Appreciation pours in from Bollywood for Aamir Khan’s PK!
For Karan Johar PK is “game-changing cinema” while Sonam Kapoor gets “overwhelmed by it!
The magic of the 3 Idiots team — actor Aamir Khan, director Rajkumar Hirani and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra — seems to be lighting up the otherwise lacklustre year at the Bollywood box office, if reviews by the film fraternity are anything to go by. While Karan Johar calls it a “game changing” cinema, Shekhar Kapur says it gives precedence to quality.
Meanwhile, trade experts believe the movie could well be on its way to touch Rs.300 crore and turn into Bollywood’s biggest ever entertainer.
“@RajkumarHirani and @aamir_khan #PK is a masterpiece wid great entertainmnt value&message.Can turn out to be biggest ever of Bollywood so far,” Mumbai-based trade analyst Komal Nahta tweeted Friday.
Another expert, Amod Mehra, conjectured: “Oh My God.. #PK is sureshot SUPER DUPER HIT.. Will break all records…Will cross 300 crores…200 in 1st week.”
Girish Johar, who keeps a pulse on the business of cinema, shared Friday that “‘PK has (had) a huge opening at all premium sites and top end cities. In mass regions, it is above average….Overall, very good start in early shows.”
Theatres are also happy with the response to the film, which also stars Anushka Sharma in a new avatar.
Devang Sampat, business head (strategy), Cinepolis India, said: “With 110 screens of Cinepolis (in 16 cities), we have been running approximately 500 shows in a day. All shows are running 90 percent plus occupancy. PK is a much awaited movie of the year and the word of mouth is positive.
“We expect that the movie will do more business in the second week as well.”
Kapur says on Twitter that PK finally gives Hindi cinema a “film where people are talking about quality of film rather than box office numbers”.
Karan, a celebrated director himself, has commented that “‘PK yet again proves that Rajkumar Hirani is the best director of our country”.
Lauding Aamir, Karan added: “It’s undoubtedly Aamir Khan’s best perfo
The magic of the 3 Idiots team — actor Aamir Khan, director Rajkumar Hirani and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra — seems to be lighting up the otherwise lacklustre year at the Bollywood box office, if reviews by the film fraternity are anything to go by. While Karan Johar calls it a “game changing” cinema, Shekhar Kapur says it gives precedence to quality.
Meanwhile, trade experts believe the movie could well be on its way to touch Rs.300 crore and turn into Bollywood’s biggest ever entertainer.
“@RajkumarHirani and @aamir_khan #PK is a masterpiece wid great entertainmnt value&message.Can turn out to be biggest ever of Bollywood so far,” Mumbai-based trade analyst Komal Nahta tweeted Friday.
Another expert, Amod Mehra, conjectured: “Oh My God.. #PK is sureshot SUPER DUPER HIT.. Will break all records…Will cross 300 crores…200 in 1st week.”
Girish Johar, who keeps a pulse on the business of cinema, shared Friday that “‘PK has (had) a huge opening at all premium sites and top end cities. In mass regions, it is above average….Overall, very good start in early shows.”
Theatres are also happy with the response to the film, which also stars Anushka Sharma in a new avatar.
Devang Sampat, business head (strategy), Cinepolis India, said: “With 110 screens of Cinepolis (in 16 cities), we have been running approximately 500 shows in a day. All shows are running 90 percent plus occupancy. PK is a much awaited movie of the year and the word of mouth is positive.
“We expect that the movie will do more business in the second week as well.”
Kapur says on Twitter that PK finally gives Hindi cinema a “film where people are talking about quality of film rather than box office numbers”.
Karan, a celebrated director himself, has commented that “‘PK yet again proves that Rajkumar Hirani is the best director of our country”.
Lauding Aamir, Karan added: “It’s undoubtedly Aamir Khan’s best perfo