Will Patiala House Drive The Audience Crazy ?

For Nikhil Advani, PATIALA HOUSE could well be the most important release of his four film career so far. Though he began on a positive note with KAL HO NA HO, his SALAAM-E-ISHQ saw mixed response coming his way. However what brought the film maker down was CHANDNI CHOWK TO CHINA, a movie with which both he as well as Akshay Kumar went ambitious but not with much success.
On its release in early 2009, the film failed at the box office. An action comedy, it was lambasted by the critics and many wondered if Nikhil would ever be able to wield the director’s baton again. However the director wasn’t required to lie low for long as he soon announced PATIALA HOUSE with Akshay Kumar, a news that surprised quite a few.
“Well, it should be my turn to surprise the audience now,” smiles the soft spoken film maker who had incidentally assisted on films like IS RAAT KI SUBAH NAHI (with Sudhir Mishra) before going totally mainstream in Karan Johar camp with KAL HO NA HO.
Well, one really hopes that Nikhil and Akshay do throw a pleasant surprise with PATIALA HOUSE. By the look of the promos, the film is looking interesting for sure. Add to that the cricket angle to it with a family drama forming a background and PATIALA HOUSE does promise to be a different product in the offing.
Here is keeping fingers crossed for what could well be the comeback affair of Nikhil Advani. Source
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Will ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana’ Drive The Audience Crazy?

For quite a while now, it has been a norm in Bollywood that films which release during or immediately after the New Year that is in the month of January, mostly fail to bring in the audience to the theaters thus flopping at the box-office.
The cold weather (in most of India) seems to prove detrimental with people refusing to come out of their homes in search of entertainment and only those movies which released earlier, during Christmas or before that, carry on their winning march into the New Year. Last year it was 3 IDIOTS and before that GHAJINI and prior to that WELCOME and TAARE ZAMEEN PAR. In fact one can remember some quite hyped movies failing to even take a half decent start when released during the month of January.
However it appears that all that is about to change now with Top Angle Entertainment’s YAMLA PAGLA DEEWANA, featuring the three hot and handsome Deols, Dharmendra, Sunny and Bobby all set to hit the theaters on January 14.
After the superlative success of APNE, which was an emotional family-cum-action saga, the Deols come together once again and they appear to be in prime form in the laugh riot, doing what they are best at, comedy and action. The promos of the film have already created quite a buzz and its songs are getting quite popular too. Even the trade is upbeat about the film and has listed it as a probable winner, one that the audience is waiting with bated breath for.
Here’s hoping that YPD does break the New Year jinx and kicks off the year 2011on a successful note. Source
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