Quarter 3 of 2014 is over so its time to look back at the happenings of Q3 of 2014 in our Hindi film industry.
In the beginning of August "Kick" fever was already there so no movie could survive in first two weeks even Akshay Kumar starer "Entertainment" got an average response but could not be a big hit.But in the third week hit machine director Rohit Shetty returned with his favorite actor Ajay devgan with "Singham Retrurns". It was released on the holiday of Independence Day. It got the biggest opening for any Ajay Devgan movie and very soon enters in 100 crore club. Also with its final collection of around 139 crore it became the biggest hit of Ajay Devagan's career.
One week later a small budget women oriented film came from Yashraj film's featuring the chopra bahu Rani Mukerjee in the leading role. It was "mardaani". It had not been released or promoted in a larger scale
but for its hard hitting bold subject and the brilliant acting by the whole cast of course lead by Rani herself caught cine-goers attention. Due to good reviews and word of mouth publicity this film finally becomes a hit with around 36 crore box office collection which was very big for such a small movie.
In the last month serial kisser Emraan Hashmi tried to back on his comfort zone with "Raja Natwarlal" but this time he failed to make a comeback.
The month of September started with a big hype with Priyanka Chopra starer biopic "Mary Kom". Priyanka Chopra's acting surely caught everyone's attention but overall the movie got mixed response from critics as well as from audiences and as a result in spite of getting a good start its box office collection remained limited between 60-65 crores.
In the second week came two surprise hits one was "Creature 3D" featuring Bipasha Basu in the lead. This movie was not a favorite with critics neither with the audiences but due to its good standard visual effects and its limited budget this film became an above average successful film. Another surprise hit was "Finding Fanny". It was a really unconventional film which was made in English though there
was Hindi dubbed versions too. It was a small budget film with a non commercial subject but due to the presence of hugely popular stars Deepika Padukone and Arjun Kapoor it got good enough response at the box office and became hit. Its collection was almost 35 crores.
There were two other small films which released together on the third week, these were "Daawat-E-Ishq" from Yashraj Films and "Khoobsurat" an official remake of 70's Hrishikesh Mukherjee classic made with the same name. Both the films failed at box office.
So overall it shows Q3 was better than Q2 as per the box office collections. Q3 has one 200 crore films 1 100 crore and 4 more hits which made a collection between 35-70 crores.
Business of Bollywood in July:
The month of July began with Vidya Balan starrer "Bobby Jasoos". Both the critics andaudiences had expectations from this movie because of the presence of Vidya Balan and her many disguises in this movie but it disappointed everyone with its weak story. As a result it failed to deliver at the ticket window.The first big hit of July was "Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania". It was romantic comedy from Dharma productions and just like the other two hits from Karan Johar this year, this film also got a good response for its fresh new approach, hit music and lovely on screen chemistry between the lead pair Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt.
After two weeks came one of the most awaited films of this year "Kick". This Salman Khan starer came onthe auspicious occasion of Eid and became a blockbuster like Salman Khan's other Eidreleases. It had all ingredients needed for a Salman Khan blockbuster movie and as a result it got huge opening and a bumper response later too.It became the biggest grosser of this year so far. Also it became Salman Khan's first entry (and only entry so far) in the 200 crore club wit a box office collection of around 233 crore.
Business of Bollywood in August:
One week later a small budget women oriented film came from Yashraj film's featuring the chopra bahu Rani Mukerjee in the leading role. It was "mardaani". It had not been released or promoted in a larger scale
In the last month serial kisser Emraan Hashmi tried to back on his comfort zone with "Raja Natwarlal" but this time he failed to make a comeback.
Business of Bollywood in September:
In the second week came two surprise hits one was "Creature 3D" featuring Bipasha Basu in the lead. This movie was not a favorite with critics neither with the audiences but due to its good standard visual effects and its limited budget this film became an above average successful film. Another surprise hit was "Finding Fanny". It was a really unconventional film which was made in English though there
There were two other small films which released together on the third week, these were "Daawat-E-Ishq" from Yashraj Films and "Khoobsurat" an official remake of 70's Hrishikesh Mukherjee classic made with the same name. Both the films failed at box office.
So overall it shows Q3 was better than Q2 as per the box office collections. Q3 has one 200 crore films 1 100 crore and 4 more hits which made a collection between 35-70 crores.
Top Performances of Q3 2014
Actors-
Actors-
- Ajay Devgan - Singham Returns
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui - Kick
- Randeep Hooda - Kick
- Tahir Raj Bhasin - Mardaani
- Naseeruddin Shah - Finding Fanny
- Pankaj Kapoor - Finding Fanny
- Vidya Balan - Bobby Jasoos
- Rani Mukerjee - Mardaani
- Priyanka Chopra - Mary Kom
- Dimple Kapadia - Finding Fanny
- Deepika Padukone - Finding Fanny
- Saturday Saturday - Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
- Aaj Phir Tum Pe - Hate Story 2
- Jumme Ki Raat/Hangover - Kick
- Johny Johny - Entertainment
- Ziddi - Mary Kom
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