Aamir Khan

Celebs’ Flak Piles On Aamir’s Laal Singh Chaddha

Aamir Khan’s Laal Singh Chaddha opened to poor response at the box office amid the boycott campaign against it on social media. The official remake of Hollywood’s Forrest Gump has garnered only Rs 19 crore in India in the first two days. The reviews of the movie are mixed and it’s hurtling towards becoming a […]

‘Paisa Bolta Hai’: Decoding The Debacle Of Ranbir’s ‘Shamshera’

The pall of gloom descended at the box-office on this Friday as Ranbir Kapoor’s lavishly mounted ‘Shamshera’ hit the screens. Directed by Karan Malhotra and produced by Yash Raj Films, the period-drama is made at a colossal scale and is an exceedingly expensive movie. However, its appalling opening sent shock waves through the trade. The […]

Will Ranbir Slay Box Office After Four-Year Hiatus?

BENGALURU: After a gap of four years, Ranbir Kapoor is gearing up to return to the silver screen with two mega-budget films ‘Shamshera’ and ‘Brahmastra’. While ‘Shamshera’ is produced by Aditya Chopra and directed by Karan Malhotra, ‘Brahmastra’ is bankrolled by Karan Johar and helmed by Ranbir’s best friend Ayan Mukerji. The trailers of both […]

The Truth Behind Satellite And Digital Rights Of Bollywood Films

BENGALURU: Since April, barring ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’, a spate of Bollywood films have tumbled disastrously at ticket windows. Almost all these movies, which featured A-list stars, didn’t even fetch decent initials and sank without a whimper. This is perhaps one of the worst phases Bollywood has seen in a long time. However, producers of some […]

10 Times ‘Mr Perfectionist’ Aamir Worked In Hollywood Rip-Offs

  BENGALURU: The trailer of Aamir Khan’s upcoming movie ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ has elicited howling derision and an array of contemptuous memes from a large section of netizens. An official remake of the 1994 Hollywood classic ‘Forrest Gump’, starring Tom Hanks, ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ is directed by Advait Chandan. A lot of people feel that […]

Bachchan Pandey, Runway 34 Skid; Aamir, SRK, Salman Still Needed For Heropanti?

  BENGALURU: The recent string of box-office clunkers has revived the debate about the paucity of stars in Bollywood. Big-budget films such as ‘Jersey’, ‘Heropanti 2’, ‘Bachchan Pandey’ and ‘Runway 34’ failed to even take a decent opening and turned out to be monumental bummers. Notwithstanding some bummers at the box office, Bollywood is still […]

Why Aamir Khan, As A Superstar, Is First Among Equals

MUMBAI: Aamir Khan made his debut in Bollywood (with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak in 1988) at a time when actors doing 12-15 movies simultaneously was an established norm. Mithun Chakraborty and Govinda featured in 17 and 14 movies respectively in 1989. Clearly, the focus was more on quantity than quality. Moreover, most of these movies […]

‘Pathaan’: Can Shah Rukh Khan reinvent himself and prolong his career?

On Wednesday, Shah Rukh Khan and Yash Raj Films released a video to announce the release date (January 25, 2023) of their next movie ‘Pathaan’. This will be the first SRK movie to hit the theatres after a long hiatus of 4 years. His last movie ‘Zero’ was released in December 2018 and turned turtle […]