Saturday, April 19, 2014

Jai Ho: The Most Awaited Upcoming Movie of the Year

The year 2014 started with a new race to the 100 crore mark by upcoming movies and things are getting excited with the Khans of the industry battling against each other to win the race. There is even a section of newcomers who with their set of movies challenging the reign of Khans in Bollywood.

The month of January witnessed the release of two most-awaited upcoming movies of the year namely, Dedh Ishqiya and Jai Ho. Sequel to Ishqiya, Dedh Ishqiya starring Madhuri Dixit, Huma Qureshi, Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi though was critically successful but couldn't gather quite an amount at the box-office.
Same is the case with the recent release, Jai Ho starring Salman Khan. Reportedly made on a budget of Rs.75 crore, Jai Ho opened in about 4,500 screens in India. As per the reports, on Sunday evening the box-office collection for the movie was mere Rs.60 crore plus. Despite garnering rave reviews from film critics for Salman's performance and the movie, Jai Ho failed to crack at the box-office. In a recent interview Salman Khan said, "If the film doesn't pick up from Monday at the box-office, I will take the blame for its failure." Unlike other stars who don't take the blame on themselves incase the movie fails to do well at the box-office, this act of Salman has once again proved that he is indeed people's man in real life too.
This year other major upcoming movies of the Khans of the industry include Kick starring Salman Khan to be released in July. Aamir Khan has teamed up with Raj Kumar Hirani of 3 Idiots fame for PK scheduled for release in December. As for King Khan, he will be seen in Happy New Year directed by Farah Khan. Also he'll be seen strring in Yash Raj Film, Fan directed by Maneesh Sharma of Band Baaja Baaraat fame.
Ajay Devgn will be seen starring in two movies this year, namely, Action Jackson by choreographer-turned-director Prabhudeva and Singham 2 by Rohit Shetty, a sequel to blockbuster movie Singham.
Apart from movies starring the Khans, newbies of the industry like Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor, Sushant Singh Rajput and several other are also part of the 100 crore race of upcoming movie for 2014.
Some of the other most-anticipated upcoming movies for 2014 include Hasee Toh Phasee, Gunday, Highway, Queen, Shaadi Ke Side Effects, Gulaab Gang, Main Tera Hero, City Lights, Holiday, Kill Dil, Bang Bang, Mary Kom, Detective Byomkesh Bakshi, Welcome Back, to name a few.
No matter what the box-office numbers say, every upcoming movies will be thoroughly enjoyed and welcomed with warm smiles by the audiences in India just like Salman Khan's Jai Ho received.