Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Punjabi Films 2015 Roundup and Box office Verdict

Punjabi Films 2015 Roundup and Box office Verdict
This is the complete list of punjabi films released last year. I make a point in not reviewing movies as they release because right now punjabi movies cant afford to be reviewed in real time and let the viewers make their mind . Maybe few years later when it is strong we can review it first day first show.

Eh Janam your accounts

Realease Date - 30 -JAN- 2015
Genre - A biopic on Bhagat Puran Singh

StarCast- Pawan Raj Malhotra, Arjuna Bhalla, Avrinder Kaur, Master Prince and Sudhanshu Aggarwal

Dayrector- Harjit Singh

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 5

Remarks - A very beautifully made film and  Pawan Malhotra just nailed it with his acting . 

 BoxOffice Verdict- Average


WHAT THE JATT

Realease Date -  13 -MAR- 2015
Genre - Comedy

Starcast- Harish Verma, Binnu Dhillon became Sharma, Isha Riki, Vipul Roy, Poonam Rajput

Director- Saket S Behl

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 2

Remarks - Unfortunately i saw it in empty theatre and perhaps no one bothered to see it after its pathetic trailer said it all . 


BoxOffice Verdict- Super Flop 

Punjabian DA KING


Realease Date -  27 -MAR- 2015
Genre - Action comedy
StarCast-Navraj Hans, Keeya Khanna, Bhanushree, Jarnail Singh, Shavinder Mahal, Satish Kaul, Bhottu Shah

Director- Mandeep Singh

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 5

Remarks - How can audience be confident when lead actor isnt confident enough that he never faces camera without his shades on.

BoxOffice Verdict- Super Flop


GUN N GOAL



Realease Date -  3 -APR- 2015
Genre - Drama

Starcast- Sumit Srao, Guggu Gill, Sardar right, Mukesh Tiwari, Sejal Sharma seeks relationship

Director-  simranjeet Singh Hundal

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 4

Remarks - New concept but poor execution and direction killed it, producer actor just didnt get right players to play with.

BoxOffice Verdict- Super Flop


LEATHER LIFE


Realease Date -  10 -APR- 2015
Genre - Drama

Starkast- Om Puri, Aman Dhaliwal, Himanshi Khurana, Deep Brar, 
Director- Sukhbir Singh

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 2

Remarks - With a name like this what do you expect , who says naming a film is not needed. any ways film was downright bogus. 


BoxOffice Verdict- Super Flop

Dr. leaf Singn Vary


Realease Date -  17 -APR- 2015
Genre - Drama
StarCast -  Raj Kakra, Nishawn Bhullar

Director- Naresh A Garg

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 1

Remarks - It didnt see any distribution so no one saw it


BoxOffice Verdict- Super Flop


Nanak Shah FAKIR



Realease Date -  17 -APR- 2015
Genre - Biopic
STARCASTLE - 
Dayrector- Harinder Sikka

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 1 (not in punjab)

Remarks - It was easily the biggest blockbuster of punjabi cinema until for political and some other unknown reason it was banned but i saw it harayana , and i must say it was most beautiful punjabi film ever made, and there was not even a single scene which depicted Guru Nanak ji any way that didnt meet the requirements. You have heard the story but see it to feel it. 



BoxOffice Verdict- Flop 

yaarana



Realease Date -  24 -APR- 2015
Genre - Coedy
STARCASTLE - 
Yuvraj Hans, Gita Jldr, Witness Chahal, Yuvika Chaudhary, Kashish Singh, Rupali Sood, Yash Sharma moment, Dolly Minhas, Puneet Issar
Dayrector- Ranbir Pushp

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 5

Remarks - Not upto the mark comedy and below average story and direction . Star cast was pathetic except yuvraj hans.



BoxOffice Verdict- Flop




Farol not soil Jogia




Realease Date -  08-MAY- 2015
Genre - Drama
STARCASTLE - 
Japtej Singh, Karta Cheema, Aman Grewal
Director-  Avtar Singh

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 2

Remarks - Different Concept , nice film but it couldnt gather too much audience


BoxOffice Verdict- Flop


O Yaara Aenvi robbed Aenvi




Realease Date -  22-MAY- 2015
Genre - Comedy
STARCASTLE - 
Jassi Gill, Gauhar Khan, became Sharma, Karamjit Anmol, Ranbir rana
Director-  Raj Sihna

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 6

Remarks - The producers of this film mus be saying same thing ke yaara ainvayi ainvayi lut gaya , with lackluster acting skills of the lead and same for direction these producers were digging the grave themselves . 



BoxOffice Verdict- Super Flop



GADDAR - THE TRAITOR


Realease Date -  29 -MAY- 2015
Genre - DRAMA
STARCASTLE 
Harbhajan Mann, Manpreet Grewal, Ashish Duggal, Girja Shankar
Dayrector- in Amitoj

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 4

Remarks - Different story and different avtaar of harbhajan mann overall it was a nice watch



Average BoxOffice Verdict-


Chooriyan

Realease Date -  19 -JUN- 2015
Genre - DRAMA
STARCASTLE - 
Gracy Singh, Vinod Khanna, Sudhanshu Pandey
Director- Sukhwant Bust

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 2

Remarks - This was probably a producer nightmare which was stuck from 7 years even though if it came in its time it would have been different box office story altogether

BoxOffice Verdict- Super Flop




Srdarji





Realease Date -  26 -JUN- 2015
Genre -  Comedy
STARCASE - 
Diljit Dosanjh, Neeru Bajwa, Mandy Takhar, Jaswinder Bhalla
Director- Rohit Jugraj

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 10

Remarks - This broke the string of super flops and became the super duper hit punjabi film industry needed in year 2015 and probably mandy thakars first.

BoxOffice Verdict- Super HIT





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Realease Date -  10 -JUL- 2015

Genre - Action
STARCAST - 
Jimmy Shergill, Surveen Chawla, Mukul Dev
Director- Baljit Singh Deo

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 8

Remarks - Even jimmy shergill couldnt save this film from sinking faster then titanic making it directors 3rd flop in a row , fancy cinematography is not the only thing which makes a fancy film.

BoxOffice Verdict- Super Flop





English



Realease Date -  31 -JUN- 2015
Genre - Comedy
STARCASTLE - 
Amrinder Gill, Ammy Virk, Binnu Dhillon, Aditi Sharma, Sargun Mehta, Sardar Sohi
Director- Simerjeet Singh
Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 12

Remarks - This was a super duper hit , which saved sinking carier of amrinder gill who had given nothing but flops as yet but in it he was superb. Totally awesome flick

BoxOffice Verdict- Super Duper Hit




MUNDEY KAMAAL DE







Realease Date -  21 -AUG- 2015

Genre - Comedy
STARCAST - 
Amrinder Gill, Binnu Dhillon, Yuvraj Hans, Mandy Takhar, Nisha Gulati, BN Sharma
Director- Amit Parashar
Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 7

Remarks - Decently released but poor execution didnt recover producers money

BoxOffice Verdict- Flop



Escapee







Realease Date -  28 -AUG- 2015

Genre - Thriller
STARCAST - 
Gippy Grewal, Kainat Arora, Jaggi Singh
Director-  Baljit Singh Deo
Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 8

Remarks - Disappointment of the year

BoxOffice Verdict- Super FLOP

MYSELF hanged





Realease Date -  4-SEP-2015
Genre - Comedy
STARCAST - 
Navraj Hans Preet Hrpl
Director- Surinder Rihal
Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 4

Remarks - DUH! what to expect it was dull

BoxOffice Verdict- Super FLOP


Dildariyan


Realease Date - 
  18-SEP-2015

Genre - Comedy

Starkast-  Binnu Dhillon Jassi Gill

Director-PANKAJ BATRA

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 8

Remarks - Hatric of flops of jassi gill. No one cared to watch it .

BoxOffice Verdict- Flop  

Jugadi dot com




Realease Date - 
  25-SEP-2015
Genre - Comedy

Starcast- 

Director-ANIL VIJ

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 1

Remarks - Super pathetic and low production value plus actors were great


Verdict BoxOffice SUPER-FLOP 


SHAREEK

Realease Date -    22-Oct-2015
Genre - drama

Starcast-  Jimmy Sheirgill, Kuljinder Singh Sidhu

Director-NAVNIAT SINGH

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 10

Remarks - |A great story and great acting saved this film and proved a better film can perform in any season


Verdict BoxOffice-SUPER HIT


MuktIar Chadha

Realease Date -   27-NOV-2015
Genre - COMEDY

Starkast-   Digit Dosanjh

Director- Director Affenyi

Avg Number of Multiplex Shows- 10

Remarks - And who could have thought that even diljit could deliever super flop all thanks to a lousy story and sub plots what a bad film .


Verdict BoxOffice SUPER-FLOP

Thursday, November 26, 2015

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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Punjabi Films Released in 2015

2015 has been a dull a year for punjabi cinema. The main reason for that is poor show of films last year . An average cinema goer does not want to waste his money on films that are only worth watching on DVD or youtube. So not wasting your precious time let me give the information of who stands where  in 2014


Sr     Movie                                         Release  Date                  Director          Verdict
1    eh Janam Tumhare lekhe        30 Jan 2015  Harjit SinghAVERAGE
2   Whatt the jatt        13 March 2015Saket BehlaFLOP
3   Punjabian Da King        27 March 2015 Mandeep SinghFLOP
4    Gun N Goal       03 April 2015 Simerjit Hundal FLOP
5 Leather Life         10 April 2015 Sukhbir singh FLOP
6 Nanak Shah Fakir         17 April 2015 NA NA
7Patta Patta Singhan Da Vairi        17 April 2015Naresh S Garg FLOP
8 Yaarana       24 April 2015 Ranbir Pushp FLOP
9Mitti Na Pharol Jogiya     08 May 2015 Avtar Singh NA
10Gaddar – The Traitor     29 May 2015 Amitoj mann AVERAGE
11Chooriyan     19 June 2015Sukhwant Dhadda FLOP
12 Sardaar ji 26 June 2015 Rohit Jugraj SUPERHIT

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

PUNJABI FILMS IN 2014

With dawn of new year we expect to see some good punjabi films year 2013 only saw 5 or 6 successful films namely
Jatt and juliet 2
Bhaji in problem
Singh vs kaur
Young Malang
Sadda Haq
Lucky di unlucky Story

Few got there investment back but most of them were flops and some were even mega flops like
Jatt Airways
Fer Mamla Gadbad Gadbad
Heer n Hero
RSVP
Naughty Jatts
Vyaah 70 KM

And some down right garbage who saw earnings in range of 4 figures

Rab ton sohna ishq
Stupid 7
Risky Munde

So this year its for aure that we will see only good films as most have realized film making is not for everybody. The very first film  this year is Mere Yaar Kamine


Monday, November 18, 2013

Bhaji in Problem a BlockBuster

Bhaji in Problem a Block Buster from the word go
After a bad month of some flop films punjabi film industry was on a cliff, people were starting to think that had the punjabi viewer shifted to other grounds. After modest successful movie Young Malang , the industry saw 5 films fall right on the floor one by one . It had sent a terror wave among investors , some even started trumphets that industry was dead.
   But thanks to Bhaji in Problem and 90% House full boards confidence has again returned in the industry. The film deserves and apllause at getting opening of 1.20 crore on the day when legendary cricketer Tendulkar Decided to retire. Obviously if he played another round it would have been totally different. The second reason to celebrate is that it was competition with king of bollywood Sanjay Leela Bhansali whose films are much awaited and have blown away competition. His film Ram Leela also couldn't hinder the success of Bhaji in Problem and as the weekend is gone we see this film making a phenomenal earnings this second week overall it wouldn't be surprise if this film crosses 20 crore mark.
            The story is though average and usual smeep kang style of comedy and confusion still laughter's are throughout , commendable work by BN Sharma. But we still hope smeep kang directs a good movie with some content. Akshay khanna has although given guest appearance but still worth a watch. Harbhajan although came in one scene , but was enjoyable he could definitely get more role it would have added more to the film.
   Ending is like carry on jatta confusion and mixture of some jokes.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Review of Last 4 Releases

Young Malang - 20 September.
 Star rating - 4/5

This was probably one the best movies to come in long time. Even though with majorly new cast and absence of even  a single comedian the movie was a trendsetter. The production house of Mr. Rahul Inder Sidhu left no stone unturned to keep the production value as high as any Bollywood film
   The music was great. Story and screenplay were outstanding it was good to see punjabi movie with some real background story and totally apart from the usual situational comedies of our times.

A must watch film. The film also succeeded hugely in box office and total collections were above 11 cr.  Enough to recover budget plus some profit for new comer producer.

RSVP- 11 OCTOBER 2013

STAR RATING 1.5/5

This was one disappointing film . With a good star cast and a very lousy screenplay. Neeru Bajwa plays a con who along with her mama Jaswinder Bhalla and mami  marries a guy and at night gives the guy sedatives and disappear in morning with all the loot.
  So there is no plot here. harish also becomes a victim of this con with only difference that she does not take any booty before running from his home. Now this becomes a mission for Harish to find out who she was and why she didn't steal anything from him. And in his voyage to find her he discovers she is a serial  scammer and she has also dumped 3 other guys .
         So our protagonist finally discovers she is scamming a new client (how we dont know) and becomes a catrer in their wedding to confront her . She is now stuck into a situation as the new clients father GUGU Gill is a gangster. And what happens next is what is this film is all about.

HEER & HERO
STAR 2/5
                      This was half decent movie i watched recently. Had the direction been any good the film could have been better. The first half is really boring where the new comer actor is established in unusually long scene. The story is as always hollow, a man in love with a girl hires a con to get her out of her home where his father yograj singh has forcibly tied her knot.
                         Arya Babbar has tried a lot to improve his acting skills but dailogues given to him are un impressive. The director basically has no direction to where he wants to take the story.
    He is unable to show any good frame , he could have done better job by just shooting a wall. The comedy is unworthy of any mention. Needless characters and their bad ascents specially nepali come in the way. Only commendable work is of mukul dev who come frequently as a jean wearing sheriff. Manisha Lamba has lost it , she looks to fat that you forget she is manisha lamba.
  Overall the film has flopped on box office.

ISHQ GARARI

STAR RATING 1.5/5
 This film deserves 1 but the other half i am giving just due to lovely Mandy Thakar.  This film proves the point that no matter how big a star film fails without content. The story was miserable at best. And rather it would be a waste of time to mention what it was. 
         The director probably dosent know there are more shots the just Middle and Close shots. But then if you watch carefully you realize why not so , its because entire film is shot in one location , near one house. Sherry Mann has proved again that acting is not his cup of tea. And if some half brained producers come upto him for a film how he can refuse. 
            Mandy Thakar is fabulous and looks perfect for the role. Miss pooja has also acted nicely as well. Her song in the film is also good. Rannvijay has improved significantly in acting but his counterpart needs some polishing. Chacha Raunki Ram and vinaypal Buttar fail to generate any laughter..
   Another Sad Flop and loss for the producers.