28th March, 2009:

Box Office Report Provided By: Goher Iqbal Punn

Talking about Film Trade:

‘Gulaal’ and ‘Jai Veeru’ hit the screens last week. Both emerged as the BIG FLOPS at the Box Office. People were hardly found at the ticketing windows? May we call it a recession? No, it’s not like that. Recession may have hit the movies’ business but it did not affect people to stay away from watching the films. But yes, it did make the people become choosy to watch particular flicks only. So if the face value attracts, the masses would surely go out to watch films? Since ‘Jai Veeru’ and ‘Gulaal’ did not carry any good face value, the result oozed out against them at the business window. Besides, there is no spark at all in these two films. From tip to toe, both are badly made films. So why one should spend the hard earned money on them? Yes, a good decision by the public to stay away from them. Let’s check out the business of the previous releases: Dhoondte Reh Jaoge, 13B and Karma Aur Holi.

Domestic Box Office Collections:

These flicks churned out mundane business. Amongst these three, ‘Dhoondte Reh Jaoge’ made somewhat better than the rest.

Dhoondte Reh Jaoge (Week: 01):

Cities: Collections in INR

· Mumbai – 1,19,95,003
· Ahmedabad – 29,98,930
· Gandhinagar – 1,64,256
· Baroda – 12,52,467
· Bharuch – 1,88,638
· Surat – 13,98,843
· Nadiad – 1,66,903
· Anand – 1,24,075
· Valsad – 1,40,402
· Vapi – 2,16,474
· Dahod – 49,471
· Padra – 23,318
· Dabhoi – 26,251
· Ankleshwar – 77,829
· Billimora – 31,150
· Navsari – 1,10,989
· Amboli – 64,745
· Kosamba – 33,027
· Bardoli – 46,502
· Himmatnagar – 1,71,003
· Mehsana – 2,79,269
· Rajkot – 10,94,258
· Bhavnagar – 3,68,207
· Jamnagar – 3,14,176
· Gandhidham – 2,77,084
· Adipur – 71,025
· Bhuj – 79,404
· Madhapar – 36,680
· Dwarka – 63,440
· Porbandar – 97,216
· Morvi – 47,444
· Pune – 22,68,727
· Nasik – 4,14,089
· Kolhapur – 1,49,888
· Sholapur – 1,90,799
· Nagar – 81,102
· Sangli – 67,484
· Satara – 35,851
· Karad – 49,000
· Ichalkaranji – 69,557
· Islampur – 14,487
· Barsi – 16,934
· Palus – 16,496
· Talegaon – 50,875
· Vita – 12,645
· Wai – 13,976
· Phaltan – 17,608
· Jaysinghpur – 43,376
· Vadgaon – 36,500
· Mangalvedha – 27,000
· Sangola – 27,000
· Shirrol – 12,500
· Shrirampur – 55,106
· Kopargaon – 45,718
· Baramati – 56,001
· Rahuri – 43,058
· Ghulewadi – 32,853
· Sangamner – 52,825
· Sinnar – 20,949
· Lasalgaon – 20,150
· Pravaranagar – 21,889
· Loni – 41,221
· Manchar – 24,074
· Niphad – 8,619
· Nandgaon – 20,526
· Malegaon – 62,301
· Goa – 4,71,417
· Hubli – 1,00,453
· Dharwad – 22,787
· Belgaum – 2,32,401
· Karwar – 31,470
· Bhatkal – 12,264
· Delhi – 36,15,564
· Gurgaon – 3,16,004
· Gorakhpur – 1,58,400
· Faridabad – 2,91,998
· Noida – 5,30,523
· Ghaziabad – 8,45,458
· Kaushambi – 63,433
· Chandigarh – 2,54,545
· Ludhiana – 2,04,894
· Jalandhar – 65,830
· Ambala – 66,866
· Jammu – 32,828
· Karnal – 57,618
· Hissar – 58,562
· Panchkula – 70,599
· Lucknow – 4,16,829
· Agra – 1,95,551
· Kanpur – 3,84,976
· Varanasi – 1,79,073
· Moradabad – 1,14,513
· Meerut – 3,01,707
· Haldwani – 30,891
· Mathura – 33,065
· Saharanpur – 54,389
· Jhansi – 55,770
· Muzaffaranagar – 31,570
· Allahabad – 36,133
· Dehradun – 68,477
· Indore – 5,11,117
· Gwalior – 93,591
· Bhopal – 1,78,857
· Ujjain – 44,191
· Ratlam – 41,186
· Mhow – 24,435
· Sehore – 61,095
· Raipur – 3,12,911
· Nagpur – 5,73,035
· Amravati – 1,27,308
· Akola – 53,615
· Chandrapur – 34,357
· Bhilai – 43,892
· Wardha – 385,491
· Durg – 31,906
· Rajnandgaon – 39,147
· Sagar – 34,023
· Bilaspur – 45,390
· Jalgaon – 58,399
· Dhule – 43,782
· Pusad – 19,354
· Chhindwara – 31,858
· Betul – 29,116
· Jagdalpur – 35,494
· Korba – 31,519
· Raigarh – 52,901
· Dhamatari – 39,557
· Akot – 8,973
· Burhanpur – 19,802
· Champa – 11,554
· Gondia – 11,530
· Kamptee – 17,385
· Khamgaon – 24,982
· Manendragarh – 8,584
· Nandurbar – 19,698
· Pendra – 6,044
· Seoni – 18,796
· Shahada – 24,063
· Arni – 7,833
· Tilda – 7,765
· Kolkatta – 12,64,880
· Darjeeling – 47,621
· Burdwan – 23,708
· Siliguri – 38,274
· Malda – 10,452
· Guwahati – 2,31,793
· Tinsukhia – 14,298
· Jaipur – 7,33,385
· Kota – 1,20,901
· Ajmer – 1,04,717
· Jodhpur – 1,63,656
· Shriganganagar – 36,262
· Bhilwara – 35,850
· Udaipur – 87,171
· Bikaner – 50,800
· Puri – 3,316
· Patna – 86,543
· Muzaffaranagar – 24,091
· Hyderabad – 12,70,807
· Aurangabad – 5,92,403
· Latur – 2,74,716
· Beed – 1,00,105
· Bangalore – 8,19,088
· Mangalore – 1,88,138
· Davangere – 20,348
· Mysore – 73,310
· Trivandrum – 10,684
· Ernakulam – 48,183
· Chennai – 2,90,437
· Vellore – 7,337

Average Per Print: 86, 589 (INR)
Total Collections (Till Date): 4, 54, 74, 331 (INR)

13B (Week: 01):

Cities Collections in INR

· Mumbai – 1,03,37,954 (Incl. Thane)
· Ahmedabad – 19,86,884
· Gandhinagar – 1,04,296
· Naroda – 34,936
· Himmatnagar – 26,954
· Palanpur – 28,360
· Mehsana – 63,555
· Cambay – 19,972
· Visnagar – 33,238
· Mahuva – 10.626
· Surat – 5,84,656
· Bharuch – 1,08,313
· Navsari – 58,795
· Vapi – 1,09,421
· Bardoli – 39,446
· Valsad – 94,948
· Anand – 1,96,832
· Baroda – 5,70,620
· Nadiad – 67,456
· Rajkot – 7,66,851
· Gandhidham – 52,206
· Adipur – 28,178
· Bhuj – 38,379
· Surendranagar – 45,602
· Junagadh – 46,098
· Mandvi – 18,104
· Bhavnagar – 85,259
· Jamnagar – 1,34,108
· Pune – 35,65,490
· Satara – 44,607
· Karad – 41,731
· Jaisingpur – 43,340
· Wai – 18,106
· Baramati – 45,337
· Loni – 29,028
· Panjim – 85,971
· Margao – 17,604
· Lonavala – 30,010
· Kolhapur – 1,73,243
· Sangli – 1,25,889
· Solapur – 1,36,207
· Ahmednagar – 1,01,099
· Nasik – 3,62,956
· Goa – 3,12,459
· Ichalkaranji – 41,933
· Miraj – 34,530
· Nasik – 46,144
· Malegaon – 54,188
· Islampur – 37,622
· Baramati – 15,210
· Talegaon – 18,944
· Delhi – 47,80,528
· Gurgaon – 7,93,933
· Gorakhpur – 93,146
· Noida – 7,96,091
· Kaushambi – 6,46,979
· Chandigarh – 41,530
· Lucknow – 63,428
· Aligarh – 1,38,693
· Indore – 4,90,223
· Nagpur – 6,21,875
· Raipur – 2,02,964
· Kolkatta – 8,85,763
· Burdwan – 32,006
· Darjeeling – 24,130
· Guwahati – 69,057
· Jaipur – 2,53,562
· Kota – 68,047
· Belgaum – 2,07,236
· Hubli – 48,855
· Bijapur – 54,887
· Dharwad – 47,904
· Nippani – 17,261
· Hyderabad – 4,93,874
· Bangalore – 7,18,292
· Vijayawada – 1,14,790

Average Per Print: 1,23,903 (INR)
Total Collections (Till Date): 3,27,68,133 (INR)

Karma Aur Holi (Week: 01):

Cities Collections in INR

· Mumbai – 3,65,681 (4 U.R.)
· Ahmedabad – 62,626
· Baroda – 2,208
· Pune – 21,216
· Delhi – 1,29,030
· Noida – 60,207
· Kaushambi – 32,676
· Faridabad – 9215
· Lucknow – 7,434
· Nagpur – 17,261
· Raipur – 7,582
· Kolkatta – 20,693
· Guwahati – 9,508
· Jaipur – 4,576
· Bangalore – 35,396
· Chennai – 44,650

Average Per Print: 14,622 (INR)
Total Collections (Till Date): 8,29,959 (INR)

- The writer is a popular and experienced Bollywood and Indian TV Analyst and laced with a good rapport with both of these fraternities and the people associated with these entertainment worlds. He also shares a good rapport with the celebs of these swanky industries. You may contact him at the e-mails: goheriqbal@yahoo.co.uk, goher.punn@yahoo.com and goher.punn@gmail.com

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