Update of Bollywood Movies in the 3rd Quarter of 2016

The third quarter of this year was the biggest one so far because it had one Salman Khan Release on Eid. Also it witnessed another 100 cr hit from Akshay Kumar and surprise hit which proved the power of good content.
Let's do a quick recap of Q3 2016.

July
The month of July is the month of Eid and it is dedicated to Bhaijaan Salman Khan.

Continuing this trend, this Eid, he gave his fans #Sultaan, this year's biggest hit so far. This Yashraaj Films production was about the love story of a wrestler. Salman Khan did a superb job as a Haryanvi wrestler and he was ably supported by Anushka Sharma as the leading lady. This movie get an excellent opening day collection of 36 cr and a first week of huge 180 cr. Later it continued to rule the box office for many weeks and that leads it to become the third entry in 300cr club. It is Salman Khan's second big hit so far after #BajrangiBhaijaan.
When a Salman Khan movie releases no other big films comes in that season so there were no other big movies for next two weeks. In last

Friday of July there was another significant release and it was #Dishoom, a light hearted masala entertainer with a solid dose of action, comedy and a hit song. The movie featured John Abraham and Varun Dhawan and together they create solid impact. Then there was the glamour girl Jacqueline Fernandez grooving to the hit song #SauTarahKe. It also marked the comeback of talented actor Akshaye Khanna. Then there some added attraction in form of solid cameo by Akshay Kumar, Nargis Fakri and Parineeti Chopra. This movie was not a great one but it was a good time pass and it earned around 70cr in its lifetime which made it an average earner at box office.


August
In the month of August there was a long weekend for the holiday on 15th August and two big

movies released together on this occasion Akshay Kumar's #Rustom and Hrithik Roshan's #MohenjoDaro. This was one big face off of this year and all were excited to know the final result of this face off. Considering the popularity of Akshay Kumar in recent past it was quite clear #Rustom will lead the race in opening weekend but trade analysts were hopeful from Hrithik Roshan too. But when the movies released #Rustom got the expected response at ticket windows but #MohenjoDaro failed badly. Neither critic not audience came by its side. People rejected this periodic love story featuring Hrithik Roshan and debutante Pooja Hedge. On the other hand Akshay Kumar's

courtroom drama #Rustom did not get a thumbs up from the critics but it was a massive hit. Once again Akshay Kumar proved his star power giving his third 100cr film of the year with a lifetime collection of around 127 cr.
Apart from this big clash on Independence Day weekend, there was a small film made with a very small budget which became a sleeper hit. It was Anand L Rai’s production #HappyBhagJayegi featuring Abhay Deol, Jimmy Shergil, Diana Penty and Ali Fazal in the lead roles. It was a comedy about a runaway bride who landed herself in Pakistan by mistake. This movie get good response much better than expected and it earned around 28 cr in its lifetime which is too big for such small budget film.

September
The month of September started with a weaker note with few back to back flops Sonakshi sinha's action drama #Akira and Karan Johar's production #BaarBaarDekho which was a

love story with a time travel twist and Emraan Hashmi starer #RaazReboot.
The big film of this month came in the third week and it was #Pink. A small movie made with a very small budget and almost no stars apart from Amitabh Bachchan. But this movie proved that content is the real hero of any movie, if the content is powerful and it has been told skill fully then the film will find its audience no matter how small is the opening. This movies business kept growing with each day with positive feedback and strong word of mouth publicity. The movie had a opening day collection of just 4cr which later turned into 21cr after first weekend and around 35cr after first week. This movie just did not make it big at the box office but it made a solid impact in our society too with its strong message about how to respect a woman. The performances by each and everyone were praiseworthy. This movie is still going strong in its third week with a collection of around 60cr so far.

There was another well made film about women empowerment in the rural areas of Rajashthan, it was the movie #Parched. It had some solid performances by three leading ladies but unfortunately the movie did not get much needed publicity and remain almost unnoticed.
On the last day of this quarter, another big movie came in theaters #MSDhoniTheUntoldStory. It is the biopic of one of the most loved captain of Indian cricket team Mahendra Singh Dhoni. It was one of the most eagerly awaited movies of this year and it proved with a bumper opening. It is doing a solid business and hopefully it will be one big hit but we can discuss more about it in next quarter.

Overall the third quarter was very good and now we are eagerly waiting for the big releases of the last quarter of the year. There are biggies like Ajay Devgan's #Shivaay, Karan Johar's romantic film #AeDilHaiMushkil featuring Ranbir Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan ,Anushka Sharma. Then there is Shahrukh Khan and Alia Bhatt's #DearZindagi , Aditya Chopra's next #Befikre , featuring Ranveer Singh and finally Amir Khan starer #Dangal. Hope the last quarter will be even better.

Best Film of Q3 2016

• Pink
• MSDhoni The Untold Story
• Parched

Best Director of Q3 2016

• Aniruddha RoyChoudhury - Pink
• Neeraj Pandey - MSDhoni The Untold Story
• Leena Yadav - Parched

Best Actor of Q3 2016

• Salman Khan - Sultan
• Akshay Kumar - Rustom
• Hrithik Roshan - Mohenjo Daro
• Abhay Deol - Happy Bhag Jayegi
• Amitabh Bachhan - Pink
• Nawazuddin Siddiqui - Freaky Ali
• Shushant Singh Rajput - MSDhoni The Untold Story
• Varun Dhawan - Dishoom
• Piyush Mishra - Happy Bhag Jayegi/Pink
• Akshaye Khanna - Dishoom
• Anuraag Kashyap - Akira

Best Actress of Q3 2016

• Anushka Sharma - Sultan
• Tapasee Pannu - Pink
• Sonakshi Sinha - Akira
• Tanishtha Chatterjee - Parched
• Radhika Apte - Parched
• Surveen Chawla - Parched
• Momal Sheikh - Happy Bhag Jayegi
• Kirti Kulhari - Pink

Top Songs of Q3 2016

• Sultan/ Jag Ghoomeya/ Baby Ko Base Pasand Hai - Sultaan
• Tere Sang Yaara - Rustom
• Toota Jo Kabhi Tara - A Flying Jatt
• Kaala Chashma/ Sau Asmaan - Baar Baar Dekho
• Lo Maan Liya - Raaz Reboot
• Besabriyaan - M S Dhoni The Untold Story