Force forces this week's releases out of the theatre

Force forces this week's releases out of the theatre
Tuesday, October 04, 2011 13:38 IST
By Subhash K Jha, Santa Banta News Network
/> It's probably never happened before. One film released this week has jostled all the other releases of the week from the theatres on Sunday.

According to reports from Fox-Star Studios, their production Force has taken over the shows in certain theatres allotted to Hum Tum Shabana, Chargesheet and Tere Mere Phere.

Some of the Mumbai theatres were the above-mentioned film has been ousted by Force include Ashish in Chembur, Sheyas in Ghatkopar, Galaxy in Bandra, Sona Gold in Borivili, Suncity in Vile Parle, Bhanu in Kalyan, Thakur My Cinemas Khandiwali, Gold Palghar, Rajhans Prime Surat, Jaganesh Mulund, Tilak Dombivli, Gunjan in Yerwada, Westend Puna and Roxy Fort Mumbai.

Understandably the producers/directors of the affected films are fuming. Says Sunil Bohra the producer of Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster, "We are not affected. In fact our film has a growth of 40 percent over the weekend. It is the other three films (Hum Tum Aur Shabana, Chargesheet and Tere Mere Phere) which are affected. They had no opening on Friday and now shows in some theatres. "

Fumes Sagar Ballary the director of Hum Tum Aur Shabana, "I am glad that Force and John Abraham have appealed to the audiences. But it's sad that Tamil remakes dominate Hindi cinema. Once upon a time South films copied Hindi films. Now we in Bollywood are so bankrupt of ideas that Tamil cinema rules us. Good for business, sad for talent in the Hindi film industry. "

Avant-garde director Nishikant Kamat who earlier made some striking small-budget films, has suddenly struck gold. Force, a wince-inducing tale of blood and gore with enough brute force to turn female audiences off, has turned out to be a moneyspinner. A sure boon for the down-and-out hero John Abraham who was clearly not seen as the film's USP before its release.

Now Force has turned out to be such a hit that it is forcing the other smaller releases of the week including Dev Anand's Chargesheet out of theatres. Sunday onwards at least three of this week's releases—Deepa Sahi's Tere Mere Phere, Sagar Ballary's Hum Tum Aur Shabana and Dev Anand's Chargesheet were replaced at several multiplex shows with Force.

Confirming these alarming and encouraging developments Vijay Singh, CEO of Fox Star, says the boxoffice figures for Force have surprised him. "We weren't counting on any major star attraction and the director had so far made niche films.

What we were sure of was the action sequences. They had to be very different from what audiences have seen in Dabangg, Singham and Bodyguard. We went into realistic action. And that has worked. "

Curiously the film has got away with an UA (open to underage audiences under parental guidance) censor certificate in India when in major foreign countries the film has been certified for an adult audience.

The gore quotient, however, has kept audiences abroad away. Vijay Singh candidly admits the response in the US and UK has been underwhelming.

"Better in the US. But not good in the UK. That's because it got an ‘R' rating in the US and and ‘18+' rating in the UK. In the US any film showing drug abuse, blood bath or guns automatically gets an ‘R'. However it's doing fabulous business in the Middle East where it got an ‘18+' censor certificate. The film cost us only Rs 18 crores to make. So it should be profitable. "
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