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<blockquote data-quote="Sei" data-source="post: 1781351" data-attributes="member: 5839"><p>Maybe I chose the wrong examples. And even I had liked Rohit Shetty's Golmaal 3 and All the Best. They were clean entertainers. I was just talking about the stunts that he chooses. A car going through another car and 3 people flying in all directions. If you like this, I'm not judging you or anything. I'm sure many people like it and that's why he includes it in every movie of his (and now in other movies too).</p><p></p><p>What I'm trying to say here is purely my opinion on it and I agree that everyone has different tastes so I'm not passing judgement. </p><p></p><p>I got this list from <a href="http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/first-week-box-office-records/" target="_blank">First Week Box Office Records</a></p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>#</th><th>Movie</th><th>Week 1 Collections</th><th>Lead stars</th></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1.</td><td><strong>Ek Tha Tiger</strong></td><td>118 crores (6 days)</td><td>Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif</td></tr><tr><td>2.</td><td><strong>Bodyguard</strong></td><td>100.15 crores</td><td>Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor</td></tr><tr><td>3.</td><td><strong>Ra One</strong></td><td>91.27 crores</td><td>Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor</td></tr><tr><td>7.</td><td><strong>Rowdy Rathore</strong></td><td>76.13 crores</td><td>Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha</td></tr><tr><td>9.</td><td><strong>Ready</strong></td><td>69.37 crores</td><td>Salman Khan, Asin</td></tr><tr><td>10.</td><td><strong>Housefull 2</strong></td><td>62.43 crores</td><td>Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Asin</td></tr><tr><td>11.</td><td><strong>Golmaal 3</strong></td><td>62.29 crores</td><td>Ajay Devgan, Kareena Kapoor</td></tr><tr><td>12.</td><td><strong>Bol Bachchan</strong></td><td>60.50 crores</td><td>Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, Asin</td></tr><tr><td>14.</td><td><strong>Cocktail</strong></td><td>54.25 crores</td><td>Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Diana Penty</td></tr><tr><td>17.</td><td><strong>Tees Maar Khan</strong></td><td>49.04 crores</td><td>Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif</td></tr><tr><td>18.</td><td><strong>Singham</strong></td><td>48.87 crores</td><td>Ajay Devgan, Kajal Agarwal</td></tr></table><p></p><p>These are amongst the top 20 grossers ever in Hindi Cinema (Listed on July 2012; you can probably include Dabangg 2 and Jab Tak Hai Jaan etc).</p><p> </p><p>The disturbing thing, at least to me, is the fact almost all the movies earning the most money are the ones that have big production values and almost no sense of script or story. From what I noticed, this all started with the success of Dabangg. It spouted out Singham, Rowdy Rathore and Dabangg 2. I thought that was the end of it but I saw another trailer yesterday :|</p><p></p><p>[media=youtube]jsvz1lrc_O0[/media]</p><p></p><p>Sure, there were good movies too which I simply loved like Paan Singh Tomar. But the box office runs on money. If only these type of movies start earning the most money, most filmmakers will not think twice before going in the same direction. </p><p></p><p>Anyways, this will be my last OT post on this. I may be too critical of the whole thing. But after being exposed to really good film-making (watching English movies and series and selected Hindi movies), my expectations have changed I guess.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sei, post: 1781351, member: 5839"] Maybe I chose the wrong examples. And even I had liked Rohit Shetty's Golmaal 3 and All the Best. They were clean entertainers. I was just talking about the stunts that he chooses. A car going through another car and 3 people flying in all directions. If you like this, I'm not judging you or anything. I'm sure many people like it and that's why he includes it in every movie of his (and now in other movies too). What I'm trying to say here is purely my opinion on it and I agree that everyone has different tastes so I'm not passing judgement. I got this list from [URL="http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/first-week-box-office-records/"]First Week Box Office Records[/URL] [TABLE="class: wp-table-reloaded wp-table-reloaded-id-27, width: 658"] [TR="class: row-1 odd"] [TH="class: column-1, bgcolor: #E6EEEE"]#[/TH] [TH="class: column-2, bgcolor: #E6EEEE"]Movie[/TH] [TH="class: column-3, bgcolor: #E6EEEE"]Week 1 Collections[/TH] [TH="class: column-4, bgcolor: #E6EEEE"]Lead stars[/TH] [/TR] [TR="class: row-2 even"] [TD="class: column-1 colspan-4, bgcolor: #FFFFFF, colspan: 4"][/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: row-3 odd"] [TD="class: column-1, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]1.[/TD] [TD="class: column-2, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"][B]Ek Tha Tiger[/B][/TD] [TD="class: column-3, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]118 crores (6 days)[/TD] [TD="class: column-4, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: row-4 even"] [TD="class: column-1, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]2.[/TD] [TD="class: column-2, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][B]Bodyguard[/B][/TD] [TD="class: column-3, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]100.15 crores[/TD] [TD="class: column-4, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: row-5 odd"] [TD="class: column-1, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]3.[/TD] [TD="class: column-2, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"][B]Ra One[/B][/TD] [TD="class: column-3, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]91.27 crores[/TD] [TD="class: column-4, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]Shahrukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: row-9 odd"] [TD="class: column-1, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]7.[/TD] [TD="class: column-2, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"][B]Rowdy Rathore[/B][/TD] [TD="class: column-3, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]76.13 crores[/TD] [TD="class: column-4, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]Akshay Kumar, Sonakshi Sinha[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: row-11 odd"] [TD="class: column-1, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]9.[/TD] [TD="class: column-2, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"][B]Ready[/B][/TD] [TD="class: column-3, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]69.37 crores[/TD] [TD="class: column-4, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]Salman Khan, Asin[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: row-12 even"] [TD="class: column-1, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]10.[/TD] [TD="class: column-2, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][B]Housefull 2[/B][/TD] [TD="class: column-3, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]62.43 crores[/TD] [TD="class: column-4, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Akshay Kumar, John Abraham, Asin[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: row-13 odd"] [TD="class: column-1, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]11.[/TD] [TD="class: column-2, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"][B]Golmaal 3[/B][/TD] [TD="class: column-3, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]62.29 crores[/TD] [TD="class: column-4, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]Ajay Devgan, Kareena Kapoor[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: row-14 even"] [TD="class: column-1, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]12.[/TD] [TD="class: column-2, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][B]Bol Bachchan[/B][/TD] [TD="class: column-3, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]60.50 crores[/TD] [TD="class: column-4, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Ajay Devgan, Abhishek Bachchan, Asin[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: row-16 even"] [TD="class: column-1, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]14.[/TD] [TD="class: column-2, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][B]Cocktail[/B][/TD] [TD="class: column-3, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]54.25 crores[/TD] [TD="class: column-4, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Diana Penty[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: row-19 odd"] [TD="class: column-1, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]17.[/TD] [TD="class: column-2, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"][B]Tees Maar Khan[/B][/TD] [TD="class: column-3, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]49.04 crores[/TD] [TD="class: column-4, bgcolor: #F0F0F6"]Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: row-20 even"] [TD="class: column-1, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]18.[/TD] [TD="class: column-2, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][B]Singham[/B][/TD] [TD="class: column-3, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]48.87 crores[/TD] [TD="class: column-4, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"]Ajay Devgan, Kajal Agarwal[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] These are amongst the top 20 grossers ever in Hindi Cinema (Listed on July 2012; you can probably include Dabangg 2 and Jab Tak Hai Jaan etc). The disturbing thing, at least to me, is the fact almost all the movies earning the most money are the ones that have big production values and almost no sense of script or story. From what I noticed, this all started with the success of Dabangg. It spouted out Singham, Rowdy Rathore and Dabangg 2. I thought that was the end of it but I saw another trailer yesterday :| [media=youtube]jsvz1lrc_O0[/media] Sure, there were good movies too which I simply loved like Paan Singh Tomar. But the box office runs on money. If only these type of movies start earning the most money, most filmmakers will not think twice before going in the same direction. Anyways, this will be my last OT post on this. I may be too critical of the whole thing. But after being exposed to really good film-making (watching English movies and series and selected Hindi movies), my expectations have changed I guess. [/QUOTE]
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