´Kidnap´ Versus ´Drona´ : The Writing Was On The Wall

- Planet Bollywood Special Correspondant           Let us know what you think about this story

Both the releases of this week – 'Kidnap' and 'Drona' – met with such a poor reaction from the audience that their collections actually drop­ped on 'Baasi Eid' day (Friday, October 3). The opening of the two films on Thursday (Octo­ber 2) ranged from average to very good. The people associated with the two films, obviously, hoped that attendance in cinemas on the following day (Friday) would be even better owing to 'Baasi Eid'.

But their hopes came crashing down like the collections of the two films on Friday. In a city like Indore, the collections on Friday (day 2) were barely 25-40% of the collections in the comparable shows on Thurs­day (day 1)! In Jodhpur, collections on the second day were 35-55% of collections on the opening day. A similar drop was observ­ed in Pune too. What happened in centres like Indore, Jodhpur and Pune, also happen­ed in other centres and circuits.

On Friday itself, the position was crystal clear. It had not, after all, been a bountiful Idd for the film industry. Both, 'Kidnap' and 'Drona' had been rejected by the classes and the masses, the young and the old, the men and the women.

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