These movies failed to woo the audience and prove their mettle at the Box Office.
It’s not just box-office collections. It’s the way these films came accompanied by monstrous expectations that were not quite met by the final outcome. Here are the films of the year that failed to live up to the hype and anticipation.
Tevar
Unfortunately for the makers and the actors, the audience was tired of this particular genre after having seen movies like Rowdy Rathore, Phata Poster Nikla Hero, etc. The movie released at a time when the audience was keen to move away from the action zone.
Brothers
The biggest mistake that the makers of this movie did was that they moved away from the content of the original movie. The characters and their motives were far more fleshed out in the Hollywood version. The change made the script seems a bit filmsy.
Bombay Velvet
Bombay Velvet is said to be one of the costliest duds of all times. The one thing that the audience unanimously agreed about this film was that it was just too long and boring. Had the movie been sharper and well edited, maybe it would have fared better at the box office.
Shaandaar
Vikas Behl who gave us the captivating Queen in 2014 got completely carried away with this one. Shaandaar was a bloated over-ambitious, under-written piece of trash that thought it could get away with its mindnumbing mediocrity by riding on its lead pair’s charisma. The film pulled Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt’s career back by notches.
Jazbaa
The audience has always liked Sanjay Gupta crime capers like Kaante, Shootout At Lokhandwala and Shootout At Wadala. Jazbaa belonged to a completely different space, probably one that Gupta wasn’t too comfortable with and it showed. Irrfan’s character seemed far more likeable than the one Ash played, that should say it all.
All Is Well
So much was expected from the director of OMG! Oh My God. But Umesh Shukla’s story of an estranged father-son duo strained for drama and laughter. Talented actors like Rishi Kapoor, Supriya Pathak, Abhishek Bachchan and Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub were reduced to hand-wringing helplessness in this absolutely unfunny comedy. Better luck next time, Umesh.
Phantom
Coming too close to Kabir Khan’s big blockbuster Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Phantom suffered in comparison not just to the Salman hit but also to Neeraj Pandey’s Baby, the other far more accomplished film on international terrorism in 2015. Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif were exceptionally inadequate as counter-terrorists. They seemed to be hugely distracted.
Tamasha
Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone’s performances were flawless. The trio – Ranbir, Deepika and Imtiaz Ali — sure make for a dream team, and yet the movie didn’t create much hungama at the box office. The movie, which was definitely niche, seemed slightly self-indulgent. The makers went all the way to Tokyo to shoot just one scene in the end. That kind of expense could have been spared to make the project commercially viable.
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