Box office: Three's a crowd at the box office

'Chakravyuh', 'Ajab Gazabb Love' and 'Rush' ate into each other's share of the pie, resulting in a box office disaster 

Again a crowded week and the end result spelling a disaster at the box office! Three major Bollywood films - Chakravyuh, Ajab Gazabb Love and Rush released in the same week, eating into each other's business and spelling doom for its investors. 

While Chakravyuh collected Rs 10.87 crore (Wednesday - Rs 3.36 cr, Thursday - Rs 1.75 cr, Friday - Rs 1.50 cr, Saturday - Rs 1.75 cr, Sunday - Rs 2.50 cr) in its first five days (the film released on a Wednesday), Azab Gazabb Love made R 4.75 crore (Friday - Rs 1.25 cr, Saturday - Rs 1.50 cr, Sunday - Rs 2 cr) in its initial weekend. Finally the Emraan Hashmi starrer Rush made only Rs 2.16 crore (Friday - Rs 52 lakh, Saturday - Rs 66 lakh, Sunday - R 98 lakh) in its first weekend.

Meanwhile, the collections of Student of the Year in its first week are R 47.52 crore and second weekend are Rs 2.10 crore on Friday, Rs 3.25 crore on Saturday and R 4.75 crore on Sunday making its weekend total to R 10.10 crore. The total collection from its first 10 days is R 57.62 crore making it one of the biggest hits with newcomers. 
The worst film to be affected by the mad rush was Azab Gazabb Love who in spite of decent reviews only managed to collect around Rs 4.75 crore. Our source says, Much was expected out of Chakravyuh as it was a Prakash Jha film but the collections could have been better. Rush is a complete disaster at the box office.

Trade analyst Amod Mehra says, There is nothing to write home about. The period is extremely bad and will remain so till Diwali.

Atul Mohan, trade expert elaborates, It is a classic case of too many cooks spoil the broth. How else would you explain the dismal collections of a Prakash Jha film or a good entertainer like Azab Gazabb Love? An Emraan Hashmi film doesn't bring in the masses? I guess too many English films also divided the audience. Next week is going to be equally bad!

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Movie Review: There is nothing new in Ajab Gazabb Love

Cast: Jackky Bhagnani, Nidhi Subbaiah, Darshan Jariwala, Kirron Kher and Arjun Rampal (Cameo)

Directed By: Sanjay Gadhvi

Ratings: * *

Sometimes there are films that looks promising from the Presentation, Ajab Gazabb Love, unfortunately, lacks the real content.

The story of the film is an inspiration of a super hit telugu film "Seema Tapakai". But here Sanjay Gadhvi decided to make few changes considering the Hindi Viewer's in mind.

Rajveer Grewal (Jackky Bhagnani) is the son of a big businessman and multimillionaire, Yashwardhan Grewal (Darshan jariwala). His father is so rich that he hates even the smell of the poor, and despises anyone who talks about giving money as alms. Rajveer's family too, doesn't mind the opulence they have. 
Coming from this family, he falls in love with Maddy (Nidhi Subbaiah), who thinks the rich become richer by exploiting the poor. In order to make Maddy fall for him, Rajveer starts acting as a poor chap, with a poor family. 

He buys his way out to show Maddy that he helps the poor, and unintentionally becomes their savior of sorts. When Maddy accepts his love, he recruits his family to help him convince her completely. So the rich father becomes a banana seller, rich mother becomes a Blind Woman etc.

The story takes a twist when Maddy's No-Nonsense brother Arjun Rampal (Karan Singh Chauhan) comes into the picture to meet Rajveer's parents. 
Ajab Gazabb Love does have some mind blowing comic events. But they don't seem long lasting. The only strong factor in the film are Performances. Kirron Kher, Jackky Bhagnani and Darshan Jariwala are amazing. 

Nidhi Subbaiah is not a face for a Long Run. Her acting capablity is Flat and Expressionless. She reminds you of Riya Sen. Arjun Rampal is good. And so is Arshad Warsi in a cameo. Jackky Bhagnani tries real hard and succeeds big time. What he needs is a progressive script.
The proceeding of the film is repetitive. There is nothing new in the movie that you have not seen earlier. Huge amount of money have been spent on Erotic Locations and Costumes. Sanjay Gadhvi comes after a long gap, But as a Director he is handicapped by a wrongly developed script. Musically, Only the song 'Boom Boom' is tapping. 

The film is just a one time watch. Especially when there is an over-flow of Films this season.

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Running For Cover: No theatres for Ajab Gazabb Love

The rush of releases this festive season is taking its toll on the box office  Three films proved too much of a burden for the theatres to bear this Dussehra season.

Two of the scheduled films, the late Shamim Desai's Rush and Sanjay Gadhvi's Ajab Gazabb Love have now been postponed from their scheduled Wednesday release this week (October 24) to Friday Oct 26. 

While confirming this last-minute postponement of what was seen as a lucrative box office window for an extended weekend from Dussehra on Wednesday to Bakrid on Friday, the Rush producer Shailendra Singh and Ajabb Ghazab Love producer Vashu Bhagnani remained tight lipped about the real reasons for the last-minute postponement. 
However sources from both production houses confirm that the two scheduled film had to be postponed by two days due to a paucity of theatres. 

A reliable source on condition of anonymity revealed, Karan Johar's Student Of The Year which was released on Friday has monopolized both the single theatres and single theatres all across the country.

Going by the favourable response to Karan Johar's Student Of The Year, and the fact that another potential biggie Prakash Jha's Chakravyuh is scheduled for Wednesday, Vashu Bhagnani and Shailendra Singh had emergency meetings this weekend. 

They've decided to move their films forward by two days, from Wednesday October 24 to Friday October 26.

While Bhagnani wouldn't comment on why his film has been postponed Shailendra Singh of Percept said, Rush is our premium product. We wanted it to be just right. We've been burning the midnight oil working on an unusual background score for the film. 

We hoped our music would be completed by this weekend. But it has taken longer than we expected. Hence the delay by two days.

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Sanjay Gadhvi used invisible whip: Jackky

Actor Jackky Bhagnani says that director Sanjay Gadhvi used his invisible whip to extract performances from the cast of "Ajab Gazabb Love".

"Superb experience. He (Sanjay Gadhvi) is an experienced director. He knows how to make one work and he has made us work with his invisible whip, " the 27-year-old told reporters at an event here Monday.

"It's not easy to make new actors do comedy, drama and romance and the credit goes to Sanjay Gadhviji only, " he added.

The film has Kirron Kher and Jackky said: "Enjoyed a lot. She (Kirron) is a fabulous actor. What an amazing work she does, I enjoyed working with her. She is too good, superb sense of humour, superb timing, amazing human being and I just had a blast working with her."

"Ajab Gazabb Love" also stars Darshan Jariwala and southern actress Nidhi Subbaiah and will release Oct 24.

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Ajab Gazabb Love - A Dusshera Release!

Vashu Bhagnani's next Ajab Gazabb Love (AGL) starring Jackky Bhagnani, Nidhi Subbaiah and Arjun Rampal is already making waves with its first music piece, Boom Boom Boom!

Directed by Sanjay Gadhvi, the film has a very youth-centric appeal to it. Music to the film is given by ace music director duo Sajid-Wajid, while choreography has been done by Bosco-Caesar!

Produced by Pooja Entertainment and Films Ltd, the movie is based on the lives of two youngsters who're poles apart in their ideology.

Heir to a billion-dollar automobile empire, Rajveer Grewal (Jackky Bhagnani) has it all, a loving family, riches of the world, and a dream job - designing cars. He falls head-over-heels in love with Madhuri (Nidhi Subbaiah), who is a strong advocate of social justice and equality.

To his dismay, Rajveer learns that she 'hates' all rich people and will have nothing to do with a rich boy like himself. In a sweeping stance of romance, Rajveer decides to give it all up and pretend to be the 'poorest of the poor' in order to win her affection and love.

A comedy of errors ensues as Rajveer and his ultra-rich lavish family attempt to play the parts of poor slum-dwellers and in doing so turn into a dysfunctional bunch of over-the-top actors.

As this `riches to rags` story takes one hysterical turn after another, how long will they succeed in keeping up this charade?

And is there something Madhuri is hiding from the family herself?

Find out how it all culminates into the funniest `com-rom` this year, as AGL releases on Dusshera, 24th, Oct 2012!

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Sanjay Gadhvi's dhoom on Ajab Gazabb Love

Sanjay Gadhvi started his career as an Assistant Director during the making of 'Patthar Ke Phool' nearly 20 years ago. With this box-office hit that released in 1991, there was absolutely no looking back. He then made his directorial debut 'Tere Liye' in 2000. And later 'Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai' in 2002.

But it was Yash Raj Film's 'Dhoom' which gave Sanjay Gadhvi the real stand in Bollywood. The film received wide acclaim for its stellar cast and action sequences. Later the sequel, 'Dhoom 2′, turned out to be the highest grosser of 2006 and also won him a nomination as the Best Director at the Filmfare Awards in 2007.

Sanjay also made a thriller 'Kidnap' with Sanjay Dutt and Imran Khan in 2008 which failed to make any impressions. Sanjay is now ready to try his luck with a romantic comedy Ajab Gazabb Love being produced by Vashu Bhagnani starring Jackky Bhagnani and newcomer Nidhi Subbaiah.

The film also has Arjun Rampal, Darshan Jariwala and Kirron Kher. The film is an romantic comedy and releases on 24th October worldwide.

Sanjay is very charged up about his foray into comedies. The director claimed Ajab Gazabb Love to be on the lines of Hrishikesh Mukherjee cinema. Ajab Gazabb Love shows how Jackky, a multimillionaire attempts to be poor because Nidhi whom he loves hates rich guys. The 'riches to rags' story takes one hysterical turn after the other.

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Get rolling with Ajab Gazabb Love soundtrack

Music Director: Sajid-Wajid

Lyricists: Kausar Munir, Sukhjit Thandi and Priya Panchal

Singers: Mika Singh, Mohit Chauhan, Mohammed Irfan, Antara Mitra and Dalvinder Singh 

Rating: ***

Jackky Bhagnani's last film gave the chart-topping "Party abhi baaki hai", and one hopes his new movie, "Ajab Gazabb Love", will recreate the same magic with its tunes. The soundtrack, composed by Sajid-Wajid, has four original tracks and two remixes. They have got ample support from Kausar Munir, Sukhjit Thandi and Priya Panchal, who have penned the lyrics for the album. 

The soundtrack kicks off with a bang as Mika Singh's rocking voice comes your way in "Boom boom (lip lock)", a peppy number full of catchy beats.

In terms of music, it is not the finest melody from Sajid -Wajid's storehouse, yet it manages to engage due to the cheeky lyrics by Priya Panchal and some good techno beats. Again, Mika's energetic voice just forces the listener to get on the floor and shake a leg on this track. 

It also has a remixed version, which has a bit more beats thrown in here and there, but there's nothing to bowl you over. It's better to stick with the original, though one can sample the remixed version too. 
Slowing down the tempo, "Tu" hits the right romantic note with Mohit Chauhan's soulful vocals. There is a good play of varied musical instruments while not downplaying the singer's voice in any way. The lyrics are quite smooth and Kausar Munir has done a good job by bringing out a dreamy essence.

The sound of piano emerges loud and clear in "Sun soniye", a romantic duet crooned by Mohammed Irfan and Antara Mitra. Their voices blend quite well and elevate the listener's spirit. The use of violin in various intervals is commendable and so are the mesmerising lyrics, penned by Kausar Munir.

There is also a remixed version of this track, but one fails to understand the necessity of turning a blissful soft track into a club number. The composers have done a decent job by transforming it into a racy song with beats, but it fails to move you. 
Rounding up the album is "Nachde Punjabi", an out and out Bhangra track, sung by Dalvinder Singh. There is a good fusion of traditional dhol beats with modern sounds and some authentic Punjabi lyrics by Sukhjit Thandi. 

Overall, the soundtrack of "Ajab Gazabb Love" is satisfactory. But it could have upped its ante had there been one or two more songs. Nonetheless, it has good energy to keep you rolling.

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Ajab Gazabb Love song shot in Italy

Bollywood's love for exotic international locales continues with Sanjay Gadhvi's forthcoming film "Ajab Gazabb Love". The film's cast and crew recently flew to Tuscany in Italy to shoot a song.

Actors Jackky Bhagnani and newcomer Nidhi Subbaiah were flown to Tuscany along with Indian dancers. Dancers were flown down from London as well, and 30 local Italian dancers were roped in too.

Produced by Vashu Bhagnani, "Ajab Gazabb Love" is a romantic comedy, which will release Oct 24.

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Comparison with Salman makes Jackky happy

Jackky Bhagnani has built an eight-pack abs for his upcoming film "Ajab Gazabb Love" and says it is a compliment that people compare his physique with that of Salman Khan, but adds that he is not even a patch on the superstar.

"You compared me to Salman, I am happy with that. I have nothing else to say. He is the pioneer of body building and we all are inspired by him and if I can even become 'S' of Salman, it will be a great thing for me," the 27-year-old said here Wednesday at the launch of first look of "Ajab Gazabb Love".

Meanwhile, asked if any of the Khans will be seen promoting his film, Jackky said: "That's completely Vashu Bhagnani's call as a producer. We are actors, our job is to come and promote the product we worked on and that's why we are here."

"But yes, if they (Salman, Aamir Khan and Shah Rukh Khan) are here and come bless us, you know, it's a dream come true. Salman bhai came for my first film ('Kal Kissne Dekha')," Jackky said.

Directed by Sanjay Gadhvi, "Ajab Gazabb Love" also stars Kannada actress Nidhi Subbaiah, Kirron Kher and Darshan Jariwala. The film is slated for an Oct 24 release.

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Jackky to show off eight-pack abs in Ajab Gazabb Love

Not only will Jackky Bhagnani be showing off his eight pack abs in Sanjay Gadhvi's upcoming film "Ajab Gazabb Love", but his heroine, south actress Nidhi Subbaiah will also be donning a bikini for the same.

Produced by Vashu Bhagnani, "Ajab Gazabb Love" is a romantic comedy which will release Oct 24 this year.

Actor Jackky Bhagnani, who was seen in the film "F.A.L.T.U.", has put in a lot of effort for his eight pack abs for the song "Boom Boom" in the film.

"In the film, I go to Italy and its a beach party. Sanjay told me that if I can make an eight pack, I should. There people party in shorts and all. That's the trend, so I have tried to do that, " he said.

"I had to leave everything. I had no life at that time. I used to get up at six (in the morning) to run and had to work out three times a day. I did this for 8-12 weeks, " he added.

The actor will be seen next in Priyadarshan's "Rangrez" while his co-star Nidhi Subbaiah will be seen in Umesh Shukla's "Oh My God", as a reporter.

Nidhi, who will be making her debut in Bollywood with "Ajab Gazabb Love", said that donning a bikini was not a big deal for her.

"I am a national level gold medallist sailor and swimmer. Donning a bikini was not a big thing for me. I haven't done intimate scenes as of now, but if it is really essential, then I will do it, " she added.

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Vaishali Desai and Jackky Bhagnani: Love around the corner?

Jackky Bhagnani and Vaishali Desai were recently spotted together at Juhu nightspot

Jackky Bhagnani might be in the news for his link-up with Parineeti Chopra, but on Sunday night, he was at a Juhu nightspot with his first co-star Vaishali Desai. The actor came to the nightspot with Vaishali at around 10 in the night and was with her for close to an hour.

The duo was even seen leaving the nightspot together.

When Jackky spotted our photographer, he made no attempt to hide or do anything to stop the photographer. We wonder what’s cooking?

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