With collections worldwide worth over Rs 340 crore to date, Brahmastra has brought good news to an industry hungry for good news. And with some big-ticket celebratory releases in the pipeline, Bollywood is ready for fireworks as the year draws to a close.
Diwali, Thank God starring Ram Setu and Ajay Devghan and Sidhaas Malhotra starring Akshay Kumar, will be released on the big screen on October 24 and Vivek Agnihotri’s Delhi File and DC on October 21. The superhero movie Black Adam will be released. Taking a turn from the usual Shah Rukh Khan Diwali release, the film is expected to bring audiences back to theaters.
The party promises to last until January next year, with films in a variety of languages and genres playing in theaters. As expected, Multiplex owners are optimistic about upcoming releases. PVR CEO Gautam Dutta said it will be his first holiday in two years and his season that cinemas will operate without restrictions. “Festivals are a time when families bond with each other, and movies are primarily a family entertainment medium. From October through December, we have an exciting line-up of films in multiple formats to appeal to all audiences.”
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Rajender Singh Jyala, Chief Programming Officer of INOX Leisure, is positive about upcoming releases. Avatar: Path of Water. All of these are released on important holidays such as Diwali, Christmas, New Year and Republic Day. “
Most of these are big-budget movies that are more appealing than the real thing, so things could turn around for theaters and filmmakers in the coming months. There are 4 movies from Bollywood.
Shah Rukh Khan was traditionally released on Diwali, Salman Khan on Eid and Aamir Khan on Christmas, but the pandemic has broken this festival’s monopoly. We continue to release throughout the year. In 2020, none of Khan was released as movies moved to OTT, apparently not wanting to give up his big-screen presence.In 2021, Salman Khan will join Radhe in his Eid and Antim: The Final Truth. He is back in theaters in November. However, both failed at the box office. Shah Rukh and Aamir also gave him a pass for 2021.
This year, Salman Khan changed the release of Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan to December 30th, while Shah Rukh Khan had no release, only cameos from Brahmastra, Rocketry and Laal Singh Chaddha. But he’s expected to release Pattern on his January 25th, so the next year looks promising.
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Film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh said Khan could no longer dominate the holidays. “The holiday season has always been very lucrative and profitable for the film industry, but things are changing now. After the pandemic, many films were delayed and did not go according to schedule and were released as soon as they were ready. There are 52 Fridays and some movies in the pipeline, they can’t hang forever, the holiday season is definitely good for business, but the content has to speak for itself. But there’s no denying that the business is the best right now, and ‘Ram Setu’ and ‘Thank God’ are both blockbusters with big-name stars.”
