY OTHER USER OR MEMBER GENERATED PAGES ARE THOSE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AUTHORS WHO ARE SOLELY LIABLE FOR THEIR CONTENT. BOX OFFICE INDIA AND ITS AFFILIATES RESERVE THE RIGHT, IN THEIR SOLE DISCRETION, TO EDIT, REFUSE TO POST OR REMOVE ANY MATERIAL SUBMITTED TO OR POSTED ON THE WEB SITE OR ON ANY OTHER USER OR MEMBER GENERATED PAGES.

http://boxofficeindia.com/content.php?pagekey=disclaimer

A blog which itself doesnt standby its numbers for any kind of accuracy cannot be depended upon as a trustworthy source.

Sure, the Indian Box Office is a chaos where numbers are not digitally tracked like Box Office Mojo and hence what every trade site gives are their own "estimates" from their "sources". But the most important part to investigate here is whether these "trade peopele" have any authenticity or even an Office? There are trade sites like BollywoodHungama.com which leads to their corporate adrress as follows:

http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/index/contact

Besides this website has many regional offices and names and addresses of the people who can actually be contacted and verified.

There is another popular trade site called koimoi.com. Their contact address is as follows:

http://www.koimoi.com/contact-us/

Again, this one leads to an actual Office address and contact persons

Now have a look at BOI contact details:

http://boxofficeindia.com/content.php?pagekey=contact_us

Nothing except three email ids which are completely anonymous. No address for office, no regional offices, no contact persons named.The wbsite is run from USA by apparently some anonymous PR people who dont wish to be named. Have a look

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/boxofficeindia.com

Commentary is the lesser problem of BOI. their biggest problem are the numbers. everything revolves around them. they have imaginary budgets for stars they support and stars they are against. and then they give their own numbers which are very different for different stars. and then they give their verdict and commentary based on them. the root cause are their dodgy numbers. accusing their commentary is like deliberately ignoring their dodgy numbers

the reason why boi is not popular in real world and will never be popular is bcos of their anonymity . no one has the slightest clue who operates it and from where. they have no names of ppl who head it, their contacts and addresses. there is no face that stands for BOI. and then their dodgy numbers which are very low for non khans and high for khans and their agendiac commentaries. compared to this, sites like koimoi or bwhungama provide a fair assessment to almost all films without being too harsh or too lenient. and they have a proper office address, journalist with names and faces and business correspondents. all this adds crediblity to a trade site