- By: Goher Iqbal Punn
April 4th, 2009:

Talking about Film Trade:

Last week, three films hit the screens – Ek – The Power of One, Aa Dekhen Zara and Videsh – Heaven on Earth. All exploded at the box office badly. For quite some time now, no good film has been seen on Bollywood front. Previous releases: Aloo Chaat, Firaq, Staright, Lottery and Barah Aanah appeared the biggest flops as well.

‘Ek – The Power of One’ did somewhat good business than the other two – Aa Dekhen Zara and Videsh. The reason is obvious that it released in many cities and on many screens than the others.

In the second week, Aloo Chat churned some relief for the concerned. But the rest of four Firaq, Barah Aana, Straight and Lottery did not do well. Lottery’s business is that low that one cannot even present it.

Domestic Box Office Collections:

Let’s check out the results:

Ek – The Power of One (Week: 01):

Cities: Collections in INR

· Mumbai – 75,77,412
· Ahmedabad – 23,92,244
· Gandhinagar – 1,33,353
· Surat – 6,33,648
· Vadodara – 10,64,326
· Anand – 2,67,756
· Bharuch – 1,61,848
· Ankleshwar – 65,058
· Vapi – 2,26,310
· Valsad – 92,767
· Navsari – 69,622
· Bardoli – 78,365
· Amboli – 41,587
· Vyara – 54,328
· Areth – 12,679
· Valod – 16,292
· Padra – 27,946
· Cambay – 42,279
· Khedbrahma – 24,407
· Deesa – 55,563
· Himmatnagar – 1,00,830
· Mehsana – 16,112
· Visnagar – 57,910
· Palanpur – 1,58,296
· Rajkot – 5,21,466
· Jamnagar – 1,59,778
· Bhavnagar – 2,19,422
· Adipur – 69,356
· Gandhidham – 1,38,815
· Bhuj – 90,647
· Porbandar – 93,723
· Morvi – 94,387
· Veraval – 24,515
· Dhoraji – 30,122
· Jetpur – 28,985
· Dhrangadhra – 20,658
· Dwarka – 70,451
· Mandvi – 28,192
· Junagadh – 66,509
· Baroda – 1,32,420
· Rajkot – 1,98,504
· Nasik – 4,01,852
· Pune – 17,96,574
· Ahmednagar – 1,51,232
· Sangli – 1,75,368
· Satara – 71,760
· Karad – 90,618
· Loni – 33,427
· Kolhapur – 2,06,394
· Talegaon – 44,775
· Islampur – 37,801
· Solapur – 2,75,308
· Barsi – 29,563
· Palus – 27,552
· Vita – 25,358
· Jaysinghpur – 64,208
· Wai – 34,173
· Kopargaon – 92,874
· Shrirampur – 52,869
· Pandharpur – 35,273
· Baramati – 95,011
· Ghulewadi – 57,256
· Sinnar – 33,872
· Lasalgaon – 36,987
· Pravranagar – 25,621
· Junnar – 16,275
· Narayangaon – 22,312
· Manchar – 38,881
· Niphad – 16,371
· Nandgaon – 33,232
· Sangola – 36,648
· Shirrol – 14,860
· Hupri – 20,772
· Akalkot – 20,772
· Ashta – 14,476
· Kurundwad – 29,172
· Ichalkaranji – 89,057
· Malegaon – 1,32,206
· Umbraj – 20,837
· Miraj – 74,268
· Goa – 3,87,868
· Delhi – 24,64,853
· Noida – 2,13,122
· Ghaziabad – 1,40,860
· Faridabad – 52,722
· Lucknow – 38,010
· Gurgaon – 3,45,104
· Gorakhpur – 2,42,324
· Indore – 72,205
· Nagpur – 3,33,065
· Raipur – 2,25,609
· Burdwan – 22,837
· Kota – 1,33,585
· Ajmer – 78,390
· Kolkatta – 99,226
· Guwahati – 31,698
· Darjeeling – 4,150
· Hyderabad – 1,11,751
· Bangalore – 1,48,819
· Vijayawada – 11,830

Average per print: 79,320 INR
Total Collections (Till Date): 2,49,92,781 INR

Aa Dekhen Zara (Week: 01):

Cities: Collections in INR

· Mumbai – 57,30,804
· Ahmedabad – 29,11,614
· Himmatnagar – 1,33,630
· Delhi – 55,84,704
· Noida – 13,13,492
· Ghaziabad – 3,92,884
· Gorakhpur – 10,67,494
· Ajmer – 88,686
· Raipur – 1,09,901
· Guwahati – 1,74,467
· Hyderabad – 3,50,587

Average per print: 1,96,245 INR
Total Collections (Till Date): 1,78,58,263 INR

Videsh – Heaven on Earth (Week: 01):

Cities: Collections in INR

· Mumbai – 6,77,830
· Ahmedabad – 1,83,816
· Gandhidham – 21,291
· Bharuch – 15,048
· Baroda – 45,245
· Rajkot – 28,768
· Pune – 1,08,038
· Goa – 62,537
· Delhi – 7,24,953
· Noida – 1,21,257
· Gurgaon – 2,03,607
· Jaipur – 87,364
· Kota – 69,205
· Kolkatta – 1,76,841
· Indore – 25,382
· Nagpur – 69,506
· Raipur – 42,758
· Guwahati – 33,381
· Darjeeling – 468
· Hyderabad – 1,04,975
· Bangalore – 87,889
· Chennai – 30,290

Average per print: 50,000 INR
Total Collections (Till Date): 29,20,449 INR

Aloo Chaat in Its Second Week: 2,19,49,634 INR
Firaaq in Its Second Week: 38,56,746 INR
Straight in Its Second Week: 81,54,035 INR
Barah Aana in Its Second Week: 44,07,153 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

Courtesy: Radio Sargam