Mahesh Bhatt's Raaz set the box office at fire. This Dino Morea-Bipasha Basu starrer was watched everywhere, making rarity at a time when everyone cynical forecasters of doom were wrighting bollywood's sepitaph every week. The successes of national blockbusters like a Hum Saath - Saath Hain [nett gross rs. 42 crore ], Biwi No.1 [nett gross rs. 29 crore] (1999) and or a Kaho Naa... Pyar Hai [nett gross rs. 45 crore] (2000) appear like celluloid dreams today. In 2001, Gadar Ek Prem Katha [nett gross rs. 76 crore] was the only universal blockbuster hit. But even the critically acclaimed Lagaan [nett gross rs. 28 crore] failed to be strong in centres like Punjab and Bihar, although it did remarkably in many other centres: and overseas of course. In 2002, the solitary universal hit was Raaz [nett gross rs.25 crore] although there were other films which made a mark in the commercial mart: say Style which Adarsh points out did "pretty well without being a major hit" and M...
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After the disastrous performance of most hyped films of 1998 Dil Se And Duplicate starring Shahrukh Khan has resulted into dilemma . Is he actually worth calling a superstar?. Let's ask the views of distributors. A distributor (wishing anonymity when asked for his views) said Shahrukh Khan is not a superstar at all. Dil Toh Pagal Hai maybe a big hit but that does not justify his saleability. It was the songs that had film run otherwise Bhai which released neck to neck with Dil Toh Pagal Hai (DTPH) got a much better opening. His other starrers Pardes and Yes Boss couldn't even open to a decent initial and did poor business in interiors . Now the debacle of Dil Se and Duplicate (expect in Mumbai) has once again proved that Shahrukh Khan cannot give hits without the support of big stars and big banners. Today only Salman Khan, Sunny Deol, Ajay Devgan and to some extent Govinda, Sunil Shetty films does well in interiors. Shahrukh Khan who, according to me is a fabulous actor, do...