Koimoi takes a journey down memory lane, reminiscing about Bollywood films which have rocked and bombed at the Box Office in the third week of March

While both media and social media is abuzz over the latest happenings in Uttar Pradesh (Read over the appointment of its new chief minister Mahant Yogi Adityanath), children are heaving a sigh of relief with school annual and board exams either being completed or nearing completion. What is Bollywood doing? B-Towners mourned the demise of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s father Krishnaraj Rai on Saturday. Meanwhile, comedians Kapil Sharma and Sunil Grover made headlines with their nasty in-flight spat, with a drunken Kapil allegedly slapping Sunil and hitting him with his shoe while hurling abuses at him and Sunil Grover reportedly quitting his show in reply.

On the film front, three movies hit theatres in the 3rd week of March— Abbas-Mustan’s romantic thriller Machine, which marked the Bollywood debut of Abbas’ son Mustafa, Vikramaditya Motwane’s survival thriller Trapped starring Rajkummar Rao and Govinda’s comeback film Aa Gaya Hero, none of which had a decent opening. In fact, barring Trapped, the other two turned out to be an extremely disappointing watch. How does Bollywood normally perform at the box office during this time of the year? We recollect films released in the 3rd week of March, which have rocked and shocked the box office in the last 10 years.

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While March 3rd week surely has delivered some wonderful films in the past 10 years like Kapoor & Sons, Firaaq, Race and Jolly LLB, it also delivered okay-ish and ignorable films which failed to run beyond a week at theatres. Dibakar Banerjee’s Love Sex aur Dhokha, perhaps the first Indian feature film to have the word ‘sex’ in its title was critically acclaimed for being realistic albeit grim. While Bengali filmmaker Anik Dutta’s directorial debut Bhooter Bhabishyat became immensely popular among viewers and critics, its Hindi remake Gang of Ghosts by Satish Kaushik failed to leave a mark. Bhushan Patel’s Ragini MMS 2, the second installment in the Ragini MMS franchise starring Bollywood’s beautiful seductress Sunny Leone was appreciated by the Indian audience and became a super-hit. Let’s have a look at all the films which did or did not leave a mark at the March 3rd week Box Office.

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*Plus – Film which recovers investment & yields some profit

Average: Film which only recovers investment

March 3rd week was surely a mixed bag with several hit, semi-hit and super-hits in between flops. On the 4th week we have Anushka Sharma’s home production Phillauri, a rom-com which stars her opposite Punjabi pop star and actor Diljit Dosanjh and Swara Bhaskar’s drama Anaarkali Of Aarah. While the beautiful Anushka wins hearts as a friendly ghost in Phillauri, the talented Swara stuns in the avatar of an erotic singer from rural Bihar in Anaarkali Of Aarah. Both the films have opened to good reviews from critics. Let’s see if the audience too shower their love on them!

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