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Clashing of the big films at box-office is a common phenomenon, but it seems Aamir Khan deliberately wants Three Idiots to release in tandem with SRK’s My Name is Khan.
This has become a bone of contention between director Raj Kumar Hirani and Aamir Khan, as the former wants to release the film at the year end.
The director and the actor have had long discussions about the release date. A source informs that even though Aamir has given an impression to Raju that he can decide the final date, he has definite plans of his own.
And that is probably why Aamir Khan went on a vacation with his kids delaying Raju’s project. Smart strategy Aamir!
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which is more funny?
1. Akshay fans saying KI is NOT a flop but MNIK IS a flop.
2. SRK fans saying ...
"You really believe that MNIK is not a flop street? "
first you tell me. two questions for you:
Isn't it ...
DDDhit- Don't worry MNIK has recovered its money from Indonesia, Yeman etc. LOL !!! 
You really believe that MNIK is not a flop street? :) 
Sachin in full form:
I hope you are feeling better
A. R. Rahman’s Chicago gig tickets sell for $1,050 each 
Kya Rocky sir...bahot neend aa rahi hai? :)
Chalo chodo iss baat ko we shud better agree to disagree on this ...
I am a Huge, huge fan of MS Dhoni for a pretty long time. I havent missed a single match ...
I do not think any Bollywood star other than Aamir Khan can figure in 2009-10 top 10 of all India ...
A C H I L L E S 20 April 2009
10:41:54 am
Hope this happens … this will be an interesting clash.
Tango 20 April 2009
11:10:05 am
That will be excellent. I pray that it happens.
A C H I L L E S 20 April 2009
11:34:22 am
Hello Tango Bhai – whats the expected release date for MNIK?
sykopathic 20 April 2009
03:47:56 pm
MNIK is scheduled for 3rd week of November , and Three Idiots for Xmas .This is just another case where media is trying to create a clash between Aamir and Srk , they just cant leave both of them alone .. so i dont see this happening, and if somehow this is true i am afraid i dont find this interesting nor excellent … I mean both movies will end up eating into each other’s business, dont think Aamir , Srk , Hirani or any of us would want that considering the fact how this year has gone so far for Bollywood , still waiting for the first clean hit in 2009 . Either way i see both the movies being the biggest of the year . Btw Tango Bhai if you really wanna pray for something you should pray that this multiplex issue gets sorted out soon and we get some entertainment.
A C H I L L E S 20 April 2009
04:52:17 pm
KJO’s ‘wake up sid’ is scheduled for Oct release … not sure if Dharma will release both their movies back to back …also with SRK’s injury, wasnt the shooting delayed?
MNIK may not be even ready before X-mas.
Going by aamir’s interviews in recent times, its evident the man still has difficulty in accepting the fact that he was lagging behind SRK in the 90s … he wants to desperately drive home the fact that he isnt far behind the race now with absurd quotes in all his public appearances.
The dog-fight between the two is most embarrassing for the industry … and this kiddish fight isnt going anywhere … it may as well get decided by releasing the two movies together and see who indeed is the King or Kinng or whatever … no one has able to dislodge SRK from the top inspite of one of the other three having a great year over the last three years.
Pitch the movies together … two commercial movies by two reputed directors … whoever opens better settles the score about the #1 issue … if the movies are good they will do blockbuster business anyways … releasing Lagaan/Gadar or TZP/Welcome did not cause any heartbreaks.
As for multiplex issues, it will get sorted out when movies are ready for release … solving the plex issue without the industry churning out good movies is going to entertain no one.
Brian Charles 20 April 2009
06:54:58 pm
Doing one movie a year was Aamir’s own idea, but i guess that was way too early in career, just like hrithik(although its paying off for both of them).
This i guess will be the first year since 1999 when aamir will have more movies releasing than SRK( 2 to 1, if dhobi ghat releases this year).
SRK with doing 1 or at max 2 movies a year is making sure none of his film is a flop(i guess 2001 was the last year when he was doing commercial movies which were flopping, a swades or a paheli are different creatures).
Aamir i think should devote more to his work as he usually does and in him actually we can have the first star in bollywood history to keep being lead actor after 48-50 age aka kamal hassan, a feat that even likes of big b or dharam couldnt pull off.
Brian Charles 20 April 2009
07:01:45 pm
Aamir vs SRK 2005 onwards(Aamir’s return)
Movie to Movie
2005 – Mangal Pandey vs Paheli
2006 – Fanaa/RDB vs Don/Kank
2007 – OSO/CDI vs TZP
2008 – Ghajini vs Rab ne
Its pretty much equal.
Year wise we can had it to Aamir but its a close call.
A C H I L L E S 20 April 2009
07:20:47 pm
Charles – Its evident from the above comparison that Aamir had the upper hand in all the last four years.
Btw, no idea when Dhobi Ghat is releasing … but its as much a Aamir movie as Billu was SRK’s .. even in 2007 he did a double as a director and actor, producing one of the finest movies of bollywood in the last few years … that too in a year when Akshay was at par with SRK as far as BO is concerned.
If this clash does happen, 3 Idiots will open better in India … due to big difference in multiplex business … and MNIK will open better overseas.
A C H I L L E S 20 April 2009
07:23:34 pm
If Aamir makes this clash happen, it will do him a lot of good … it will be foolish for SRK/KJO to take on this challenge … Aamir is now at the top of the promotion/marketing game … and 3 Idiots is not going to be a Saawariya.
Brian Charles 20 April 2009
07:44:50 pm
Ach, i dont even need to say how much hype Aamir will create with 3 idiots in the teen/youth to whom the movie will be targetted, heck Aamir can even feed the so called elite Multiplex audiance something like Ghajini and they lap on to it, remember Ghajini is the kind of stuff we use to generalise the failure of Salman/Sunny in recent years.
It will be literally idiotic to bring anything near 3 Idiots.
MNIK is another biggie this year. SRK/KJO/Kajol combo cant be relegated to second seat, but i guess this is the year as you said, last time this happened was in 2000 when Hrithik wave took over the SRK/Chopra combo.
A C H I L L E S 20 April 2009
09:48:06 pm
Charles – The SRK/Chopra and SRK/KJO combos have not been as effective in the last 10 years than what it was in the 90s … mohabattein cud not open better than even a Mission Kashmir, final gross was far less than KNPH … SRK/KJO/Kajol had Hrithik and Amitabh in it … still lagged behind Gadar at BO … VZ did well … but KANK did an MP in India, 4-5 movies did better than it in 06 … RNBDJ lagged as much as 30 cr behind Ghajini.
As far as SRK/YRF or SRK/KJO is concerned … its no more than a case of diminishing returns.
Its unlikely that MNIK will flop, but i dont expect a ghajini out of it either.
Hirani is a massy director … and after DCH/RDB no other has as much multiplex audience (specially the youth) than Aamir Khan.
RAJ 20 April 2009
10:47:35 pm
It would be foolish of both to release both the movies on the same date more so for Aamir…because i am sure on a head on collision its SRK who would win hand down…
“”Hirani is a massy director … and after DCH/RDB no other has as much multiplex audience (specially the youth) than Aamir Khan.”"
Agree and disagree…Does the youth only comprise the mulitiplex going audince…Surveys have shown that about 50-60 % of the footfalls to the multiplex is from tyhe age group of 25-40 and this is a age group where SRK Rules..But yes i must say even Aamir have a good following in this group..
So releasing the movies together would hurt both and would hurt aamir more..
RAJ 20 April 2009
10:50:08 pm
“”MNIK is another biggie this year. SRK/KJO/Kajol combo cant be relegated to second seat, but i guess this is the year as you said, last time this happened was in 2000 when Hrithik wave took over the SRK/Chopra combo.”"
In the year 2000 ,i believe Mohabbatein and Mission Kashmir released on the same date and we all know what happend to both….MK did below avg biz where Mohabbatein wasa a clean hit….
RAJ 20 April 2009
10:51:16 pm
“”Charles – Its evident from the above comparison that Aamir had the upper hand in all the last four years.”"
How achillies..What abt 2007??? Aamir was not even close second to SRK in that year…
lalsub 21 April 2009
12:32:30 am
I seriously hope that the two films do not clash. Moviegoers would want to watch both films and it would only be fair and right if the films were released with a gap of about a month between them. So 3 Idiots could be a Christmas 2009 release (since Aamir feels that Christmas has been lucky for him); and MNIK could be released during mid-Jan 2010 when Jan 15th is a Friday.If MNIK is being delayed because of SRK’s surgery and IPL, the Republic day mood of Jan would be ideal.I feel fans of both stars should make it clear vide internet forums, that they would not appreciate a clash.
3 Belds 21 April 2009
01:19:59 am
i think this will happen for sure given how aamir has been behind SRK. i also believe people are underestimating MNIK. Kjo is the smartest filmmaker in India and SRK is the most saleable star and SRK-Kajol is the best pair. putting all together – MNIK will crush 3 idiots if the clash happens. but anyway it wont matter much coz Kites would have rewritten the records by then
Tango 21 April 2009
03:08:27 am
Ach bhai, if MNIK is complete it can come on Eid, that is around the third week of September, if not then on the other Eid in November.
That is how Karan had planned it.
Tango 21 April 2009
03:11:03 am
Syko -”Btw Tango Bhai if you really wanna pray for something you should pray that this multiplex issue gets sorted out soon and we get some entertainment.”
Good one. The deadlog will end miraculously around mid-June. There are indications that 2-3 multiplexes may give in to the 50:50 and break the strike.
julie 21 April 2009
03:59:38 am
If these two kids give up the fetish to prove who is bigger, I can say hands down that it would be a poor commercial decision to have these two movies clash. Both 3 Idiots and MNIK are amongst the top 3 awaited films of 2009 and both should ahve enough breathing space to maximie their gains at the BO.
Ghajini worked better and overshadowed RNBDJ becasue the latter was just a poor film which ran completely on the BO clout of SRK. Ghajini was a remake of two succesful films and had immense curiosity factor attached to it for HIndi movie cinegoers as well as Asin was common factor to the Tamil and Hindi version.
I think it will be a bit of a role reversal this time around. MNIK will carry more curiousity than 3 Idiots and going by the stills, the former does look very interesting. Nothing like the last two frivolous projects of KJO. So if I were Aamir, and if this story has any truth that Aamir wants a clash with MNIK, I wouldn’t stretch my luck this time around.
julie 21 April 2009
04:04:03 am
Plus Kareena is no Asin. The former is known to have sunk the shining fortunes of all her male costars. Abhishek (Never really got out of Refugee mode), Hrithik (we all know what happened to Hrithik’s fortunes post KHNPH till KMG came along), Tushar Kapoor, Saif, and Akshay (all time since 2006 saw the first turn of fortunes with Tashan).
Brian Charles 21 April 2009
07:22:12 am
Raj, Mission Kashmir beat a SRK/Chopra combo in opening after DDLJ, and overall it was above average to semi hit.
Tango 21 April 2009
10:06:00 am
Brian – “Raj, Mission Kashmir beat a SRK/Chopra combo in opening after DDLJ, and overall it was above average to semi hit.”
Who told you that?
Do you have the numbers about MK and Mohabbatein in the Overseas?
Here is Mohabbatein link about the Overseas, if you have a link about Mission Kashmir lets have it.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/m.....batein.htm
A C H I L L E S 21 April 2009
10:54:56 am
Dont think there is any doubt that Mission Kashmir opened better than Mohabbatein … its not something trivial either coz that was SRK-Chopra’s second movie together after DDLJ … had Ash and Amitabh in it.
Mohabbatein grossed more than MK in the end … but MK still was the third highest grosser of that year, ahead of other semi-hits like Josh.
Tango 21 April 2009
11:03:32 am
The thing is Ach bhai if one releases two big movies, A & B with different print counts, movie A in about 360 prints and movie B in 240 prints the percentage occupancy will go up for movie B.
The true picture will emerge once the week’s collections are disclosed.
Tango 21 April 2009
11:04:13 am
As far as Josh is concerned the movie succeeded only in Bombay and South.
Brian Charles 21 April 2009
11:10:48 am
Tango bhai, who is talking about overseas here.
If we talk overseas than salaam e ishq should be a huge hit rather than a flop.
India is the bread and butter and that will determine the overall verdict mostly, even in usa if a golden compass does close to 300 mill overseas but sub 100 domestically its called a flop and bollywood is nowhere near that situation anyways.
Brian Charles 21 April 2009
11:13:19 am
yes mohabatien did better trending than misssion kashmir and ended up with a bigger nett, but i totally remember that time when SRK was relegated to the second seat by Hrithik,perception wise if we call that.
Or you can say Mohabatien was dealt with a rab ne reaction.
Tango 21 April 2009
11:15:16 am
I mentioned Overseas because its audited numbers are available only for the Overseas. The only numbers available (net) are from BOI and IBOS, and mentioning either of them will take the debate into another alley.
Unfortunately, even trade mag numbers are not available.
Tango 21 April 2009
11:20:48 am
“yes mohabatien did better trending than misssion kashmir and ended up with a bigger nett, but i totally remember that time when SRK was relegated to the second seat by Hrithik,perception wise if we call that.”
Yeah perception wise you can say that, but based on a personal level I could get Mohabbatein ticket for the 3rd day, if you want to believe it.
Brian Charles 21 April 2009
11:23:30 am
So Tango bhai you are saying that if we dont have any reliable source saying that we wont count it and that if mohabatien opened better overseas than it should have opened better in india too. This line of thought cannot be debated.
Brian Charles 21 April 2009
11:24:37 am
So Tango bhai what are your verdicts on Mohabatien and Mission kashmir.
Tango 21 April 2009
11:30:45 am
I do hold BOI in high esteem(like most publications and industrty), but not many others will.
Both Mohabbatein and MK succeeded. Mohabbatein a hit and MK a semi-hit.
I saw MK in a full house on first day in Delhi.
Tango 21 April 2009
11:31:53 am
Once again Vidu Vinod Chopra, sold MK at avery high price otherwiose it could have been ahit.
Tango 21 April 2009
11:32:17 am
Bye Brain and Ach bhai.
RAJ 21 April 2009
11:06:35 pm
“”"yes mohabatien did better trending than misssion kashmir and ended up with a bigger nett, but i totally remember that time when SRK was relegated to the second seat by Hrithik,perception wise if we call that.
Or you can say Mohabatien was dealt with a rab ne reaction.”"
Yes MK opened better because HR was carrying enoromous hype in that year..so no surprises there..But ultimately the movie was a dissapointment..Even if it did avg biz ,perceptionwise MK is considered a flop… perceptionwise and in reality Mohabbatein was a clean hit…
RAJ 21 April 2009
11:07:24 pm
Tango,
I dont think MK was a semi hit..It was below avg at best…
RAJ 21 April 2009
11:08:07 pm
Julie,
“”"I think it will be a bit of a role reversal this time around. MNIK will carry more curiousity than 3 Idiots and going by the stills, the former does look very interesting. Nothing like the last two frivolous projects of KJO. So if I were Aamir, and if this story has any truth that Aamir wants a clash with MNIK, I wouldn’t stretch my luck this time around.”"
Agree with you 100 pct..
Tango 21 April 2009
11:10:57 pm
Raj- I was not so much into BO at that point of time, so I am going by by BOI verdict on that.
Tango 21 April 2009
11:14:38 pm
More than anything I like the way discussions are progressing on NG now. I mean nothing like “You are saying this because you hate A or you are saying this because you are a B fanatic and find A a big competetion for B.”
People are putting forth opposing views without getting at each others throats.
RAJ 21 April 2009
11:14:51 pm
Tango,
I saw the movie in a half empty theatre in the second weekend…So i cant agree when somebody says it was a success…Irrespective of what the trade sites and magazines say ,i have no doubt that it was a dud…even it never carried good reports among hardcore HR fans(Which i was at that time due the hype factor)
RAJ 21 April 2009
11:16:07 pm
“”"More than anything I like the way discussions are progressing on NG now. I mean nothing like “You are saying this because you hate A or you are saying this because you are a B fanatic and find A a big competetion for B.”
People are putting forth opposing views without getting at each others throats.”"
Agree Tango…
Tango 21 April 2009
11:20:57 pm
I saw MK on Friday itself and the theater was full. Cannot say about the second weekend occupancy as I saw it just once.
Gorilla 22 April 2009
02:41:49 am
looks unlikely. 3 idiots is a 2009 Christmas release (read about this somewhere) while MNIK will release during Idd as pointed by Tango.
I do not want this clash but if it were to happen, i will bet on 3 idiots because of Hirani.
A C H I L L E S 22 April 2009
06:16:45 am
3 Idiots is not just an Aamir movie after Ghajini … but also Hirani’s after LRM …its a winning combination … LRM was a bonafide blockbuster which did 70+ cr in 2006 itself … and was the best trended movie in the last 3-4 years or so.
Unless the movie is too bad (which I doubt) … the LRM goodwill and Aamir factor can make it really very big.
Not to forget the book itself is a popular junk novel among the youth … so the buzz is already good.
A C H I L L E S 22 April 2009
06:17:56 am
About MK … it was Hrithik’s MP or KANK … huge opening and that was all.
RAJ 22 April 2009
06:56:01 am
“”About MK … it was Hrithik’s MP or KANK … huge opening and that was all.”"
I dont think MK can be compared to KANK….Because KANK collected enough in the overseas market(44 CR) and idian market(47 Cr) to become a technical hit..How many movies collect 44 cr overseas in india let alone overseas..???
Yes it can be compared with MP …
RAJ 22 April 2009
06:59:01 am
Hiranis’ association with 3 idiots is definitely a big factor not to mention Aamir…
Hirani+Aamir:: More youth audince
Kjo + SRK: More Family audince
I believe family have more purchasing power than the youth….
Anyways looking forward to Kites,MNIK and 3 idiots to create BO history this year..
A C H I L L E S 22 April 2009
07:23:24 am
Raj – When I say MK was same deal as KANK/MP … i dont mean overseas … bollywood movie verdicts are not based on overseas business as Charles said … all the three movies (MK,KANK,MP) opened with a bang to collect lot of moolah in the first week … and then fizzled out … each can be termed a success or semi hit … but even technically none of these movies were hits.
Also these movies are similar in so many ways … Abhi got better reception than SRK in KANK, Sanju got better reception than HR … and the Brit actor was far better than Aamir in MP … that is what the perception is.
Mohabbatein became a hit but MK did not … but perception wise Hrithik was a bigger star than SRK at that time as MK was running to packed houses in first week but Mohabbatein was not.
Perception and BO doesnt go hand in hand.
A C H I L L E S 22 April 2009
07:28:19 am
About MNIK … the name and the Id Release strategy suggests KJO is playing on attracting the muslim audience more than the patriotic angle … reports are even indicating he wants the non-NRI foreign muslim audience on board … i am not very sure of MNIK’s BO than 3 Idiots.
Kites is after all a Rakesh Roshan movie with Hrithik … going by history, it has big potential in India … not sure about foriegn markets.
But yes these three are the potential blockbusters of this year … and I will add that KI may do the trick too … After the ghajini wave, 100 cr is the expectation from all these movies.
RAJ 24 April 2009
12:32:55 am
Achillies,
“”"Raj – When I say MK was same deal as KANK/MP … i dont mean overseas … bollywood movie verdicts are not based on overseas business as Charles said “”
If somebody says that post 2000,then he must be joking…Post 2000…about 25-30 % a a movies revenues come from Overseas collections…Overseas is a bigger territory than Mumbai and if BW can somehow succeed releasing movies in Pakistan then the overseas territory would be as big as Mumbai and Delhi territory…KANK collected 44 cr overseas which is more than its cost of production..That means currently a movie has the potential to cover its cost from overseas only …
So if the trade is not taking overseas in to consideration when they spell out verdicts then they are joking….They should bloody well start doing this …Else they would become obsolete trade experts…
“”Mohabbatein became a hit but MK did not … but perception wise Hrithik was a bigger star than SRK at that time as MK was running to packed houses in first week but Mohabbatein was not.”"
Mohabbatein was not running in packed houses in first week ????..I saw the movie at Visakhapatnam which is not a BW bastion..I couldnt get tickets for 4 days…What are you talking about???
Perception wise HR is/was never a bigger star than SRK..Yes in 2000,he was a bigger “”craze”" than SRK due to excellent debut…