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Bollywood is smarting under two box-office disasters - Yash Raj Films’ star-studded Tashan and Filmkraft’s Krazzy 4.
Their failure has proved that gloss, style and fluff cannot be a mantra for success without a convincing script.
Though still running in cinemas, the poor show of the two films has already caused a combined loss of approximately Rs 400 million to the industry.
The loss includes the money forfeited by Yash Raj Films after multiplexes refused to show Tashan for the entire first week of its release following disputes over the percentage of their revenue share of box-office earnings.
With recovery from multiplexes amounting to almost more than 50 percent of the total box-office collections of a movie, Tashan bore the brunt most during the crucial week after its release.
Directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya, Tashan had Bollywood’s most saleable actor Akshay Kumar along with most sought after pair Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor, but still failed to lure the audiences.
Superstar Akshay Kumar has been chosen by Imtiaz Ali of ‘Jab We Met’ fame for his upcoming project to be produced by Vipul Shah. The script and other important details are yet to be finalized but producer Vipul Shah has finalised the director and actor.Imtiaz who is currently working on a film that stars Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone will begin work on Vipul’s film once he is through with the Saif project. According to Imtiaz, the audience can expect yet another love story as that is what Imtiaz specialises in. Right now the film is in the pre-production stage and is expected to go on floor sometime end of this year. Vipul Shah and Akshay Kumar are known to share a great chemistry and after the success of films like Aankhen, Waqt and Namastey London it is only obvious to expect yet another box office hit. Akki has already made his mark by portraying action and comic roles, hence it will be certainly a breather for his fans to catch him in a romantic role. Do we hear hearts thumping already?
First it was Abhishek Bachchan and now it will be Akshay Kumar… what are we on about… read on to find out more. Abhishek Bachchan and American rapper Wyclef Jean sang together for a song last month, and now we hear… that to promote his next film Singh Is Kinng… Akshay Kumar is to do the same.Action man Akshay is rumoured to be soon going into a recording studio to duet with renowned musician Snoop Dog. This has been confirmed by the film’s director Vipul Shah, who told an Indian newspaper, “Yes, Akki will be working with an international singer but nothing has been finalised yet. We are still working out the details”.
