IPL, Elections or Overexposure of Stars: Who is to Blame for a Dry May at the Box Office? : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama

Today we can only make guesses as to whether it is a specific film May Released in May this year! Introducing the big May reshuffle, where films announced for release in May 2024 will be postponed and pushed back until at least June. A situation that has rarely existed on this scale in cinema history, here’s a quick look.

IPL, elections or star overexposure: Who is to blame for a dry May at the box office?

May should open with it The Sabarmati Report, supposedly an “authentic” retelling of the Godhra incident in which 59 people were killed when the train was set on fire. Not only did the film face problems with the CBFC, but it is also said that the Election Commission had problems releasing such a film during the election season. The Vikrant Massey-Raashii Khanna film will now hit theaters sometime after the election season ends.

Tehran (John Abraham) and Bombayan underworld drama, will also not be in cinemas in May. Chandu Championa sports biopic starring Kartik Aaryan as India’s first Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar, is also postponed to June 14. Kalki 2898 ADa major film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone, Kamal Haasan and Prabhas, has also been postponed to June 27. As for Ajay Devgns Where were you in my mind?It has been postponed indefinitely as no release date is known.

There is an exception Srikanth, starring Rajkummar Rao as Srikanth Bolla, a visually impaired Indian industrialist. This film is said to have held its audience date on May 10th. And towards the end of the election season, Karan Johar’s Mr. and Mrs. Work (Rajkummar Rao again with Janhvi Kapoor) will arrive as scheduled on May 31.

Aside from uncertainty, there are obviously several reasons for the scheduling changes. Veteran exhibitor Raj Bansal said, “The industry has always been concerned about the annual IPL matches and that is right.” some Extent.”

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh ​​​​had once stated that “the IPL is not an opposition to films”. However, things have changed a bit, especially post COVID, although this was among the films that have opposed the IPL in the past Housefull 2, Aashiqui 2, 2 States, Tanu Weds Manu Returns And Bahubali 2: The Conclusionwhereas the countless films that were “affected” were inferior products anyway.

Bansal said, “But the main issue now is the assembly elections. But then again, where was this great selection of films anyway?”

Has the below average performance of Field And Bad Miyan Chote Miyan also influenced all these shifts? “I think so,” he replied. “The release of Where were you in my mind? starring the same hero, Ajay Devgn, has now rightly been pushed back as his own Satan And Field had released consecutively in March and April. I have always maintained that a big star should only make two films a year and, if necessary, a third film. Ideally, the minimum interval between two such films should be 4 to 5 months. I would like to add that the industry was also affected by Akshay Kumar’s flops.”

Taran Adarsh ​​​​agreed on how many films a big star should do: “Three should be the maximum number of films a star should do in a year.” And if so many films are pushed, it will be in the rest of the year not have too many conflicts or weeks with multiple releases? “What can be done?” Taran asked. “There are only 52 Fridays a year.”

Of course, a good film overrides such circumstances that are unfavorable to the box office. A favorite example of mine is from Ram and Shyam Doing “Housefull” business in 1967 in the midst of a riot-torn area! But those were different times. Big names like Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan had no qualms about even having two big releases in one calendar month because the audience was desperate to see them anyway. Reviews appeared two days later, and filmmakers were able to capitalize on the deal with initial pre-orders even on films that would later stall.

Social media and hype, multiplexes and OTT were missing, and the definition of what a meant Movie star was different! However, these days, each high-budget film is released individually, and clear 15-day periods both before and after release are considered ideal for doing good business! However, thanks to social media and instant film reviews, the IPL, the general elections and all other ‘possible causes’ have now contributed to a producer’s or star’s phobias about the success of a film.

And that’s how this big May reshuffle will go.

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