Asian LEADER 25
1 Jan - 14 Jan 2014
After crossing Rs. 200 crore, Dhoom:3 races for Rs. 300 crore mark
T
he makers of Dhoom:3 have
found the pot of gold with
the fast-paced action thriller. The Hindi box office business
of the Aamir Khan-starrer has
reached Rs. 211 crore and, looking
at its pace, trade pundits predict
it will soon cross the benchmark
set by Shah Rukh Khan-starrer
“Chennai Express”,
which became the biggest
grosser by earning Rs. 216 crore.
Also starring Katrina Kaif,
Abhishek Bachchan and Uday
Chopra, “Dhoom:3” came out on
Dec 20 on around 4,000 screens
in the country. Estimated to be
made on a budget of about Rs.
100 crore, the film has been produced by Yash Raj Films.
Rajesh Thadani of Multimedia Combines told media:
“’Dhoom:3’ has collected around
Rs. 211 crore only in Hindi all
over India. In other languages,
the film has collected around
Rs. 10 crore.”
The overseas collection of
director Vijay Krishna Acharya’s
offering is also overwhelming.
“As far as overseas collection is concerned, the film has
almost collected around Rs. 100
crore, so in totality ‘Dhoom: 3’
has collected over Rs. 300 crore,
which is terrific in nine days,”
Thadani said.
If “Dhoom:3”, the third successful film in the “Dhoom” fran250mm x 147 collection,
chise, maintains its mm (5 col)
then it will break the record of
“Chennai Express”, according to
Sanjay Ghai of Mukta Arts.
“In first ten days ‘Dhoom:3’
has collected Rs. 211 crore,
which is outstanding and it was
the same with ‘Chennai Express’. And if the film maintains
(the collection), then tomorrow (Monday) it will break the
‘Chennai Express’ record,” he
said.
“I am confident it will cross
Rs. 300 crore in India, provided
the film doesn’t show any dip in
the collection,” he added.
BANQUETING HALL
We are never going to win
any Oscar: Naseeruddin Shah
A
ctor Naseeruddin Shah, a veteran in the Hindi film world,
says Indian filmmakers’ fascination
for the Academy Awards is “laughable”. He believes “we are never
going to win any”.
The 63-year-old, who has
featured in films like Masoom,
Sarfarosh, Iqbal and The Dirty Picture, was asked what he makes of
the current scenario of Indian filmmakers fighting with each other to
make it to the Oscars.
“The fascination with the
Oscar...I find it laughable, because
we are never going to win any. I
mean those who are hoping about
it just forget about it, because it’s
never going to happen. It’s like
chasing the rainbow,” he said.
This year, Gujarati film The
Good Road is India’s official submission for the foreign language
film category at the 86th Academy
Awards.
Naseeruddin says the fascination
for an Oscar is futile.
“It’s just a yearning for worldwide recognition and we feel that
Oscars guarantees us that, so
that’s why there is this hankering
for an Oscar. It’s ridiculous. I think
everybody should just keep making the kind of films they want to
make,” he added.
Meanwhile, the actor is currently
busy promoting his film Dedh
Ishqiya. He shares the frame with
Bollywood’s dancing diva Madhuri
Dixit and sets the record straight
about his reported “steamy
scenes” with her in the movie.
“There are no such scenes in
the film. I think people just enjoy
talking about this kind of stuff, so
I am assuring those who want to
see Dedh Ishqiya that there are no
steamy scenes between Madhuri
and myself. It’s all poetry but its
good poetry,” he said.
Directed by Abhishek Chaubey,
Dedh Ishqiya also features Arshad
Warsi and Huma Qureshi.
Kareena Kapoor
to feature in Pakistani phone ad
K
areena Kapoor
is all set to star
in Pakistan’s
most expensive mobile
ad by a leading handset
company here.
The 33-year-old
Heroine star, who is the
brand ambassador of
the company, has been
signed up by QMobile, the largest selling
mobile phone brand in
Pakistan.
The actress will soon
be seen in a commercial
that has been shot in
Thailand.
Asked if this was the
most expensive ad of
Pakistan, QMobile’s
Chief Marketing Officer
Zeeshan Qureshi said,
“I cannot say for the
whole industry but
yes, this is the most
expensive from mobile
sector.”
On being chosen
Kareena as the face
of the brand, Qureshi
told media that she has
been chosen “because
she is a star and has
a huge fan following
here.”
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