Padmvat is big hit despite ban and less screen - Page 4

Originally posted by: deepakkzkfan

@song these r same bunch who would ve died with happiness if rk had signed deepika in brahmastra or some big movie bcoz her career is going downhill😆

enjoy . these guys mocked for so long what a slap.moods r grumpy and i hope theyre listening to sound of success if not music

Originally posted by: Luna46

I was very young when MNIK was released, so didn't use to bother about current affairs.😆

Okay, I searched on Wikipedia, and it says that SRK made a statement that players of Pakistani cricket team were not bought by IPL clubs for 2010 tournament. He criticized this fact, due to which he was condemned by Shiv Sena.

So again, the controversy didn't happen because of the content of the film, but SRK's statement just like it happened with Dilwale, because of his intolerant statement. That means MNIK didn't get any help because of the controversy.

Controversies only benefit the film at the box office, if it is created because of it's content. Not because of some Pakistani actor starring in the movie, or an actor's controversial statements.

Originally posted by: cool-boy_018

Then what about Udta Punjab?The controversy surrounding that movie happened because of the content. Why did it only do 58 crores?

Originally posted by: Luna46

It was a niche adult film. 58 Crores was really good for that movie. If you see the box office collections of other movies of Shahid, Alia and Kareena, released during that period of time, Udta Punjab did comparitively great.

Originally posted by: cool-boy_018

Kapoor and Sons did 69 crores (HIT). Ki and Ka did 51 crores (semi hit). Udta Punjab did 58 crores (average). Udta Punjab did worse than both of those movies despite the controversy.

Originally posted by: Luna46

Thanks for bringing the collections. You can see that there is not much difference between the collections of all three movies, despite K&S and Ki&Ka being lighthearted family-friendly movies and having more commercial appeal. Infact Udta Punjab has higher collections than Ki&Ka. Verdict doesn't matter here, because it is given based on distributor's share. Here we are talking about audience watching a film because of controversy, so only box office numbers can be used to see that. Udta Punjab without controversy would've collected only around 40 Crores and had flopped.

Originally posted by: Luna46

@cool_boy,

The comparisons between Padmaavat and Udta Punjab doesn't make sense. Udta Punjab will not make extra 100 Crores due to controversy, because the target audience was limited. You can't say that controversy only brought extra 18 Crores because the movie was niche. So that extra 18 Crores was alot for that film.

Nah, Kaminey was much more massy film, and it's dialogues were popular during it's release. Udta Punjab was only targeted at urban multiplexes.

Lighthearted in the sense, that it was not a dark film. Yes, the movie had it's intense moments, but for the most part, it was a feel-good film.

Originally posted by: cool-boy_018

Udta Punjab wasn't banned in many areas like Padmaavat was. The gains that Padmaavat got from the controversy were probably lost because of the bans.

Kaminey and Udta Punjab had similar themes. They were both from the same genre. The only plus that Kaminey had and Udta Punjab didn't was a hit song. On the hand, Udta Punjab's star cast was much bigger than Kaminey.

Kapoor and sons wasn't more of a feel good movie than udta punjab.