Then followed "Samrat Prithviraj," which was expected to rival, if not surpass, vivek Agnihotri's "The kashmir Files" in terms of attractiveness to its target audience. The BJP's top brass sponsored it, and its script, according to its creator Chandraprakash Dwivedi, was 18 years in the process. Its star actor is the pre-Covid hit machine Akshay Kumar, who was just off the middling success of "Sooryavanshi."
Even though he had been given the title of "Samrat," it was obvious that the audiences could not relate to a monarch from the distant past who lost to an invading force. They were looking for heroes in the post-Covid world who had the strength and bulk of the characters portrayed by ram charan and Jr. ntr in "RRR" — heroes who had successfully challenged the mightiest empire of their era. Despite being tax-free in three states, "Samrat Prithviraj" has grossed Rs 68 crore since its june 3 release. It has a $150 billion budget.
Not that YRF isn't used to its movies bombing, but it must be kept in mind that out of its 65 releases, starting with the Anil Kapoor-Sridevi starrer "Lamhe" (1991), 11 have been blockbusters, including the legendary "Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge," which introduced aditya chopra as the new hitmaker, and "Dhoom 3," and 13 have been hits or superhits, with seven being However, YRF has recorded 34 "flops" or "disasters" to 31 blockbusters to semi-hits. Let's do some more math with the statistics and narrow our attention to the period following yash Chopra's passing in 2012.
Even though he had been given the title of "Samrat," it was obvious that the audiences could not relate to a monarch from the distant past who lost to an invading force. They were looking for heroes in the post-Covid world who had the strength and bulk of the characters portrayed by ram charan and Jr. ntr in "RRR" — heroes who had successfully challenged the mightiest empire of their era. Despite being tax-free in three states, "Samrat Prithviraj" has grossed Rs 68 crore since its june 3 release. It has a $150 billion budget.
Not that YRF isn't used to its movies bombing, but it must be kept in mind that out of its 65 releases, starting with the Anil Kapoor-Sridevi starrer "Lamhe" (1991), 11 have been blockbusters, including the legendary "Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge," which introduced aditya chopra as the new hitmaker, and "Dhoom 3," and 13 have been hits or superhits, with seven being However, YRF has recorded 34 "flops" or "disasters" to 31 blockbusters to semi-hits. Let's do some more math with the statistics and narrow our attention to the period following yash Chopra's passing in 2012.
