Jism 2 fails to beat Jannat 2 collection record at Box Office

On her Twitter page, director Pooja Bhatt had predicted earlier that her latest directorial venture Jism 2 will have bigger collections than Murder 2 and Jannat 2. As expected, her A-rated romance thriller has done a wonderful collection at the Box Office in India and smashed the first day collection record of Mahesh Bhatt's 2011 release Murder 2, but it has failed to break the opening day record of Bhatt's 2012 release Jannat 2.

Mahesh Bhatt's movie Murder 2, which was released on 8 July, 2011, had registered a very good response with its occupancy ranging between 70% to 75% on the first day of its release. Emraan Hashmi, Jacqueline Fernandez starrer film had collected Rs. 7.1 crore nett at the domestic Box Office on its opening day.

Jannat 2, which was released on May 4, 2012, had also opened to a very good response at the domestic Box Office with its occupancy ranging between 70% and 80% at the multiplexes and 90% and 100% at the single screens. Emraan Hashmi and Esha Gupta starrer film had grossed Rs 8.52 crore nett on the first day of its release.

Whereas Mahesh Bhatt's latest release Jism 2, which collected Rs 1.05 crore from its paid previews on Thursday, registered 55% to 70% occupancy across the country on the first day of its release. The Sunny Leone and Randeep Hooda starrer movie has a decent opening with its collection crossing Rs 7.5 crore nett on the first day.

However, the common features among three movies are that they are sequels to Mahesh Bhatt productions. They are all erotic thrillers and bagged average reviews from film critics. Moreover, the response for all of them was good on the first day, but their business has gone down on the second day. Now, it should be seen whether Jism 2 would break the first weekend collection record of Murder 2 (Rs. 22.7 crore) and Jannat 2 (Rs 24.03 crore).

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Emraan races past his competitors

JANNAT 2 is most awaited. For varied reasons. One of the major reasons being, it stars Emraan Hashmi as the protagonist. Emraan has had a dream run at the box-office, with back to back hits in ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAAI, DIL TO BACHHA HAI JI, MURDER 2 and THE DIRTY PICTURE. 

No other actor, except Aamir, Salman and Shah Rukh Khan, has had a string of successes in the recent past. Among the younger lot, Emraan has delivered the maximum hits non-stop, with his last two films proving monstrous hits.

Now with Karan Johar and Yash Raj signing the underrated actor, Emraan has raced past his contemporaries, consolidating his status as one of the most bankable stars in recent times. And with [forthcoming] films like SHANGHAI and RAAZ 3, helmed by directors who are known to extract wonderful performances from the lead actors, Emraan is sure to make the detractors notice his talent.

That Emraan enjoys tremendous popularity amongst moviegoers is evident from the fact that his solo hero films open exceedingly well at the ticket counters, a feat not many actors can boast of. And if JANNAT 2 opens big and works big time, Emraan would only be cementing his status as the darling of the masses. This one's an acid test for this talented actor!

By : Bollywood hungama

Mahesh Bhatt launches online title hunt

New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has taken to social networking site Twitter to hunt for a title for his new film, tentatively titled 'Jannat 2', starring Kunal Khemu and Amrita Puri. 

'I am looking for an attractive title for my new film staring Kunal Khemu & Amrita Puri. HELP!' Mahesh wrote on Twitter. 

Bhatt had previously decided to call the film 'Jannat 2' but he is now looking for something different. 

'Listening to you folks has made me decide not to call my new film 'Jannat 2'. Thank you! Acknowledging others makes them happier & u wiser,' Bhatt posted. 

Bhatt had earlier used Twitter and Facebook to finalise the main poster for 'Murder 2', which released last week.

Shailendra Singh wants to make Jannat 2

The Commissioner" was an attempt to make a film on Lalit Modi after the controversy that caused the former IPL strongman to flee the country.

But Shamin Desai, the director of the film, tragically passed away some time ago, and producer Shailendra Singh is certain that the project cannot be revived because the guy who worked on it for so long is gone. ""The Commissioner" is gone, I worked a lot on it with Shamin, but he's gone, and Modi is not an exciting agenda anymore," says Singh.

However, Singh is planning another film on cricket, though a very different one. This one is going to be a "light-hearted comedy, which I've been researching," says Singh. "Boria Majumdar is my first choice, once he comes back from the World Cup – he's said yes in principle, and he's going to write it for me in terms of the facts." Boria is a Rhodes scholar, a research fellow at LA Trobe University, Melbourne, and a well-known cricket historian and writer.

Says Singh, "The film is going to be called "BCCI", short for " Board Of Cricket Controversies In India"! We've registered the title. It's a small documentary, in the Michael Moore, "Fahrenheit" kind of space. We're going from how things rolled out in the BCCI post-IPL till now. It's not derogatory, but funny, and will be interesting from the fans' perspective."

There are other cricket-meets-Bollywood plans – Singh wants to make "Jannat 2". "I'm just dying to do Jannat 2. We've gone back to the Bhatts for it."

But while on quirky plots, here's another – a bunch of men in a waiting room, all of whom have come for an HIV test, but are trying to conceal that from each other. Singh says the film is called "Be Positive" and is being made by Priyadarshan. " Aamir Khan, contrary to what people have heard, is not on board. He will be given a full screenplay by Priyan, who'll take two more weeks, and then Aamir will decide," says Singh.