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By Joginder Tuteja Š2005 Bollyvista.com |
Cop and patriotic flicks
With an excessive dose of cop films, it was very obvious that some
would click while others would not. The result of this was that big-budget
'Khakee' somehow managed to stay afloat and cover its investment. The same
held true for the small budget 'Ab Tak Chappan' that held up well in most
of the territories. But that wasn't the case with 'Bardaasht', 'Charas',
'Aan', 'Dev', 'Asambhav', 'Jaago' or 'Satya Bol', most of which even
struggled to recover their investments. Patriotic films didn't fare any
better with 'Lakshya', 'Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo' and 'Swades'
barely breaking even, while 'Deewar' ended up being a resounding flop.
Romance
The genre of romance, which normally has the highest ratio of success,
suddenly found itself pushed up against the wall with successive failures
of 'Paap', 'Kyun Ho Gaya Naa', 'Fida', 'Popcorn Khao Mast Ho Jao', 'Shaadi
Ka Laddu', Kaun Hai Jo Sapno Mein Aaya, Tumsa Nahi Dekha, 'Dil Ne Jise
Apna Kaha', Dil Bechara Pyaar Ka Maara and 'Rok Sako To Rok Lo'. One can't
really blame the audience, as the culprit was either the script or poor
direction! To rub salt into the wound, in the middle of all this came the
timeless classic 'Mughal-E-Azam', which did business very near to the |
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