Re: Re: DABANGG
by glen on Aug 15, 2010 05:33 PM
guzarish will be the biggest flop of the year..slb at the moment is having sleepless nights as no one is willing to buy the movie..
Saturday 14th August 2010 1800 IST BoxofficeindiaCom Trade Network The opening day numbers of Peepli [Live] show the clout of brand Aamir at the box office. Peepli [Live] would have went unnoticed but the public have a trust in Aamir that if he is behind a film it will be worth a watch and this is why Peepli [Live] has generated the sort of numbers that it had no chance of getting without Aamir Khan.
Below is a look at some first day figures of medium size releases and all are below Peepli [Live] even though they all had bigger casts and more commercial and audience friendly elements than Peepli [Live].
Objecting to the way the issue of farmer suicide has been depicted in superstar Aamir Khan's home production Peepli Live,, Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti (VJAS) has urged the Maharashtra Government to ban the movie immediately.
The Nagpur-based farmer's advocacy group said that the movie which revolves around a debt ridden farmer committing suicide for the sake of compensation, trivialises the issue and is "far from reality."
Vidarbha Janandolan Samiti (VJAS) president Kishor Tiwari in a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said, "TV serial Bairi Piya has shown that debt-trapped Vidarbha farmers are selling daughters to clear their debt. While 'Peepli Live' is far from reality and an insult to poor farmers of Vidarbha who have been victims of globalisation and wrong policies of the state,".
VJAS said producer Aamir Khan should have consulted experts before finalising the script, adding the movie has put a question mark on the farmers' widows who are demanding compensation.
Khan on his part has maintained that the movie is not about farmers' suicide.
The low-budget film, a satire on the farmers' suicides and subsequent media and political response, is directed by Anusha Rizvi who has also written the story.
