Re: Bhagban - English subtitles

Yup...that sums it up. Baghban has to be one of the worst films of the year.


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> Box Office Flash
> Dateline: Tuesday, November 18, 2003
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> Baghban strikes a superhit
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> Written off before release, Ravi Chopra's Baghban has managed to and
> continues to
> shock the industry, putting together a run over the last 2 months
> associated
> with the biggest of blockbusters. In an industry known for promoting
> and relying on youth,
> this film showcasing a now 61 year old Amitabh Bachchan and 55 year
> old Hema Malini
> as its lead pair has become a flat out superhit all over the world.
>
> The film, sold for Rs 1.25 cr/per territory in Bombay and Delhi-UP,
> has recovered
> more than double its entire territory cost from Bombay city (Rs. 2.66
> cr) and Delhi
> city (Rs. 2.70 cr) alone. It has recovered more than twice the
> distribution
> cost nearly everywhere and is still going great guns in its 2nd month.
>
>
> The collections have either held steady or gone up every week since
> mid-october,
> which typically does not happen with high profile releases in the age
> of satellite tv
> and video piracy. The film's week 3, week 4, week 5 and week 6
> collections
> have been consistently remarkable, and in fact in several centers
> continue shooting up.
> The collections are so impressive that Baghban's now starting to
> outpace even
> blockbusters. For instance Baghban collected Rs. 37 lakhs in Delhi in
> week 6, putting
> even the likes of Koi Mil Gaya (Rs. 34 lakhs), Kuch Kuch Hota hai (Rs.
> 33 lakhs),
> Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (Rs. 28 lakhs), and Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam
> (Rs. 7 lakhs)
> in the shade.  In many of the country's villages and smaller centers
> like Jamnagar,
> Baghban has set a number of collection records through its run.
>
> The 12 crore film at this point has already done around Rs. 20 crores
> of
> net business in India. Over 10 crores gross admissions have checked in
> from the
> overseas market. It has just completed 7th weekend overseas in UK
> ending Nov 16 with collections
> of $54k, registering virtually no drop from its 6th weekend ($56k)
> there. As of this writing,
> Baghban's international gross stands at $1.2 million in UK, $1.1
> million in US, and around
> 1.4 million Rands in South Africa.