It’s the last Friday before the 5-month long season of biggies kick in, with incidentally with the release of Kick! And it’ll see the release of 4 small-budget films which obviously have just a week to score at the box office. My views on these films:
PIZZA: This is a 3D horror film and a remake of an acclaimed Tamil film of the same name. It is directed by the debutant Akshay Akkineni and produced by Shaitan and David director Bejoy Nambiar. Akshay Oberoi features in the lead role as the pizza delivery guy who goes for a delivery in a haunted mansion and gets trapped. Parvathy Omanakuttan, Dipannita Sharma and Arunoday Singh are also seen in the film. The trailer is terrific. Most importantly, the Tamil original was loved and hence, Pizza can be one of the rare well-made horror films in Bollywood. Sadly, there is a very less awareness, forget excitement for the film. Its low costs might help but for that, it has to pick up on Day 2 after a low Friday.
HATE STORY 2: Hate Story(2012) caught lot of attention because of its erotic quotient in its promos and this translated into healthy box office numbers as well. The makers are now back with Hate Story 2, featuring an all new cast – Surveen Chawla, Jay Bhanushali and Sushant Singh – and a new revenge saga. Just like part 1, the theatrical trailer of part 2 was attention-grabbing and till date, has been viewed more than 1.10 crore times, which is huge. Music also worked, especially Aaj Phir Tum Pe. Surveen, a television actress, looks super-hot. And because of the erotica, Hate Story 2 surely will take the best opening this week. Sadly, the censor board has reportedly chopped off 2 lovemaking scenes. Also, if response is negative, it might dent the collections.
AMIT SAHNI KI LIST: It features Vir Das in a leading role who’s on the lookout for Miss Right. This seems like a sweet, slice-of-life urbane comedy but it has failed to build up the excitement. Viewers might eventually check out this film, but most of them sadly won’t do so in theatres.
RIYASAT: This is the last film of Rajesh Khanna and co-incidentally, it’s releasing on the second death anniversary of the superstar. However, the promos are embarrassing and Rajesh Khanna seems to be playing a role similar to Amitabh Bachchan’s act in Sarkar. Director Ashok Tyagi and co-star Raza Murad have been whining as to how distributors didn’t show interest in Rajesh Khanna’s last film. One look at the promos clears all doubts why the distributors would do so.
WHICH FILM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE OUT OF THESE 4 AND WHY? DO LET ME KNOW!
