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Review of Manoj Kumar's 1989 masterpiece - Clerk

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Genre: Clueless or maybe Comedy Rating: Not to be missed. Must be seen at least once. Director: Manoj Kumar Writer: Manoj Kumar Cast : Manoj Kumar – Bharat Ashok Kumar- Pitaji Rajendra Kumar- Khan Rekha- Sneh (Old Flame) Anita Raj- Pooja – Gymnastics babe Mohammad Ali- Ram Zeba- Mrs. Hooky/ blood seller Rajiv Goswami- Balaram Sonu Walia- Ms. Torn Jeans aka Sonu Prem Chopra- Sadhuram Satish Shah- Sharma – Bharat’s immediate boss Sonika Gill- Tulsi Om Shivpuri- Jindal Dina Pathak- Bharat’s Mommy To boldly go where no man has gone before (Alternate review) Clerk is the mother of all the WTF movies of bollywood ever.I have seen it 3 times myself lol.(yes you will need to fast forward some songs and scenes here and there). Some of my personal favourite moments in the movie are: 1)Bharat defines "lunch" Bharat is questioned about his sincerity to which he replies "Sahab,lunch ka intezaar to woh karte hain jinke paas khaane ke liye ...

Truth about ra-1 Budget

Revenue estimates: Ra1 looks set to make 97-98 cr extended week 1. Becasue of extended week 1,second week fall wil be more.But due to Eid on monday,fall in second week might be slightly less than BG. Second week will be 24-27 cr. (70-75 % drop) Third week fall wil be higher as rockstar is releasing.80-85% drop can be expected.3-5 cr week 3. Approx 124-130 cr will be the final nett without regional collections. With regional,the final nett should be around 129-135 with a DS of around 69.6cr-72.9cr Overseas has been 30 cr in 5 days.I dont think it wil make more than 50-55 cr.Final neet after release in non-traditional markets looks to be 70-75 cr max with DS of 31.5cr-33.75cr Total DS share : (69.6cr-72.9cr) + (31.5cr-33.75cr) = 101.1cr-106.6cr DS reqd = 121-129 cr Loss = 19.9cr-22.4cr approx Cost estimates: Production cost - 150 cr Marketing budget - 35-40 crores Prints cost (Extensive release)- 25 crores Landing cost : 210-215 cr Brand associations - 35-40...