Box Office: Commando 2 1st Day Collection, Vidyut Starrer Opens on a Decent Note

Much awaited sequel of 2013’s action oriented Commando has been released this Friday on 2200 screens across the country in Hindi, Telugu & Tamil languages. Like the previous installment from the franchise, Commando 2 has impressed all the viewers with its action sequences and lived up to the expectations of audience

Vidyut Jammwal, Esha Gupta, Adah Sharma & Freddy Daruwala starrer this action thriller is based on the mission to bring India’s most wanted black money agent back to country from Malaysia. Such story has already been showcased many times in Bollywood, that it why the movie has received mixed reviews from critics but they have appreciated the performances of all the actors.

Once again Vidyut has given action-packed performance with jaw-dropping stunts. He makes Commando 2 worth-a-watch movie, which is being liked by audience globally. On the opening day, Deven Bhojani’s directorial reported the occupancy of 10-15% in multiplexes and 30-35% in single screen cinemas. Being only noticeable release among several, it witnessed slight rise in footfalls from evening shows.

With such response on Friday, Commando 2 has minted the amount of 4.40 crores* on domestic box office. As predicted opening business of Vidyut Jammwal’s latest offering is higher than his 2013’s Commando (3.69 crores). It is positively expected to take decent jump on Saturday and Sunday, as most of the audience is reacting in its favor.

Salman Khan announces full Da-Bangg Tour schedule with Sonakshi Sinha, Bipasha Basu, Badshah

Salman Khan has a massive fan following all over the world. And to please his fans across the globe, the actors has announced another round of his Da-Bangg tour. A few weeks ago Bipasha Basu spilled a few details about the tour, and also announced her participation. Now, Salman Khan himself has announced the entire lineup and  schedule on his Twitter account. Fans in Sydney, Auckland, Melbourne should be ecstatic.

We already know that Salman will be joined by Bipasha on this Da-Bangg tour. Additional names include his Dabangg co star Sonakshi Sinha. Interestingly, Sona was not a part of the last big concert that took place with Bollywood stars- The Dream Team. We are happy that the fiery actress will get to showcase her stage talent here. Badshah will also be there on this tour. And that is not all. Salman’s Jai Ho co star Daisy Shah will be there too touring with the team. She is a well trained dancer, and is sure to set the stage on fire. But one name we all should be extremely excited for is, Prabhu Deva. Yep! Salman’s Wanted director Prabhu, who is also a popular choreographer and dancer, will be joining the Da-Bangg tour. Here check out the full line up of the shows, and the schedule. And BTW tickets are now up for grabs.

Akshay Kumar to launch Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast from Machine

The stylish duo Abbas-Mustan in a Bollywood Hungama exclusive with Content Head Broadband Faridoon Shahryar revealed that the original ‘Khiladi’ Akshay Kumar will be launching the reworked version of the song ‘Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast’ (originally from the film Mohra) from the Mustafa and Kiara Advani starrer Machine at an event in Mumbai on Monday, March 6.

The director duo, Abbas – Mustan stated that when they decided to use ‘Tu Cheez Badi Hai Mast Mast’ in Machine, they went to Akshay to inform him about their plan. Akshay was so excited to know about it that he told them that he would like to launch the song as well since it involves Mustafa who is Abbas’ son.

The original song from the 1994 film was picturized on Akshay Kumar, Raveena Tandon and Paresh Rawal.

Commando 2 Movie Review

Vidyut Jamwal built up quite a fan following with his debut performance in Force. He was quite the revelation and a hope was born that he will be the next big Indian action star. Unfortunately, like most ‘industry-outsider’ he didn’t get the opportunity to work in bigger films. His movie Commando was a decent earner in the box office but did better on TV screens. That is probably why the makers decided to make a sequel. Does the sequel go up a level? Let’s find out.

Story: Karanvir Singh (Vidyut) is entrusted with the task of bringing back a money launderer called Vicky Chadha (Anoop Singh) from Malaysia. He is made to partner with cops Bhaktawar (Freddy Daruwala) and a dimwit cop Bhawna Reddy (Adah Sharma) who keeps talking in a weird version of a Hyderabadi lingo. The twist arises when Vicky’s wife (Esha Gupta) claims that they are innocent and tries to entice Karanvir with her seductive charms. What does Karanvir do in the face of adversity? That’s what makes up the rest of the movie.

Screenplay and Direction: Deven Bhojani, who is famous as a TV actor and director, has helmed this film. Unfortunately, he has relied too much on Vidyut’s brawn which stops Commando 2 from ever becoming a memorable film. Having stereotypical characters doesn’t help differentiate the movie from other action films. Also, what pulls down Commando 2 even more is that the action scenes are outnumbered by investigation scenes. The pace suffers because of that.

Commando 2 has been shot on a tight budget and that is pretty much visible in the action choreography. They don’t come across as too real but they do entertain because of Vidyut’s inane ability to pull off even the unlikeliest of stunts. The production design is drab and looks alright if it were a Star Plus show. The editing is decent. There are no songs, which is a good decision but the background music is too jarring and too pedestrian.

Acting: Vidyut Jamwal is a one man show. He’s that good when it comes to action. And what helps his cause even more is that he emotes well too. He may not be the best actor but amidst Bollywood mediocrity, he’s above average. The other actors in the movie don’t do anything exemplary unsurprisingly. Adah Sharma can’t act to save her life and God knows why she was asked to speak in that lingo. Freddy Daruwala is the second brawny man in the movie and he passable work. Esha Gupta hams it up but does her job of looking attractive.

Conclusion: Commando 2 is a movie which would have worked very well about 5-6 years back but will find it difficult to make a mark in the current scenario. It is a below average movie which doesn’t entertain a lot, and the action scenes don’t look realistic. The pace drops off quite a lot in spurts and the climax doesn’t redeem the movie either. It is a sequel which should have remained in the planning stage. And while we are at it, let’s call for a surgical strike on money-grabbing sequels.In short, Commando 2 has very little to offer apart from Vidyut Jamwal’s brilliance when it comes to action and charm.

Pros:

• Vidyut Jamwal’s enigmatic charm
• The angle of bringing back black money

Cons:

• Almost everything else

Rating:2 Star

Rangoon Box Office Collections Till Date

Rangoon will end its dismal run at most theatres today. The trend of the film is even poorer than last year’s Fitoor, which had around 10 crore lesser landing cost, but finished with lifetime business of 18 crore.

Fitoor started slow with collections of less than 4 crore, but showed 30% growth on both Saturday and Sunday. With Rangoon, the opening day (partial holiday for Maha Shivaratri) was the best day of its entire run and even that day fell below the 5 crore mark.

In terms of money lost, Rangoon is one of the biggest disasters of all time, with only a film like Bombay Velvet suffering from bigger losses. Viacom18 will lose around 60 crore of its investment on the film.

Rangoon will end Week 1 with net box office collections of 18.5 crore. It will probably add around 50 lakhs after the first week and finish with lifetime business of 19 crore net.

About 10 years ago, Shahid’s Fool N Final collected about the same as Rangoon and his other film Kismat Konnection collected a little more. Both were box office failures, but those were the times when the industry did not even have a 100 crore grosser and today we have films crossing 300 crore. Not only has his career stagnated and worsened in the last 10 years, but his immense talent has been wasted with his fan-following dwindling with each new film. Padmavati is probably the last hope, with a section of the industry still hopeful that his choice of films changes for the good.

The day-wise collections of Rangoon are as follows:

• Friday – 4.9 crore
• Saturday – 4.7 crore
• Sunday – 4.35 crore
• Monday – 1.3 crore
• Tuesday – 1.15 crore
• Wednesday – 1.1 crore
• Total – 17.5 crore

Sarkar 3 Trailer

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Trapped Trailer

The theatrical trailer of ‘Trapped’, directed by Vikramaditya Motwane, has been released. It looks like a short film that has been stretched into an entire feature film.

‘Trapped’ is a thriller starring Rajkummar Rao in the lead. It’s about a man who gets stuck in an empty high rise without food, water or electricity. For the role, Rao had to lose several kilos of weight.

Check out the trailer, the film releases in theatres on 17 March.