Teen Thay Bhai is a no show

Animation films Rio and Rango salvage multiplexes to certain extent.

Small films with good stories were supposed to salvage the Hindi film industry in these times of IPL. However, Teen Thay Bhai has retired hurt without even opening its account at the box-office, leaving trade analysts disgruntled and multiplexes despondent.

The situation is so bad that many trade analysts and multiplex honchos preferred not to comment on its dismal figures over the weekend. Trade analyst Amod Mehra said that he did not keep a tab on the film’s collections after less than a handful of people saw the film on its opening day. Geerish Wankhede, Deputy General Manager of Cinemax India said, “Teen Thay Bhai has not done well at all. Its collections over the weekend have been in the range of 10 to 15 per cent. This is nothing short of a washout.” Trade analyst N P Yadav confirmed that the film has seen occupancies hovering around the 10 per cent mark. “It’s a disaster. There’s nothing else to say,” he said. According to trade analyst Taran Adarsh, the movie collected Rs 2.3 crore over the weekend. “The breakup is Rs 60 lakh on Friday, Rs 80 lakh on Saturday and Rs 90 lakh on Sunday,” he wrote on bollywoodhungama.com. All attempts to reach PVR Pictures and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, the producers of the film, failed.

Animated Hollywood films Rio and Rango have come as a ray of hope, however. In fact, Rio that released on April 8 has managed to keep cinema chains from despairing. As Wankhede said, “Animation films take time to sustain themselves at the box-office. Rio has been a big hit with children whose summer vacations have begun. The film had a significant occupancy rate of 35 to 40 per cent over the week and is gaining with each passing day on account of positive word-of-mouth.” Rajender Jhala, programming head of Inox, also said that Rio has done “good business” over the week. Rango, starring Johnny Depp’s voice as a strange-looking lizard, too has received positive reviews and managed to give hope to multiplex heads. “The response to the film has been encouraging,” Wankhede said. Even Thank You collected more in its second weekend than Teen Thay Bhai on its opening weekend. A spokesperson from UTV said that the movie did a net business of Rs 7.5 crore over the past weekend. “We did Rs 1.75 crore on Friday, Rs 2.5 on Saturday and Rs 3.25 on Sunday. Our total net collections currently stand at Rs 37 crore,” the spokesperson added.

‘Thank You’ a funny take on extra-marital affairs

After doing a cricket-based drama “Patiala House”, Bollywood star Akshay Kumar is back on thebig screend with multi-starrer comedy “Thank You”, a funny take on extra-marital affairs. The film releases Friday.

Produced by UTV Motion Pictures and Hari Om Productions, the film is about three married men trying to have some fun outside their marriages. Apart from Akshay the film stars Bobby Deol, Irrfan Khan, Suniel Shetty, Rimi Sen, Celina Jaitly and Sonam Kapoor.

In the film, three best friends and business partners – Raj (Bobby), Yogi (Suniel) and Vikram (Irrfan) – are portrayed as womanizers. Their wives are clueless about their husbands cheating on them with every pretty girl they lay their eyes on.

However, their supposedly happening world is rocked when Raj’s wife Sanjana (Sonam) begins to suspect her husband and hires a private detective, Kishan (Akshay) to keep an eye on him.

Kishan has built his reputation as a man who saves marriages by getting philandering husbands to mend their ways. However, in this particular case, Kishan gets into trouble when he falls in love with Sanjana, which means he may not be acting in her best interest. Soon follows a crazy cat and mouse game, where Kishan tries to catch the husbands red-handed.

Directed by Anees Bazmee, who has given hits comic capers like “No Entry”, “Singh Is Kinng” and “Welcome”, “Thank You” promises some really ribtickling moments.

It was originally suppose to star Katrina Kaif, but Sonam later stepped in.

Since the film is on infidelity, it has some steamy scenes and scorchy dance numbers. But Bobby refused to do some dance moves.

Mallika Sherawat is doing an item number “Razia” in the film.

A re-mixed version of “Pyaar do pyaar lo” from “Jaanbaaz” has been used in the film, where Akshay, Bobby, Irrfan and Suneil were supposed to dance on the song shot in a night club with women dressed in bikinis.

One of the dance steps had the boys spanking the dancers on their buttocks, but Bobby flatly refused to the dance step and he was not comfortable with it. However, the song is already popular among music buffs as it can be frequently heard on radio stations.

The film has been extensively shot in the exotic locales of Toronto, Vancouver and Ontario.

The film’s storyline reminds one of Indra Kumar’s 2004 comedy “Masti” that had Vivek Oberoi, Riteish Deshmukh and Aftab Shivdasani. It did good business.

Bazmee’s last release “No Problem” failed to rake in the moolah at the box-office. Similarly, Akshay’s “Patiala House” also proved to be a dud.

Thus, “Thank You” is important for both of them.
- IANS

Mallika, Deepika aim to be this year's 'Munni' and 'Sheila'?

Raunchy and sizzling item songs have become the order of the day, yet again. It seemed for a while that they may have become extinct in Hindi films, but last year's chartbusters 'Munni' and 'Sheila' brought them back to centre-space.

Can the movies this year push that envelope further? If what is being heard is true, many movies would try to do so. Seeing how the first few shows of both Dabangg and Tees Maar Khan were sold out by the two chartbuster tracks, several filmmakers are reworking their scripts to ensure that there is scope for at least one such item number. What's even more surprising is the fact that the top league actors are more than enthusiastic when it comes to featuring in item songs, looking at the popularity of these numbers.

Two such stars this year are Deepika Padukone and Mallika Sherawat. News of Deepika's racy track in Rohan Sippy's 'Dum Maro Dum' is already the talk of the town, with stills of the actress featuring on the teaser posters of the film.

Sherawat, meanwhile, will be seen in the track 'Razia' in Anees Bazmee's next, Thank You. The actress has been seen in many item numbers till now in films like 'Guru', 'Dashavatharam' and 'Preeti Yeke Bhoomi melide', to name a few.

Sanjay Dutt's next, 'Rascals' will have an item number too, featuring the actor and Lisa Haydon, while Salman Khan will do a special number for his upcoming film, 'Ready'. There is also talk that Shah Rukh Khan will do a special number for his home-production 'Always Kabhi Kabhi', directed by Roshan Abbas.

Indian Express