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January 5, 2010

Khan wars: 3 Idiots puts Aamir in No 1 spot




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Mumbai: Rs 240 crore – yes, that's what Aamir Khan's new film 3 Idiots has made worldwide at the box office and it's yet to complete its second week.

The Vidhu Vinod Chopra production has made a record as the highest grosser in the history of Indian cinema, beating the last number one Ghajini featuring Aamir again.

Aamir Khan is now the undisputed king at the box office, which raises the stakes for both Shah Rukh and Salman Khan who have their own ambitious ventures My Name Is Khan and Veer hitting screens soon.

"As far as Salman’s Veer is concerned there is pressure that it should work because the budget was very high. However, the pressure is more on SRK’s My Name Is Khan after Aamir’s successful run at the box office," trade analyst Amod Mehra said.

Coming up first is Salman's period drama Veerdirected by Anil Sharma and shot with a budget of Rs 50 crore. It’s said that Salman has a personal interest in the film since the story is written by the actor himself. Also, though Salman delivered one big hit Wanted last year, he also has to live down 2 duds Main Aur Mrs Khanna and London Dreams.

But more than Salman it will be Shah Rukh who has to match up to Aamir's success, and not just for personal reasons.

"All three of us are magicians. Wait and see when we come together," SRK in his usual witty self said.

My Name is Khan jointly produced by SRK and Karan Johar is a comeback by the hit SRK-Kajol and Karan Johar combination. The film has reportedly been sold to Fox Star Studios for a record Rs 100 crore.

The film which releases worldwide on February 12 has a lot of expectations to live up to especially since Shah Rukh's last venture Billu Badshah didn't work at the box office.

And believe it or not, SRK who was once wary of social networking sites has just started his Twitter account. As they say, desperate times call for desperate measures.

16 comments:

Kunal said...

And believe it or not, SRK who was once wary of social networking sites has just started his Twitter account. As they say, desperate times call for desperate measures.

Wasn;t SRK the one who was the first one to make SRKworld.com? And it had him interacting, I guess.
But anyhow, this article is very very true, Aamir is no doubts king of BO and SRK is under a lot of pressure. Pressure from audience, peers, and above all, I guess, himself.

Anonymous said...

Why must SRK be under any pressure?? was Aamir under pressure when SRK was delivering back to back blockbusters.LOL he even went into hiding.Inspite of 3Is, Aamir has no interesting projects coming up. On the other hand SRK has MNIK, DON2, Vishal's NEXt and HNY to look forward to...all potential blockbusters.
And IBN must really have something personal against SRK! they see nothing GOOD in whatever srk does.Bunch of losers

MyNaMeIsUMAR said...

yeah thats why hehas only once talked about MNIK in tweets.go and read his tweets which r very interesting and general.........
As far as IBN......we know they have personal agenda bcz that looser KUnal has some personal issue
rest we know when shahrukh will have next BB,same media will b licking his feet...

Pardesi said...

There is no doubt that the game has changed in a BIG way with Ghajni and 3 Idiots. Aamir's long hiatus and his opening up to the media suddenly has won him a lot of points. BUT isn't it time both these stars thought of the future and moving BW forward? They will be out of mainstream lead roles in another 3-5 years. Then even CGI and BOTOX will not help.

Kunal said...

As far as IBN......we know they have personal agenda bcz that looser KUnal has some personal issue
Umar, you can call me loser, or winner or whiner or whatsoever, what you can not deny for a fact is that Aamir delivered TZP, Ghajini and 3I back to back. You like movies, you don't like moviesThat is as phenomenal BO record as BW has ever seen. You can call him liar, chor, budha, botox, implants, whatever, he has given BO figures that Indian BO has probably never seen, that too, back to back.
Is he numero uno right now? Yes.
Does he deserve to be? You have your own opinion, I have my own.

Abou Aamir being absent from movies, he was going through personal life crisis. His marriage and all, OFC he stayed away, and his desperation could have been felt when Ghajini released, every interview, Aamir looked desperate to get one better than SRK. Is SRK desperate? I guess he is, and he should be. He seems like a naturally competitive person, I would want him to be desperate.
After CDI-OSO-Rab ne, SRK isn't some lout who is at the top of the game for no reason, but the bar has been pushed with Ghajini and 3I, will SRK be able to match that in, as what Pardesi said, last leg of his career, or infact, half leg of his career? Time will tell, I hope so, but I don't think so.

The Illusionist said...

After 3Idiots there is no denying of the fact that Aamir is the number 1 star, now. With MNIK, SRK has to deliver a BO collection greater than Ghajini's collection. Else, his days in the top 3 in BW will be numbered.

Given the fact that after MNIK, his next movie is Drona 2(aka Ra 1), MNIK has to work for him.

The Illusionist said...

Hmmm... IBN having agenda against SRK.. I thought MNIK's official spokesperson Rajeev Masand worked for CNN-IBN :-)

Kunal said...

Given the fact that after MNIK, his next movie is Drona 2(aka Ra 1), MNIK has to work for him.

hahahahaha
Even his new Don might be called Old Don, just because he will be 55 year old by the time that starts shooting :D

MyNaMeIsUMAR said...

Kunal bhai,it was not for u yar.i was talking about Kunal Mishra IBN reporter who made whole false story against shahrukh bcz of some personal issue...
I can never get personal or bad with people..M really sorry if u felt for a second that it was for u

Kunal said...

hahah Umar, sorry for misunderstanding you :D
But thanks for clearing it up.
Though, what was the issue with that IBN reporter on 3I premiere?
I read somewhere that something happened.

MyNaMeIsUMAR said...

As far as other things r concerend....i genearlly do not get into these discussions bcz we get nothing out of this..........
i know shahrukh has many haters...if x doesnt like SRK,its ok...i can never change him to think otherwise....then why discussions
ALL i know if there would b a time when shahrukh would have only one fan in this world(Allah forbid)....that would b UMAR(me).....and nothing can change it

MyNaMeIsUMAR said...

some problem occurred b/w Neelufar (shahrukh PR Incharge) and Kunal...kunal complained to shahrukh.when shahrukh listened both point of view,he found kunal wrong ans gave him due treatment
thats where the problem started and then IBN made false story that SRK called Aamir chichora and go on and on........

Doga said...

What kind of article is this ?

Pardesi said...

Doga - it seems pretty much in line with the film journalism we see in India. What is so strange about this?

Doga said...

You guys dont want me to talk about Boxoffice and then yourselves start doing it ;)

3 Idiots might have made you all slow down on the SRK bandwagon but let me put it how it should be,

SRK was and will always remain the most successfull star of his generation, come what may.

Between 2000-04 he gave 9 hits and was the only show of concentrated success after the Bachchan era.

In 2002 i felt his Star Power first hand when Devdas did 30+ cr in a year where 99% of movies flopped.

This is coming from someone who has not liked SRK for much of his career but then has felt the most jolts of his Hits,Superhits and Blockbusters.(in a wrong way though)

SRK hasnt had a outright flop in 4 years and still ardent fans of him are in two minds and even predicting failure of MNIK!(on various forums)

I guess i am more confident of Veer than them.;)

Pardesi said...

MNIK was dissected at the preview stage itself by various SRK detractors. You and I have seen that. When the anti-voices get so raucous, the sane wait and watch. No point getting into a mudslinging match.

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